Meet The Katalyst Wellness Team

My personal mission is to educate as many people as possible to the benefits of Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT). While I am not an MD, I have attended some of the leading courses in the country and BHRT changed my life for the better.

From the age of 18 years old I had a difficult time with anxiety, stress, sleep, weight gain and overthinking everything. I felt as though I was always “on-edge” and my brain would never allow me to relax.

I went to my family physician who prescribed me an anti-depressant, explaining that it would help with my level of anxiety. 12 years later and I had rotated through multiple anti-depressants/anxiety medications trying to find the one with the least side effects.

Throughout the years I trusted the doctors and didn’t have any alternative options. One day, my personal trainer suggested a different physician. After 2 weeks I had a new plan! The physician and I discussed my blood work and decided to take me off of all medications.

During this time, he prescribed bio-identical hormones to “level out” my levels. He explained that while my hormone levels, including progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone, were all within the “normal” medical range, they were also at the lower end of this range. He said, if we were to raise those hormone levels while staying within that “normal” range, it might help with my symptoms. Within 5 weeks, my life had changed forever.  It was like a light switched on within my body.

All of a sudden, I could think clearer, I had more energy, my body responded to workouts, I wasn’t as anxious, and I was able to sleep through the night. I was able to avoid overthinking about “what if” but rather live for the moment and enjoy life.

I asked my physician as to why I was never offered this option in the past. He explained to me that American healthcare is not meant to be preventative. Then he showed me an excerpt from Medicare.

“Care that seeks to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong and enhance the quality of life is not considered medically necessary.” Medicare (MCM 2251.2)

I have been on hormone replacement therapy going on 4 years and my goal is to tell my story to as many patients as possible, to hopefully give them the option that I wasn’t given.