I could have sworn I heard you say, "before you lose your marbles at post-menopause". 😂 I had to rewind and check. Definitely feels like I'm l losing my marbles along with my hormones! And oh, dear lord, the RAGE I also feel!!! 😡 I'm not a lot of fun anymore. I used to wonder why women who've gone through menopause don't speak of it... Now I think I know. For me at least, there's a kind of shame surrounding this process... shame at sometimes feeling out of control. And feelings of diminishment too. Thank you Menopause Taylor for being here and making it a less hidden, mysterious and lonely experience.

I had a radical emergency hysterectomy last week due to massive uterine hemorrhaging. My surgeon saved my life with robotic surgery. He found endometrial cancer and took all my reproductive organs. Thanks to your wonderful educational videos, Dr. Taylor, I now know to ask for Estrogen to replace what I'm no longer making. I so appreciate all you do for us! 🙏🙂

Thank You Dr. Barbie! I tell Everyone about you! THANK YOU for taking your time to care about us women 🥰 i am Overjoyed with gratitude for your knowledge and desire to share with us All 👏🏻💗🙏🏻💕

I’m starting at the beginning. I’m on video 6, but I’ve noticed you are responding to all comments. I jumped ahead, and yes, you are still responding to the comments. That impresses me to no end! But, I’ll leave you here, and go back to video 6. I’m binge watching, so I should be back here in no time. Dr Taylor, you are a life saver to me! ❤️😊❤️ thank you! 🙏🙏

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After six months of hormones the "me no cope" is history 😊 I think I fall asleep better with the progesterone at night.

You are a blessing. I’ve been to numerous doctors all of who will NOT treat me for menopause. It’s a shame all can’t be as incredible as you.

Great video, Dr Taylor , thank you.

I love, love, love this education & your passion for teaching us. Thank you Dr. T!

Thank you again for every single video! I’ve read your book, had a consultation, changed over to a completely plant based diet and started HRT 3 months ago. Somewhere along the line I missed the fact that if you’ve had a uterine ablation, you don’t need progesterone. I had my ablation 12 years ago. I have a scheduled visit with my meno doctor this week so I plan on asking her if I can stop taking the progesterone. Thank you for your amazing education! I feel like I learn something new every day even though I have watched all 250 videos so far❤️❤️🤩🤩

Thank you so much!❤️🤗

You teach with such enthusiasm. Who else could make learning all about the brain function so darn interesting. 👏👏

Thanks Dr Taylor! 🍃✨!!

Dr. Barbie, thank you.

Another great video thank you. You are glowing in this video beautiful.

This video is amazing! Im so grateful for this channel ❤️

"All that matters is what works for you." So true! This has been my motto for the past 6 years and so much trial and error. Wish I had found you 6 years ago. Thank you for this education. I am caught up now and I am so excited! 😁

Thank you Barbie! Love your logic and information. For me, if I don't use Progesterone I get anxious and I get water retention and bloating. And, I'm not sure what the deal is with Estrogen and Gallbladder sludge and or stones but I'm seeing a definite connection. So hard to give my brain what it needs without causing other issues! Lordy!

9:56 effects of Hormone Loss on the Brain , thanks Dr we love you and your honorable work for ladies Brain 💐🌷🙏🏻🌷

The information you provide is so usefull ! I am on HRT ( uterus still there), and I think I’ve been taking the wrong dosage of Estrogene through Estrogel. ( opposed by prometrium) ( lining too thick, though no symptoms). To top it off , I have to stop taking it every month for 5 days. I manage 2 days.Those nights are sleepless , the days exhausting. When I have all my information (biopsy results) I am going to take a consultation with you. Till then I read your book, and watch your videos, Thank you .

Thank you for this detailed explanation. I'm certainly not most women but really who fits in such a box? Probably no one. I have dealt with and managed perimenopause brain fog twice now with herbs. I.appreciate knowing that this symptom can easily return and I can be hunting everywhere for my brain at some point whenever. I also appreciate knowing I can do something about it.

Thank you so very much for this one. What I really needed was the little one liner on endometrium abulation or obliteration as I call it. I really hate how progesterone makes me feel and have often wondered why women would believe the marketing and would buy into using just a hormone that makes them live their lives in permanent pms. I have been using 1/16 of a teaspoon of progesterone cream that says I should use 1/4 of a teaspoon which is 22 mg daily. I tried 1/8 of a teaspoon and I did not like that either, I tolerated the 1/16 teaspoon because I still have my uterus but I did have endometrium abulation at age 49. That was an extremely helpful little one liner to me and I really needed that one. I always look forward to your weekly videos now and I am learning so very much about the big diseases post menopause and believe me I do listen to you hence the very real need to know the info on endometrium abulation and still having my uterus since then. Interesting fact I had the endometrium abulation after a biopsy showing no cancer because of permaperiod at the exact same age as my Mother had a Hysterectomy with Ovaries removed as well for permaperiod. My Mother was WWII generation and that generation had a high prevalence of Osteoporosis because I believe now that they all went in hysterical with permaperiod and the doctors threw them in the hospital yanked it all and called it fixed. Age 49 was the age both my Mother & I got permaperiod. I know we are on Alzheimer's and I do not want you to stop this class for it. But a video addressing the permaperiod that apparently no one talks about might bring some to class early enough to really do them some good. I turn 60 May 19. I personally would like something on post-menopausal osteo-arthritis since bi-estro cream is my arthritis pain cream of choice because it helps so much better than anything else on the market. I use so much of it on my hands feet & knees that I go through a 4 oz bottle every week. I take 4 soy isoflavones at 40 mg each 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening for a total of 160 mg of Isoflavones a day based on stuff you have taught me. But I also have to take 3 red clover blossoms 4 times a day at 430 mg for the salicilic acid anti-inflamatory that doesn't hurt my stomach like the NSAIDs. And it is Osteo MD's are glad to test for something, anything like Rheumatoid that they can treat by lowering immunity response. And I have been told by 2 different doctors in 2 different states that it is Osteo and the only thing they can do for me is prescribe NSAIDs. I have seen a government study that concluded that women on HRT did not get it like women not on HRT. That study led me to try the bi-estro cream and use it on all my arthritic parts twice a day and it does not hurt and has not worsened since. But some good educated information from you sometime would be greatly appreciated. I am very pro-active but the more knowledge I have the better. This is way too long but I haven't commented in a long time. Just watched every video and learned everything you are willing to teach.

You are the perfect educator🤓❤️

Thank You!

Another inspiring and educational video!!💕If anyone is here for the first time, you need to watch each video in order to have a clear understanding. I also bought her book. If it wasn’t for Barbie, I would not have made the choice to take HRT. It’s of course a personal decision. It works for me! Thank you Barbie!💕

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Thank you once again for another great informative video. I feel better with every video knowing I am doing the right things to stay healthy. I only wish more people would watch and learn instead of ignoring or pretending to know things...when they don’t! I have given your name and link to several people in hopes they will watch and/or get a consultation. Fingers crossed!!

I’ve just started HRT a little over a month. Thanks to you i am in a much better place physically, mentally and emotionally. My Dr prescribed me HRT two weeks prior to when I’ve actually decided to go on. I’m 31 and I’m already at menopause due to having an ovary removed. The other ovary is apparently not working the way it’s supposed to.

Another excellent video, you are such an excellent teacher. Now I know why I am so sleepy during the day with oral bcp...it really helps with reducing the heavy periods during perimenopause but boy oh boy does it make me feel like a zombie. I think my brain figured it out thanks to this video🤔😉

Merci 💜🙏

Ever since I got on HRT in last September, I've been sleeping like a baby. This is huge to me. Although I don't like bleeding, life's about priorities and tradeoffs, right? I'm hoping learning from you will keep my brain challenged 😁

I think I found the camera you are using to spy on my menopausal journey! Seriously, you KNOW the symptoms and that is why you are teaching. I am so looking forward to my consultation with you!!! Thank you, dear Barbie. XO

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18:49 progesterone effects Thanks doctor we love you ❤️🙏🏻

I AM A BIG FAN.

Thank you so much Barbie for all you're teaching us. Q: I followed the pattern of Mom & her sisters: regular periods right up until age 60 and even older, and then - suddenly - menopause. Now I'm 62, in good health overall, and nearly 2 years post-menopausal. But I'm struggling with hot flashes, insomnia, mood swings, brain fog, vaginal atrophy - and Im told that I'm far too old to begin HRT. In your opinion, is this true?

Another incredibly informative video. Thank you. You mentioned that women who have had a uterine ablation may not have to take progesterone in menopause since the lining presumably won't thicken and be a risk for uterine cancer. Have you ever heard of women who don't care for the way progesterone makes them feel while taking HRT and has their doctor ablate their lining so they can continue with just estrogen replacement?

Have you mentioned uterine Ablation in any earlier videos? I would love to understand how that procedure plays into menopause. Having the procedure at age 39 as elective surgery, I had no idea the ending of my period was the time clock for running out of Estrogen. Luckily I found your videos and 12 years after surgery age 51 RAN to my OBGYN for an Estrogen patch!!! Here I thought I was going to dodge menopause 🤣

17:22 estrogen ddcifiency effects mood

Thank you Dr.Taylor 🙏🏼💕❤️🌷. I have to take progesterone and feel better taking it for anxiety as well as fibroids. I see you say progesterone doesn’t prevent Alzheimer’s but does taking it hurt or increase our risk? Great lesson!

Thank you for all you do for us. I took compounded phyto hormones until about age 65 and then I stopped because back then I thought my menopause was over..lol Now at age 76 I would like to know if starting estrogen and progestrone (cause I still have my uterus) would be helpful to me? My brain is still pretty sharp.

I’ve tried estrogen, even cutting the lowest patch in have but I believe it aggravates my endometriosis causing painful cramps and other problems...I think it might even be in my intestines 😬 Any suggestions for me?

You are just so good. Can you please suggest some natural herb or natural medicine which will take care of estrogen levels.

I am on estrogen replacement for close to a year now, but I still think my brain farts, lack of focus, and feeling of being scatter brained is a side effect of the gabapentin too..... Maybe I'll ask for my estrogen to be increased to help insomnia that is resistant

15:17 estrogen and Alzheimer are so linked

I've been on the Estradiol patch and Progesterone for the past couple of years. I started on .05 on the patch and had great success with it. (my main symptom was insomnia). Unfortunately, In January my sleepless nights came back, so we upped my Estradiol to .1. Which was perfect! Until last month. Now it's been a month of sleepless nights again. Do I keep going up?

Thanks a lot for the wonderful videos. You are a great presenter. ❤Question: if I find my brain is better on estrogen only, how do dose for progesterone since it seems a necessary part of the process to clean out the lining?

Hi Dr, what about anxiety? I imagine this is a contributing factor. I never felt it before but I am also dealing with elderly parents and anticipated grief.

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I have a question for anyone out there. About 5 yrs ago, I had intense anxiety due to some stress and that led to depression. I never had depression before that and anxiety never got that bad for me , no matter the amount of stress. Since then, I was feeling pretty ok after the stressor passed. Oct 2022, this anxiety and depression showed up again, for no reason. It’s been a roller coaster since then. I spoke to a menopause Dr and she said it was very possible I was experiencing perimenopause anxiety/depression 5 yrs ago due to a hormones drop, the hormones settled the next few years,and they probably just dropped again some I’m closer to full menopause and that’s why I feel so bad again. What kind of fresh hell is that?! I have been taking HRT since early Feb and I feel better but it’s still a struggle some days. How long will it take before I feel like myself again? This is the worst symptom of all menopause symptoms in my opinion.

Hey! You are in my closet 😂 get outta there 😩🙈. I thought it was stress, nutrition, ADHD, chemical imbalances, a need for caffeine, omega 3’s, lack of exercise. I’m on HRT time to increase dose!! Thank you 😊

I had a quick question. I had a hysterectomy 10 years ago took estrogen for two years and quit. I had mild symptoms coming off. Doctor thought I had ovarian remnant syndrome. I'm now 48 and the hot flashes and night sweats are unbearable. Could I get back on estradiol? I want to talk with my doctor but wanted to see what your opinion is.

I’ve been post-menopausal for some time now. Years.... Is it too late to start hormone therapy?

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If I am in post menopause, with my uterus, and no female surgeries (nothing removed), and I want to try the cyclical regime of HRT, will it cause me to have a period, although in post menopause for 2 year's?

Hello from the U.K.! Thank you for your video's. A question for you: I've had an MRI scan recently and they say I have small vessel disease, (I'm 59) which I've heard is quite normal. Is it OK for me to go on HRT (patches) with this please? Thanks xx

What estrogen product should I take.

Which one helps with shaking and vibrations in meno?

I’m on an estradiol patch and progesterone pills but I feel incredible anxiety and loneliness. Can’t figure out what to do.

You're hysterical🤣

12:40 your Brain Suffers !!🙏🏻

Can you take birth control pills post menopause? My mom is post and she was wondering if there’s a difference in birth control and HRT ingredients?

My mom had six sisters and she's the only one who had Alzheimer's. None of her sisters took hormones, only my mom after she had a hysterectomy in her 50s. She took hormones(serms) for 5-6 years only. That confuses me more. I Understand that she has to take them for longer but her sisters didn't take any.

I am 53, post menopause and have my uterus. Could you recommend estrogen cream/products to try. And progesterone if advisable.

If we aren’t supposed to lose it and be crazy, why does this happen? Why do we lose it?

Approximately, how long will the micronized progesterone pill (100 mg) be active on a woman’s brain? Would it make a difference with the following day’s cognitive function if a woman takes it earlier in the evening as opposed to later, before going to sleep? I realize this can vary from woman to woman, but is there any data on an average time frame it takes for one dose to leave the body and therefore no longer act on the brain? And does a progesterone IUD as part of post-menopausal HRT impact the rest of the body or work just localized on the uterus?

I am in perimenopause as I am still having periods every couple of months so I’ve only lost progesterone not oestrogen at this point, BUT I’m having all the symptoms of oestrogen loss, terrible brain fog, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, bladder incontinence, constant UTI’s I never had before. So, can oestrogen going up and down and getting confused (but still present) still produce symptoms associated with menopause when oestrogen has gone? I HAVE watched all your videos but there is a lot of info and I forget things with my brain fog!

I follow a cyclic.pattern with herbs. Trying to remaim as healthy as.possible. They do effect my brain a little differently I notice chastberry that I began using first helps with insomnia and anxiety and red clover helps with brain fog and forgetfulness as.long as I get enough sleep. When using clover I try to also eat real licorice when I can find it. I eat phytoestrogens all the time. It helps that my puppy likes peanuts and hummus so I.always have them around.

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If progesterone helps to sleep better it’s protect your brain too

Menopause Brain is REAL! Taylor, why did you change your channel's name from Menopause Barbie? Did Mattel come after you? Isn't Barbie your real name?

Hello Doc. I was wondering if you have done any videos on vaginal issues like desquamative inflammatory vaginitis? Anybody know what kind of doctor to go to when your gyn has given up? I go to the veteran's hospital and they have a "clinic" once a month for women with issues. They have no clue how to care for women's issues but will hand out viagra like candy to the men. Thank you.

So at post menopause we sort of turn into a man, grow chin hair and loose head hair.