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.