Hormone Health

If you experience period pain, heavy periods, mood swings, PMS or irregular cycles, you’ve probably been told ‘it’s ‘normal’. It’s ‘just part of being a woman’.

But in reality, these are often signs something isn’t functioning as it should. Many women complain about their menstrual cycle because of these exact symptoms, but in reality, it is actually a critical window into your health - a sign your body is giving you that we need to investigate.

Who I Work With

I support women across a wide range of hormonal issues and menstrual concerns, including:

Irregular or missing cycles
Hypothalamic amenorrhoea
Painful periods
Heavy periods
Endometriosis
PCOS
PMS and PMDD
Coming off the contraceptive pill and hormonal regulation
Perimenopause and menopause

‘Common’ doesn’t mean normal, and you don’t have to put up with symptoms month after month. You don’t need to have a diagnosed issue like PCOS or endometriosis to need support with your hormones: If your cycle is heavy, painful, irregular, or difficult to manage, there is usually a reason behind it.

Hormones don’t work in isolation.

They follow a cyclical pattern - rising, falling, and interacting with each other across the month. When one part of that system is disrupted, it can affect the entire cycle.

When I say ‘hormones’ to my patients, I’m not just talking about oestrogen either. We’re considering:

Pituitary hormones, like FSH, LH and prolactin
Ovarian hormones like oestrogen, testosterone and progesterone
Adrenal hormones, like cortisol and DHEAs
Metabolic hormones, like insulin and leptin
Thyroid hormones, including TSH, T4 and T3

These hormones interact like a symphony orchestra and when one instrument is ‘off’, the whole orchestra can be out-of-sync.

A Better Way to Look at Hormones

When testing hormones, timing is critical: Hormones fluctuate not only day-to-day, but in some cases, even hour-to-hour. A single blood test will only ever tell part of the story. We need to consider the results in the context of your cycles, your symptoms, the testing conditions and patterns over time.

In many cases, it’s not one obvious imbalance, but a pattern that becomes clear when everything is looked at together.