Transforming Minds Interventional Psychiatry,
a Division of South Chesapeake Psychiatry
Depression, anxiety, fatigue, brain fog, poor sleep, irritability, hot flashes, night sweats, low libido, and feeling unlike yourself can be connected to more than mood alone.
Amanda Snow, PMHNP-BC provides compassionate BHRT evaluations for females ages 40-60 who want their symptoms, history, risks, labs, and goals reviewed as a whole picture.
Schedule a BHRT ConsultationBHRT may be considered when symptoms are affecting quality of life, daily functioning, mood, sleep, energy, or sense of well-being.
Common concerns include perimenopause, menopause, or postmenopause symptoms; fatigue; poor sleep; irritability; low motivation; brain fog; trouble focusing; memory changes; hot flashes; night sweats; joint aches; low libido; sexual wellness concerns; and feeling unlike yourself.
BHRT stands for bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. In clinical conversation, "bioidentical" usually means the hormone has the same molecular structure as a hormone naturally produced by the body.
Hormone therapy may involve estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, or related treatment considerations depending on symptoms, medical history, lab results, goals, and safety factors.
There is no one-size-fits-all hormone plan. A good BHRT evaluation asks what symptoms are present, when they started, what else could be contributing, what the risks are, what the goals are, and what monitoring is needed.
Many women first seek help because they feel anxious, depressed, foggy, exhausted, irritable, unmotivated, or disconnected from themselves.
Sometimes those symptoms are psychiatric. Sometimes they are hormonal. Often, they are layered.
As a psychiatric and interventional practice, we are used to looking at symptoms across systems: mood, sleep, cognition, stress, trauma history, medications, medical issues, and functioning. BHRT gives us another tool in the toolbox when hormone changes may be contributing to the way a woman feels and functions.
If you are a female age 40-60 and symptoms began or worsened during perimenopause, menopause, or postmenopause, a consultation can help sort through whether hormone care belongs in your treatment plan.