Having experienced menopause by age 34, along with a LOT of the symptoms Chris spoke about, I completely understand how annoying this was!!!!!! I would stand at my boss’s desk, getting instruction on a job, but the time I got to my desk, I was completely clueless on what I was to do. Major fatigue and joint pain as well. My regular PCP had NO clue what to do – I went to a specialist (Similar to Dr Braverman) he found out I was at a “Post” menopausal level with my hormones. Within 6 months of treatment under his care I had completey reversed my hormone levels. And was starting to feel Human again! And yes Dr Lisa you can become toxic! I do NOT believe each doctor is a specialist in every field this is completely evident with all the doctors I went to previously they were all clueless on this issue – 6 different doc, including Physicians, ObGyns, and even a rheumatologist, all just kept wanting to put me on med after med – The Doc that was similar to Doc Braverman was the only one who “Fixed” me up, not doped me up.

I (52) am battling peri- and menopause for the past 10 years. I feel like I am trying to nail jello to a tree. I have to say that I do feel like the walnuts are now the size of a peanut with all the symptoms that go along. Obviously we are not all the same and not every woman has every symptom. Although I feel like I have most of them. I try to avoid taking replacement hormons (and yes—-some can be toxic if you have an imbalance of them like cortisol and estrone for example). I am not sure what Dr. Lisa meant with " celebrating menopause"….lol—-what are we celebrating here…“old age” fitting into the role of a wise grandmother? (Will she be saying the same thing once she will hit peri- and menopause?)I am trying hard to keep my body functioning right but it gets increasingly harder to do so. Dr. Braverman’s approach seems right. What can be bad with nourishing our bodys the right way? I was shocked how Dr. Lisa treated this guest on the show.
Let’s keep an open mind and be polite to people with other opinions.