Fatigue in Women
When hormones are imbalanced, sleep is often disrupted. Or…you may be sleeping fine, but still feel tired during the day. If you’re perimenopausal or menopausal, hormones are likely to blame.
Causes of Fatigue
Night Sweats
Night sweats are simply hot flashes that happen at night. When night sweats strike, they disrupt sleep. If severe, getting back to sleep can be difficult.
Anxiety and Depression
Mood issues also go hand-in-hand with hormone imbalances. And they are notorious for disrupting sleep. This trend often becomes a vicious circle: you feel anxious and depressed; that results in not being able to sleep; not being able to sleep causes fatigue; fatigue exacerbates anxiety and depression; and so on.
Diminished Hormones
Hormone imbalance is often the nexus for these issues:
- Imbalances in estrogen and progesterone cause night sweats.
- Imbalances in estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and thyroid cause mood issues like anxiety and depression.
- Progesterone plays an important role in regulating sleep.
- Low thyroid causes insomnia.
- Imbalanced cortisol due to adrenal dysfunction disrupts sleep.
- Deficiencies in any of these hormones can be directly responsible for a fatigue.
Treatment for Fatigue
There is relief for your fatigue. With bioidentical hormone therapy, our physicians can restore your hormones to healthy levels. You’ll get your energy back. And you’ll feel like yourself again.