Sirona Health Podcast
Evidence-based conversations about women’s hormones, mental health and wellbeing, hosted by GP Dr Georgina Standen. Translating the latest research into practical, compassionate advice to help you better understand your health
Episodes
11 episodes
Brain Fog in Menopause: What's Actually Happening in Your Head
Walking into a room and forgetting why. Losing a word mid-sentence. Reading the same paragraph three times. In this episode, Dr Georgina Standen properly unpacks brain fog — what it actually is, what's driving it, and answers the question s...
Menopause and Your Mental Health
Why do so many women feel like their mental health suddenly changes in their forties and fifties, often without any obvious trigger? In this episode, Dr Georgina Standen applies everything this series has built so far — hormone sensitivity,...
Why Do Some Women Get PMDD and Others Don't? The Genetics Behind It
If two women have identical hormone levels but completely different experiences of their cycle, what's actually different between them? In this episode, Dr Georgina Standen goes back a step further than hormones themselves, into the genetics an...
What Brain Scans Actually Show: From PMDD to Menopause
What does a brain scan actually show us about PMDD — and does the same evidence tell us anything about what happens after menopause? In this episode, Dr Georgina Standen walks through the neuroimaging research, from how PMDD brains respond diff...
What Is Reproductive Depression?
Had PMDD in your twenties, postnatal depression after having children, and now feel unlike yourself in perimenopause? These aren't separate problems. In this episode, Dr Georgina Standen explains reproductive depression — the idea that one unde...
Why Doesn't My PMDD Look Like Everyone Else's?
Tried to identify with PMDD, but your worst week doesn't line up with the "classic" post-ovulation pattern? You're not alone — and you're not imagining it. In this episode, Dr Georgina Standen introduces DASH-MC, emerging research showing there...
It's Not Your Hormone Levels, It's Your Brain
If your hormone tests keep coming back "normal" but you still feel awful — this episode explains why. Dr Georgina Standen breaks down the real science behind PMS and PMDD: it's not about how much oestrogen or progesterone you have, it's about h...
Diagnosis - Why It Takes So Long, and Who Can Actually Help
Why does it so often take years to get a PMDD diagnosis — and once you suspect it, who should you actually go and see? In this episode, Dr Georgina Standen explains why this condition falls through the gaps in the healthcare system, and how to ...
Diagnosing PMS vs PMDD and Getting a Diagnosis: How PMS and PMDD Are Actually Diagnosed, and What Cycle Mapping Adds
There's no blood test for PMS or PMDD — so how do you actually get diagnosed? In this episode, Dr Georgina Standen walks through the real diagnostic process, and introduces cycle mapping, a tool that goes far beyond simply tracking your period....
The Numbers and the Picture: How Common Are PMS and PMDD, and What Do They Actually Look Like
How common are PMS and PMDD, really — and why does the research seem so contradictory? In this episode, Dr Georgina Standen unpacks the numbers behind these conditions, and the full picture of symptoms that goes far beyond bloating and a bi...