CUTV News Radio Spotlights Menopause Expert Dr. Anna Garrett

Asheville, NC — Dr. Anna Garrett is the author of Perimenopause: The Savvy Sister's Guide to Hormone Harmony due Monday April 7th, 2019.

“This book is all about what to expect when you’re expecting menopause,” says Dr. Garrett. “I want to create a whole generation of women who know what's coming so we can eliminate all this mystery around menopause and all the misery that goes along with it.”

“We have generally thought of menopause as all about hot flashes, because that's what is portrayed in media,” says Dr. Garrett, “but there’s also anxiety, weight gain, insomnia, dry eyes, short-term memory loss, muscle aches, bladder incontinence, even pain during sex.”

The women Dr. Garrett works with tend to want to avoid hormone replacement, so the focus is primarily on lifestyle and supplementation. Still, that doesn’t mean hormones should not be a consideration. In fact, they very well could be the answer.

“We don't take a shotgun approach to hormones,” says Dr. Garrett. “When they work with me, the first step is to do a very detailed health history and get an idea of what their goals are, what they want to accomplish. We create a customized plan of recommendations for lifestyle and supplements and, if necessary, bio-identical hormone replacement. Some women take the plan and go and implement it themselves. For others those who need help with implementation, we develop an ongoing coaching relationship to accomplish that.”

For more information on Dr. Anna Garrett, visit www.drannagarrett.com.

Perimenopause: The Savvy Sister's Guide to Hormone Harmony is available for preorder on Amazon