Elevate MD

11/05/2025

If you’re in or menopause & you’re feeling really disconnected in your relationship, please take a moment to listen and feel free to share this with your partner/spouse. ❤️

Perimenopause was an extremely isolating time for me mentally, physically, & emotionally. I felt completely lost in my own body, and I had zero desire to be intimate with my husband.

This time in our relationship was extremely confusing, because my emotions didn’t make sense to me at all. I didn’t understand why I didn’t want to be affectionate or why I was feeling so disconnected.

Talking to my husband about what I was feeling during this time was extremely challenging because I honestly wasn’t sure how to explain what was happening to me.

Fortunately, my husband was so kind and understanding, and he suggested that we remove the pressure of ‘intimacy’ so we could just focus on the quality time without any expectation (unless I wanted to 🥹)

This worked really well for us and ultimately strengthened our relationship! ☺️🙌🏻

Hormone therapy also played a very integral role in this journey as we continued to rebuild our intimacy and connection. So if you are experiencing this same type of disconnect in your relationship, I would highly recommend getting your hormone levels checked… because I promise that it’s not just in your head! ❤️

🩺📲 We are accepting new Telehealth patients in the US. If you are interested in working with us for hormone optimization, you can go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗

11/05/2025

If you’re in & your doctor has ever tried to gaslight you about your symptoms… THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU! 🫵🏻

I’ve recently been getting so many messages from you all telling me that your doctors have told you that perimenopause isn’t real. 🤨

So let me be the first to say YOU AREN’T CRAZY! 🙏🏼

Perimenopause is the transitional period between PRE-menopause & menopause when your hormones start to go absolutely chaotic. As you can see from the graphs in the video, there is ZERO predictability about what your hormones are doing during perimenopause and this isn’t just confusing for you, it’s also extremely confusing to your body. 😅

This is where your symptoms are coming from! 👏🏻

To make things worse, you guys have also been telling me that your providers are telling you that you are ‘too young’ for perimenopause. 🤦🏻‍♀️

But we know for a fact that perimenopause symptoms can begin in your early 30’s. 🥹
Your symptoms matter regardless of your age and you deserve to be listened to. 🫶🏻

🩺📲 We are accepting new Telehealth patients in the US. If you are interested in working with us for hormone optimization, you can go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗

11/03/2025

If you’re in & anxiety is absolutely kicking your butt, you’ll definitely want to save this post for later! 🙌🏻

Today, I will be ranking some of the different hacks I have tried for perimenopause induced anxiety (as a chronically anxious girlie 🤠)

Hormonal fluctuations during perimenopause are notorious for throwing your body into fight or flight even when you aren’t physically feeling stressed or overwhelmed.

& this isn’t normal “stress”… your body is being forced into survival mode without any warning. 😵‍💫

Common symptoms may include…

👉🏻 Heart palpitations/Racing Heart
👉🏻 Dizziness/Vertigo
👉🏻 Insomnia & Nightmares
👉🏻 Internal Tremors & Jitteriness
👉🏻 Chest Tightness
👉🏻 Shortness of Breath/Oxygen Hunger
👉🏻 Intrusive Thoughts (especially while driving)
👉🏻 Panic Attacks
👉🏻 Chronic Overstimulation

If your anxiety has begun to affect your quality of life, & “hacks” just aren’t cutting it anymore, it may be time to explore hormone therapy to address the underlying hormonal chaos that perimenopause can cause! 🥹🙏🏼

🩺📲 We are accepting new Telehealth patients in the US. If you are interested in working with us for hormone optimization, you can go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗

10/31/2025

Should you run labs for ? 🤔

YES👏🏻YES👏🏻YES👏🏻

This shouldn’t be a hot take, but we absolutely need to run labs if we are going to treat perimenopause, and providers really shouldn’t be blindly prescribing hormones without at least establishing a baseline first! 🙅🏻‍♀️

Although perimenopause is a clinical diagnosis, meaning that it can be diagnosed based on your symptoms, we need to run labs if our goal is to treat/manage your perimenopause symptoms!

Perimenopause has a systemic effect on our bodies, meaning that it doesn’t just impact our reproductive hormones. But aside from the systemic symptoms, we need to run labs to rule out any other underlying issues that could be exacerbating your symptoms.

In my situation, I was diagnosed as post-menopausal at the age of 27, but the underlying cause was a pituitary tumor. This would have NEVER been diagnosed had we not run comprehensive bloodwork. 🥹

If you have no intention in treating your symptoms, then I suppose you can do without labs. But if your goal is to address your systems so you can fully regain your quality of life, step 1 will always be comprehensive bloodwork. ❤️

🩺📲 We are accepting new Telehealth patients in the US. If you are interested in working with us for hormone optimization, you can go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗

10/30/2025

10/29/2025

If you are in and you are suffering from the nonstop itchy ears… THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU! 🫵🏻

Itchy ears are incredibly common during perimenopause for a couple different reasons…

👉🏻 Estrogen fluctuations: As estrogen levels fluctuate and eventually decline, your body produces less natural oil. This leads to dryness, irritation, and itchiness inside of your ears.

👉🏻 Histamine and Mast Cell Sensitivity: Estrogen helps regulate mast cells (immune cells that release histamine). During perimenopause, when estrogen levels fluctuate unpredictably, histamine release can spike which can lead to itching, flushing, irritation, and excess mucus production inside of your ear canal.

Definitely give this trick a try if the perimenopause ears are driving you nuts!! This trick is especially useful if your itchy ears are waking you up in the middle of the night. 😅😵‍💫

🩺📲 We are accepting new Telehealth patients in the US. If you are interested in working with us for hormone optimization, you can go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗

10/28/2025

“Can I be in if I still have a regular cycle?” 🤔

The short answer is… YES!!! 😅

Although skipping periods is incredibly common during perimenopause, it’s not the only menstrual irregularity to be on the lookout for.

Any deviation in your regular cycle can be indicative of perimenopause, and this includes changes such as…

👉🏻 Heavier periods
👉🏻 Lighter periods
👉🏻 Longer periods
👉🏻 More frequent periods
👉🏻 More painful periods
👉🏻 More clotting
👉🏻 Ovulation pain
👉🏻 Spotting
👉🏻 Color changes (darker, brighter, pinker, etc.)
👉🏻 Worsening PMS symptoms
👉🏻 New symptoms that sync with your cycle

Just because you are still getting a cycle every month does not mean that you aren’t in perimenopause. Some women may not experience any noticeable changes in menstruation, ESPECIALLY if they are on birth control or IUD!

If you are experiencing any symptoms that you think could be related to perimenopause, running comprehensive labs will always be the best first step to actually getting to the root of your symptoms. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

🩺📲 We are accepting new Telehealth patients in the US. If you are interested in working with us for hormone optimization, you can go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗

10/27/2025

In my early 20’s, I unknowingly went through & menopause, and it took me almost 8 years to finally get a diagnosis…

During that time, my health started to rapidly decline to the point where I was barely functioning and I no longer recognized the body I was living in. ☹️

Despite the fact that multiple specialists told me that I was fine and everything looked ‘normal’, I knew for a fact that what I was experiencing was absolutely NOT NORMAL! 🥹

Some of my most debilitating symptoms during perimenopause & menopause were…

👉🏻 Anxiety & depression
👉🏻 Rapid weight gain and metabolic dysfunction
👉🏻 Heart palpitations, racing heart, & hypertension
👉🏻 Facial swelling & hives (urticaria)
👉🏻 Chronic insomnia & fatigue
👉🏻 Circulation issues
👉🏻 Chronic nerve pain and other neurological issues
👉🏻 Histamine intolerance (I became allergic to everything!!!)
👉🏻 Severe brain fog that left me incapacitated
👉🏻 Chronic joint pain that decreased my mobility

These are just the symptoms that caused the most physical discomfort. This doesn’t even include the full body dryness & itching, itchy ears, hair loss, menstrual changes, chronic post nasal drip, hypertension, hot flashes/night sweats, and complete loss of libido.

It wasn’t until the providers at Elevate MD ran comprehensive bloodwork that all of my symptoms FINALLY clicked together, and I was diagnosed as post-menopausal at the age of 27.

You know your body better than anyone else, and you deserve answers! NORMAL ≠ OPTIMIZED 🥹🫶🏻

🩺📲 If you are in the US, and you are interested in exploring hormone therapy, we would LOVE to work with you via Telehealth. Go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗

10/23/2025

This is a very important PSA! 📢

You guys have been asking so many questions about perimenopause…

👉🏻 What is perimenopause? 🤨
👉🏻 How long does perimenopause last? 🤔
👉🏻 Will the symptoms end after menopause? 😩

In today’s video, I will review the answers to your most pressing questions, along with some groundbreaking new research from The Menopause Society. 🤭

A new retrospective cohort analysis based on data from more than 120 million patient records confirms everything we have been suspecting for a long time… Timing is everything when it comes to safety and efficacy of hormone therapy!!! 🙌🏻

The research shows earlier initiation of estrogen therapy during perimenopause was associated with approximately 60% lower odds of breast cancer, heart attack, and stroke. 👏🏻

On top of that, the study found that women who started estrogen therapy after menopause
had slightly lower odds of breast cancer and heart attack than those women who never took hormones. 👏🏻

This data is incredibly important, because it emphasizes the significance & long term benefit of starting hormone therapy DURING perimenopause, as opposed to waiting until post-menopause.

🩺📲 If you are in the US, and you are interested in exploring hormone therapy, we would LOVE to work with you via Telehealth. Go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗

10/22/2025

If you’re in or menopause, and you’re struggling with debilitating anxiety, THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU! 🥹🫵🏻

Hormonal fluctuations during perimenopause are notorious for dysregulation our nervous systems. Our Autonomic nervous system maintains the balance between our sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) and our parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest).

The primary nerve responsible for parasympathetic activation is our vagus nerve. During perimenopause, this nerve can weaken making our bodies more prone to all sorts of uncomfortable symptoms, including…

👉🏻 Anxiety
👉🏻 Heart Palpitations & PVCs
👉🏻 Internal Tremors
👉🏻 Chest Tightness
👉🏻 Oxygen Hunger
👉🏻 Intrusive Thoughts
👉🏻 Blood Pressure Changes
👉🏻 Insomnia
👉🏻 Dizziness & Vertigo

Addressing the underlying cause hormonal imbalances of nervous system dysregulation during perimenopause & menopause is always the most effective solution for long term symptom management. But if you need something that works quickly, give the recommendations in this video a try and let me know what you think. ❤️☺️

🩺📲 We are accepting new Telehealth patients in the US. If you are interested in working with us for hormone optimization, you can go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free call with my team to learn how to get started. 🤗

10/21/2025

If you’re in , and you’re experiencing burning mouth syndrome, phantom smells, or tinnitus… THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU! 🫵🏻

Believe it or not, these perimenopause symptoms actually have one very specific thing in common… 👀

✨Estrogen Fluctuations✨

Estrogen plays a critical role in healthy nerve function and nervous system regulation. When estrogen levels begin to fluctuate during perimenopause, this can trigger nervous system dysfunction & nerve hypersensitivity.

This nerve hypersensitivity can cause weird symptoms such as…

👉🏻 Tinnitus, Ringing, or Whooshing
👉🏻 Phantom Smells
👉🏻 Light & Sound Sensitivity
👉🏻 Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS)
👉🏻 Changes in Taste
👉🏻 Metallic Taste
👉🏻 Teeth & Gum Sensitivity

If you are experiencing any of these crazy perimenopause symptoms, definitely give the hacks in this video a try. And let me know if you would be interested in learning more about vagus nerve activation for nervous system regulation. I’d be more than happy to post a full video on my favorite nervous system hacks! 🤗

🩺📲 We are accepting new Telehealth patients in the US. If you are interested in working with us for hormone optimization, you can go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free call with my team to learn how to get started. ❤️