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Podcast: The Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast
Episode: E164: Dr. Nicole Shirvani on Women’s Mental Health, Hormones, and Strength Training
Description: Welcome to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast with Dr. Kerry Reller! This week, I am joined by psychiatrist Dr. Nicole Shirvani, who specializes in women’s mental health and integrative psychiatry.In this episode, we explore how hormonal changes throughout a woman’s life can impact mental health, including anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and brain fog during the perimenopause and menopause transition. Dr. Shirvani explains how estrogen affects neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine, why these changes can influence mood, and how treatments such as hormone therapy and SSRIs may work together.We also discuss the...