Short YouTube video segment by Dr. Tabatha Barber explaining that when progesterone declines the body can shift into an 'estrogen dominance' picture even without excess estrogen, producing symptoms such as heavier periods, worse PMS, mood swings, anxiety and depression. The speaker frames progesterone replacement as a clinical option to consider when progesterone is lacking.
What happens when your progesterone starts to decline? You shift into almost an estrogen dominance picture. And you don't even necessarily have to be producing too much estrogen or not metabolizing your estrogen properly or have major estrogen problems. But if you don't have enough progesterone to keep estrogen in check, that turns into an estrogen dominance picture and that can start to look like heavier periods, more severe PMS symptoms, symptoms, more severe mood swings, anxiety, depression, all of those things because your progesterone is lacking. And so it's really important to decide at that point, do you want to get on progesterone replacement to give your body what it's missing?
