Our hormonal balance significantly determines our physical and psychological well-being.

Hormones regulate numerous fundamental functions of our physical and psychological states.

Chronic stress and its consequences, a highly relevant topic in practice

Stress can be understood as an imbalance between the demands placed on an individual and their individual coping abilities. This sooner or later leads to disease symptoms - mental and physical exhaustion, burnout syndrome, or CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome).

In addition to appropriate coaching and psychotherapy concepts, determining hormonal imbalances is crucial.

Pregnenolone - Stress regulation, regeneration, and anti-aging

Pregnenolone is a natural steroid hormone produced in the body from cholesterol. It plays an important role in stress regulation, regeneration of the nervous system and brain, and improving the anti-aging process. Pregnenolone can help reduce stress, improve sleep quality, enhance memory and concentration, and promote bone and skin health. It is also used as a dietary supplement to increase hormone levels in the body and improve physical and mental health.

Symptom-free menopause

Symptom-free menopause refers to a menopause experience in which women do not experience any significant symptoms, such as hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, or mood swings. While some women may experience no symptoms at all, a lot others may have mild to severe symptoms that do significantly impact their daily lives. Factors that can contribute to a symptom-free menopause include a healthy lifestyle, regular exercise, a balanced diet, and avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. Hormone replacement therapy may also be used to manage symptoms in women experiencing menopausal symptoms.

Beside lifestyle components there are also treatment opportunities Symptom-free menopause with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy involves the use of hormones that are identical in structure to those naturally produced by the body, in order to alleviate symptoms associated with menopause such as hot flashes, mood swings, and vaginal dryness. Bioidentical hormones are believed to be safer and more effective than traditional hormone replacement therapy, and can be tailored to meet the individual needs of each patient. When used appropriately, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can help women achieve a symptom-free menopause and improve their overall quality of life.

A digression on the topic of stress:

Cortisone is our most important stress hormone.

Cortisone, or the metabolically active variant cortisol, is formed from cholesterol and leads to reactions in the organism that are supposed to enable coping with stress situations. It raises blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood triglyceride levels, quickly providing a large amount of energy. The affected person could thus escape their stress situation - through fight or flight, as was necessary in their "animal" past. The pain inhibition and mental activation that cortisol creates were also important and relevant in this context.

However, not only stress leads to the release of cortisol in our body. It is an essential hormone, without which a person would only survive a few days. Studies of cortisol levels in people without stress exposure show a regular 24-hour rhythm of hormone release in the body: its lowest level is measurable around midnight. The stress hormone level then slowly and continuously increases until it reaches a high value in the morning hours, which wakes us up. In the morning hours, the cortisol level decreases significantly and continues to decrease throughout the day until it reaches its lowest point again. Overexertion leads to exhaustion, and the necessary amounts of cortisol can no longer be provided. Total exhaustion, enormous susceptibility to stress, forgetfulness, sleep problems, and much more are then the unmistakable effects.

The most important antagonist of cortisol is dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)

In the case of chronic stress, DHEA production - like cortisol - is initially increased, only to later drop below the target range in the course of the process. Between the ages of 20 and 30, humans have the highest synthesis rates, and the adrenal cortex's ability to produce DHEA continuously decreases throughout life. For this reason, increased stress sensitivity can occur in old age, as the cortisol antagonist is missing, but cortisol continues to be produced.

A low DHEA level can, for example, further intensify the symptoms of chronic stress and burnout.

DHEA is the most frequently produced hormone in the body. In addition to its function as a sexual prohormone, it also acts as an antagonist to cortisol. Furthermore, it has many positive effects on the cardiovascular system, appears to take on the tasks of neurotransmitters in the brain, and protects the mitochondria, the cellular "powerhouses" for energy production, in all our cells.

For energy production

Blood and/or saliva tests can be used to measure the extent to which the values have deviated from the "well-being value." Subsequently, a substitution with body-close, bioidentical hormones is possible, which support the patient in dealing with stress and exhaustion.