Condition
Menopause & Perimenopause
The years around menopause can scramble sleep, mood, body composition, and bone. You do not have to wait until it is over.
How CIHW approaches menopause & perimenopause
Menopause & Perimenopause in this institute
We assess hormones, thyroid, and metabolic health, then discuss HRT and non-hormonal supports with the same seriousness we bring to men's TRT.
First visit for menopause & perimenopause
- 01Cycle history, sleep, hot flashes, mood, and what changed in the same 18 months as the scale.
- 02Hormone, thyroid, and metabolic labs timed to where you actually are in perimenopause or post-menopause.
- 03A written HRT discussion - what we would use, what we would not, and how we follow you.
Perimenopause is not “wait it out”
The North American Menopause Society’s 2022 hormone-therapy statement still supports individualized HRT for bothersome symptoms in appropriate women, with timing and risk discussed in clinic - not on a forum. That is the bar we use in West Dundee.
Women from Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates often already tried a short script elsewhere. We look at sleep, iron, thyroid, and whether a GLP-1 is being asked to fix a hormone year.
Women’s HRT next to metabolic care
Eve Brar, ANP-BC provides medical HRT care. Training and nutrition sit in the same institute so muscle is not the thing you lose while the flash count drops.
If breast, clot, or cardiac history means HRT is the wrong tool, we say that in the first plan - not after six months of hoping.
Questions people actually ask
Questions about Menopause & Perimenopause
Still deciding? Start Here or call (224) 535-8707.
- 01
Do I have to be fully post-menopausal to start?
No. Perimenopause is often when sleep and body composition change. We time labs to the cycle you still have.
- 02
Is this the same as a compounding-only boutique?
We discuss options in plain language, including risk. The product is not the plan. Follow-up is.
Ready to begin?
Not sure where to start? Call the office.
If something is keeping you from feeling your best, this is a clear place to begin.
West Dundee clinic for hormones, metabolism, movement, recovery, and performance.
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999 W. Main St. Suite 100
West Dundee, IL 60118