I’ve been on bio-identical hormones since I was 23 years old. When I was 22 a medical doctor mixed my chart up with another (elderly) woman and prescribed me medication to alter my hormones and endocrine system (when I didn’t need them) and sent me into an almost year-long estrogen crisis. I couldn’t sleep, had panic attacks daily, and was nauseous all day every day. My life was miserable during that time. Finding a bio-identical hormone clinic helped stop all of those symptoms within 6 months of starting the hormones, and my overall health has continued to stabilize and improve in the years since then. People need access to these services because they fill a gap in the interventions offered by other doctors/providers.