22/09/2026
There are three lab tests that are almost never offered to women — and they happen to be three of the most telling ones you can run.
Most standard panels are built to rule out disease. They are not built to describe how a body is actually running, which is a completely different question.
•The first is progesterone.
•The second is free T3 — the active thyroid hormone — not TSH, which tells you what the pituitary is asking for, not what the body is actually receiving.
•The third is DHEAS, which speaks to the adrenals.
Taken together, those three give a remarkably clear picture of what the adrenal, thyroid and ovarian axis is doing. That is very often where the answer is sitting when a woman is exhausted and has been told everything came back normal.
Because a number inside a reference range is not the same thing as a number that is working for you.
You are allowed to ask for these by name.
Save this one and take the three names with you to your next appointment.
Reclaim Your Power. Heal Humanity. Dr. Sangeeta Pati MD, FACOG, ABOIM / Founder, MD Prescriptives.