Female Hormonal Imbalance

(Female Hypogonadism)

Hormonal imbalance can happen to any woman at any age for many reasons.

Hormonal imbalance means your ovaries are no longer producing enough main sex hormones — estrogen and progesterone — to maintain a healthy menstrual cycle and regulate all the other processes, organs, and tissues in your brain and body that depend on plenty.

Your body is supposed to produce estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone at blood levels that allow you to function, think, and thrive effectively and effortlessly. 

When these hormones drop to sub-optimal levels and remain there, you will feel it mentally, emotionally, behaviorally, sexually, and physically. The lower your hormones fall, the worse you will feel until your brain and body adapt to feeling like a shell of the woman you once were. 

Everybody in your life experiences the side effects of your hypogonadism that many refer to as — hormonal imbalance. 

• Bones — brittle, osteopenia, osteoporosis, frail
• Boobs — tender, painful, get bigger, deflate, non-responsive, lack clitoral-nipple stimulation, heading South
• Cravings — sugar, salt, simple carbs, smoking, alcohol, shopping, gambling, sex
• Eyes — dry, unable to wear contact lenses, sensitive to sun, dark circles, infections, itchy, loss of eyebrows, loss of eyelashes
• Fatigue — chronic fatigue syndrome, adrenal fatigue, never feel rested, wired & tired, low energy, lack of motivation
• Gut — dysbiosis, estrobolome dysfunction, food allergies, sensitivity to foods, flatulence, gas, bloating, indigestion, acid reflux, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, estrogen dominance, lack of nutritional absorption
• Hair — loss, thinning, increased growth on face and chin, coarse, dry, brittle, splitting, dull, lifeless
• Head — headaches, migraines, dizziness, light-headed, difficulty concentrating, memory loss, foggy thinking, forgetfulness, inability to verbally express, can’t comprehend or understand complex information and processes
• Heart — palpitations, rapid heartbeat, high cholesterol, high LDL, high triglycerides, poor circulation, greatest risk for heart disease, increased risk for heart attack
• Hot Flashes — cold flashes, night sweats, chills, poor body temperature regulation
• Incontinence —urinating during sneezing, laughing, coughing or physical activity, more frequent need to urinate
• Joints — painful, swollen, snapping, cracking, stiff, carpal tunnel syndrome, water retention
• Menstrual — menstrual cycle dysfunction, irregular or absent periods, PMS, PMDD, low back pain, pelvic inflammation, painful periods, menstrual migraines
• Mental — mood swings, irritability, emotional disconnect, crying spells, depression, anger, anxiety, perpetual angst, anger outbursts, outrageous & unexplained behavior, malcontent, doesn’t like to be touched, isolation, confuses easily, dark thoughts, suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, self-loathing, self-hatred, lack of self-esteem, lack of self-confidence, lack of self-worth, lack of self-trust, insecure, negative thought processes, deep loneliness, inability to cope, hopelessness, fear-ridden, continual worry, easily annoyed, emotional immaturity, lack of will to live
• Mouth — periodontal disease, swollen and bleeding gums, burning tongue, increased tooth decay, tooth loss, jawbone recession, loose teeth, gum recession, oral osteoporosis
• Muscles — atrophy, loss, fibromyalgia, stiffness, sore, backache, weak
• Nails — brittle, peeling, splitting, shredding, yellowing, irregularities in texture, unable to grow
• Odor — body odor changes, stinky; smells that were once pleasurable now smell rancid
• Periods — irregular, absence of, heavy, blood clots, long, painful, cramps, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, pelvic inflammation, increased sugar and simple carbohydrate cravings, stabbing lower back pain
• Respiratory — allergies, wheezing, coughing, sneezing, shortness of breath
• Sex — loss of desire, non-responsive, repulsed at the thought of, annoyed when approached, inability to orgasm, low orgasm quality, loss of femininity, negative pheromonal exchange, frigid
• Skin — dry, dehydrated, wrinkled, sagging, loss of subcutaneous fat, loss of collagen, cracking, acne, dull, pigment changes, brown spots, itchy, crawling feeling under skin, photosensitive, skin irregularities, rosacea, tiny red veins, flaky, shedding, sweating, electric shocks, tags, psoriasis, eczema 
• Sleep — insomnia, trouble sleeping, lack of quality sleep, trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep, unable to get REM sleep, needing naps, wake up more tired, unable to dream
• Tingling Extremities — hands and feet fall asleep often, feel numb
• Vagina — atrophy, thinning, shrinkage, dry, itchy, odor, painful sex, non-responsive, loss of pubic hair, urinary tract infections, vaginal infections, clitoral shrinkage
• Voice — changes, deepens, throat and mouth dehydrates
• Weight — gain, increase fat upper arms and belly, metabolic syndrome, inability to lose weight, insulin resistance

*If you are currently taking HRT and still have these symptoms, then your hormones are NOT balanced.