Episode 48: Exploring Female Hormones & Birth Control with Dr. Jolene Brighten
In this episode:
Interview with Dr. Jolene Brighten
What is Post Birth Control Syndrome and why you should care
When your doctor doesn’t believe your story
When medicine borders on dogma
Why birth control is NOT “the pill for every female ill”
Doctors are not a one-size-fits-all: the importance of building a healthcare team
A brief history of birth control
How birth control can delay your diagnosis
What pain with sex & chronic yeast infections have in common
Vaginal pain & shame
Why you need to be a troublemaker
The nutrients depleted by birth control
Foods to eat if you take hormonal birth control
How birth control affects your thyroid, hormones and gut
Birth control, leaky gut & autoimmune disease
Is the pill causing your depression?
The two theories of depression and how birth control affects both
The importance of your period & cycle regularity
Amenorrhea after the pill
Tests to ask for if your period is irregular or missing
How insulin, blood sugar regulation affect your hormones
How stress affects fertility
The best hormone, thyroid & adrenal tests
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