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The TURE Definition of Menopause

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Menopause isn’t just “no period for six months.” True menopause is when your ovaries stop responding to the pituitary, LH and FSH skyrocket, and female hormones—estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, and DHEA—drop to near zero

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What's the definition of menopause? I want to know. Well, the strict definition, it's really weird because it doesn't really hold much nowadays, but it's no period for 6 months. That's crazy because you can be 18 and have no period for 6 months. You have PCOS and have no period for six month. You could be pregnant and have no period. You could be exactly pregnant. You could

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have been punched in your uterus and not have a period for six months. So, what would be a better definition? It's a combination. No period for six months. LH and FSH through the roof because your pituitary is screaming at your ovaries and they're not responding. The hormones have dropped to zero. Your female hormones, estradiol,

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progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, those are what drop in menopause.

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