Hormone therapy involves using medications and treatments to help regulate hormones and improve wellbeing. At Equilibrium Hormone Institute in Cleburne, Texas, we specialize in providing customized hormone replacement therapy (HRT) plans to help our patients restore hormonal balance and offset common signs of hormone deficiency.
Hormone imbalances can negatively impact quality of life and lead to unpleasant symptoms. By using bioidentical hormones and proven treatment methods, we successfully treat hormone-related issues for both men and women. We create fully personalized plans that factor in symptoms, medical history, lab work, lifestyle factors, and treatment goals.
Below is an overview of our hormone therapy services, common issues we treat, what to expect during the process, and the potential benefits of undergoing treatment.
The first step in hormone therapy is diagnosing the root cause of symptoms. We thoroughly evaluate patients for potential hormone deficiencies or imbalances.
Our practitioners carefully review reported symptoms, medical history, family history, previous treatments, and lifestyle factors. Common issues connected to low hormone levels include:
After a medical evaluation, we order diagnostic lab tests to check baseline blood levels of key hormones like estrogen, testosterone, thyroid hormones, cortisol, and more. Testing gives objective data to analyze. We use top CLIA-certified national labs like Quest Diagnostics.
Our practitioners carefully evaluate lab results alongside reported symptoms to pinpoint likely deficiencies impacting wellbeing. We look for hormonal imbalances as well as issues like low vitamin D, high inflammation markers, insulin resistance, and chronic infections.
This allows creating a tailored treatment plan.
Once we identify hormone deficiencies through testing and evaluation, we explore science-backed treatment options.
The foundation of most treatment plans involves prescription bioidentical hormones to restore optimal balances.
We provide FDA-approved bioidentical hormone medications including gels, creams, patches, pellets, sprays, and self-administered injections. Pellet therapy delivers consistent low doses over 6 months through a quick in-office procedure. We develop customized plans balancing multiple hormones based on lab work and needs.
Bioidentical hormones form the foundation for most plans. We also incorporate supportive therapies like:
We also provide guidance on improving diet, managing stress, adopting hormonal supportive lifestyle habits, achieving peak fitness, and optimizing sleep quality – all key factors influencing hormone health and treatment efficacy.
There are many potential benefits associated with undergoing customized hormone replacement therapy, including:
Getting hormones like estrogen, testosterone, thyroid hormones, DHEA, melatonin, and growth hormone back into optimal ranges leads to widespread benefits. Our treatments are designed to restore balance.
Low energy and fatigue represent extremely common symptoms of hormone imbalance. Raising metabolic and mitochondrial function through thyroid hormones, growth factors, testosterone, and nutrients provides a profound boost in daily energy levels.
Imbalances in steroid hormones like estrogen, testosterone, DHEA directly impact mood quality. Our therapies alleviate anxiety, depression, irritability, mood swings, and poor stress resilience associated with deficiencies. This promotes emotional stability and an overall sense of wellbeing.
Testosterone and growth hormone play major regulatory roles related to body composition and metabolism. Our treatments help patients struggling with weight gain, belly fat accumulation, and the inability to build strength and muscle mass despite diet and exercise efforts.
Low testosterone, estrogen, DHEA, and thyroid hormone directly reduce libido and sexual health in both men and women. Treatment can restore satisfying sex drive, performance, sensation, and fertility issues.
Chronic inflammation causes extensive hormonal dysfunction and negative health impacts. Our therapies help resolve inflammatory and autoimmune issues for optimal wellness.
Age and lifestyle related hormone decline over decades eventually takes a toll on health. Preserving youthful hormone levels provides widespread protective effects against many common diseases.
Optimizing key hormones to youthful ranges can help maintain vitality, independence, strength, mobility, sharp mental acuity, positive mood, healthy libido, robust energy, restful sleep, strong immunity, and an overall high quality of life well into older age.
Hormone therapy can help transgender individuals align their physical characteristics with their gender identity. While the effects are often gradual, many report profound improvements in body image, self-esteem, and overall quality of life from simply feeling more comfortable in their own skin after starting treatment.
If lab results reveal likely hormone deficiencies causing symptoms, we move forward with treatment plans aimed at restoration and balance guided by extensive medical expertise.
We provide thorough education on various hormone medication options along with side effects, administration procedures, timing considerations, and dosage titration methods to dial in optimal levels. Starting medication marks the beginning of benefits. We closely track patient progress and feel to make adjustments.
Approximately 6 weeks after starting hormones, we retest key markers using blood work and symptom evaluation. This allows confirming positive changes while guiding dosage adjustments to maximize treatment effects. Patients then return for follow up testing roughly twice per year.
We counsel patients on additional lifestyle optimizations proven to amplify hormone therapy results like:
Our goal is to help patients achieve full treatment benefits as quickly as possible while minimizing side effects. This is accomplished through expert oversight fine tuning plans to meet individual needs. Dramatic improvements in symptoms and outlook typically occur within the first months which builds motivation to fully embrace positive lifestyle changes maximizing wellness.
Equilibrium Hormone Institute proudly serves the Cleburne, Texas area with care, professionalism, and clinical excellence. We aim to make hormone therapy understandable, accessible, affordable, and highly effective using proven science-based protocols, cutting edge testing, premium quality medications, and compassionate guidance. Please () to learn more or schedule your first appointment.
Testosterone acts as a crucial hormone in both biological sexes. When levels drop too low, there can be significant negative impacts on quality of life. Understanding the wide ranging symptoms helps identify when treatment may be beneficial.
In men, testosterone plays vital roles related to sex drive, reproductive health, genital/urinary function, muscle mass, fat burn, motivation, confidence, stamina, bone strength, heart health, and cognitive abilities. Deficiencies negatively affect all of these areas.
In women, optimal testosterone helps maintain lean muscle mass, healthy libido, bone density, drive, competitive edge, genital tissue health, and balanced mood. Levels naturally decline with aging in both sexes.
Common symptoms of low testosterone include:
Testosterone provides a major boost to activity levels and vigor. Low levels frequently manifest as perpetual tiredness, lack of energy, and an inability to complete tasks requiring endurance.
Testosterone fuels sexual desire and enjoyment. Reductions commonly cause decreased interest/motivation for sex, genital numbness, lack of stimulating sensations, and inability to become fully aroused.
Normal testosterone function helps regulate mood while giving a competitive, ambitious edge. Low levels can lead to sadness, mood instability, lack of drive, and emotional numbness.
Testosterone facilitates lean muscle tissue growth and repair after activity while spurring protein synthesis. Low levels cause noticeable decreases in functional strength.
Testosterone helps trigger fat burning while building calorie burning lean mass. Low levels frequently lead to increased belly fat and body weight.
Dropping testosterone reduces energy output, endurance, and mental sharpness. Completing demanding tasks becomes progressively more challenging.
If experiencing multiple low testosterone symptoms, lab testing helps clarify whether treatment might help restore optimal balance and wellbeing.
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) involves restoring testosterone levels in deficient men or women via gels, injections, creams or pellets. When properly administered, major benefits are frequently reported including:
Boosting testosterone often leads to revived libido, increased genital sensitivity, improved erectile function and stamina, and more satisfying sexual experiences overall.
As the crucial muscle building hormone, testosterone therapy helps boost strength training results leading to visible muscle tissue growth and performance gains.
Many TRT patients report feeling 10 years younger energy-wise. Testosterone provides a major boost athletic output, work capacity, motivation to be active, and liveliness.
By positively influencing key neurotransmitters like serotonin while regulating emotions, testosterone helps smooth out mood variability leading to less anxiety/depression and more motivation.
The metabolic influence of testosterone triggers abdominal and thigh fat loss while promoting functional lean mass gains - leading to an increasingly fit appearance.
Testosterone enhances traits linked to leadership, determination, competitiveness, and willingness to confront challenges - all contributors to elevated confidence.
When circulating testosterone drops too low, heart disease and metabolic disorder risks increase. Optimizing levels provides cardioprotective effects.
If suffering from low testosterone symptoms, TRT may offer life changing benefits. We help patients balance levels for maximum health gains.
Recognizing symptoms suggestive of low testosterone is the critical first step. Confirmatory blood testing provides objective evidence regarding deficient levels.
We offer state-of-the art testosterone lab testing helping clarify the need for treatment.
Testing involves collecting a single blood sample at our clinic. This sample gets analyzed at a certified national lab. We track key markers including:
Screening may reveal low total and/or free testosterone alongside elevated SHBG pointing to deficiency.
If treatment is pursued, we retest levels approximately 6 weeks after initiation then every 6 months. This allows adjusting dosages to keep testosterone within optimal ranges based on evolving patient needs.
Accurately assessing testosterone status provides key insights into health issues and gives objective evidence supporting treatment if warranted to restore balance and wellness.
Once lab testing confirms clinically low testosterone, we develop customized treatment plans incorporating high quality medications and supportive care targeting restoration to youthful levels.
There are multiple FDA approved options to safely and effectively elevate testosterone including:
We personalize medication selection based on patient needs and preferences. Those experiencing symptoms between injections often benefit from shorter esters.
We enhance the effectiveness of primary testosterone therapy by addressing common nutritional deficiencies with:
We also counsel on adoption of masculine supportive behaviors and social exposures which elevate testosterone further through neural feedback.
Combining proven medications, targeted nutrition, and lifestyle optimization allows us to restore testosterone effectively and efficiently.
Estrogen and progesterone operate as the major female reproductive hormones with widespread impacts on appearance, menstrual function, bone density, heart health, fat deposition, and much more. Imbalances cause significant issues.
Estrogen drops around menopause (avg age 51) but may decline decades earlier causing:
If multiple symptoms are present, testing helps clarify the role declining estrogen levels may be playing.
Progesterone naturally peaks after ovulation, supporting early embryo implantation while inducing secretion of estrogen-primed uterine lining. Imbalances cause issues like:
Testing helps identify clinically low progesterone potentially requiring treatment.
Rebalancing estrogen and progesterone relieves unpleasant symptoms while providing extensive health protections long term against heart disease, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, stroke, dementia, and cancer in women.
Bioidentical hormone replacement aims to restore estrogen, progesterone and/or testosterone blood levels to more youthful ranges alleviating deficiencies causing menopausal symptoms along with other benefits.
