What losing my period for 8 years taught me | Dr. Whitney McFadden | TEDxSan Diego Studio

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] For eight years, my hormones shut down. My period stopped. Doctors ran tests. They ordered MRIs. They prescribed birth control. They told me to eat more, exercise less. I tried everything they said. Nothing worked. I was functioning, but inside I felt lost. I wasn't just missing a cycle. I was bleeding emotionally, disconnected from my own body. I felt like I had lost my womanhood, my rhythm, my sense of self. I feared that I would never have children. As a physician, I ...