I’ve included a list below that every woman who is going through menopause should ask their doctor for:

Instead, it’s best to combine both your symptoms and use them in conjunction with your lab tests (listed above).This time is a period of great fluctuation, both in terms of your symptoms and in terms of your lab tests and hormones. In this guide, you will learn more about the best tests for menopause, how to identify if you are in this transition period, the symptoms associated with this transition, and how to use your lab tests to help you with treatment options. During menopause, we know that your estradiol levels and progesterone levels WILL fall dramatically.

HRT has been shown in many studies to completely reverse the symptoms associated with menopause in a matter of days. The decision to use treatment largely depends on you and how badly you are suffering from symptoms. She accused the companies of using misleading information about “FSH sometimes being a helpful marker of menopause” and called the perimenopause a “hormone rollercoaster”. It’s simply to provide your body with the exact replica of the youthful hormone that your body has been used to for decades (since you started menstruating) to help reduce your symptoms and improve your quality of life. What type of test is this? This is a qualitative test -- you find out whether or not you have elevated FSH levels, not if you definitely are in menopause or perimenopause.How do you do this test? In this test, you put a few drops of your urine on a test device, put the end of the testing device in your urine stream, or dip the test device into a cup of urine. Chemicals in the test device react with FSH and produce a color. Read the instructions with the test you buy to learn exactly what to look for in this test. Some women can go through their life with a few hot flashes and maybe some minor weight gain while others can be completely incapacitated.

The problem with menopause is that it occurs over a period of several months (10) (sometimes 6-12 months).The symptoms of menopause can be vague and differ from person to person, so using a tool such as lab tests can be effective in helping you understand what is happening in your body.