Dr. Sam Singh warns that hormone replacement clinics often skip crucial steps by jumping straight to testosterone or estrogen. Your adrenals need to stabilize first, then your thyroid, before sex hormones matter. Skipping this order is profit-driven medicine, not good care.
I am seeing these hormone clinics, so-called wellness clinics, opening at every corner, and they are all after putting you on testosterone or estrogen hormone replacements. It's sad. Here's my approach. I think of the sequence as adrenals, thyroid, and then sex hormones. Why? Because your body is like a finely tuned orchestra. If your adrenals, which are your stress managers, are out of tune, it impacts your thyroid functioning, and a sub- Optimal thyroid affects your sex hormones. So yes, there are valid reasons for giving someone testosterone or estrogen. However, diving straight into HRT or hormone replacement therapy without assessing the full picture is a bad medical practice. If your adrenals are stressed or your thyroid is not in harmony, addressing these first might naturally balance your sex hormone levels. It should be about achieving wellness through a harmonious, well-tuned overall system. Not quick fixes. Be careful. It's their money, but your health.
