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Understanding the Impact of Anxiety
When anxiety becomes part of daily life, it can cloud your thoughts, create tension in your body, and disrupt your overall sense of balance. These feelings can make even routine moments feel challenging. At Flora Naturopathics, we recognize how deeply anxiety can affect your mental and physical well-being. Through compassionate, individualized care, we help you find natural and effective ways to restore calm and clarity, allowing you to move forward with renewed confidence and ease.
The Complex Nature of Anxiety
Anxiety is a natural response to stress or danger, designed to protect us in moments of uncertainty. However, when it becomes persistent, excessive, or interferes with daily life, it may indicate an anxiety disorder. These mental health conditions vary widely in their presentation, but they all share a common impact: they can feel isolating and overwhelming.
Types of Anxiety Disorders Include
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): Constant, uncontrollable worry about everyday situations.
Panic Disorder: Repeated panic attacks that cause intense physical and emotional fear.
Social Anxiety Disorder: Intense fear of social situations due to worries about judgment or embarrassment.
Phobias: Extreme fear of specific objects or situations, like heights or flying.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Intrusive thoughts (obsessions) that drive repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Anxiety stemming from a traumatic event.
Understanding the type of anxiety you’re experiencing is an essential step toward finding effective treatments.
How We Help
As naturopathic doctors, we offer a range of services and practices to help women achieve hormonal balance and optimal health.
Comprehensive Hormone Assessments
We start by evaluating a woman's hormonal profile to identify imbalances, potential triggers, and underlying causes of her symptoms.
Personalized Treatment Plans
Each woman is unique, and so are her hormonal needs. We create tailored treatment plans, including dietary recommendations, herbal remedies, and lifestyle adjustments to address the specific needs of my patients.
Natural Therapies
We harness the power of nature to support your journey. Our treatments include carefully selected herbal remedies, nutritional support, and natural stress reduction techniques.
Education & Support
Empowering women with knowledge is key. We educate our patients about the significance of hormone balance and provide ongoing support to help them make informed decisions about their health.
Fertility Support
For those struggling with fertility issues, we offer guidance and treatments aimed at optimizing fertility, improving conception chances, and supporting a healthy pregnancy.
Understanding Women's Health Through Functional Medicine Labs
Women's health is deeply interconnected with various aspects of overall wellness, including digestive health. Functional Medicine Labs provide vital insights into your body’s unique physiological processes, allowing us to identify and address specific concerns related to women's health. With this precise understanding, we can develop personalized treatments that support and enhance your health.
Functional Medicine Labs
How We Guide You From Symptoms to Clarity
Healing feels easier when you have structure, understanding, and support. Our naturopathic care path helps you move from confusion to confidence with guidance at every stage.
Brandy's Journey
Concern: Severe fatigue, daily energy crashes, anxiety, and cyclical headaches interfering with daily life and activity.
Outcome: Full recovery of energy, resolution of anxiety and headaches, and return to full activity—ultimately competing at the national level in powerlifting.
Testing: Salivary cortisol testing, CBC, CMP, thyroid panel, ovarian hormone markers, fasting insulin, inflammation markers, and nutritional labs including iron, vitamin D, B12, and folate.
Supplements: Long-term use of a comprehensive multivitamin with iron and vitamin D, short-term adrenal support with herbs and glandulars, and topical progesterone.
Nutrition: Weight-based protein intake and temporary replacement of coffee with an adaptogenic mushroom beverage to support adrenal recovery.
Lifestyle: Focused on rest and gentle movement—yoga, walking, and gardening—before gradually returning to full physical activity and competitive strength training.
Beth's Journey
Concern: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, GERD, and anxiety
Outcome: Improved energy and mood, resolved reflux
Testing: Blood testing, urine hormone testing, stool microbiome testing
Supplements: Thyroid conversion support, probiotics, GI repair formulas
Nutrition: Eliminated gluten, increased dietary protein
Lifestyle: Practiced gut-based hypnotherapy, joined pilates, and reconnected with creative hobbies like art and music
Sandra's Journey
Concern: Anxiety, depression, fatigue, insomnia, and postmenopausal health concerns following a significant life transition.
Outcome: Improved energy, sleep, and emotional well-being resulted in stronger family relationships and renewed purpose through community mentoring.
Testing: Urine hormone metabolite testing, serum thyroid panel, nutritional labs, and metabolic health markers, including fasting insulin and inflammation levels.
Supplements: Daily multivitamin, Vitamin D, omega-3s, estrogen detoxification support, and topical progesterone.
Nutrition: Weight-based protein intake, focus on antioxidant-rich whole foods, and reduced processed food intake.
Lifestyle: Began mentoring young mothers in her community, finding emotional fulfillment and connection after struggling with identity as a recent empty-nester.
Catie's Journey
Concern: IBS-M, anxiety, ADHD, and postmenopausal health concerns, including long-term risks for osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease.
Outcome: Achieved regular bowel movements, reduced anxiety, improved mental focus, and gained confidence in managing postmenopausal health risks.
Testing: SIBO breath test, serum sex hormones, thyroid panel, lipid panel with Apo B, metabolic markers (CMP, insulin, uric acid, A1C), inflammation and bone turnover markers, and nutrient levels (iron, zinc, vitamin D, B12, folate).
Supplements: Digestive enzymes, a four-week course of botanical antimicrobials, low FODMAP prebiotic fiber, probiotics, DHEA, phytoestrogens, and magnesium glycinate.
Nutrition: A temporary low FODMAP diet is needed to stabilize digestion, and foods should be gradually reintroduced to expand dietary variety and tolerance.
Lifestyle: Dedicate daily time for nervous system regulation through joy, peace, gratitude, and relaxation practices to support mental clarity and emotional balance.
What Our Patients Say
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