Why We Don’t Rely on Lab Tests to Diagnose Perimenopause #shorts #menopause

Name: Why We Don’t Rely on Lab Tests to Diagnose Perimenopause #shorts #menopause
Uploaded: 2025-11-17T19:02:38+00:00
Duration: 36 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A clinician-style short monologue advising against extensive laboratory testing to diagnose perimenopause. The speaker argues hormone labs are highly…

17 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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A clinician-style short monologue advising against extensive laboratory testing to diagnose perimenopause. The speaker argues hormone labs are highly variable during perimenopause (results fluctuate day-to-day), so diagnosis should be based on age and symptoms (e.g., having menopausal symptoms with occasional periods) and resources should be spent on self-care rather than repeated lab tests.

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But you really have a certain amount of capital you want to spend on your health. And if you put it on labs, I think you're in many cases wasting money. We could put it towards taking care of yourself. The laboratory studies in the perimenopause phase are very difficult because if you test it 10 times on 10 different days, you get 10 different totally vacillating answers. It's so erratic. So it's just a snapshot in time and it's useless. You know, you're in perimenopause because you're having symptoms, you're at the right age, you're having the symptoms of menopause, you're still having occasional periods and you haven't stopped altogether. So for that reason, I'm not a big fan of this over excessive testing.