Menopause doesn’t just take a toll on women physically. Hormone replacement therapy might help. It also comes with emotional impacts, ranging from depression and anxiety to fatigue and irritability. All told, the physical and mental changes that come with menopause leave all too many women feeling less than their best.
That’s exactly why Susan Crockett, MD, and our team at Virtuosa GYN offer hormone replacement therapy. This treatment has helped women throughout San Antonio, Texas, rebalance their hormones so they have fewer menopausal symptoms. In other words, it helps them feel like themselves again.
If menopause has left you feeling off, consider hormone replacement therapy for yourself. To help you decide if it’s right for you, here’s a quick overview of this treatment.
How hormone replacement therapy works
As you go through menopause, your hormone levels change dramatically. When your estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone levels start to decline, you experience a broad range of unwelcome changes. Those can include (but are by no means limited to) the aforementioned mood changes, along with:
- Hot flashes and night sweats
- Trouble sleeping
- Trouble concentrating
- Vaginal dryness
- Lessened libido
- Headaches
Ultimately, many women report that they just don’t feel like themselves as they go through menopause. With so many challenging symptoms at play, that’s no surprise.
Fortunately, hormone replacement therapy can lessen — or even stop — these unwanted changes. By introducing supplemental hormones, Dr. Crockett has a way to keep your hormones at their pre-menopause levels. This reduces all of the above symptoms, including the emotional changes, so you can feel like yourself again.
At Virtuosa GYN, we offer bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. If this treatment is right for you, Dr. Crockett implants a very small pellet (smaller than a grain of rice) above your hip. Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy slowly releases hormones into your bloodstream over time, keeping your hormone levels balanced.
Why to choose bioidentical hormone replacement therapy
If you’re considering hormone replacement therapy, you should know that bioidentical treatment comes with fewer side effects and lessened long-term risk. That’s because these hormones are specifically designed so your body can’t tell them apart from the hormones it naturally creates.
With bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, Dr. Crockett can introduce hormones to your body that match the hormones it was already creating before menopause. That way, you get rebalanced hormone levels and can feel like your best self again.
If you’re curious about hormone replacement therapy and want to learn more, don’t hesitate to call our Virtuosa GYN office or make your appointment online today. Dr. Crockett can help you decide if this treatment is right for you.
