Estrogen is one of the primary hormones involved in a woman\u2019s menstrual cycle. When estrogen levels are healthy and balanced, it helps optimize neurotransmitter production and brain function so you feel good all month long. When estrogen levels are off, it causes problems.<\/p>\n
Too much estrogen in relation to progesterone can lead to a condition called estrogen dominance. This causes the gentle monthly hormonal rise and fall to turn into a series of intense spikes and dramatic drop-offs that disrupt important brain processes and make you anxious and irritable.<\/p>\n
Too little estrogen leads to feeling depressed and confused. The loss of estrogen also hinders critical thinking, short-term memory, and other cognitive functions. These problems can worsen during perimenopause when estrogen levels can fluctuate wildly and during menopause when the hormone drops and stays low.<\/p>\n
ESTROGEN DOMINANCE<\/strong> LOW ESTROGEN<\/strong> Estrogen is one of the primary hormones involved in a woman\u2019s menstrual cycle. When estrogen levels are healthy and balanced, it helps optimize neurotransmitter production and brain function so you feel good all month long. When estrogen levels are off, it causes problems. Too much estrogen in relation to progesterone can lead to a condition … Continue reading “ESTROGEN: THE MOOD MODULATOR”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[360,7,3,5],"tags":[187,188,246,25,530,531,532,533,59,83],"class_list":["post-3224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-estrogen","category-hormone","category-men","category-women","tag-hormonalimbalance","tag-hormonetherapy","tag-bio-identical-hormones","tag-depression","tag-hormonal-changes","tag-infertility","tag-low-estrogen","tag-natural-health-options","tag-weight-gain","tag-womens-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4691,"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224\/revisions\/4691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Mood swings, depression
\n\u2022 Fatigue
\n\u2022 Sluggish metabolism
\n\u2022 Low libido
\n\u2022 Headaches or migraines
\n\u2022 Brain fog, memory loss
\n\u2022 Weight gain, especially in the belly and hips
\n\u2022 Thyroid dysfunction
\n\u2022 Sleep disturbances
\n\u2022 Fibrocystic breasts
\n\u2022 Bloating
\n\u2022 Vaginal or oral yeast (thrush)
\n\u2022 Heavy bleeding
\n\u2022 Carbohydrate cravings<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Mood changes, depression, weepiness
\n\u2022 Fatigue
\n\u2022 Heart palpitations
\n\u2022 Osteoporosis
\n\u2022 Painful intercourse
\n\u2022 Brain fog, memory loss, focus problems
\n\u2022 Weight gain
\n\u2022 Bladder incontinence and infections
\n\u2022 Sleep disturbances
\n\u2022 Pain
\n\u2022 Hot flashes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"