Have you been put on testosterone… and still feel like something's missing? If that's you, I want you to know why, because I inherit a lot of women from other practitioners, and they almost always have the same thing missing. They came in tired, foggy, no drive, not healing well. Their doctor saw a low testosterone number and did the "obvious" thing: loaded them up on testosterone. Now they've got some facial hair and acne to show for it… and they still don't feel right. Here's what almost nobody told them: in a woman, the foundational androgen isn't testosterone. It's DHEA. Women only need a fraction of the testosterone men do, so DHEA quietly does the heavy lifting for strength, energy, focus, resilience, and your ability to heal and repair. And here's the part that changes everything: almost all of a woman's testosterone is made from DHEA in the first place. Give a woman the right amount of DHEA, and her body can build the testosterone she needs from it, the math is massively in her favor. So why does everyone skip it? Because DHEA is cheap and available over the counter. The compounding pharmacies that train most practitioners can't sell it to you at $300 a month, so it barely gets a mention. I sat in those seminars. I watched it happen. A few things I get into in this video: → Why "estrogen dominance" can happen at a normal estrogen level (it's about balance, not the number) → Why I give most postmenopausal women progesterone and DHEA without even testing → How I optimize DHEA first, then reassess, and the ~20% of women who genuinely need testosterone added → Why the same lab number means completely different things in different bodies The one line that I always come back to: your symptoms and your story come first. Two women with the identical number can need completely different things. Optimize the foundation, and the whole picture changes. 💬 So let me ask you: have you ever been handed a hormone and told "this is the fix," only to feel like it wasn't the whole story? Tell me in the comments, I read and answer every single one.

I have been told optimal = 80 and I have been at the lower side ranging from super low at 15 to 70 and various levels in between over the last 15 years of testing. NOTE: I am surgical menopause, 55 yr woman, on HRT. When I take Vitamin D3 at higher than 2k per day, I notice impact such as sleep disturbance, hair loss, estrogen fluctuation symptoms and headache. I've been told that taking 1-2K IU per day is not enough to increase my current level = 25. I've been prescribed 50k IU caps. what is the science behind the optimal =80? perhaps the level required might be different for men and women? or women on HRT? it just seems odd, hoping to hear your take on this.