{"id":3246,"date":"2022-06-24T04:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/hypothalamische-amenorrhoe-was-ist-sie-und-was-kann-ich-tun\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:28:12","slug":"hypothalamic-amenorrhoea-what-is-it-and-what-can-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/hypothalamic-amenorrhoea-what-is-it-and-what-can-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea \u2013 What is it and what can I\u00a0do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You exercise a lot and eat healthily, but you don\u2019t get your period? Then you may be suffering from Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea. Julia<\/a> tells us in an interview what exactly this is, what the causes are, and what you can do about it. She recently published her book Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea: When periods stop despite a healthy lifestyle<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and knows all about HA!<\/p>

Please introduce yourself briefly to our readers!<\/h3>

My name is Julia<\/a> and I am a hormone coach. I help women to normalize their menstrual cycle and to get their hormones back into balance, for example after stopping the pill. I coach many women who suffer from PCO syndrome or Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea.<\/p>

A tribute to your body \u2013 that\u2019s how you describe your book Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea: When periods stop despite a healthy lifestyle<\/em>. How did you come up with the idea?<\/h2>\n\n

Often, we work against our bodies and go beyond our limits \u2013 especially women who suffer from Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea. So many women \u2013 including myself in the past \u2013 have somehow internalized that we have to trick our bodies and that they \u201cbetray\u201d us when we gain a little weight, for example, or when our hormones get out of balance.<\/p>\n\n

I see it differently. Our body sends us signals and reacts quite cleverly to everything that comes its way. Our body always wants to keep everything in balance and keep us alive. However, we have usually lost complete access to it and our intuition. We often don\u2019t even try to go within ourselves and ask ourselves, \u201cWhat do I and my body need at this moment to get back into balance in the long run?\u201d Instead, we prefer to go for the quick fix, which usually puts us even more out of balance (e.g., eating less and doing even more intense exercise to make sure we lose weight). I hope that my book<\/a> will help us to be more kind to our bodies by understanding that we don\u2019t have to be so hard on ourselves and our bodies. Why can\u2019t we look in the mirror and celebrate and honor it?<\/p><\/div>\n\n

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Photo Credits: KOMPLETT MEDIA<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>
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PPhoto Credits: Schultz (2022): Graphic \u201cSilent mail\u201d of hormones. Hypothalamic amenorrhoea: When periods stop despite a healthy lifestyle, p. 17.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

What is Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea (HA for short) and what does society have to do with the cycle disorder?<\/h2>\n\n

With Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea, the period is completely absent for several months. The reason is usually stress due to an imbalance in energy intake (how much do I eat?) and energy consumption (how much do I burn, e.g., during sports?). The problem begins in the hypothalamus, the hormonal control center in the brain. It reacts relatively sensitively to the stress of any kind and shuts down certain hormones during HA. Thus, with Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea, we often see low levels of the following hormones:<\/p>\n\n