Hormone testing can be a helpful tool for understanding what’s driving your symptoms in perimenopause and menopause — but it's only one part of the picture.
At Discreet Health, we combine testing with careful symptom tracking and in-depth evaluation to help you feel like yourself again.
Your hormones shift a lot during perimenopause.
Testing helps uncover patterns, highlight imbalances, and rule out other issues that could be mimicking hormone-related symptoms.
But remember — hormone levels are only part of the story.
We primarily use blood tests in our comprehensive foundational panels to assess hormones like:
Blood testing gives us a clinical snapshot — especially useful for thyroid and baseline reproductive hormone levels. However, because hormones can fluctuate widely (sometimes even hour to hour), a normal lab result doesn’t always mean everything is balanced.
Saliva testing offers a more dynamic picture of how hormones behave over time. It measures the “free,” active form of hormones and is particularly helpful for tracking cortisol patterns or mapping hormones across a cycle.
At Discreet Health, saliva testing is available as an advanced functional test in our Balanced and Elevated tiers.
Because hormone levels can swing so much — especially during perimenopause — tracking your symptoms over time is just as valuable, and sometimes even more revealing.
Your lived experience matters. That’s why we don’t rely on lab results alone. We look at patterns, timing, and how your symptoms affect your life.
Every Discreet Health program starts with a conversation. We listen to your story, evaluate your symptoms, and then decide together what testing makes sense for you.
Whether you’re doing a basic hormone panel or a deeper functional workup, our goal is always clarity, not confusion.
Hormone testing is a powerful tool when it’s used wisely — in context, in partnership, and with your real life in mind.
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