Everyday Wellness: Midlife Hormones, Menopause, and Science for Women 35+Ep. 579: Normal Isn’t Optimal – The Shocking Truth About Progesterone, Brain Health & Hormone Timing with Dr. Felice Gersh | Menopause & HRTSleep Isn’t Actually Restorative
11:23–12:34 · 71s
Dr. Gersh warns that nightly high-dose oral progesterone floods the brain with allopregnanolone, creating a sedative, drug-like sleep that may impair the brain’s cleanup processes and elevate long-term cognitive risk.