+@
THE
THE THEME
THE THEME WAS WELCOME TO THE JUNG+@LE.
JUNG+@LE.
JUNG+@LE. THE PRINCIPAL SAYS NO STUDENTS
WERE AT RISK, BUT IT WAS A BAD
DECISION.
DECISION.
DECISION. >>> AGING IS A+@ FACT OF LIFE A
AS WOMEN, OUR HOMELANDS CAN DO
SOME STRANGE THINGS.
-- OUR HORMONES CAN DO SOME
STRANGE THINGS.
STRANGE THINGS. SONIA AZAD HAS MORE.
>> AS WE GET OLDER, THINGS
START CHANGING AND I'M NOT JUST
TALKING GRAY HAIR AND WRINKLES.
>> FOR A LOT OF WOMEN, THE
FIRST SYMPTOM THAT THEY+@ HAVE,
THE FIRST ONE IS THEY CAN'T
SLEEP.
SLEEP.
SLEEP. >>
SLEEP. >> BRAIN FOG, FATIGUE,
IRRITABILITY, MOOD SWINGS.>>
USUALLY WE THINK THIS IS JUST
PART OF LIFE, SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS TO EVERYONE, RIGHT?
>> IT IS NOT EVERYONE AND IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EVERYONE.
>> I SPOKE WITH THREE EXPERTS,
A NURSE PRACTITIONER, AND
AUTHOR OF THE HORMONE S+@HIFT A
A BOARD-CERTIF+@IED FAMILY
MEDICINE PHYSICIAN, MOM, AND 60
YEARS OLD.
YEARS OLD. >> CHECK OUT DOCTOR WAGNER IN
HER 20s.
HER 20s.
HER 20s. YEP, A DALLAS COWBOYS
CHEERLEADER, FULL OF ENERGY AND
FULL OF NATURAL, YOUTHFUL
HORMONES.
HORMONES.
HORMONES. >> WE ALL HAVE TESTOSTERONE,
ESTROGEN, BUT AS WE AGE, WOME+@
EXPERIENCE TIPS -- DIPS, SO,
WHY THE DROP OFF?
>> THERE+@ IS A GENETIC COMPONE
TO IT.
TO IT.
TO IT. THERE IS A LIFESTYLE COMPONENT
TO IT.
TO IT.
TO IT. IF
TO IT. IF YOU ARE UNDER MORE STRESS,
IT IS GOING TO DRAIN +@HORMONES
AND CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS WITH
MOOD, WEIGHT AND SLEEP.
>> SO, IF YOU FEEL OFF, OUR
EXPERTS SAY IT IS TIME TO MAKE
AN APPOINTMENT WITH SOMEONE WHO
KNOWS ABOUT HORMONE REPLEMN
THERAPY.
KNOWS ABOUT HORMONE REPLEMN >> RAPY.
KNOWS ABOUT HORMONE REPLEMN >> IT Y.
KNOWS ABOUT HORMONE REPLEMN >> IT SKD OFBEEN DEEMED BY
THE FDA AS A LITTLE BIT UNSAFE,
USE THE SMALLEST AMOU FOR THE
SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. >+@> WOMEN HE O OF OTOS
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS DIET AND EXERCISE OR
THE PATCHES, PILLS, CREAMS
PELLETS.
THE PATCHES, PILLS, CREAMS LET'S S.
THE PATCHES, PILLS, CREAMS LET'S BEE O EES+@RL
FDA APPROVD
FDA APPROVD >> LOOUIDIA OMN
REPLACEMENT THERP.
REPLACEMENT THERP. >> THE TERM SIMPLY MEANS THE
CHEMICAL STRUCTUEO THE
HORMONE THAT YOUARE GETTING,
TAKING, LOK IEWA YOU
MAKE IN YOUR BODY.>> THESE ARE
HORMONE PELLETS.
HORMONE PELLETS. >> THE CLOSES THING WE HAVE
FOUND TO MIMIC TH+@E BODY'S
NATURAL PRODUCTIONF HORMOE.
>> THEY E HA HORMONE
POWDER TTYOU WOULD FIND IN A
+@
+@ CREAM,
+@ CREAM, PATCHWORK PILS T
PLACED URTHE KN
>> IT ISPRS DO+@WN INTO
THIS, THE SIZE OF A RICE GRA+@I
IT IS NOT TIME-RELEASED, SO,
THE MORE ACTIVE YOU ARE, THE
MORE YOU ARE EXERCISING, THE
MORE STRESS YOU ARE UNDER, THAT
WILL DETERMINE HOW FAST YOU
BURN THROUGH THEM.
>> BEFORE YOU GO HORMONE CRAZY,
HERE'S YOUR WARNING --
>> IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO
HORMONES, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT
YOUR LEVELS ARE.
OT+@HERWISE, YOU MAY BE PUTTING
YOURSELF IN DANGER.
>> A BASELINE, BLOOD OR SALIVA
TEST SHOULD HELP YOU FIGURE OUT
A GOOD STARTING POINT.
>> WE DON'T JUST LOOK AT YOUR
GAS TANK IS EMPTY, SO WE ARE
GOING TO PUT SOME HORMONE IN
YOUR SYSTEM AND HOPE FOR THE
BEST.
BEST.
BEST. >>
BEST. >> YES, YOU CAN BALANCE
HORMONES WITHOUT DRUGS OR
SURGERY.
SURGERY.
SURGERY. BE BALANCED IS ONE OF THE
NEWEST CENTERS IN DALLAS.
>> LOWER THE STRESS, BALANCE +@
THE HORMONES AND THEY CAN
LITERALLY LOOK A+@ND FEEL BETTE
WHEN THEY ARE 50, THEN WHEN
THEY WERE 45.
>> DOCTOR WAGNER WHO HAS BEEN
ON PELLETS HERSELF FOR MORE
THAN A YEAR, SAYS WE WOMEN
+@
THAN A YEAR, SAYS WE WOMEN CAN'T AVOID THE DREADED YEARS
BEFORE AND DURING MENOPAUSE.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY
+@ANTIAGING.
+@ANTIAGING. I DON'T THINK I CAN STOP AGING.
>> BUT, WE CAN TRANSITION
GRACEFULLY.
GRACEFULLY. >> WE CAN AGE WITH THE ABILITY
TO STILL FOCUS AND WRITE AND
RUN AND PLAY WITH OUR
GRANDCHILDREN AND JUST ENJOY
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. >>
LIFE. >> SONIA AZAD, CHANNEL 8