JJ Virgin says women shouldn't use generic hormone reference ranges. Work with a menopause-certified doctor to find your personal optimal numbers based on lab results and how you actually feel. Check thyroid, testosterone, fasting insulin, and hs-CRP together.
What are the appropriate optimal numbers for hormones? Ask Melody. Melody, this is one that you want to find a menopause-certified doc and work with them to optimize them, because it's not just the numbers, it's also how you feel. So you're going to want to make sure your thyroid's optimized. You're going to want to make sure that you're also looking at testosterone. You're looking at other things like fasting insulin and hs-CRP and all of the symptoms. So you take your labs plus your symptoms that your doctor can work with you to get you into the ideal range for you.
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