@elevatemd: PERIMENOPAUSE👏🏻IS👏🏻NOT👏🏻A👏🏻BUZZWORD👏🏻 This is a PSA for every single woman out there trying their best to advocate for themselves… 🫶🏻 Your symptoms are real. 🫶🏻 What you are experiencing is real. 🫶🏻 And your hormones are so much more than just a ‘buzzword’. The fact that so many women are finally finding language for what they’ve been feeling for years is not a trend. It’s called awareness. If you have ever left a doctor’s appointment feeling dismissed, invalidated, or like you were somehow being dramatic… I am so sorry. You truly deserve so much better than that. 🥹🫶🏻 And to any providers watching this… with all due respect, do better. Your patients are coming to you vulnerable, advocating for themselves, and they deserve to be heard. 🩺📲 If you’re in the US & you’re tired of not being taken seriously, go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free 30-minute call with my team. We know your quality of life matters and we will always take you seriously. #perimenopause #hormonehealth #hormonalimbalance #womenover30 #womenover40
My gyn did bloodwork and said I’m “clearly not in menopause.” Never said I was. Def said PERImenopause. Might be coming to visit you soon! So thankful for providers like you and Dr. Mary Claire Haver!
2026-06-30 12:47:02
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LisaC682 :
10 yrs ago I was told to drink soy milk. it will help my hot flashes. Then another Dr gave me antidepressants. They didn't help. She put me back on the pill. I took it because I was ready to lose it. Last year I got on HRT. it saved me.
2026-06-30 02:30:17
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TangentAcquired :
An entire generation is aging into perimenopause, of course it's going to seem like "everyone thinks they need hormones". Because THEY DO!
2026-08-19 14:34:46
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outbackjack213 :
My pcp told me I didn’t have Peri Menopause— that’s not a thing. She didn’t have it so nobody does!!
2026-06-30 10:42:47
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Marcia :
I have been trying for 2 years to get a dr to take me seriously. I’m 41 and was diagnosed with ADHD at 37. I’m positive I’ve been in perimenopause since then. That’s how I finally got diagnosed with ADHD! I couldn’t mask and hold it together anymore. I’ve been told I have to be 50 before perimenopause will even be discussed! What?!!!! Time to find someone who will listen!
2026-07-26 02:32:32
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Heather Engstrom :
Wow! Eww! Red flag! Run!
2026-08-24 15:37:23
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Rachel B :
that's so irritating. i have been documenting my symptoms now because they are so freaking wild. if i don't take certain vitamins and hormone herbs and stuff i go crazy!
2026-08-18 00:14:42
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JudyLynn :
they don't understand we are educating ourselves with help from you. they don't like being questioned. you are the best.
2026-06-30 06:20:31
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joellen welder :
Is it normal to get sent to your GYN? I went to my normal doctor and she said she doesn’t do this, even though I know she does PAPS. Thankfully she did send me to my GYN for HRT. 🤷♀️
2026-07-01 14:19:21
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Ally | Women's Health+Business :
This. Accurate and infuriating.
2026-07-21 19:13:19
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Feral-ly Shanny 🤪 :
On my 4th estradiol patch (2weeks) and 😳 omg why did I wait to ask my Amazing NP. I am fortunate that she listens. ❤️regret wasting the last year struggling.
2026-06-30 04:28:34
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Corinne Betteridge, REALTOR® :
So glad that even my male military PCP is completely on my side! He loves that I know what is happening with my body because I am the only one who knows! He put me on HRT about a month ago and we have made a dosage increase. I am lucky to have found him!
2026-07-13 12:31:10
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bluekittenmoo :
my blood work literally showed my levels of hormones in the red and they still don't I need HRT because they didn't think it would help 😅 based on... wait for it.... other patients
2026-06-30 02:22:55
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Delaine Glaze :
Wow
2026-08-25 13:11:50
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Lorelai :
My obgyn said perimenopause was a fad when I tried to talk to her about it.
2026-06-30 02:55:31
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heather258155 :
Took me finding a new practitioner to get taken seriously…found out I have 6 fibroids. They don’t take us seriously at all.
2026-06-30 13:51:14
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Misty 🇨🇦 :
Hormones saved my life. Literally.
2026-06-30 04:47:37
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CriseL252 :
My PCP, a woman who is probably a couple years older than me, completely dismissed me, told me menopause is natural, and that I should eat more greens and exercise. And she quickly suggested anxiety meds!! WTF! I felt so defeated. I will be calling your office for an appointment very soon.
2026-08-16 21:05:59
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Evoke Equines :
Pissed with you, been there for over a year at 44. Finally found a provider, however had to pay out of pocket instead of it being completely covered. Tim to do waaaay better for the other half of the pop.
2026-06-30 05:51:05
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Meli.Mel.Mackie :
🙋♀️keep buzzing around then loves. make the buzz soooooo loud thats all they hear. it cant be in all our heads, we are not fine, this is not normal! our children are watching and deserve better.
2026-08-19 10:12:48
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Haywoodfam :
I was so nervous about seeing my gynecologist for this reason! They semi-renamed their office and that was validation to call. immediately approved for HRT
2026-07-24 14:47:29
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Annette Moore :
And this is why we feel gaslighted all the time
2026-08-21 10:03:19
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Reba_78 :
Yup, they told me there is to much info on social media and all women think they have perimenopause
2026-08-25 13:19:17
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