EP 251: The Truth About HRT: Blood Clots, Cancer Risk, Pellets + Perimenopause Symptoms

About this episode

This episode discusses hormone replacement therapy and addresses common myths and misinformation surrounding perimenopause and related symptoms.

Welcome back to Strong + Unfiltered. Today's episode is a solo Q&A all about hormone replacement therapy, perimenopause, progesterone, estrogen, blood clot myths, and the massive amount of misinformation women are still being fed about hormones. We're diving into the REAL differences between birth control and bioidentical HRT, what the WHI study actually did (and didn't) show, why some women are safer ON estrogen than off of it, and why "just wait until menopause" is outdated advice that's keeping women suffering unnecessarily. I also break down pellets, PCOS and HRT, cyclic estrogen dosing, how I monitor hormones in practice, and why symptoms like anxiety, rage, fatigue, sleep issues, brain fog, joint pain, and "not feeling like yourself" may absolutely be connected to perimenopause long before your periods disappear. If you've ever been told your labs are "normal" while you feel exhausted, anxious, inflamed, ragey, wide awake at 2am, or completely unlike yourself… this episode is for you. Get your FREE 9 HRT Myths Debunked ebook here Book an Empowered Medicine consult call here Book a Hormone Strategy Session here Enter the GIVEAWAY to win a FREE brick here

People in this episode

Host: Danielle Kepics

Topics covered

• hormone replacement therapy
• perimenopause
• progesterone
• estrogen
• blood clot myths
• misinformation about hormones
• PCOS

Keywords

• hormone replacement therapy
• perimenopause symptoms
• blood clots
• estrogen
• progesterone
• PCOS
• HRT myths
• bioidentical HRT

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WHI, Empowered Medicine

Products: HRT, bioidentical HRT, birth control, pellets, HRT Myths Debunked ebook

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