Are you going through menopause? If so, you likely have experienced some unpleasant symptoms of aging. Perhaps these menopausal symptoms are interfering with your sleep, which may be affecting your mood. Hormone therapy could improve the symptoms you are experiencing. The following are a few improvements you could experience.

Reduced Hot Flashes

If you experience intense hot flashes, you likely have tried a number of things to get your body to cool off during these episodes. Perhaps they occur at the most inconvenient times, which can be embarrassing. For example, you might have had a hot flash while out shopping. Hot flashes can happen at any time because they are a natural occurrence. If you choose to obtain hormone therapy and report hot flashes, your specialist may give you estrogen supplements. 

Sleep Improvement

Hot flashes are one of the reasons that individuals going through menopause do not have decent sleep some nights. Perhaps you have had the experience of waking up drenched in sweat due to having a hot flash episode in your sleep. This is something that prompts women to get out of bed to change clothes, and sometimes the hot flash sensation takes a while to dissipate. After going through these types of experiences it can be difficult to go back to sleep especially if the pattern continues several nights in a row. With supplemental hormone therapy, you will reap the rewards of improved sleep. 

Better Short-term Memory

Forgetfulness is another thing that women in menopause experience. This can be scary to some women who have had remarkable memory and thinking patterns throughout their lives. Some do not even realize that menopause is the culprit for their foggy memories. Due to the aging process, some women may think that they are having premature signs of dementia. This is why it is important to include a medical professional in your menopause treatment. They can assess the symptoms you report and perform tests to determine which body changes are related to your menopause and which may be related to other conditions. If menopause is the culprit, it is a matter of unbalanced hormones. Hormone therapy treatment would involve correcting the imbalance. 

Some primary care physicians do not use hormone therapy as a treatment for menopause. However, they can identify menopause and ensure that their patients get referred to specialists who can assist. The process of getting the body back to a state of hormonal homeostasis is complex, and this is why a customized hormone therapy treatment plan is needed for each individual. This sometimes goes beyond the scope of what PCPs can do, which is why many refer their patients to specialists.