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Are my hormones normal?
AUGUST 12, 2021
Your hormones are (seriously) powerful. At Tuune, we’re very much ‘team hormone’, and know that truly understanding these wonderful chemical messengers is key to feeling your best. Read on as we share 3 stories to explain what can happen when your hormones are out of balance—and how we can help put things right
Key Takeaways
Hormones are powerful chemical messengers that bring about important changes in your body
Often, especially if you’ve been on birth control for a long time, it can be hard to know if how you’re feeling is linked to your hormones—and if so, whether it’s down to your natural hormone levels, or the hormones within your birth control
For example, anxiety, acne, and migraines can all be signs of a hormone imbalance
By taking our in-depth online Tuune 360 survey, you can tell us all about how you’re feeling, your medical and birth control history, as well as your well-being goals. We can then help you work out if your hormones are behaving ‘normally’ or you could be feeling the effects of a hormone imbalance
From there, we can work with you to recommend birth control that will help you feel your best.
Whether you feel like they rule your life or you barely notice they’re there, your hormones are powerful chemical messengers working day and night to bring about important changes in your body.
And as brilliant as they are, when they’re out of balance, they can cause issues—we’re talking everything from more serious medical conditions like polycystic ovarian syndrome to smaller, physical ‘nods’ to remind us they’re there, like skin tags or greasy hair.
When thinking about whether your hormones are behaving ‘normally’, here are 3 pretty key things to remember:
The levels we all have, and how they behave, are unique to all of us. It means ‘normal’ is a spectrum distinct to us as individuals (we’re here to help you work this out).
Hormone imbalances are damn common. So common that yours may be out of balance right now without you even realizing it. If you have one, we bet you’re not the only one you know that’s experiencing one.
You don’t have to put up with hormone imbalances. We’re so over that mindset that as people with cycles we kinda just have to deal with feeling rough just because we have uteri.
Read on as we share 3 stories explaining how hormone imbalances can affect our lives in different ways—and how we can help.
Recognize yourself in any of the stories? Let us know which one over on Twitter or Instagram.
Written by
Hermione Wright (she/her)
An NCTJ-qualified journalist, Hermione writes for national and local publications in addition to creating thought leadership for brands with a purpose. Passionate about telling the stories that matter, she helps our community make their own clued-up choices about their healthcare.
Medically reviewed by
Dr. Alejandra Elder Ontiveros, MD, PHD (she/her)
Ale is a PhysicianScientist with a doctoral degree in Development Biology and Embryology and is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at UCSF. Ale believes that the union of academia and business can lead to transformative discoveries for women’s health.
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