When you are feeling great and looking your best, it’s pretty likely that your hormones are in balance. If the scale starts to tip and some hormones elevate while others dip out of normal range, you’re likely to feel it. Hormone imbalance can create a range of symptoms, including fatigue, irritability, weight loss or weight gain, cravings, bloating, accumulation of belly and hip fat, sleep disturbances, anxiety, and just feeling like something is “off.”
Hormones are fairly easy to test through blood work, so the first thing you can do is check in with your doctor and talk about your symptoms. It can help to go into your appointment with a list so you don’t miss anything.
Use this list of common symptoms of hormone imbalance as a starting point and add anything that you are experiencing that isn’t listed:
- Low sex drive
- Irregular periods
- Painful periods
- Heavy periods
- Bloating
- Breast swelling and tenderness
- Fibrocystic breasts
- PMS
- PCOS
- Endometriosis
- Fibroids
- Headaches
- Migraine
- Moodiness
- Weigh gain
- Hair loss
- Poor sleep
- Energy issues
- Slow metabolism
- Thyroid disfunction
- Cold hands and feet
- Brain fog
- Immune imbalance
Your doctor will be able to determine the specific cause of your issues and help you get relief.
