Hey there, welcome to the root cause medicine podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Carrie Jones.

On this podcast, we go in depth with leading experts from all walks of life to understand and

improve your health and well-being. The transition to perimenopause and menopause is not always a

smooth one. So I'm talking with my favorite expert, Dr. Lakeisha

Webb McMillan, to answer all the questions. Dr. Lakeisha is as hilarious and relatable as she is

smart. She's a well-loved OBGYN with over 15 years experience. She's also an educator, speaker,

podcaster, and author of the best selling book, The Other PMS, The Survival Guide to Perimenopause and Menopause. Dr. Lakeisha's

goal is to help you thrive through menopause and have fun doing it. So it was an absolute

pleasure to have her on today as we discuss what this transition

is, common symptoms, and even hormone therapy. Here's a clip from today's conversation.

I used to be able to know what to do to lose the five pounds. I do that and now it's laughing at me.

I used to be able to eat all that. And so this is around

that time where all of these things start happening because you get this domino effect.

Mainly it's usually testosterone and progesterone that usually are the ones that start falling.

And so testosterone, it has so many different jobs, is what I say.

A lot of people think, oh, testosterone's just for men or testosterone's just for the sex drive

or libido. No, no, no. Testosterone helps with our mood. It helps with motivation. It helps with focus. So it's a lot of

brain stuff. Okay. It also helps with sleep patterns at certain points in the sleep cycle.

It also helps us to be able to do what we used to do for the weight and see the results.

So it helps to make that lean muscle mass. And you know, lean muscle is more metabolically

active at rest than that fat that we start putting on, right? That's just a small taste of the

amazing show we have for you today. Hey, before we get started, I want to talk to you about something

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