Are Menopause Symptoms Taking Over Your Life?
These are the most common menopause symptoms that women face:
- Hot flashes and night sweats that keep you up at night
- Stubborn weight gain, especially around the belly
- Constant fatigue and low energy
- Brain fog, poor focus, memory lapses, lack of motivation
- Mood swings, anxiety, or irritability
- Low sex drive, orgasm difficulty, vaginal dryness, painful intimacy
- Thinning hair, dry skin, or faster signs of aging
Millions of women experience disruptive menopause symptoms every day. Too often, they hear from their doctor: “Your labs are normal. This is just part of aging.”
But you don’t have to just live with it. Menopause symptoms are caused by declining estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone — and with the right treatment, they can be relieved safely and effectively.
Do You Feel Like You’re in Menopause?
If these menopause symptoms don’t quite fit, you may be experiencing hormone imbalance or low testosterone common in women in their 20s–30s — or the shifting hormones of perimenopause.
HRT for Women in their 20s-30s
HRT for Women in Perimenopause
The Female Hormone Most Doctors Miss in Menopause: Testosterone
Most women are surprised to learn that testosterone — not estrogen — is actually the most abundant sex hormone in women and that it contributes to menopause symptoms. It’s present at higher levels than estrogen and progesterone combined, and it plays a vital role in health and vitality at every age.
When testosterone declines after menopause, women often notice:
- Persistent fatigue and low energy
- Loss of muscle tone and a slowing metabolism
- Brain fog, memory lapses, and reduced focus
- Low desire, vaginal dryness, painful intimacy, or weaker orgasms
- Diminished motivation, confidence, and zest for life
Unfortunately, many doctors dismiss testosterone in women because lab “normal ranges” start at nearly zero. At Full Potential HRT Clinic, we don’t. We carefully optimize testosterone alongside estrogen and progesterone — helping women reclaim their energy, clarity, sexual vitality, and overall sense of well-being long after menopause.
The Solution: HRT for Menopause Done Right
At many clinics, women are often brushed off with birth control, antidepressants, or cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all HRT prescriptions — if their hormones are treated at all. Even when HRT is prescribed, it’s too often based only on generic lab ranges instead of how a woman actually feels. That’s unacceptable. That’s not going to help women in menopause reclaim their lives.
Our expert physicians specialize in hormone replacement therapy for menopause — delivered the right way with the goal of your long-term health and vitality. We individualize treatment to your unique biology, carefully balancing estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone while monitoring safety markers so you enjoy the benefits without unnecessary risks.
When HRT for menopause is done right, the results are life-changing:
- Hot flashes, night sweats, and restless sleep fade away
- Weight becomes easier to manage with a healthier metabolism
- Energy and motivation return to power through the day
- Focus and mental clarity improve, with less brain fog
- Mood becomes steadier, with less anxiety and irritability
- Vaginal comfort, desire, and intimacy are restored
- Skin looks brighter, hair grows fuller, and slows signs of aging
At Full Potential HRT Clinic, this is how we help women in menopause reclaim their lives every single day.
Unlike most HRT clinics, we don’t ignore testosterone for women at Full Potential HRT Clinic. We recognize that it is actually the most abundant sex hormone in women. We recognize the critical role of testosterone in women and optimize it alongside your other hormones. This is how we help women in menopause reclaim their lives and achieve their full potential.
Ready to Overcome Menopause Symptoms with HRT?
Life’s too short to struggle with menopause symptoms. Take the first step today with physician-led hormone replacement therapy for menopause.
Choose your first step:
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$45 Menopause Screen & Consult – quick in-clinic blood draw plus a doctor call to review your results.
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$195 Comprehensive Menopause Evaluation & Consultation – full diagnostic labs, history, vitals, body composition, and same-day treatment option.
Switching from another local clinic? We waive the $195 fee for women paying $145+/mo elsewhere.
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Why Women Choose Full Potential HRT Clinic
Here’s why more women across Portland and Seattle metros trust Full Potential HRT Clinic for HRT for menopause:
Physician-Led, Not Sales-Driven
Owned and managed by local doctors — not businessmen or investors. You’ll work directly with licensed physicians, never salespeople, “care coordinators,” or nurses following a script. Each doctor is trained by Dr. Robert Strait and his protégé, Dr. Amanda Moninger to help women end hot flashes, sleep deeply, and and reclaim their lives with safe, effective HRT for menopause.
A Medical Team That Works Together
When our physicians need help, they don’t call a franchise owner or flip through a binder of cookie-cutter protocols written by a doctor over a thousand miles away — they walk down the hall. Every patient benefits from the combined expertise and experience of an entire veteran medical team.
Personalized, Attentive Care
We never settle for outdated “reference ranges” that ignore how women actually feel. Every dose of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone is carefully individualized and adjusted to your needs so you can be your best self, with long-term health and vitality.
Flexible Memberships That Put You First
At the start, your care is all-inclusive and concierge: unlimited physician access, visits, phone calls, labs, blood draws, and messaging until your hormones are balanced and restored. Once you’re stable, you transition into a step-down membership that maintains your safety and results while lowering long-term cost.
Local, 11+ Years of Trusted Experience
We’ve watched telehealth brands and corporate “pop-up” clinics expand into women’s health, offering quick prescriptions with little personalization. Their patients often end up unsatisfied — and then they find us. With thousands of women cared for across Portland and Seattle metros, our locally owned, physician-led clinic is here to stay, with the same trusted doctors here for years to come.
Ready to Choose HRT at Full Potential HRT Clinic?
Life’s too short for one-size-fits-all approaches to menopause symptoms. Choose physician-led HRTfor menopause trusted by thousands of women across Portland and Seattle metros.
Choose your first step:
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$45 Menopause Screen & Consult – quick in-clinic blood draw plus a doctor call to review your results.
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$195 Comprehensive Menopause Evaluation & Consultation – full diagnostic labs, history, vitals, body composition, and same-day treatment option.
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What Patients Say About HRT at Full Potential HRT Clinic
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Ready to Start HRT for Menopause at Full Potential HRT Clinic
Step 1: Choose Your Starting Point
- $195 Comprehensive Menopause Evaluation & Consultation (Most Patients Start Here)
Meet with your physician, review your history, vitals, and body composition, and complete a full diagnostic lab panel.
- $45 Menopause Screen & Consult (Optional)
A quick in-clinic blood draw + vitals, followed by a 20-minute phone call with your doctor to review estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, FSH, and SHBG. Designed for women who want reassurance of menopause before investing further.
→ If you decide to continue, you’ll pay $150 to complete your full evaluation (for a total of $195).
Step 2: Personalized HRT for Menopause Treatment Plan
Your doctor reviews your results and creates a tailored protocol — restoring and balancing estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, resolving menopause symptoms, and addressing long-term health markers. If you’re ready, treatment can begin that same day.
Step 3: Concierge Monitoring Until Menopause Symptoms are Resolved
Unlimited physician access, labs, and adjustments until your hormones are restored and stable. Once optimized, you’ll transition into the membership tier that best fits your long-term goals.
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HRT Memberships & Pricing
Transparent, all-inclusive memberships designed to fit every stage of your hormone replacement therapy for menopause journey.
Every Membership Includes:
- Testosterone cream / gel, injections, or sublingual troches.
- Estrogen cream / gel, injections, or sublingual troches
- Progesterone sublingual troches
- Injection supplies and shipping of included medications
- Pellet prescriptions and management (implantation billed separately)
- Unlimited admin support for refills, scheduling, billing, and questions
Start here - many choose to stay
Unlimited visits, calls & EHR messaging when medically necessary for HRT
Labs every 2 months until stable, then every 4 or more months
Women wanting full concierge HRT for menopause
After 2 yrs on Unlimited (doctor approval)
1 annual visit + full-length calls after blood draws, & EHR messaging when medically necessary for HRT
Labs every 4 or more months
Stable women ready for balanced oversight of HRT for menopause
After 1 yr on Full (doctor approval)
1 annual visit + shorter calls after blood draws, & EHR messaging when medically necessary for HRT
Labs every 4 or more months
Fully optimized women wanting streamlined HRT for menopause
This tiered system ensures you always get the right level of support at the right time — from intensive HRT care at the beginning to streamlined, convenient care and affordable long-term results.
Frequently Asked Questions About HRT Memberships
Yes — under the Unlimited Potential HRT Membership, you may have unlimited visits, phone calls, and EHR messaging. All physician contact is provided when medically necessary for HRT management, so your care is always appropriate and efficient.
Yes. Patients on the Full or Endless Potential memberships may request additional office visits, phone consults, or lab testing beyond what’s included. If the request does not pertain to active menopause treatment needs, such as questions or concerns about potential menopause symptoms or adverse effects of HRT, there may be an additional fee.
- Unlimited Potential: every 2 months until your doctor determines you’re stable, then typically every 4 months.
- Full & Endless Potential: every 4 months, with the option for less frequent draws if your doctor approves.
If stability takes longer, you may remain on Unlimited Potential as long as your doctor feels it’s medically appropriate. Many women choose to stay on this membership for the peace of mind and concierge-level access it provides.
Yes. If your needs change, your doctor may recommend moving back to a higher-tier membership to ensure your safety and results.
Hormone pellets are available under all HRT memberships. The implantation procedure is typically performed every 3 months for women and carries a separate $100 fee.
Ready to Achieve Your Full Potential with HRT for Menopause Done Right?
You don’t have to keep struggling with hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, fatigue, brain fog, or mood swings. Menopause is challenging, but it doesn’t have to take over what could be your best years. At Full Potential HRT Clinic, you’ll get real physician-led care — not cookie-cutter protocols handed down from a doctor over a thousand miles away.
For more than 11 years, thousands of women across Portland, Seattle, Tigard, Renton, Bellevue, and Vancouver have trusted our local physicians to deliver safe, personalized HRT for menopause — with flexible memberships and concierge-level support until your hormones are optimized and your quality of life is restored. Life’s too short for one-size-fits-all menopause clinics.
Choose your first step:
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$45 Menopause Screen & Consult – quick in-clinic blood draw plus a doctor call to review your results.
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$195 Comprehensive Menopause Evaluation & Consultation – full diagnostic labs, history, vitals, body composition, and same-day treatment option.
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Frequently Asked Questions About HRT for Menopause Symptoms in Portland & Seattle Metros
Section 1: Symptom Relief From HRT for Menopause
Yes. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the most effective treatment for hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, painful intimacy, mood swings, sleep problems, and other menopause symptoms.
Yes. Hormone replacement therapy is the gold standard for hot flash treatment because it restores the estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone deficiencies that cause hot flashes in the first place. Unlike antidepressants or over-the-counter supplements, HRT addresses the root cause — making it the most effective and lasting solution.
Many women feel relief within the first few weeks. Hot flashes and night sweats often improve quickly, while vaginal dryness, libido, skin, and hair changes may take a few months. Long-term benefits, like stronger and healthier bones, heart, and brain build over time.
Yes. After menopause, low estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone all work against sexual health. These deficiencies can cause vaginal dryness, pain with intimacy, reduced desire, weaker arousal, and harder-to-reach orgasms. Most doctors overlook or ignore testosterone in women, even though it is the most abundant sex hormone and plays a central role in libido, arousal, and orgasm strength. At Full Potential HRT Clinic, we optimize testosterone alongside estrogen and progesterone to restore balance. With this approach, vaginal tissue and lubrication improve, sleep and mood stabilize, and sexual desire and satisfaction often return. Many women find that intimacy becomes comfortable, pleasurable, and deeply enjoyable again once their hormones are restored.
Yes. After menopause, hormone deficiencies accelerate visible aging in the skin, hair, and nails. Low estrogen reduces hydration, elasticity, and collagen, leading to wrinkles and sagging in the skin, thinner and drier hair, and nails that are softer and more fragile. Low testosterone decreases overall strength of skin, hair, and nails, while reducing hair growth and density so strands become finer and volume declines. Low progesterone can worsen scalp circulation and increase shedding, adding to hair loss. Together, these deficiencies make women look and feel older more quickly while also affecting confidence and comfort.
By restoring balance with physician-led HRT, many women notice brighter, firmer, and more hydrated skin, fuller and healthier hair, and stronger nails that grow with greater resilience. While HRT cannot stop the natural aging process, it can significantly slow visible changes and help women feel more vibrant, youthful, and confident well into their postmenopausal years.
Yes. After menopause, low estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone all work against a healthy weight. These deficiencies can slow metabolism, disrupt sleep, lower energy, and reduce motivation — making it harder to stay active or see results. When all three hormones are optimized in balance, sleep and energy improve, metabolism becomes healthier, and your efforts with diet and exercise are far more effective. Many women find it easier to lose stubborn belly fat and maintain long-term weight control once their hormones are restored.
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) is the medical term for the vaginal and urinary symptoms caused by low estrogen after menopause. Common signs include vaginal dryness, irritation, itching, pain with sex, reduced arousal, and urinary urgency or frequent infections. GSM affects up to half of women after menopause, but it doesn’t have to be permanent. Both local vaginal estrogen therapy and systemic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can safely and effectively relieve GSM — restoring comfort, intimacy, and quality of life.
Section 2: HRT Candidacy & Expectations After Menopause
Most women reach menopause between ages 45–55, with the average around 51. Perimenopause — the transition leading up to menopause — can begin years earlier, with symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, irregular cycles, and mood changes.
Yes. Even after hot flashes and night sweats fade, menopause continues to damage your health. Low estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone accelerate bone loss, increase cardiovascular and cognitive risks, slow metabolism, reduce energy, and affect sexual health.
Most post-menopausal women begin noticing improvement within the first few weeks, though the timeline depends on age, overall health, and which hormones are most out of balance. Symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, mood swings, and fatigue often improve relatively quickly once estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are restored.
Changes in sexual health usually follow a slightly different timeline. Vaginal comfort, natural lubrication, and arousal often begin to improve within the first couple of months. Desire and orgasm strength may take longer to return — but for most women, consistent therapy leads to meaningful improvements in intimacy, comfort, and satisfaction.
Long-term benefits, such as stronger bones, healthier skin and hair, and improved cardiovascular and cognitive protection, build steadily over months and years of consistent treatment.
Yes. Testosterone continues to be the most abundant sex hormone in women even after menopause — naturally present at higher levels than either estrogen or progesterone. Although women produce about 20–30 times less testosterone than men, it remains their dominant hormone and is essential for energy, confidence, muscle tone, sexual health, and overall vitality.
After menopause, testosterone levels often decline even further, compounding the effects of low estrogen and progesterone. This leaves many women struggling with persistent fatigue, low motivation, stubborn weight gain, brain fog, mood instability, and significant sexual changes — including reduced desire, difficulty with arousal, vaginal dryness, and weaker or harder-to-reach orgasms.
Unfortunately, many doctors overlook testosterone in post-menopausal women because the standard lab “normal ranges” begin at nearly zero. At Full Potential HRT Clinic, we don’t dismiss these symptoms. When both symptoms and labs indicate deficiency, we prescribe carefully monitored testosterone replacement therapy as part of a balanced HRT protocol. Optimizing testosterone helps restore energy, focus, libido, orgasm strength, lean muscle tone, and long-term vitality — while working together with estrogen and progesterone to support bone, brain, cardiovascular, and metabolic health.
Section 3: Menopause Causes & Education
Menopause occurs when the ovaries stop releasing eggs and producing hormones, especially estrogen and progesterone. This hormonal decline causes the symptoms and health changes associated with menopause.
Most women are surprised to learn that testosterone — not estrogen — is the most abundant sex hormone in women, present at higher levels than estrogen and progesterone combined. When testosterone declines in midlife, it amplifies the struggles of menopause: persistent fatigue, weaker muscles, slower metabolism, brain fog, memory lapses, low desire, vaginal dryness, painful intimacy, and diminished motivation. Unfortunately, many doctors dismiss testosterone because lab “normal ranges” start near zero. At Full Potential HRT Clinic, we optimize testosterone alongside estrogen and progesterone so women can reclaim energy, clarity, sexual vitality, and overall well-being.
Section 4: HRT Safety & Long-Term Health After Menopause
When prescribed and monitored by a menopause doctor, HRT is considered safe women after menopause. At Full Potential HRT Clinic, we use bioidentical testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen in physiologic doses — restoring hormones to healthy, balanced levels rather than pushing them unnaturally high. Therapeutic levels are healthy for women after menopause, improving quality of life and preventing the risk of long-term diseases associated with aging, such as heart disease, dementia, osteoporosis, diabetes, and more.
We also track key safety markers — including liver function, cardiovascular health, and breast health — through regular bloodwork and visits. This approach allows us to maximize benefits while minimizing risks.
Regarding breast cancer: Studies have shown that the addition of estrogen without progesterone or testosterone did not increase the risk of breast cancer. Furthermore, studies have also shown that the addition of bioidentical progesterone and testosterone prevents this overgrowth and reduces the risk of breast cancer.
Regarding uterine cancer: Studies have shown that the addition of estrogen without progesterone or testosterone can cause overgrowth of endometrial tissue, which predisposes it to cancer. However, studies have also shown that the addition of bioidentical progesterone and testosterone prevents this overgrowth and reduces the risk of endometrial or uterine cancer.
Yes. By replacing estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, HRT can help protect against osteoporosis, cognitive decline, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease — in addition to relieving daily symptoms.
Section 5: HRT Timing & Fertility After Menopause
If you haven’t already started HRT to prevent symptoms of menopause, then the best time to start hormone replacement therapy is as close to the onset of menopause as possible. Research shows that irreversible changes to the bones, heart, blood vessels, brain, skin, hair, and other parts of the body begin quickly once estrogen progesterone decline in addition to testosterone — and those changes cannot be fully reversed if HRT is delayed for many years.
Starting HRT early not only provides fast symptom relief from hot flashes, night sweats, sleep problems, mood swings, and vaginal dryness, but also offers the greatest long-term protection against osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, diabetes, and other serious health problems.
While some benefits are still possible if HRT is started later, the most powerful prevention and quality-of-life improvements come from beginning within the first few years of menopause — not waiting five or ten years. Why suffer needlessly when safe, effective treatment is available now?
In rare cases, women who are within a few years of menopause may see their menstrual cycle restart for a time. This can range from a single period to irregular or even monthly cycles that last for a year or two. However, for women who have been in menopause for more than a few years, HRT does not cause a true return of monthly periods.
It’s also common for some women to experience light or irregular bleeding at the start of treatment, while doses are being adjusted for symptom relief and long-term health. This usually resolves once hormones are stabilized and optimized. If bleeding continues or feels unusual, your doctor can adjust your protocol to stop it.
HRT is not a fertility treatment and does not restore fertility after true menopause — once your ovaries have stopped releasing eggs, pregnancy is no longer possible.
However, in rare cases, women within a few years of menopause may experience a temporary return of menstrual cycles. If ovulation occurs during these cycles, pregnancy is possible. For this reason, we advise women who have only been in menopause for one to two years to use reliable contraception while on HRT if they are not planning to conceive.
Section 6: Practical Questions About HRT for Menopause
Bioidentical hormones are chemically identical to the estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone your body naturally produces. They bind to hormone receptors the same way, creating natural effects in the body as nature intended — and, when prescribed at physiologic levels, they don’t carry the same adverse-effect profile seen with synthetic forms.
Conventional HRT often refers to older, synthetic hormones such as conjugated equine estrogens or medroxyprogesterone acetate. These are not identical to human hormones and, in large trials, have been linked to significant adverse effects, making them unsafe for long-term use.
At Full Potential HRT Clinic, we exclusively use bioidentical estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone in carefully balanced doses, with close physician monitoring. Our goal is to help women not only find relief from menopause symptoms, but also achieve their full potential for long-term health — without unnecessary risks.
No — there is no strict age limit for hormone replacement therapy. Women can safely continue HRT for as long as it improves their quality of life and supports long-term health, provided it is carefully prescribed and monitored by a physician.
In fact, many of the benefits of HRT become even more important with age. Optimized estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone help protect against osteoporosis, dementia, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and frailty — conditions that become increasingly common later in life. These hormones also support energy, mood, sleep, metabolism, skin, hair, sexual health, and overall vitality, helping women remain active and independent as they age.
At Full Potential HRT Clinic, we prescribe bioidentical hormones in physiologic doses and track key safety markers through regular bloodwork and visits. This approach maximizes the benefits while minimizing risks, allowing many women to continue HRT into their 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond.
The decision to remain on HRT is always individualized — but with proper medical oversight, women do not need to “age off” treatment. You can continue HRT for life if it keeps you healthy, safe, and thriving.
No. We operate as a concierge clinic with transparent membership pricing. We’ve found there is no way to properly manage HRT for menopause patients while billing insurance. However, HSA and FSA are accepted for labs and treatment.
Questions About HRT for Menopause?
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