Dr. Shilpa Sayana explains why hormonal imbalances trigger irritability, especially before your period. Low progesterone is often the culprit. She walks through checking hormone levels, supporting your adrenals, and herbal fixes, contrasting them with a doctor's suggestion to take Prozac cyclically.
When we check the hormones in a patient, Serena is describing where, you know, she could be pre period. She's kind of like the hormone monster where her family doesn't want to be around her because she's irritable and she has a very short fuse and she herself feels bad. She's like, I don't know why I'm so angry and ragey and just quick to snap at my kids and this is not me. But she just doesn't feel like she has control. And she maybe gone to a primary doctor and they may have said, you know, let's try some Prozac for two weeks out of your cycle. But if she comes to us, generally we would check hormones and would find that her progesterone may be low. And by again, working upstream on her adrenals, we may be able to just correct that with some simple herbs. So it's important to know where your hormones are and why.
