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You Don’t Need to Wait for Menopause

Name: You Don’t Need to Wait for Menopause
Uploaded: 2025-10-24T12:00:15+00:00
Duration: 22 s
Channel: Jenn Simmons, MD
Description: A short video by Jenn Simmons, MD arguing that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can be considered as soon as menopausal symptoms significantly disrupt a…

24 Oct 2025 · 0 min

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A short video by Jenn Simmons, MD arguing that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can be considered as soon as menopausal symptoms significantly disrupt a person’s life, rather than waiting for cessation of periods or formal menopausal diagnosis. The speaker advises discussing HRT earlier to see if it fits individual lifestyle changes and needs.

The second you start really noticing symptoms that are disrupting your life, that are causing you to not feel like yourself anymore, it's worth having the conversation about HRT and seeing if it is the right fit for you and if it would work with all the different lifestyle changes that you are implementing. I don't think we need to wait until you're not having a period. I don't think we need to wait until we officially know you're in menopause. I think that that's a little too late.