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<v Speaker 1>Up to eighty percent of women who go through menopause

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<v Speaker 1>experience unpleasant symptoms. That's why I get that on my

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<v Speaker 1>knees every morning, saying thank you God for making me

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<v Speaker 1>a mail because women have too many working parts. We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to talk about menopause today, a natural phase every

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<v Speaker 1>woman experiences after age forty forty one forty five. Somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>in there, we're gonna give you some common relief methods.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned, hi, and welcome to Health Talk with Doctor Lynn.

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<v Speaker 1>Your daily dose. The information you hear on the show

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<v Speaker 1>is informational. It's not meant to diagnose or treat any disease.

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<v Speaker 1>Any kind of complete health conditions must be checked out

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<v Speaker 1>and discussed with your primary care physician. Get ready for

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<v Speaker 1>the good news of the day. God bless you, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>and here is doctor Lynn. Today's daily devotional comes from

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<v Speaker 1>the Book of Isaiah, chapter forty two. Come to me

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<v Speaker 1>when you are weak and weary, Rest snugly in my

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<v Speaker 1>everlasting arms. Do not despise your weakness, my child. Actually

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<v Speaker 1>it draws me closer to you, because weakness stirs up

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<v Speaker 1>my compassion, my yearning to help accept yourself in your weariness.

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<v Speaker 1>Knowing I understand how difficult your journey has been. Do

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<v Speaker 1>not compare yourself with others who seem to skip along

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<v Speaker 1>their life paths with ease. Their journeys have been different

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<v Speaker 1>from yours, and I have gifted them with abundant energy.

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<v Speaker 1>I have gifted you with fragility, providing opportunities for your

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<v Speaker 1>spirit to blossom in my presence. Accept this gift as

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<v Speaker 1>a sacred measure. Delicate yet glowing with brilliant light. Rather

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<v Speaker 1>than struggling to disguise or deny your weakness, allow me

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<v Speaker 1>to bless you richly through it.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay tuned seven two seven nine one six four two

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<v Speaker 2>one five.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a calculator, right, I want to calculate something here.

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<v Speaker 1>I've tied about three three zero equals all right. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a club with more than seventy five million members in

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<v Speaker 1>the United States alone, with six thousand more joining every day.

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<v Speaker 1>That's twenty three percent of our population. What unites them?

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<v Speaker 1>We're sudden heat waves and mysterious moodshifts. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>menopause should transition spanning perimenopause and postmenopause, a phase nearly

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<v Speaker 1>every woman experiences in her forties or fifties. Menopause marks

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<v Speaker 1>the permanent end of menstrual cycles in the clause of

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<v Speaker 1>a woman's reproductive years. It's a natural part of aging.

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<v Speaker 1>About eighty percent of women undergoing menopause experience unpleasant symptoms,

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<v Speaker 1>and for many of these symptoms are severe, yet they

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<v Speaker 1>can be managed. So what happens in your body? At

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<v Speaker 1>births over a million of variant follicles. The follicles decreases,

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<v Speaker 1>women age, progesterone levels drop, Estrogen levels fluctuate and eventually drop.

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<v Speaker 1>The pituitary gland that releases more follicle stimulating hormone and

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<v Speaker 1>lutinizing hormone, and the ovaries don't respond. Function declines, periods

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<v Speaker 1>become irregular, and then stop. Menopause occurs after twelve consecutive

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<v Speaker 1>months without a menstrual period, typically between the ages of

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<v Speaker 1>forty five and fifty five, and it goes across three stages.

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<v Speaker 1>Number one perimenopause transition period before menopause, typically lasting two

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<v Speaker 1>to ten years, during which estrogen, the hormone that regulates

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<v Speaker 1>the menstrual cycle, and progesterone, the hormone that prepares the

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<v Speaker 1>uters for pregnancy and helps regulate menstruation. The levels fluctuate.

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<v Speaker 1>Stage two menopause. Symptoms associated with menopause fall into several categories.

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<v Speaker 1>Vasomotor symptoms i e. Hot fly seventy five to eighty

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<v Speaker 1>percent of women. Hot flashes typically last from thirty seconds

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<v Speaker 1>to ten minutes and can occur several times an hour

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<v Speaker 1>or just a few times a week. Night sweats hot

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<v Speaker 1>flashes that happen at night and can interfere with sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>Heart palpitations. Hormonal fluctuations can increase heart rate way up

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<v Speaker 1>to sixteen beats per minute. Migraines, genito urinary symptoms fifty

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<v Speaker 1>to seventy five percent of women. Vaginal dryness, increase urination,

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<v Speaker 1>urinary in continence, muscular skeletal symptoms more than seventy percent

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<v Speaker 1>of women. Lower estrogen can lead to bone loss, osteoporosis,

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<v Speaker 1>joint pain, stiffness, frozen shoulder, loss of lean muscle mass,

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<v Speaker 1>increasing the risk of sarcopenia, reduced bone density, increasing the

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<v Speaker 1>risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Psychological and sleep symptoms seventy

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<v Speaker 1>percent of women irritability, anxiety, depression, difficulty concentrating sleep, other symptoms, fatigue,

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<v Speaker 1>cognitive changes, changes in sexual functioning, body composition changes reduce

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<v Speaker 1>metabolism from declining hormones increase body fat, thinner and drier

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<v Speaker 1>skin breast tenderness. Stage three post menopause begins the day

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<v Speaker 1>after a woman's final menstrual period and lasts for the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of her life. During this stage, menopausal symptoms often

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<v Speaker 1>ease or stop, but some women continue to experience them.

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<v Speaker 1>So what causes menopause? Women are bored with more than

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<v Speaker 1>one million of variant follicules, each housing an immature egg.

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<v Speaker 1>Over time, follicules are naturally lost or used during ovulation.

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<v Speaker 1>As women in age of varied cells produce less estrogen

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<v Speaker 1>and other hormones such as inhibin B, which helps to

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<v Speaker 1>regulate communication between the brain and the ovaries. Menopause occurs

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<v Speaker 1>when a variant follicle reserves are depleted. Menopause that occurs

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<v Speaker 1>between the ages of forty and fifties, called early menopause,

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<v Speaker 1>happens naturally in about five percent of women. So some

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<v Speaker 1>of the reasons intogrine disrupting chemicals such as bisphenol A

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<v Speaker 1>or BPA. Nutritional deficiencies in quite inadequate intake of key

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<v Speaker 1>nutrients can make it difficult. Stress of varied reserve depletion

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<v Speaker 1>the number of remaining eggs naturally declined with age. Accelerated

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<v Speaker 1>depletion due to genetics, autoimmune or chemotherapy, or severe environmental

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<v Speaker 1>or nutritional factors can reduce estrogen production and lead to

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<v Speaker 1>earlier menopause. Uters removal, certain medical conditions such as thyroid

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<v Speaker 1>disorder's room toward arthritis, medications, certain cancer treatments, smoking, family history.

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<v Speaker 1>For most women, menopause is recognized through changes in their

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<v Speaker 1>menstrual cycle and symptoms alone without formal testing. However, a

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<v Speaker 1>clinical diagnosis may be needed for women with unclear mental patterns,

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<v Speaker 1>such as those under forty five, those of added hysterectomy,

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<v Speaker 1>or those with unusual symptoms. Additional testing hormone testing, making

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<v Speaker 1>sure we check FSHST, dione, lh A, pelvit exam, bone

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<v Speaker 1>density tests. What are the treatments? Number One Hormone therapy HRT,

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<v Speaker 1>considered the most effective treatment, replenishes estrogen for women of

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<v Speaker 1>the uterus. Progesterone helps to protect against uterine cancer. Systemic

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<v Speaker 1>hormone therapy pills, patches, vaginal rings, lo dose vaginal products

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<v Speaker 1>such as creams, tablets, capsules, and rings. Several hormone therapies

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<v Speaker 1>and products are currently available, including lo dose birth control pills,

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<v Speaker 1>biodentical hormones, pharmaceutical biodentical hormone products, custom made biodentical hormones, pellets,

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<v Speaker 1>et cetera, hormonal supplements. DHA is an over the counter

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<v Speaker 1>or adrenal steroid hormone that's converted by the body into

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<v Speaker 1>estrogen and androgens. Some non hormonal prescription medication Gabopittan and

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<v Speaker 1>the anti seizure med that can read these side flasses,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly night sweats, and improves sleep when taken at bedtime.

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<v Speaker 1>Selective estrogen receptor modulators these are the ones that mimic

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<v Speaker 1>estrogen and specific tissues. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, the antidepressants

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<v Speaker 1>serotonin neuropinephrine reuptake inhibitors. Clinical hypnosis has worked something called

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<v Speaker 1>a stellate ganglion block. This non hormonal procedure involves injecting

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<v Speaker 1>of nerves in the neck. Herbal medicines, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>where I want to talk to this for a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>because there is something called rhubarb that was put together

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<v Speaker 1>in a prep called Mennow flash, which has been highly affected.

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<v Speaker 1>Black cohas has worked. Saint John's wort in ginsing, acupunctures work,

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<v Speaker 1>biofeedback has worked, diet has worked. Making sure you're consuming

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<v Speaker 1>phytoestrogen rich foods, plant confines that mimic estrogen, soybeans, ligons,

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<v Speaker 1>fla seed, whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables, calcium rich foods,

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<v Speaker 1>protein and collagen rich foods, dietary supplements such as eating primrose, oil, berberine,

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<v Speaker 1>mockar root, exercise and relaxation other lifstown modifications. Avoid triggers,

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<v Speaker 1>mindset is correct. What are some of the complications of menopause?

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<v Speaker 1>Metabolic syndrome, higher risk of metabolic syndrome, coleting, abdominal fat,

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<v Speaker 1>high blood pressure, and in some resistance, cardiovascar disease. Menopause

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<v Speaker 1>can accelerate changes in cardiovascar risk factors, bone health. Declining

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<v Speaker 1>estrogen levels lead to reduced bone mineral density, cognitive changes.

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<v Speaker 1>Some women may experience temporary changes and cognitive functioning. AH

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<v Speaker 1>you need help, give a call seven two seven nine,

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<v Speaker 1>one six four. I'm going to give you a little

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<v Speaker 1>thing on neurotransmitter testings because this is also a way

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<v Speaker 1>to get your hormones checked. Hi, folks, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you just for a minute about neural transmitter testing,

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<v Speaker 1>possibly something you haven't really heard us. We've been doing

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<v Speaker 1>it for about the last ten years using a facility

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<v Speaker 1>called Senesco which is in Ashville, North Carolina, with the

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<v Speaker 1>dawn of all the new DNA testings that you have

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<v Speaker 1>seen looking back in generations, trying to find out what

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<v Speaker 1>your roots are, what your nationality truly is that new

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<v Speaker 1>technology has allowed labs now to take a simple urine

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<v Speaker 1>sample and get an estimate or a good guestimate of

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<v Speaker 1>what your neurotransmitters are. Why is that important? Because our

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<v Speaker 1>brain communicates with a body utilizing neurotransmitters. They are those

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<v Speaker 1>that we know, such as serotonin. For those that are

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<v Speaker 1>clinically depressed or having difficulties that are taking a drug

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<v Speaker 1>like lexapro or prozac, they're making the assumption there the

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<v Speaker 1>doctor is that your low one serotonin, But do we

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<v Speaker 1>truly know what your levels are? There's over sixteen different

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<v Speaker 1>tests that can be run also do sex hormones. Can

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<v Speaker 1>also do cortisol levels which take a look at your

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<v Speaker 1>wake sleep cycles. All that's available to you. All you

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<v Speaker 2>Set up a time.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll discuss what is needed for you or your family

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<v Speaker 1>member or a child that might be fighting some things

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<v Speaker 1>like ad D and set up a time where you

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<v Speaker 1>can have this testing done from home. Just give us

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<v Speaker 1>Have a great folks, God blofe