389: Are Birth Control Pills the Best Remedy for Perimenopause Symptoms?

Energized with Dr. Mariza

Dr. Mariza Snyder

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8 • 974 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

SO MANY women have come to me asking if they should start taking birth control pills to alleviate their symptoms during perimenopause. It’s complicated! The pill CAN lessen some of your perimenopause symptoms by shutting off your hormones, BUT like other medications, they are only a band-aid and come packed with problematic side effects… They ALSO fail miserably at getting to the root cause of our most disruptive symptoms. Tune in to today’s podcast for to find out what birth control pills do to your hormones, health, and ovulatory cycle, PLUS things you can do to naturally alleviate your perimenopause symptoms AND LEARN: The difference between having a natural cycle vs. birth control pill cycle What is progesterone and what are its top benefits Why detoxing your liver is essential to balancing your hormones Which lifestyle habits are your BEST friend How to address key nutrient deficiencies with specific supplements Mentioned in this episode: Overcome Estrogen Dominance At Any Age – LIVE Online Class (July 26, 2022) Live Support Blend – The Detoxifier 14-Day Detox Kit – The Gut-Resetter Hormone Balance – The Hormone-Balancer Essentially Whole Store – Your Home for All-Things Healthy Related Resources: How Estrogen Dominance Affects PMS During Perimenopause Progesterone and Progestins: What Are They and Are They Different? Podcast #338: Got Excess Estrogen? How to Test and Detoxify Too Much Estrogen Podcast Episode 315: 10 Surprising Symptoms of Estrogen Dominance How Estrogen Dominance Affects PMS During Perimenopause Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Pets bring so much joy from those happy greetings at the door to the warm
0:05.2	cuddles on the sofa so give a little love back with dental life from Purina a
0:10.6	range of delicious chews made for dogs and tasty snacks for cats that help clean and support your pets teeth and gums.
0:18.5	Essential for their overall well-being and a happy healthy life they give you plenty of smiles so look after
0:25.8	theirs with dental life pick up dental life in the pet food aisle
0:30.8	welcome back to the Essentially You podcast. I am your host Dr. Marissa Snyder and I'm
0:38.4	going to help you rock your hormones and feel great in your body so that you can reclaim more energy, vitality, and joy and become
0:46.2	the CEO of your health. Let's jump on in.
0:50.8	Last August, a very sweet and caring nurse, her name was Samantha, reached out to me asking
0:55.2	about hormonal birth control being a solution for her heavy bleeding, the anemia that she
1:00.3	experienced due to the heavy bleeding, the bloating she was getting every month, the belly fat, and the constant lagging energies she experienced every day.
1:09.0	Now like many women in their mid-to-late 40s, she had been experiencing some next-level PMS symptoms for over a year and was
1:16.0	desperate for something to fix it. Now, she knew her hormones were to blame, but the only
1:20.9	answer she ever got from her doctor was birth control pills
1:24.2	and was told that they would lighten her periods and get rid of her period
1:28.5	altogether. Now I'll never forget the call
1:31.3	because she was at her wit's end and I'll tell you I can always tell when a woman is at her width end and she was hoping for a better answer from me.
1:40.9	She was like Dr. Snyder is the pill really my only hope to get through these last years of a period and perimenopause?
1:48.0	Because that's what I'm being told. And one of my doctors recommended that I stay on the pill
1:52.6	until I was a couple years into menopause.
1:55.6	Now, why would they recommend that?
1:57.2	And what else can I do?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Mariza Snyder, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Mariza Snyder and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.