Hot Flashes: Maybe it’s menopause. Maybe it’s not.

Hot Flashes could be the symptom of a disease you don’t know you have. Drenching night sweats. Embarrassing hot flashes. Mood swings. Forgetfulness. Are your menopausal symptoms making mid-life miserable? If so, you may have considered Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT). That’s a smart approach; many doctors prefer Bioidentical hormones over synthetic because they’re closer to your own natural chemistry. Consider this first:  Not all hot flashes are created equal. In other words, your menopausal symptoms may not be caused by menopause at all!  Here’s a true story about a patient of mine. We’ll call her Judy. Judy’s story
 Judy, an attractive woman in her 50’s, came to me in desperation. She had gone to numerous Manhattan doctors for BHRT. Her reason for wanting BHRT? It was a bit unusual. “My business depends on it!” she said, flipping her red curls with emotion. She explained that she owned a fairly large company, and had been having trouble competing against her rivals. She thought the problem might be that they were more aggressive than her—they were all men. She also wanted to have more interest in her sex life with her husband. Over the years, things had cooled down. Judy had assumed her lack of aggressiveness—and lack of interest in sex—was caused by a hormonal imbalance due to menopause.  She believed in using Bioidentical hormones, as opposed to synthetic hormones. But BHRT with sex hormones hadn’t completely worked for h...
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