Menopause is a natural transition that typically occurs between the ages of 45-55 when a woman's ovaries stop producing the hormones estrogen and progesterone. This marks the end of a woman's menstrual cycles and her fertility.
The transition into menopause, often called perimenopause, usually starts several years earlier and lasts for an average of 4 years before the final menstrual period. Perimenopause is associated with irregular periods, hot flashes, trouble sleeping, vaginal dryness, and mood changes.
After menopause officially occurs, symptoms often ease but some may persist. Long term health impacts are also possible like an increased risk of osteoporosis and heart disease if not properly managed.
Some of the most common signs and symptoms of perimenopause and menopause include:
Other possible symptoms include night sweats, hair loss or thinning, headaches, joint pain, and weight gain. The severity of symptoms varies significantly among women.
Natural declines and eventual depletion of estrogen and progesterone drive menopause symptoms. Loss of fertility occurs because the ovaries run out of viable eggs.
Certain women go through more difficult transitions. Risk factors for worse menopause symptoms include:
Genetics plays a role too. If your mother or sister had bad menopausal symptoms, yours may be worse too.
Women living in hotter climates like Shalimar tend to have more hot flashes and trouble sleeping as well. The high humidity levels can amplify sweating and discomfort.
For most women, inconvenient symptoms drive them to seek treatment during the menopausal transition. However, there can also be lasting health consequences if menopause isn’t properly managed, especially due to declining estrogen levels.
Potential health risks include:
Staying as healthy as possible during perimenopause and postmenopause through diet, exercise, not smoking and hormone therapy when appropriate can help minimize these risks.
Getting timely treatment tailored to your individual needs is crucial for feeling your best today while also protecting your future well-being. Keep reading to learn how we can help or contact us today to schedule a consultation.
Butterfly Hormone Center provides personalized care for women throughout perimenopause and postmenopause.
Our team of leading menopause specialists includes:
We also work closely with counselors, physical therapists, registered dietitians, fitness professionals and more to provide whole-body treatment.
Our goal is to offer exceptional care with compassion. We listen to your unique situation and partner with you to develop a customized treatment plan to meet your needs and health goals.
Benefits of choosing Butterfly Hormone Center for your menopause treatment include:
There are three main avenues for finding relief from disruptive menopause symptoms: lifestyle adjustments, medications, and hormone therapy.
Most women utilize a combined approach including all three for the best possible relief tailored to their personal health profile and preferences.
Good self-care practices can make a big difference during this transition. Our experts provide personalized lifestyle counseling taking into account factors like your diet, sleep habits, stress levels, and fitness regimen.
General healthy living tips include:
We also guide you to helpful local resources in the Shalimar community like spas, yoga studios, healthy cafes and more to support making positive lifestyle changes during this transition.
If lifestyle adjustments aren't providing enough relief, we use additional prescription therapies judiciously based on your symptom profile including:
Vasomotor symptoms
Vaginal dryness/pain with intercourse
Urinary issues
We always aim for the lowest effective dose and monitor carefully for side effects. The goal is to use medications judiciously in combination with lifestyle therapies and hormone optimization for 3-6 months until symptoms subside.
Balancing your hormone levels is another essential piece of feeling your best before, during and after menopause. Our MDs and Nurse Practitioners specialize in customizing bioidentical hormone therapy based on your labs, symptoms and health profile.
The three main hormones we optimize are:
Carefully balancing these hormones to fit your individual hormonal needs provides these benefits:
Reduced hot flashes, night sweats: Fewer intense episodes, less disruptive Better sleep: Fall asleep and stay asleep more easily Improved mood: Less anxiety, irritability and sadness Easing of painful sex: Restores vaginal cell health and lubrication Stronger bones, muscles and heart: Protecting against osteoporosis, sarcopenia and heart disease Better energy and mental sharpness: Clearer thinking and improved productivity Weight loss: Correcting estrogen deficiency promotes easier weight loss through improved metabolism and body composition
We also provide holistic support and monitor your micronutrient levels like vitamin D, B12 and iron. Balancing all your body's systems is key for thriving through this transition.
Our practitioners closely oversee your hormone therapy with follow up visits and lab testing every 3 months to achieve your goals safely and efficiently. We are on your team to collaboratively fine tune your treatment to keep you feeling great.
There is a lot of confusion around hormone therapy. Here are the basics on bioidentical hormones our clinic uses:
What are bioidentical hormones?
Are they safe?
What are the options?
We personalize your bioidentical hormone therapy including:
This customized approach provides the benefits of youthful hormone balance safely and effectively.
The first step is getting the right tests to reveal your current hormone balance and clarify if you are estrogen, progesterone and/or testosterone deficient.
Standard initial lab panels check:
Once we analyze your lab results, our practitioners can definitively diagnose if hormone deficiencies are present that require treatment for optimal health and wellness.
We take the time to understand your health history, symptom impacts and treatment goals first. Then based on your hormone lab results, we will prescribe the appropriate combination, doses and delivery methods of bioidentical estrogen, progesterone and/or testosterone along with follow up testing and monitoring.
Benefits of our structured process includes:
We utilize cutting edge therapies like progesterone pellet implants along with traditional approaches like estrogen patches and testosterone creams depending on what fits your lifestyle and preferences best.
Bottom line, we partner with you to truly customize your care through shared decision making between you and your practitioner focusing on your priorities and needs.
We care and we have the proven protocols to help you thrive.
Acupuncture has emerged as an effective complementary therapy for managing menopausal symptoms. Multiple studies have found that regular acupuncture treatments significantly reduce hot flashes, night sweats, anxiety, and irritability in menopausal women. The precise mechanisms behind its efficacy are still being researched.
Going through perimenopause and menopause can be challenging. When disruptive or even debilitating symptoms develop, getting a proper diagnosis and starting treatment quickly leads to the best outcomes.
Here’s why it's so important not to delay:
Speedier relief from impaired quality of life
Getting on the right medication regimen and/or beginning hormone therapy promptly can bring significant improvements in as little as 1-2 months. Lingering sleeplessness, bad hot flashes, pain, low mood and vaginal dryness can resolve allowing normal activities to fully resume.
Halting loss of bone mineral density requires rapid action
After menopause, bone loss escalates due to declines in estrogen. Quickly correcting any hormone deficiencies and beginning medications like bisphosphonates if needed prevents excessive erosion minimizing fracture risk down the road.
Better heart health long term
Once natural estrogen drops at menopause, women lose a key protective effect keeping cholesterol balanced and blood vessels relaxed and flexible. We can prescribe estrogen and progesterone plans along with customized lifestyle changes so crucial heart defenses remain strong.
Decreased risk of diabetes, obesity and certain cancers
Optimizing your estrogen levels after menopause facilitates easier weight maintenance and greater insulin sensitivity lowering risks of diabetes and uncontrolled weight gain. Estrogen may also confer protection from certain hormone-related cancers.
Support for overall vitality and cognition
Finally, restoring optimal hormone balance guards against symptoms dragging you down physically and mentally day after day. Ongoing fatigue, weight gain and cloudy thinking diminish zest for life along with work performance. Getting back your mojo is vital!
In summary, while menopause is inevitable, suffering is not. Get the right treatment plan implemented right away so you can continue to thrive in all areas of your life.
We offer convenient appointments 6 days a week and are committed to fast access to top notch clinicians. Contact us to get started today!
If you are local to the Shalimar area, there are some nice advantages to undergoing your menopause treatment within the community.
Benefits of staying close to home include:
Shalimar’s mostly glorious weather makes it easier to participate in outdoor activities and therapeutic movement critical for mind-body balance. The sunny blue skies also provide a mood boost while the low humidity gives relief from troublesome sweating.
We are lucky to have stunning white sand beaches, shady oak covered parks and peaceful lakes and rivers all around town.
Some favorite spots to relax and refuel during treatment include:
Make sure to take advantage of natural settings during your therapeutic journey to reduce stress and invoke inner harmony.
Shalimar also offers wonderful wellness experiences to boost your lifestyle regimen during menopause therapy.
Top wellness spots include:
Shalimar Diagnostics - full hormone panels
Dr Leys Lab Shalimar - micronutrient tests
Rama Krishna Yoga Centre, Lakshmi Vydyashramam
entrance>Farmacy, Ente Keralam
Play Arena Multisports Gym, John's Gym
We have everything you need within minutes to actualize the nutrition upgrades, fitness revamps, stress relief techniques and lab testing that goes hand in hand with optimized hormone therapies.
Bottom line, Shalimar offers ideal healing conditions and excellent wellness resources to make your menopause treatment effective and even enjoyable.
Butterfly Hormone Center also provides exceptional individualized care from leading practitioners as highlighted below.
We founded Butterfly Hormone Center to offer women struggling with perimenopause and menopause the compassionate science-based care they deserve to feel like themselves again.
What makes our clinic special:
Our practitioners complete extra specialized fellowship training and stay on the cutting edge of menopause research and therapies. We prioritize continuing education and collaboration ensuring our patients gain access to the latest proven protocols.
We take time listening to your needs and health goals first, then craft comprehensive plans - never one size fits all. Your labs, symptoms, risks and preferences drive collaborative decisions about nutrition upgrades, medications, testing, hormone therapies and more.
Menopause treatment requires consistent fine tuning which we are committed to through follow up visits every 12 weeks and testing every 3 months. We tweak doses, delivery methods and combo therapies until you report consistent relief and labs show ideal levels.
Our caring coordinators connect you with counselors, physical therapists, registered dietitians, fitness trainers and other specialists for comprehensive mind-body care. We also educate you on leveraging Shalimar's many natural amenities, spas and wellness centers.
From your first call to each appointment and phone check-in, our coordinators streamline everything maximizing convenience and minimizing anxieties. We know this transition can be challenging - we ease each step.
In conclusion, we firmly believe thriving through perimenopause and beyond is absolutely achievable with proper care. We blend the right therapies with practical lifestyle upgrades so you can feel great in the present while optimizing wellness for decades to come.
To get started, contact us today to schedule your frustration-free consultation. Our friendly coordinators will answer all your questions and ensure fast access to our clinicians so you get on the path to relief quickly.
We can't wait to help you feel like yourself again!
