For the sake of balancing your hormones and getting your period back on track, you’ve started making simple changes to your diet and lifestyle.

You’ve been told that you should start seeing relief from your symptoms within a matter of weeks, but it’s been a month and you feel—well, frankly—like sh*t.

Maybe your 🩸 is even more bothersome than normal, your moods are another level of erratic, or you’re more fatigued than you have in years. 😫 Obviously, your new health regimen isn’t working, and you should probably just go back to what you were doing before… Right?

Wrong! 🙅‍♀️ Chances are, those less-than-pleasant signs you’re experiencing is your body’s way of slowly moving back into balance!

You’ve heard me say it before, and I’ll say it again: Healing is not linear, and most of the time, feeling worse comes before feeling better. 🎢 Blame the healthy shifts. For example:

🥱 Your cortisol could be decreasing after years of being elevated, making you feel sluggish and like you’re coming down from an energetic high.

🍷 Your liver function is improving, potentially causing some detox symptoms like headaches and digestive upset.

⚖️ Progesterone may increase as estrogen begins leaving your tissues, leaving you feeling moody and out of sorts.

When it comes to healing, hormones are the last thing to improve—and this change usually doesn’t happen until around Month 3-4.

So if you’re halfway through a protocol and not feeling so hot, don’t give up. If you want to learn more about estrogen waves and what you can do to support your body, check out season 1, episode 19 of the Are You Menstrual? Podcast called Estrogen Waves & The Ups and Downs of Healing.

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