Can Hormones Fix Menopause Fatigue and Weight Gain?

You went through menopause and the rules changed. The weight arrives without any change in what you eat. The fatigue is heavy enough that the workout you used to do feels out of reach. You mention it and get told your labs are normal. Then you find a doctor who runs sixty tests, finds what everyone else missed, and puts you on thyroid medication, testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone. Within weeks the weight moves and the energy comes back. It is very hard to argue with results you can feel. Dr. Joel Fuhrman and Dr. Cara Fuhrman ask the harder question: what are those results costing you? Relieving genuine menopausal symptoms with the lowest effective dose of hormones is one decision. Using hormones to lose weight and buy energy is a different one — and it carries a different risk. Related: Do Women Really Need Hormone Replacement Therapy? (Part 1) References at drfuhrman.com/podcasts.