Hormone therapy can provide relief from symptoms caused by hormone imbalances or deficiencies. As we age, hormone levels naturally decline, leading to symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, low libido, erectile dysfunction, weight gain, fatigue, and mood changes. Hormone therapy replaces hormones to optimal levels, improving quality of life.
At Hormone Harmony Clinic in McKinney, we offer cutting-edge bioidentical hormone replacement therapy to help people feel their best. Bioidentical hormones are identical in molecular structure to the hormones made by the human body. This allows the body to recognize and utilize them more efficiently than synthetic hormones.
Some of the key hormones we may prescribe include:
The certified medical providers at Hormone Harmony Clinic tailor treatment plans to each patient's unique needs and goals. We begin with comprehensive lab testing to identify any hormone imbalances or deficiencies. Once we determine target hormone levels, we create a personalized regimen using bioidentical hormones.
Follow-up testing allows us to make dosage adjustments over time. Our providers also offer nutritional and lifestyle counseling to help patients get the most out of treatment. We partner with each patient along their wellness journey.
Balancing hormone levels can lead to transformative improvements in energy, mood, cognition, sexual function, body composition, and overall health. For both men and women, the benefits of hormone therapy may include:
For women going through perimenopause or menopause, restoring estrogen and progesterone can provide immense relief. Symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, irregular periods, trouble sleeping, anxiety, depression, and loss of libido often resolve with proper hormone therapy.
Testosterone plays a vital role in sexual desire and performance for both sexes. Low testosterone is a leading cause of low libido and sexual dysfunction. Replacing testosterone using gels, pellets, or injections can dramatically improve libido, sexual satisfaction, and performance.
Testosterone stimulates protein synthesis, boosting lean muscle mass. It also strengthens bones by improving calcium absorption. These effects help combat age-related muscle loss and osteoporosis. Estrogen also plays a key role in maintaining bone density in women.
Balanced hormone levels enhance overall brain function. Estrogen can improve verbal memory and focus in women. Testosterone builds spatial skills, working memory, and mathematical reasoning in both men and women. Thyroid hormone optimizes cognition by regulating neurotransmitters.
Proper hormone levels help burn fat, especially around the waist and hips. Low testosterone and thyroid hormone make weight loss difficult. Balancing these metabolic hormones can shift the body into fat burning mode.
Hormonal imbalances often manifest as depression, anxiety, irritability, fatigue, and lack of motivation. Optimizing hormones can stabilize mood, boost energy, sharpen focus, and restore confidence. Patients report feeling happier, calmer, and more motivated.
Testosterone builds muscle, strength, and power. Thyroid hormone ignites metabolism. Together, these hormones boost athletic performance, speed recovery, and improve endurance. Hormone optimization allows people to make the most of their workouts.
Estrogen promotes healthy cholesterol levels and artery function in women. Testosterone widens arteries and increases red blood cell production in men. Thyroid hormone also benefits heart rate, rhythm, and output. Balanced hormones maintain cardiovascular health.
Hormones profoundly impact sleep patterns. Low testosterone reduces deep sleep. Declining estrogen and progesterone disrupt sleep in menopausal women. Restoring hormone levels can resolve insomnia and sleep disruptions.
By improving energy, body composition, mood, cognition, sex drive, and sleep quality, balancing hormones enhances overall well-being. Patients feel healthier, happier, and report an improved quality of life.
The providers at Hormone Harmony Clinic conduct thorough assessments to determine if patients are good candidates for hormone therapy. Ideal candidates include:
We also carefully screen patients to ensure hormone therapy is safe based on their medical history and risk factors. Your provider will discuss the potential risks and benefits of treatment during your consultation.
Hormone therapy can have surprising benefits beyond its primary purpose. For example, testosterone therapy prescribed for hypogonadism has been found to improve spatial ability and working memory in both younger and older men. Estrogen therapy for menopausal women has been linked to improved verbal memory. Hormones affect more than just sex characteristics - they influence cognition in complex ways we are still unraveling.
The first step is always a thorough consultation with one of our highly qualified providers. We take time to listen and understand your health goals so we can craft an effective, tailored treatment plan.
During the initial consultation, the provider will:
To obtain objective data on your hormone status, we start with specialized blood, saliva, or urine tests. These may include:
Testing paints a full picture of your hormone balance to guide precise, effective treatment. We use leading national labs like Quest Diagnostics to ensure accuracy.
Once testing uncovers any hormone deficiencies or imbalances, we can prescribe bioidentical hormone replacements tailored to your needs.
Bioidentical hormones have the same molecular makeup as hormones produced in the body, making them more natural and well-tolerated. They are sourced from plant estrogens and synthesized in a lab to be biologically identical to human estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.
We offer bioidentical hormones in a variety of easy dosage forms:
Hormone Harmony Clinic providers carefully determine the right bioidentical hormones, combinations, dosages, and delivery methods to meet each patient’s needs. We also provide micronutrient testing and prescription supplements to balance nutritional deficiencies that may affect hormone levels and health.
To maximize the benefits of hormone therapy, we offer evidence-based lifestyle medicine and nutritional counseling. A healthy diet, exercise routine, stress management, and targeted supplementation provide a critical foundation for hormonal balance and overall well-being.
Our providers can provide tips and resources to help patients:
Hormone therapy requires ongoing care and follow-up to ensure effectiveness. The providers at Hormone Harmony Clinic offer complete long-term management of your treatment plan.
We will:
We make hormone optimization an ongoing process to help you always feel your best.
When searching for a qualified, experienced hormone therapy clinic, Hormone Harmony Clinic stands out as a top choice. Our center offers personalized care from board-certified medical providers specializing in hormone health, anti-aging, and regenerative medicine.
Benefits of choosing Hormone Harmony Clinic include:
Hormone Harmony Clinic has helped thousands restore energy, sexual function, sleep quality, emotional wellbeing, and health through expert hormone therapy. Contact us for a consultation to see how we can help you thrive through optimized hormones.
Below we delve deeper into some of the most common hormone therapies our McKinney clinic offers to meet patient needs:
Bioidentical estrogen therapy can relieve debilitating menopausal symptoms. Estrogen alleviates hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, irregular periods, loss of bone density, anxiety, depression, trouble focusing, fatigue, and reduced libido.
We offer customized estrogen creams, oral capsules, pellets, injections, and vaginal suppositories in ratios tailored to your needs. Estrogen may be combined with progesterone for optimal effects.
Through estrogen testing and monitoring, we identify the lowest effective estrogen dosages for symptom relief. This provides a safer hormone balance than conventional synthetic hormone replacement.
Testosterone is crucial for energy, sexual function, muscle growth, motivation, and cognition in both sexes. Low testosterone affects 20-30% of men over 30 and 15% of women.
We prescribe testosterone using gels, creams, pellets, oral capsules, and injections. Precise dosing restores testosterone to youthful levels to improve libido, energy, strength, body composition, mood, focus, endurance, and overall vitality.
For men, we also provide erectile dysfunction treatments and detailed counseling on lifestyle changes to optimize testosterone naturally. Testosterone therapy can safely and effectively treat “andropause” symptoms in aging men.
Progesterone works synergistically with estrogen to regulate the menstrual cycle. It thickens the uterine lining in preparation for pregnancy.
Low progesterone causes irregular periods, infertility, PCOS, mood disorders, and perimenopausal symptoms. We offer progesterone in convenient capsules, sublingual drops, suppositories, creams, and pellets.
Balancing progesterone levels improves menstrual regularity, fertility, PMS, anxiety, sleep quality, and menopausal symptoms. We carefully time dosing to match your cycle.
Low thyroid function causes fatigue, weight gain, hair loss, joint pain, depression, brain fog, and feeling cold. Hypothyroidism affects up to 10% of women over age 60.
If you have underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), Hashimoto’s disease, or thyroid cancer, we offer bioidentical thyroid hormone (T3/T4) to restore optimal levels. Thyroid hormone improves energy, cognition, weight, mood, skin, and cardiometabolic health.
We also provide supplements and lifestyle counseling to address the root causes of thyroid disorders like stress, poor diet, inflammation, and nutrient deficiencies.
DHEA is a precursor to estrogen and testosterone made in the adrenal glands. DHEA levels peak in youth then decline with age. Low DHEA can cause fatigue, low libido, anxiety, and poor concentration.
At Hormone Harmony Clinic, we offer oral DHEA capsules and topical DHEA cream. Careful DHEA restoration provides an anti-aging boost to energy, sexual function, mood, memory, skin quality, muscle tone, and exercise endurance without significant side effects.
The providers at Hormone Harmony Clinic conduct a thorough evaluation to determine if you are a good fit for hormone replacement therapy. Strong candidates for treatment include:
Declining ovarian function before and during menopause causes estrogen and progesterone deficiencies. This commonly sparks symptoms like hot flashes, insomnia, vaginal dryness, anxiety, fatigue, memory lapses, and low libido.
Balancing estrogen and progesterone with bioidentical hormone therapy can provide immense relief as women transition through perimenopause and menopause. Treatment supports overall health and vitality during this transitional time.
Shifting hormone levels over the menstrual cycle can lead to PMS symptoms like breast tenderness, bloating, headaches, anxiety, food cravings, fatigue, and mood swings. Period irregularity is also common.
Optimizing estrogen and especially progesterone levels often alleviates PMS and restores regular menstrual cycles. We offer cyclical bioidentical progesterone tailored to your monthly needs.
Hormonal imbalances like low progesterone can interfere with ovulation and fertility. Our providers optimize ovarian hormone balance to improve egg quality, ovulation, and conception chances naturally. We also coordinate care with reproductive specialists.
Surgical menopause after uterus or ovary removal causes an abrupt drop in estrogen and progesterone. This frequently leads to hot flashes, vaginal atrophy, joint pain, fatigue, memory issues, mood disorders, and heart disease risk.
Bioidentical hormone therapy effectively prevents these consequences of surgical menopause. We can prescribe the right combination of estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and thyroid hormone tailored to your needs.
Testosterone levels naturally decline about 1% per year after age 30 in men. Low testosterone causes erectile dysfunction, reduced libido, less energy, decreased muscle mass and strength, weight gain, poor concentration, and depressed mood.
Symptomatic testosterone deficiency affects up to 30% of men over age 50.
Hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s disease, and thyroid cancer require thyroid hormone replacement for life. Without treatment, low thyroid function impairs metabolism, energy, cognition, weight, mood, heart health, fertility, and cholesterol levels.
We offer bioidentical T3/T4 thyroid medication to restore optimal hormone levels. We also address lifestyle factors like diet, stress, and nutrient status that impact thyroid function.
Aging leads to declining levels of hormones like DHEA, testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, and thyroid hormone. This can manifest as fatigue, trouble losing weight, low libido, anxiety, poor concentration, weakened muscles, and joint pain.
Balancing key hormones with bioidentical replacement provides an anti-aging effect at the
