
Explore perimenopause symptoms and physiology, learn how lab testing can be misinterpreted, and discover options—diet, lifestyle, supplements, and prescriptions—to balance hormones and feel like yourself again.
Explore how perimenopause alters reproductive and stimulating hormones, including FSH and LH from the pituitary, with adrenal, thyroid hormones, insulin, and testosterone shaping the negative feedback loop.
Explore how estrogen and progesterone influence perimenopause, detailing estrogen's effects on the heart, brain, bones, hair, and skin, and how progesterone balances mood and cravings.
Explore how adrenal hormones—DHEA, cortisol, pregnenolone—affect energy, stress, memory, and weight in perimenopause, and how cortisol–insulin interactions drive fat storage.
Discover how to test estradiol accurately and interpret cycle-based changes, including days 16 to 24 readings, and what estrogen dominance or low estrogen indicates in perimenopause.
Explore Michelle's perimenopause case to understand symptom-driven options beyond birth control pills or an IUD for heavy periods, irritability, sleep disruption, and weight gain.
The lecture outlines a multifactorial treatment plan for heavy periods and low ferritin, focusing on iron supplementation, dietary changes, over-the-counter iron, and CBC and ferritin monitoring.
Discover how a 100 mg nightly oral progesterone taken from day five to the start of the period improves sleep, balances estrogen, reduces irritability, and lightens periods.
DHEA is an over-the-counter pro hormone and testosterone precursor used in perimenopause to boost motivation, energy, and muscle mass; start at 5 mg, monitor labs, and adjust to 10–15 mg.
Perimenopause can start as early as your 30’s and last until you reach menopause, which could be as late as your early 50’s. That is a long time to deal with the unwanted symptoms or be put on habit-forming, ineffective medications. In this course, you are going to learn options to help bring relief and navigate through Perimenopause.
The symptoms of Perimenopause are vastly different from menopause and can really affect a woman’s life. Perimenopause is not often discussed in the healthcare system. Leaving women suffering, without effective or safe treatment options.
By the end of this course, you will have learned effective and safe tools to make Perimenopause an easy transition.
In this video course you are going to learn:
What it is and am I in Perimenopause?
What are the symptoms of Perimenopause?
What hormones are affected in Perimenopause?
What are the best lab tests for Perimenopause?
How do I read and understand lab testing for Perimenopause?
What can I do safely to balance my hormones in Perimenopause?
In this video course you will learn options to help you:
Get back your energy
Get rid of hormonal weight gain
Manage irritability and moodiness
Manage heavy, cramping, irregular periods
Help with Perimenopausal acne and hair loss
Sleep issues such as staying asleep through the night
Get your short term memory back
The course is taught by Dr. Valorie Davidson, she is the co-creator of Progress Your Health, Inc and a graduate of Bastyr University. She has helped thousands of women since 2004 with hormonal issues including Hypothyroidism, Adrenal Dysfunction, PMS, PCOS, Perimenopause and Menopause.
Medical Disclaimer: The information in this course is intended for educational purposes only. Dr. Davidson & Progress Your Health, Inc assume no responsibility to persons or property as a result of use or misuse of the information contained within. Always consult a health professional before making any changes to your health regimen.