@elevatemd: Can hormone therapy help manage histamine symptoms? 🤔 The short answer is… yes, but there is definitely a right way and a wrong way to go about it! Let’s break this down. 😅👇🏻 During #perimenopause, your hormones become very chaotic, and progesterone and testostēronē are typically the first to decline. Both play an important role in immune response (specifically mast cells), so when they drop, we commonly see a spike in asthma and allergy-like symptoms. 🤧 At the same time, estrogen begins to fluctuate very unpredictably which can be a recipe for disaster since estrogen actually stimulates histamine production. This is why some women notice their histamine symptoms get worse after starting estrogen therapy. 🫠 HOWEVER, this doesn't mean you can't use estrogen if you have histamine issues. It just means your protocol may need a little extra finessing. One of the main ways we do this is by making sure your progesterone and testōsterōne levels are stable before introducing estrogen into your protocol. (This step is VERYYY important!) Histamine can be very finicky, and everybody responds differently to hormone therapy. So I can't promise that hormone therapy will cure all of your histamine symptoms, but i can say that it is an incredibly useful tool when it is done correctly. 🤌🏻 🩺📲 If you're in the US and curious about hormone therapy for perimenopause or menopause symptom management, go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free 30 minute call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗 #hormonehealth #hormonalimbalance #womenover30 #womenover40

Elevate MD Team 🩺 :

Where are my histamine perimenopause girlies? 🤧

VB2TL26 :

I got diagnosed with asthma. I wonder if HRT will improve symptoms

Dark Moon & Co. :

Yes, more about the estrogen finessing! …

Carrie - CC Designs and Gifts :

The hives itch so bad and nothing seems to help!

cocoacrownedncurls :

My eyes have recently started itching so bad all the time, it’s maddening!!!

Leah E :

Starting HRT next week. Ugh! I already have histamine issues. Now they can be worse!? 😳

Sybrina Fuquay :

I am 49 years old and have never in 47 years had allergies or any allergic reactions. The last 2 years I have had horrible allergies and now have skin writing disorder. Any and everything that applies pressure to my skin causes rashes and hives. Is this common?

Soulstorage :

I’m actually post menopausal technically. I’m 58 I am on estradiol patches, vagifem and progesterone and I feel worse and not better. I has heard a little testosterone could be helpful and I used to get compounded hrt but didn’t notice any difference in symptoms on either. Nothing seems to help my brain fog and adhd/ocd symptoms that have grown so much worse progressively since perimenopause. I wish something would. I miss my executive functioning. Any suggestions for a less histamine flaring hrt regimen ?

JeannetteDM 🌞❌️ :

My GYN is against testosterone

Maggie 🌈 :

I made an appointment with an allergist because nothing is helping with these histamine dumps.

MARsha♏️ :

This is the craziest thing but i just started testosterone (low dose) and the difference after 3 days is insane (in the best way). Clear head, headaches decreased, histamine symptoms declinig by the day. I am hopeful for the first time in 5 years. I'm also on a low dose Estrogen patch.

nikkistell :

Can we manage it without hrt?

ChronicAC13 :

can you address how to do hormone therapy if you do have histamine issues

KBG1994 :

YESSS, please post a follow up video. Perimenopause has made my asthma so much worse 😩

bossofme7 :

How do I see someone knowledgeable about this??? I have had off and on hives but it is much much worse since going through menopause. I am on the estrogen patch and progesterone but my doctor is a hard no and tough it out on testosterone. Zero energy. Where do I go??

Renestingmom :

Constant stuffy and phlem. Lump and tightness in throat

lulabell :

HRT has helped my histamine symptoms.

✨️CSR✨️ :

Yes, I suspect these weird throbbing headaches and inflamed mouth/tongue are part of that, but my provider days she doesn't recognize the symptoms.

RainbowTortilla :

icantb_theonly1 :

My itching has gotten crazy since upping my patch. Should I go back down a dose? I’m also not on testosterone and think I should be.

mrs_sassy_shuman :

Yes please

CarieH/ Bronco Girlie ✨💚🫶 :

I want to know why my patch only last 1 1/2 days. Then I start getting dizzy and like I’m catching a cold. Plus jaw clenching. Ugh. [Crying]

deetz.lydia :

Details on this, please

beckie06 :

Yes!!

Marie :

Yes please x