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As you go into perimenopause and menopause you don\u2019t have to settle for increased anxiety, dull moods, depression, a foggy brain, a flabby belly, night sweats, insomnia, fatigue, low libido, weight gain and the bone loss that so \u201ccommon\u201d and \u201caccepted\u201d with getting older.<\/p>\n
There are natural, effective and easy-to-implement solutions to balance your hormones at any age!<\/p>\n
My perimenopausal symptoms hit with a vengeance in my late 30s. The stress that I was experiencing at work, together with all the hormone changes and what I call my \u201cperfect storm\u201d of gluten issues, heavy metals, low GABA, low serotonin, low zinc, adrenal issues, vegetarian diet, candida, pyroluria and leaky gut, all worked together to cause my anxiety and panic attacks.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t settle and as soon as I used GABA and tryptophan the anxiety and panic attacks stopped and I could take a step back and work on all the other underlying issues, without all the overwhelm.<\/p>\n
I share my story in my interview on the Perimenopause Summit with summit host Dr. Michelle Sands, and go into great detail about how to use the amino acids in the most effective way to ease anxiety, worry, fear, negative self-talk, ruminations and overwhelm.<\/p>\n
I also share a study about tryptophan easing PMS symptoms in just 3 cycles, as well as some of my other tips for PMS symptom relief (think liver support).<\/p>\n
I also talk about a topic that no-one is addressing and yet there is such a simple solution for this excruciatingly painful condition called proctalgia fugax. You may not have heard this term but if you have you know it! In the medical literature it is described as \u201ca condition that leads to rectal spasms and sharp fleeting pain in the lower rectum or anus.\u201d Sublingual GABA works miracles in a few minutes).<\/p>\n
My interview – Amino Acid Therapy for Anxiety<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, hormone and women\u2019s health issues are incredibly misdiagnosed and misunderstood, leaving many women feeling hopeless, broken and stuck.<\/p>\n Dr. Michelle gets all this because she was also there, in her 20s with irregular and absent periods, mood swings, joint pain, infertility, low libido, digestive issues and insomnia. She was told her ovaries had failed and to manage her symptoms for the rest of her life with birth control pills, antidepressants and other medications. So, she found a better way \u2014 a natural way to help her body heal itself \u2014 and she\u2019s here to teach you how to do the very same, no matter whether you\u2019re in your 20s or decades older!<\/p>\n There are little known connections between pyroluria (a social anxiety condition) and perimenopause.<\/p>\n The nutrients, zinc, vitamin B6 and evening primrose oil, eliminate the social anxiety symptoms and have a direct tie in to perimenopause because these same nutrients:<\/p>\n In my interview with Dr. Michelle I also share how I discovered I had pyroluria before I even knew what pyroluria was. I was in perimenopause and had terrible PMS. I read Ann Louise Gittleman\u2019s wonderful book Before the Change: Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(my Amazon link), and she recommended zinc, vitamin B6, and evening primrose oil for PMS symptoms. Once I started taking these nutrients I had fewer hormonal issues and they helped so much with my social anxiety.<\/p>\n A few years later when I was working with clients with pyroluria and I looked at the pyroluria questionnaire I thought: “that looks like me, maybe I\u2019ve got this too!” I did the urine test and I discovered that I have pyroluria.<\/p>\n In my interview I talk about :<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/perimenomause-summit-trudy-interview.png\")
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