Bioidentical Hormone Doctor in Roswell, Marietta, Woodstock & Atlanta

Hormones are powerful molecules that regulate cell function. Thyroid hormones, sex hormones, adrenal hormones and growth hormone have important roles in your health.

Dr. Kelley has helped her patients balance their hormones for the past 16 years. Her approach includes evaluating testing and your symptoms to make recommendations. Other factors that can optimize your health and hormones include nutritional supplementation, stress management and detoxification.

Hormone balancing can lead to:

Improved energy
Optimal weight
Greater vitality and zest for life
Improved sleep
Decreased hot flashes
Improved libido

Thyroid Hormones

The thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped gland located in the neck. It produces hormones that help regulate our energy, mood and metabolism. There are differing opinions about the normal values for thyroid lab testing. Dr. Kelley will look at an in depth lab panel and also assess your symptoms when evaluating your thyroid balance. She uses the criteria for optimal thyroid hormone levels that were determined by the Academy of Anti-aging medicine.

Many of our patients have had a significant improvement in energy and quality of life once their thyroid hormones were optimized.

Adrenal Hormones

The adrenal glands produce the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol. These hormones regulate our stress response. Stress is a normal part of our daily lives and is not avoidable. However, stress that is out of control can have negative impacts on our bodies. Deep breathing, meditation and quiet time can help us restore our adrenal balance.

We offer testing with blood or saliva to assess the health of your adrenals. Balance between cortisol and DHEA is important for healthy recovery, optimal immune function and good sleep.

Sex Hormones

Sex hormone imbalances can occur at any age and stage in life. They can occur in men and women. Estrogen dominance, perimenopause, menopause and andropause are all conditions associated with sex hormone imbalances. Perimenopause and menopause occur in women resulting in changes in estrogen, progesterone and testosterone levels.

Men can experience a decline in testosterone levels associated with low testosterone such as lack of motivation, difficulty building muscle, depression and sexual issues. This condition is called Low T or Andropause.

Bioidentical sex hormones have the same structure as the hormones produced naturally, they are easier for the body to recognize. Hormones need to bind to receptors on cell membranes in order for them to work. If you think of a hormone receptor as a lock, bioidentical hormones fit into that lock and bind easily to their receptors.

The goal with bioidentical sex hormone replacement is to restore hormone levels and increase vitality and health without increasing the risk of cancer and other disease.

Growth Hormone

This hormone is important and levels drop after our mid thirties. Growth hormone is important for energy, sleep, healing and recovery from exercise and mood. Dr. Kelley does not prescribe growth hormone replacement. She does recommend other approaches to help you support your own production of this vital hormone.

Adiponectin/Leptin-Appetite Hormones

There are many hormones that can regulate or feelings of hunger, cravings and how we utilize our food. As part of our deeper, more comprehensive Epigenetic evaluation, we look at adiponectin, leptin and other hormones which can be optimized using lifestyle, exercise and individualized, customized programs.

To get started, you will have an hour long consultation with Dr. Kelley to review your symptoms, family history and to determine the lab testing you need. A detoxification or nutritional supplement program may be recommended. Once your lab results are in, you will meet with Dr. Kelley and she will go over your treatment plan.

Options of pills, creams, troches or pellets may be discussed. Once starting on hormones, most patients feel benefits within the first month. Improved energy, improved sleep and a restored sense of vitality are common.

RESOURCES

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Suzanne Somer’s books “The Sexy Years” and ” Breakthrough” detail her experience with bioidentical hormones and anti-aging medicine. We are proud to be listed in the Resources section of “Breakthrough”, “The Sexy Years’ and “Ageless”.

The book, Testosterone for Life, written by Dr. Abraham Morgentaler, a Urology professor at Harvard discusses Andropause and the safety of testosterone replacement in men.

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