It took me until I was 35 years old to discover a missing link in my mental and physical health... custom compounded bio-identical hormones. At age 13, my personality changed and I battled depression, stress, and anxiety. Little did I know it was because that’s the year I started menstruating and my hormones shifted. For over 20 years, I dealt with these mental issues plus an irregular period, stomach bloat, and periodic fatigue. Traditional doctors didn’t help. They blamed it on me being an athlete or being too hard on myself. I was introduced to hormone therapy and holistic practitioners at 35 and with some simple urine tests, discovered an under active thyroid and imbalanced hormones. The care that my custom compounder and functional medicine team put into my health FAR exceeds any traditional doctor. I saw a noticeable difference in my health just a few months into progesterone cream therapy, with none of the side effects that typically come from “FDA regulated” synthetic drugs and concoctions. Taking away or interfering with my access to compounded hormones will backslide me into depression, sexual dysfunction, fatigue, weight gain, brain fog, facial hair, male pattern baldness, anxiety, and the bad attitude that comes along with it. If our government protects a woman’s right to kill their unborn baby, they should protect a woman’s right to preserve and correct their bodies... often with procedures, tests, consults, and medications not covered by insurance.