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Julie Ryan

Menopause

Key to Healing Migraines

Donna from Wellton, AZ, asked:

Hi Julie,

I am an almost 70-year-old woman searching for someone who can help me with migraines. Going the doctor route just didn’t feel right for me so I scoured Google, then You Tube, and that’s where I found you. I have viewed your web site, watched many of your podcasts, read your blog, and have loved everything I heard and saw.

My hope is to find the source of sudden migraine auras that appear multiple times every day. They create a pounding in one of my temples. I truly feel there’s something underlying this outbreak, and just don’t know where to go (eye doctor, neurologist, or perhaps address the bad gut health I know I have.) 

In February, I had a sudden onslaught of 4 painful migraines, 3 days in a row, and now this.

I truly pray for any help and guidance. Thank you.

With Love and Gratitude,

Donna

Hi Donna,

As a former migraine sufferer (of 40 years) myself, I know how excruciating they can be.

To get some information for you, I energetically connected to you. I believe hormones, mold exposure, and yeast overgrowth/leaky gut are the issues causing your symptoms.

First, you looked like a wilting plant in need of water which means your estrogen levels are almost non-existent. I added some energetic estrogen to your body and you immediately perked up. To learn about bioidentical hormones, go to drnorthrup.com.

Next, you have yeast overgrowth in your GI tract and what’s known as “leaky gut”. Harvard University Medical School says, “An unhealthy gut lining may have large cracks or holes, allowing partially digested food, toxins, and bugs to penetrate the tissues beneath it”. I did an energetic healing on you, removed the yeast, and closed the leaks.

Lastly, you’re being exposed to mold. Is there a water leak in your home or workplace? I energetically cleared the mold from your body. To get educated on how mold can affect your health, please go to moldymovie.com.

Now that an energetic healing has happened, you’ll want to address these issues on the physical level. Please consider working with a functional medicine doctor who can help you heal yourself. Maria Amasanti, MD can help you do that.

In addressing my hormone, mold exposure, and leaky gut/yeast overgrowth issues, I have been able to live migraine-free for the past 24 years and you can too.

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Menopause Symptom Relief

Robin from Killarney, Manitoba, Canada, asked:

Hi Julie,

May I please have a medical scan?

I am 55, going through menopause and wondering if the natural remedies are helping and if I can do something differently.

Thanks,

Robin

Hi Robin,

Welcome to the club! The menopause years are life-changing in a number of ways and I have personally found all of them to be positive.

When discussing menopause, global women’s health expert and board-certified OB/GYN Christiane Northrup, MD says, “Menopause is an exciting developmental stage – one that, when participated in consciously, holds enormous promise for transforming and healing our bodies, minds, and spirits at the deepest levels.”

Natural remedies for menopausal symptoms can include bioidentical hormones and herbal supplements like Maca, Pueraria Mirifica, Black Cohosh and Vitex.

Harvard Medical School defines bioidentical hormones as, “Hormones that are identical in molecular structure to the hormones women make in their bodies.”

Although some women go through perimenopause and menopause without experiencing any symptoms, many women successfully utilize either bioidentical hormones or herbal remedies to alleviate their unwanted symptoms.

To find a practitioner in your area, go to the Institute For Functional Medicine or call a local compounding pharmacy and ask for physician referrals. Americans can also go to the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine to find providers.

In addition, Dr. Northrup will be a guest on my show Thursday, May 20th to discuss the latest revision of her #1 New York Times bestseller book The Wisdom of Menopause and will be answering callers’ questions about perimenopause and menopause. Please put this date on your calendar and join us.

Hope this information helps jump start your menopause research.

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Heart Flutters

Mary Jo from Southampton, MA, asked:

Hello Julie,

I have a post-it note on my cabinet to remind me to call in but I always forget to. Guess I need a bigger post-it note. Can you please tell me what is going on with my heart? I am an active 48-year-old woman who is healthy and not on any medications.

About a year and a half ago, I started feeling my heart racing from time to time. Since then it has increased to a weekly experience and often happens when I lay down at night. I have also experienced dizziness and a fluttering or skipped beat in my heart as well as a pounding and a vibrating feeling that reaches up to my neck. My doctor is running tests but I’d really appreciate it if you could connect in and tell me what is going on.

Thank you and take care.

Hi Mary Jo,

Hope you get that big post-it note to remind you to call in to the show. I’d love to talk with you.

To get some answers for you, I energetically connected with you in Southampton. Your heart looked like it was electrically misfiring. (Imagine looking at a heart with sparks flying out of its edges.)

You have what I believe is a form of cardiac arrhythmia, also known as an irregular heartbeat. And, the symptoms you describe, racing heart, dizziness, etc., are all common in arrhythmia patients.

In addition, I believe your fairly recent onset of symptoms is related to your being in peri-menopause. Our hormones help regulate all of our bodily functions and as we age, they decline. A large part of staying healthy is to restore these hormone levels to those of a younger person.

The Cleveland Clinic says, “During perimenopause (the time period before menopause), there is a marked decrease in ovarian estrogen production. This is associated with an increase in heart rate (sinus tachycardia) and an increased frequency in palpitations and non-threatening arrhythmias. Menopause causes a further decline in estrogen as the menstrual cycle stops. This time period is associated with irregular heartbeats, palpitations, and spasmodic chest pain in women 40-64 years old.”

So, in order to help you heal, I watched an energetic ablation occur that got your heart beating in a normal rhythm. Cardiac ablation is a fairly common procedure where radiofrequency energy is used to scar areas of the heart causing the irregular heartbeat and return the heart to beating normally.  

In addition, energetic estrogen was administered to help restore optimal hormone levels which will in turn help your heart beat naturally.

Based on what I’m seeing, I believe you’ll be able to eradicate your arrhythmia symptoms when you get your hormones balanced.

In the meantime, here are a couple of suggestions:

– Learn about peri-menopause and menopause. A couple of terrific books are The Wisdom of Menopause by Christiane Northrup, MD and Ageless by Suzanne Somers.

– Work with a functional medicine physician who is knowledgeable about bioidentical hormones. They’ll treat your body as a whole system and help you focus on wellness. Go to the Institute For Functional Medicine, click on “find a practitioner” and insert your zip code. A list of doctors in your area will appear.

Thanks for your question.

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Menopausal Clues

Allyson from Palm Desert, CA, asked:

Hello Julie, 

For about 10 years now I’ve endured menopausal things such as hot flashes and extra weight and as a result, I have several questions.

1) Is my extra weight due to menopause? If so, what can I do to change this? I exercise every day and eat well, drink water, etc.  (If you see the weight issue as something else, I’d love to know!)

2)  While my hot flashes are not as often or intense at this point – when they do come – it is really frustrating and still interrupts my daily life. 

Is there something you can see or do to help move this along?  Anything I should be doing that I am missing? 

Thank you, Allyson

Hi Allyson,

Welcome to the next chapter in your life. Although menopause is usually described in a negative way, those of us who are currently experiencing it or are on the other side of it, often find the benefits far outweigh the challenges.

In order to answer your questions, I energetically connected to you in the desert and can see you’re lacking in hormones, especially estrogen. Your body looks like a raisin. This is normally what I see (in my mind’s eye) when a woman is in either peri-menopause or menopause. And yes, your extra weight and hot flashes are typical for a woman in menopause.

To help relieve your symptoms, I applied energetic estrogen to your body and you plumped right up like a raisin that had been soaked in hot water which tells me you could benefit from hormone therapy.

With that said, here are a few suggestions:

1) Educate yourself about menopause and the many solutions that are available to help you deal with unpleasant symptoms and at the same time, keep your mind, heart, bones, and body healthy.

A couple of great books about all of this are “The Wisdom of Menopause” by Christiane Northrup, MD and “Ageless” by Suzanne Somers. You can learn a lot just from going to their websites.

2) Look in to bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). Bioidentical hormones come from a compounding pharmacy and match the exact formula our bodies produce. In order to find a doctor in your area who specializes in bioidentical hormones, go to the Institute for Functional Medicine or to the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Click on the “find a practitioner” tab and insert your zip code. A list of doctors in your area will appear.

Hope this information helps.

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