Dr. Jolene Brighten is a prominent leader in women’s medicine and the emerging science of Post-Birth Control Syndrome — studying the effects of hormonal birth control on female health. A fierce patient advocate and completely dedicated to uncovering the root cause of hormonal imbalances, Dr. Brighten empowers women worldwide to take control of their health and their hormones. In this episode, we discuss: Post Birth Control Syndrome and why you should care, When your doctor doesn’t believe your story, When medicine borders on dogma, Why birth control is NOT “the pill for every female ill”, a brief history of birth control, vaginal pain & shame, how stress affects fertility, the best hormone, thyroid & adrenal tests and so much more.

In this episode:

-What is Post Birth Control Syndrome and why you should care

-When your doctor doesn’t believe your story

-When medicine borders on dogma

-Why birth control is NOT “the pill for every female ill”

-Doctors are not a one-size-fits-all: the importance of building a healthcare team

-A brief history of birth control

-How birth control can delay your diagnosis

-What pain with sex & chronic yeast infections have in common

-Vaginal pain & shame

-Why you need to be a troublemaker

-The nutrients depleted by birth control

-Foods to eat if you take hormonal birth control

-How birth control affects your thyroid, hormones and gut

-Birth control, leaky gut & autoimmune disease

-Is the pill causing your depression?

-The two theories of depression and how birth control affects both

-The importance of your period & cycle regularity

-Amenorrhea after the pill

-Tests to ask for if your period is irregular or missing

-How insulin, blood sugar regulation affect your hormones

-How stress affects fertility

-The best hormone, thyroid & adrenal tests

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