You've Seen 10 Doctors & Still, No Answers: Your Guide to Perimenopause with Dr. Mary Claire Haver

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🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Hormones, brain fog and the ups and downs of perimenopause—Dr. Mary Claire Haver has got you covered! Discover how to handle those hormonal rollercoaster rides, keep your bones strong and sharpen your mind.

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0:00.0	So what used to look like a very predictable ebb and flow curve now looks like I took force
0:05.6	the strains of spaghetti and threw it at the wall.
0:07.7	You've lost the ability to predict and the levels are extremely erratic for seven to ten years.
0:14.0	And the brain does not respond well to this fluctuation.
0:19.0	The best study that came out was last year.
0:21.9	I don't feel like myself.
0:24.7	I don't feel like myself.
0:26.3	They quantified it.
0:27.3	They studied it.
0:28.4	And that seems to be the universal thing.
0:32.1	They are coming to me after seeing multiple doctors.
0:35.2	It was like average of 10.
0:37.3	Like women had seen 10 physicians.
0:40.9	Unacceptable. For some women, menopause crystallizes what's important and your tolerance for
0:46.5	other people's bullshit goes away, which I love about menopause and perimenopause.
0:51.3	I am like literally thinking, keep me out of a nursing home. That is my focus,
0:57.1	is I want to live as independently as possible for as long as possible. And my time in the gym,
1:02.8	my nutritional choices, my optimizing my sleep, my everything I do is for that.
1:14.5	Hey. I do is for that. Hey, friends.
1:15.9	Welcome back to another episode of Better with Dr. Stephanie.
1:18.7	It's me, as always your host, Dr. Stephanie Estima.
1:22.2	Do you feel not like yourself?
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