Elevate MD

Love it or leave it hacks edition! 🙃

Here are some of the most common hacks you guys ask me about for helping manage perimenopause & menopause symptoms! 👌🏻

✅ Castor Oil: Let me know if you want me to make a full video about castor oil benefits and how to use it! 👀

❌ Wild Yam Cream: You can try wild yam cream to see if it helps relieve any symptoms, but most women benefit more from progesterone therapy.

✅ Shilajit: This is an excellent source of trace minerals which is great for energy & immune health. (I also like sea moss, burdock root, & sea salt)

✅ Hormone Therapy: This is obviously the ultimate hack for perimenopause symptom management 🤌🏻

❌ Cold Plunge: I love cold exposure for nervous system regulation, I’m just not a fan of full body cold plunging. (It could be too stressful on your body if you are already feeling dysregulated)

✅ Dandelion Root: Excellent for hormonal bloating & water retention. You can also try fennel, ginger, & hibiscus tea

✅ Valsava Maneuvar: This is a great tool to quickly reset your nervous system regulation. (I would recommend looking up a video on YouTube for a better demonstration. 😂)

❓Acupuncture: I’ve never tried it, but I’ve heard great things. What do you guys think? 🤔

Let me know what we should cover next?! 👀

🩺📲 If you’re in the US, & you’re interested in exploring hormone optimization, feel free to go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free 30 minute call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗

Maybe they can’t, but we sure can! 🩺😎

Even though we technically don’t *need* labs to diagnose , we still need labs to safely treat perimenopause symptoms. This should be an absolute non-negotiable! 🙏🏼

If your doctor tries to tell you they can’t run labs for perimenopause , they either don’t know what labs to run, or they simply don’t know how to interpret your labs in the context of perimenopause. 🤷🏻‍♀️

We start every patient with a comprehensive 63 bio-marker lab panel and a full one-hour consultation with one of our licensed medical providers to do a deep dive into your results, review your medical history, chat about your symptoms, & then discuss what treatment options would best suit your individual needs & goals. 🩺

Perimenopause shows up in various different ways in your bloodwork. We want to evaluate for things like...

👉🏻 Estrogen Dominance
👉🏻 Low Progesterone
👉🏻 Low Testosterone
👉🏻 Thyroid Dysfunction
👉🏻 Pituitary Dysfunction
👉🏻 Inflammatory Markers
👉🏻 Vitamin Deficiencies, etc.

Working with a provider that understands the nuances of perimenopause, what labs to run and how to safely prescribe bioidentical hormone therapy protocols is exactly what you deserve. 🫶🏻

🩺📲 If you’re in the US, & you’re interested in exploring hormone optimization for perimenopause or menopause, send me a DM to get scheduled for a free discovery call with my team. 🤗

Replying to: 👉🏻 If you’re in , menopause, or you have PCOS & you’re experiencing hair loss, hair thinning, facial hair growth, or hormonal acne…I’m begging you try to Saw Palmetto! 🙏🏼

A lot of the frustrating hair & skin changes that women experience during perimenopause & menopause are driven by an androgen called DHT (aka dihydrotestosterone) 👀

When estrogen & progesterone begin to decline, DHT activity increases, and your hair follicles, skin, and chin hairs pay the price. 🥲

DHT can be responsible for symptoms such as…

☑️ Hair loss & shedding
☑️ Hair thinning
☑️ Slow hair growth
☑️ Hormonal acne
☑️ Facial hair growth
☑️ Ingrown hairs
☑️ Oily skin & hair

Saw Palmetto works by blocking DHT at the follicle level, but without lowering your free tēstostērone levels. This is really important, especially if you are currently on Test therapy or already have low T levels.

After my hysterectomy last year, my hair was falling out in clumps… and this is what 4 months on Saw Palmetto did for my hair. I started noticing baby hairs sprouting in just the first 3 weeks! 💁🏻‍♀️

Comment GROW below & I’ll DM you a 🔗 for a 2 month supply so you can try it for yourself!

If you’re in & you have no idea what the hell is going on with your body… THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU! 🫠🫵🏻

Here’s what your doctor isn’t telling you…

Perimenopause impacts literally every single system in your body, and so many of the symptoms you’re experiencing are directly related to your hormones. 👀

Here is just a small sample of what I’m talking about…

☑️ Heart palpitations & racing heart
☑️ Histamine intolerance & random allergic reactions
☑️ Burning mouth, teeth sensitivity, cavities, & gum changes
☑️ Itchy ears, dry eyes, & sinus pressure
☑️ Plantar fasciitis, frozen shoulder, & sciatica
☑️ Anxiety & panic attacks
☑️ Brain fog & memory lapses
☑️ Insomnia & 3am wake-ups
☑️ Vertigo, nausea, & dizziness
☑️ Formication (that weird skin crawling sensation)
☑️ Nerve pain, tingling, & numbness
☑️ Intrusive thoughts
☑️ Urinary urgency & recurrent UTI-like symptoms
☑️ Joint pain & full body inflammation
☑️ Irregular periods, spotting, & worsening PMS
☑️ Mood swings & emotional outbursts
☑️ Hair thinning & skin changes

This is literally just the tip of the iceberg so please feel free to share any weird symptoms you may also be experiencing to help raise awareness about the reality of perimenopause.🫶🏻

📲🩺 If you are in the US and you’re curious about hormone therapy to help manage these symptoms, go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free 30 min call with my team to get started! 🤗