Great information! I find my endocrinologist visits frustrating and anytime I press for tests for vitamin deficiencies vitamin D selenium omega-3, iodine etc. she refuses. I also ask her about diet especially the elimination of gluten and I always get pushback! very frustrating! We all have to be our own health advocates!
Cast money to get tests so many dr bluff it of or thing border when parents granparents mum have it yet dr says ok I worked with a girl years ago husband said crazy got her admitted to syc ward there they nothing thevmater you have thyroid problems old man told me his wife had both dr puss them of or give pills if border why no try a pill but I here there no great other bother
Susan Corso, I had asked my first doctor for a requisition to do a vitamin D test which is not covered by OHIP (our health care system), I told him that I'll pay for it; he told me that I didn't need it. I said ok and walked out his office never to returned. I soon found another doctor and told him what I wanted and he didn't hesitate. I paid and got it done and it was low. We certainly can't depend wholly on doctors, sometimes we have to be our own advocate!
I think all insurance carriers now have only given us insurance for when you go into serious medical hospital mode... Nobody has good health insurance anymore 5, 000 dollars or $2,500 out of pocket first... It's all a system and wait till everybody finds out how bad it is everything's not real everything's fake phony and false we live in Truman show... All you can do is take care of your vitality... Know your vitality keep it up cold pressed juices very little sugar but you can use some... Use cold pressed green juice to make a smoothie in the morning with some flour sprouts strawberries ice give you energy... Peace be with everyone..
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE IS THE MEDICINE OF THE FUTURE. IT SHOULD BE THE MEDICINE OF TODAY. SO MANY GPS THAT ARE RESISTANT. WE NEED URGENT CHANGES IN OUR MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION.
Great content. Why doctors are not focused on the underlying cause and why they are not focused on preventing severe desease is just beyong comprehension. It almost seems criminal.
All about the dollar bill and big pharma. Taking the time to find the underlying cause takes away from 10 more patients they could see..an easy solution is to push medication and not have to use their brain.
This is due to those responsible for the medical colleges forbidding Eastern & holistic treatments which are natural thus cannot be patented. Check into the money making families' bloodlines. It has been quite interesting research
Endos have 2 tests (TSH and T4) and one solution to thyroid problems (levothyroxine). After all the years in med school, they only have 2 tests and one medicine?? My endo refused to give me a T3, RT3 test. Even an estrogen test was out of the question. I hear this same scenario over and over. Many endocrinologists have failed us and leaves so many suffering.
You must be American. Trust me I know your pain. Take matters into your own hands and leave the country. I did in 2022 and I couldn’t be happier. Brought my mom with me last year and both us are thriving now.
@@chicanoinparadise may I ask where you and your mom ended up going? I'm very much considering a new environment myself. America is toxic physically, socially, mentally, economically, politically....
I feel like your talking about me! Very low energy, hair thin, brittle, nearly gone. Dry skin, I seem to be on the verge of crying, weight gain, I’m working on my gut health, D & B vitamins, I feel like I have a big face with not good color. At some point I might have been hit by a truck, nobody’s told me! You both have given me a place to start, thank you!
I don’t know, I’m having blood tests for that and thyroid, soon, I suspect thyroid but never thought of iron. I once overdosed on iron, I was too low for blood donation, it was awful, swollen arm, itchy, I took too much for a return for donation. Thank you for asking.
I would immediately RUN and get a progestin pill in any way possible. You should get it no questions asked but menopause/perimenopause are another topic. If they say oh we give a minipill with estrogen - heck no. Esp if your breasts are growing. You want progestin only. I take for 5 days each month when I want to cry. You can do that safely untill you're 60 unless you have other conditions.
It is important to have your antibodies checked by a regular Dr or Endo for a full picture, however... I have found it is worthless to have a regular Dr check your antibodies because they don't know how to read it or what to do with it...just so totally frustrating!!!!!!!!!!
I’m a 32yo woman with type 1 diabetes (27yrs) and thalassemia, Gastroparesis and according to myself I have an intolerance for milk and gluten even though my test results came back normal for milk/gluten allergies 🥴🤷🏼♀️.. got diagnosed with hypothyroid yearssss ago but was never put on meds, until today. Started levothyroxine today at 0,100mg a day before breakfast. I went and bought some ashwaganda and rhodiola, cod-liver-oil, selenium&zinc, vitamin D etc to maybe help with the tiredness and stress that I have because of feeling all the symptoms that come with hypothyroidism😓😓 I just hope I don’t have hashimoto’s.. best of luck to everyone dealing with this and other conditions! Greetings from The Netherlands 🇳🇱
I think the problem is all of the round up crop dusted on wheat 3 days before they harvest it, not the gluten itself. Also corn, soybean and other beans.
As do I, I was able to eat the wheat in Asia just fine. Additionally, it is scientifically implausible for so many people, within a generation, to sudden be allergic to a food we have eaten for thousands of years.
gluten and casein are molecular mimics to thyroid protein. due to this, they can trigger autoimmunity of the thyroid. gluten may be a large problem due to the inability human bodies to enzymatically break it down in the gut completely, causing small openings (look up zonulin), for small peptides to pass thru. most (70%) healthy people will reclose those openings, but chronic exposure (eating it for every meal & snacking - standard american diet) & other trauma will cause leaky gut leading to inflammation & possibly allergic/sensitivity reactions. FM's have found that their autoimmune or thyroid patients must avoid gluten for them to heal & their symptoms to resolve.
Thank you so much for this discussion. I’m 72 years old and have had Hashimoto’s for 40 years and have been on Synthroid all the time. I have been eating gluten free for 6 years, eat fish and vegetables, have been on a Keto diet for 2 years and Intermittent fasting OMAD, and try to swim a mile a day. Now I started a low carb diet under 24 gm a day. I cut out all added sugar for over 3 years now. I have had 3 total joint replacements last year, & one hip total replacements and both of my knees with total robotic replacement in June 2023 and September 2023, resuming my daily swimming now. I plan to have my left hip replaced in Spring /Summer 2024. There was a wait period after each surgery of 8 weeks when I was not allowed to go into pool water until my surgical wound was totally healed. So I was not swimming then and I gained back weight and belly fat, very quickly I’m still losing my eyebrows, lack of energy, dry thin hair. Difficult to lose weight despite my diet. I take Selenium, Zinc. Vitamin D, Omega 3 supplements, Pro Biotics amongst others. Synthroid does not work. My goal is wellness and once my joints are replaced , I hope to increase my exercise even more. I have been following Dr. Hyman’s podcast and am so grateful for his advice and knowledge of the recent advances in Functional Medicine. . I used to live in NC and even though I went to specialists Endocrinologists at Duke Hospital Clinic. No one ever did anything except look at my TSH and T4 values and keep me on Synthroid 137mcg. Back in MA now, and I have an app either a thyroid specialist in Weymouth, MA. In May 2024. Which is covered by my Medicare. I am interested I. The Ultra Wellness Center now .
I live in a northern community in Canada, have a low income, and no access to functional medicine doctors, or even homeopathic/naturopathic doctors, as the cost of these services is prohibitive. Thank-you for the information and I am going to share it with my nurse-practitioner and see what she thinks.
The problem is our healthcare system doesn't work making preventative or even diagnostic care affordable. I'm not sure I will ever have healthcare again job or no job with the way things are looking. Even with a job insurance is too expensive and not worth it.
I finally decided to find a Naturopath to investigate the "WHY" of symptoms.. Everything now moving in the right direction for optimum health and well-being. I have saved a lot of your podcasts and wonderful knowledge within them. Thank you SO MUCH!!!!👏
Yes, finding an naturopathic doctor to get to the WHY and root cause of symptoms can be lifesaving. Literally. I have seen people turn their health around from misery with a good one. God Bless NDs.
I'll give you fifty to one that at some time in the past they've been put on a medication that has messed up their thyroid regulation and it can't funtion properly anymore. It happened to me, and it took a doctor twenty five years to decide to check my thyroid (at last) to find out why my weight was so high. I knew the cause but doctors weren't listening to me. Twenty five years of being fifty kg overweight is a long time to wait.
You are exactly right as far as how Dr's treat this problem. I have had low thyroid for many, many years but only give me synthetic and that is all they care about. It's so frustrating. My TSH is fine and they refuse to look further.
I had my thyroid removed when I was 28 because I had a goitre and it was growing quickly. Afterwards I always felt tired, no energy, weight gain, feeling cold, hair thinning, weak nails,lost interest in work, hobbies etc but I never thought it had anything to do with my op as it came on gradually. A couple of years after the op I had to go to the doctors for something unrelated and it was my doctor who picked up on me looking tired. She advised me to have my bloods taking and I was prescribed levothyroxine, I’m 63 now and still on these meds. If I ever stop taking them (which I have done occasionally over the years) all these symptoms come back. My hair never recovered, nails are long and strong now, weight came off but I still get 24:30 tired quickly. The feeling of cold never went away even when taking the meds but once I went through the menopause my body temperature seems better (don’t know if its just a coincidence) I don’t feel cold anymore. With talking to my doctor over the years she told me the thyroid is such an important organ and has always insisted on taking your meds. In the U.K. certain meds are prescribed free and thyroid drugs are one of these, that’s because they are so important for your body to function properly. Also long term with an under active thyroid untreated can age you, not just your appearance but organs inside.
I had half of my thyroid removed in my early 40s! Now at 86 have nodes that might be cancer! I will not have surgery because of my age! I am just getting tired of living but will !
I just want to point out that I noticed that Dr. Hyman was WAY better at not interrupting and when he did want to add to what she was saying, he asked first. Bravo, Dr. Hyman! As always, great information and a brilliant “guest”. ✌🏼 and 🤍.
This is making me angry more than anything. I am 78yo, Hypothyroidism, only about 4yrs, still many sings and symptoms. I am a retired R.N and the minute I start questioning breaking down TSH, which he claims is fine, he won't discuss it further.I haven't known what to do for years now, GP's are difficult to find now, work r days per week, never call on a phone, use Portals, that are full of a great deal of misinformation. Health care has gone to he'll, and many elderly are feeling the same way I am, we often are the more complicated patient.
After developing parathyroid disease two years ago my functional medicine friend helped me get well. Gf, df, sugar low diet, deep root meditation, walking and Fabulous 50's youtube exercises and I'm healthy again!
I was dealing with acid reflux for the past month. Was prescribed meds, and did my best to avoid taking the omeprazole and I wanted to solve the problem and not mask it. I was getting ahead of it and then it came back, constant saliva filling in my mouth. I gave up and started taking the omeprazole....then my throat started becoming sore and was losing my voice. Started feeling fatigue, dizziness, cannot get enough sleep and have been constipated for close to a week. My doctor found my symptoms hard to believe and suggested my issue was purely due to stress. I walked out of the office annoyed and just felt i wasn't getting any help. He issued a lab test for Thyroid function and vitamin deficiency. Sure enough my TSH was .25 and he called me immediately the next day. Prescribed me 2 medications and has a set me up an appointment with a endocrinologist. Im glad i have been pointed in the right direction and not just waved off "you are just suffering from anxiety". This has been very informative and I am glad I watched this. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
@@donnabittner69 don't do it. I stopped taking my thyroid medication last year. After over 15 yrs of taking the medication l started feeling worse! Just take a thyroid support supplement you can get it almost at any vitamin store or Amazon safer and works better than medication.
Yep, that's exactly how I felt so I stopped going to my doctor and stopped taking the medication. Never felt better. I started taking a thyroid support supplement and feel like myself again. It was like the medication was making me sick!
I challenge you both to read the transcript of this podcast. You were talking so fast, I couldn't keep up, so I went to the transcript. And I was totally shocked at the written word versus what you said. It's like speaking in two different languages. May I humbly suggest that you slow down and enunciate clearly every word. You know what you are talking about, but we are not always familiar enough about your subject to truly understand your message. You might also notice how many filler words are used. Your message is no good if it can't be understood. I truly appreciate what you are doing and your message today was so important. I've been treated by an Endocrinologist for years, first for Type II diabetes, then for my thyroid. I've come to realize he is treating my lab results, instead of my symptoms, which have never improved while under his care, for far too many years. And I was uninformed enough not to challenge him on why I was not feeling any better. I've learned enough now to seek out a functional medicine doctor. I'm hoping that at 72, I can finally feel good enough to actually enjoy my golden years. I sincerely thank you for that! I apologize if I have offended you, but my motto has always been honesty and I seriously doubt whether anyone has ever been this direct with you. I hope you accept what I say as it is only intended to improve the relationship between you and your listeners.
Thank you for helping us who are trying to make our lives healthier. Entertainment shows can be fast and happy. To be useful information programs must be understood.
I have gallbladder problems spleen sick..I feel extreme depression everyday ..my electrolytes not balanced my head hurts the list goes on...exhausted and fed up never ending no wonder woman commit suicide 😔
I have every frickin symptom 😫 My doctor keeps telling me all my labs are "normal", made me feel like I was crazy. I need to reach one of you to schedule a consultation.
I tested normal too, until a functional DR tested my thyroid antibodies. All these years of doctors saying, your thyroid hormone levels are on the normal range. I wish I’d known to demand the antibody test....so frustrating when they won’t hear you.
In Maine, lots of luck. I constantly ask for full testing of my thyroid numbers (I have no thyroid gland) and everyone insists TSH and maybe T4 tests tell them everything we need to know. Clearly that's a roadblock set up by the medical administration. I've got all those symptoms and have had for half my life (I'm 75). Nobody cares because my tsh is okay. Oh, except when it was 14.5 (most recent reading) which, I'm told, "isn't in a dangerous range, just take a little more levo."
I feel "all of the above" for the most part and just purchased Thyroid Support sublingual drops to see if it helps. That said, I have recently been listening to Dr. Ekhart on RU-vid, he's a holistic medicine doctor who has explained insulin resistance and have begun modifying my diet to see if this helps. My insomnia has been helped already.
Soy sauce usually has wheat, which, as you know, contains gluten. So probably, you should go for organic, gluten-free tamari rather than standard soy sauce.
I truly enjoyed the episode and having been in thyroid medication for over 30 years , I am interested about your WELLNESS CENTER. Please share the contact and thank you ! Since I saw you on Impact theory I have been following you 🙏🏻💖
I take over 300 mcg's of synthroid every single day! That is how much it takes for me to be able to move around and feel "normal" like I did before my heart attack at 40. I really wish I had a better doctor when it came to my thyroid. It affects every aspect of your life, mental physical absolutely every part.
buenos dias, Drs. I have low Thyroid also 2 nodolos, my Dra. saya not to touch it, I only do TSH and T4 and she always every thing is good, I have cold hands and feet, I dont perspire, my hair is falling out, tired all the time, depressed, and about 10 other. I am 86years. dry skin , my scalp, my back, Please help me.
They don't want to get to the underlining cause because if you get well,then you don't need them anymore and they lose a patient.But they also lose money and that's what they care about most.
It was the mercury in my mouth that I didn't even know was there that got me! I had 11 caps taken off and there was a mercury filling buried underneath every one of them... got the caps changed out and all mercury gone and my thyroid is now working again!
Medicare and most insurance companies will no longer cover Armour Thyroid. It went from being very cheap to expensive. Is there any way to push back on this?
I had gut issues and ended up after a surgery with Graves disease. My thyroid was irradiated and put on synthroid. It didn't work and I was placed on Armour thyroid. Many yrs later mY Dr. retired and I was then placed on synthroid against my better judgement. I explained that it didn't work on me. I left that Dr. who treated me like I was an idiot (to be perfectly honest my mental function was slowing down and I knew I had to get the proper treatment) I found a Funtional Dr who has turned my life around. I m starting to feel like myself again and she's treating my brain/gut system as well. You have to have or be your own advocate.
Alexandra Santeex, Can you please tell me which thyroid supplement are you taking and did your doctor recommended it? Thank you. I do hope that you did get well or at least recovery is on it's way! Stay safe and God bless 🙏
I have many of these symptoms. I am 67 and am constantly getting hot and cold. I have low body temperature. Always tired, no libido, aches and pains, Fibromyalgia, no ends to my eyebrows, thinning hair, digestive issues , depression brain fog, bad sleep, overweight.My thyroid tests always come back normal . I also had some parathyroids removed. I get weird body pains. The doctors here have done nothing for me. I live in Central NJ. What doctors can I see who will actually look to making me well?
We sound similar, recently I discovered E O Nutrition's channel, mega dosing B1 aka thiamine is helping me, be sure to watch the vid on how to handle the paradoxical reaction if you try this approach as it can get confusing.
Got put on synthroid 26 years ago when I gave birth to my daughter. I Generally take 100-112 mg of it. However this month I took a trip to the hospital thinking I was having a heart attack and they took my blood and said I didn’t have a heart attack hmmm asked if they could check my TSH levels low and behold it is .27 LOW. My doc just lowered my meds to 88 mg. Apparently under active thyroid can cause panic attacks making you think it’s a heart attack. I now have to wonder why I went from under active to over active and where do I go from here? I hate the heart palpitations and feeling like my head is Gonna blow off my head at times with pressure, hair loss and fatigue. Does this sound like something you have ever worked with? Maybe I should get off altogether and see what happens. I am a retired cop so yes lots of stresses along with kids. I’m so confused at the moment. Oh and low blood pressure. Only new thing I have done is the covid vaccine!
Pnevlud- I have hypothyroidism for years and on synrhroid. Was on 150 but my body somehow went into hyper thyroid and I got palpitations that went into afib. My cardio is treating me and meds adjusted. Still have afib 2 times for 2 months and had to be cardio vetted- caused a big mess for me. I’m on beta blockers for hi bo which help anxiety but you might not be able to be on that w low bp. Talk to a doc.
Oh and forgot to mention that 3 weeks after my Covid booster I woke at 3 am with rapid hearty (133 bpm). I won’t get 2 booster as I believe it started this whole mess. Please report your issue to vac group as they need documentation of these adverse results. More cardiologist are coming out with this possible correlation.
Thank you so much! This is the most informative video I’ve watched on Hypothyroidism. My TSH level are considered within the standard range but more on the higher spectrum. I’ve been told not to worry but I’m experiencing all the symptoms of hypothyroidism. I’m getting my T3/T4 levels tested soon so I hopefully I will find out what exactly is causing me to feel this way. Good luck to everyone who is going through this!
A list of suppliments etc would be helpful. I have had gluten etc other for many years .lactose since birth . Be most grateful . Recovering from a stroke. Avoid meds.
Magdalene, it’s been five months since your post. How are you doing? You sound so much like me. I did have a thyroid panel done, and everything appears okay except my TSH is a little on the high side. I also have slightly high thyroid antibodies which means my body is attacking my thyroid. I am so sluggish. My functional medicine doctor put me on a low dose of medicine to see how I will feel in about six weeks. I’m curious how you’re doing now?
I had- 2 M.D.’s - that “Fired Me” ! My TSH WAS 4.6 so they insisted I was not Hypothyroid. I had 19out of 20 Main Symptoms. When I Found the right practitioner, it still took 3 years to get back to my “Old Self”. My Psychiatrist FOUND me Hypo. He had to double my dose of Antidepressant to achieve the same relief. This all happened & was Found at age 71! My TSH is now 2.2 ! This is the Best I have been in years- but STILL have several Symptoms. New Dr. does do a full panel! Can I EVER Expect to be rid of Symptoms??
I hope you answer I’ve been making smoothies following goodbye autoimmune Using 75% greens (raw) mix kale, spinach and chard. I keep asking Her about my multi nodule goiter and no response , From what I hear in this video I’m assuming to stop with the smoothies
Kale and spinach smoothies are the worst they are severely high in oxalates oxalates are terrible for the human body watch some videos on oxalates and see what you think after you hear that you won't want to eat that kind of stuff anymore
Good ol' Synthroid. 👍 My count was 16. I was wondering why I couldn't form a sentence, needed a nap an hour after I got up, losing my hair and was just outright feeling like shite. Synthroid 75 mg set me straight along with keto food.
This gives me so much hope. For years no one's been able to figure out my symptoms 😞 not until I mentioned I was suicidal did someone listen to me and decide to check my thyroid.
I lived in AZ it is a hub for veganism, I was eating so much soy products My estrogen and hashimotos was through the roof. I am actually allergic to soy as well so it was a triple whammy Hormone attack allergy attack and thyroid attack.
I used to work with a GYN oncologist and he told me to avoid soy at all costs because of how much soy imitates estrogen and if you are heavy your fat cells hold in the estrogen which wreaks havoc on your body. Now I look at what I buy and do my best to make better choices.
You're allergic to soy, but you were eating tons of the stuff and you wonder 🤔 why your allergies are AFU, in addition to your hormones allegedly being AFU, eating soy in large amounts increases estrogen levels... maybe get some antipsychotics, or just some Valium and a bottle of Vodka and calm TF down.
I don’t know why my moods just go the extreme upset to where I’m upset & go to tip of the iceberg & yell at top volume then I start to feel upset that I did that & then I burst into tears and can’t seem to calm down & days go on my sensitive to what people say of my inner family ( husband ) or daughter & sometimes my son but I don’t talk to him as much because he’s male so I’m just annoid but anyway I’m 71 years old so I don’t no I feel like I should isolate myself from my family and friends because of flipping out I’m overwhelmed with myself that I’m like that , I need some kind of help
After 3 years of weird symptoms I’m finally having a thyroid ultrasound tomorrow. I also ordered my own blood tests for: (reading off the form) - TSH - free T4 - free T3 - T3 - anti TPO - DHEA-S - progesterone - LH - FSH - cortisol - IGF 1 - prolactine - oestradiol - jodium I’ve had swollen lymph nodes for 3 years, fatigue, depression, malaise, forgetfulness, muscle/joint pain, weight gain, puffy face, nerve pain near the lymph nodes, fluid retention in legs and arms, breathlessness, ribs/chest tender to touch… the list goes on and on. I finally decided to push through when I started to get pressure near my thyroid every time I ovulated. It comes back every month and it keeps me up at night because I can’t lie down on my back. Weird things keep popping up. Also a side note, my mom has Hashimoto’s and rheumatoid arthritis. Is an ultrasound and these blood panels enough to diagnose me? Could it be missed? Would an MRI be helpful? I am so sick and tired of always being sick and tired. Thank you for reading ❤️
I have the exact same symptoms including the rib pain and really sensitive to touch in my torso etc I have had bloods Tsh that came back normal in GP standards but I insisted on an ultrasound - immune cells were present so thyroid was inflamed which has given me the diagnosis.. and now the doctor has a good reason to request T3 and T4 bloods also so they can’t say no now to approving them as when an ultrasound. Ones back showing what mine did they have to approve more bloods x
I’ve been having trouble with my thyroid as well. Supposedly I’m hypo, but was always drifting to hyper. To fix this I started to take my synthroid by itself in the morning 1 hour before b'fast. I use to take it with my other medication and with Premarin. I realized that it was too much hormones and was getting all the symthoms of hyperthyroid. I felt terrible. Since I started taking my thyroid medication in am and my Premarin later in afternoon, I feel much better. Drs.Should really look into this. Too many hormonal med. Will mess up your synthroid.
So, if thyroid problems run in a family… more than likely I should be tested? Father had hyperthyroidism, mother had goiter, sister I believe hypothyroidism not sure. But, I do have symptoms…
I live in South Africa and I have had thyroid issues from as young as 11 years of age . I have many symptoms such as loss of hair on my head, the loss of hair at the end of the eyebrows , but I am always hot and sweaty, I have had radio active iodine , they measure only for tsh and that’s it . I have diverticulitis as well as IBS . What are some of the other tests I should go for please . I really need this advice
3t3 3t4 Ani thyroid peroxadaise ( Inflamatory) Anti thyroid globulin Also an ultrasound - sometimes bloods will be what standard medicine calls normal but ultrasound shows immune cells and inflammation of the thyroid which is then a clear indication of having it
I've had the opposite problem. I was hot all my life. I need constantly fresh air and cooling. I could never jog or run long distances. In school I had one of the worst ratings in sports there is. My knees always felt weak and soft. I couldn't stand for more than 5 minutes on a spot without getting dizzy or having the feeling of collapsing. My resting heart rate has been over 80 all my life. I had times where I'd need 14-15 hours of sleep for weeks then couldn't sleep more than 6-7 and never felt rested. Went from jumpy and anxious to lethargic and no energy to even make my own food. It went to the point that when I started strength training I could bench 90 kg, deadlift 100 but only squat 45. And my legs would feel like they will stop functioning for days even weeks after that. Then 2 years ago after a big psychological stress event I couldn't sleep at all for weeks, a few weeks in I got resting heart rate of 140-160 which wouldn't go away at any time at night. Couldn't climb one stair anymore because my knees and legs were giving in. Perma fight or flight mode and I was stardled/jumpscared every 5-10 seconds for days on end. I had a constant feeling of somebody standing behind me and jumping me at any time. Yet my TSH was in normal range, it even was on the high end and they told me I'm close to hypothyroidism and the doctors everywhere told me my thyroid is normal... Until one doctor measured t4 and it was really really really high. Once I got on thyroid surpressants it all went better fast and for the first time in 20 years a lot of my symptoms have vanished and only occur once my thyroid is not in balance. I finally can tolerate summer up to a normalish point like everyone else. My legs got stronger. My motivation came back, my depression cleared, my social anxiety got better. I still need to take a certain dose sometimes more sometimes less. I dose it by feeling and I now recognise hyper and hypo symptoms very easily.
Thank you, thank you.... Dr's who understand.... I'm so grateful to hear all this information. Not many functional practitioners in N Z as far as I can tell.... Blessings👍
My tsh is low but I'm hypothyroidism . Dr cut my dosage t3 & t4, I wondered if iron would help. Had thyroid problems all my no eyebrows, all the other things.
Anyone? I hear so much about people having normal labs, but still having symptoms. There are a lot if discussion about those situations. But I have the opposite situation. I Feel great with no symptoms, yet my labs show I need thyroxine. Ive been off and on for about 4 years now and last time I show TSH 11 T4 at .71 . But Im 58 and have zero weight gain, no constipation, no depression, ect . Possible liking it warmer than most people. So far have have labs showing a problem but with no consequence, no symptoms, and no change as I take 50MCG . As I increased to 75MCG, just based on TSH and T4, no change other than slight headache and a slight increas in sweating. But feel if anything, slightly MORE tired. I'm conflicted on whether to bother taking anything. ?
I’ve been talking about my symptoms…. So RU-vid recommended this video. Last week I accidentally discovered the military base pharmacy now carried Armour thyroid. 12 years ago I was paying a voodoo guy who met me at Narnes and Noble for a prescription for desiccated pig thyroid carried by one pharmacy in town. I paid out of pocket for all of it but then I spent months caring for my father who passed from cancer. It fell off my radar as I was sad. I’m frustrated because I knew it helped! I’ve been trying every vitamin, mineral, probiotic etc and have had some success but it wasn’t dependable. I could not make plans because I didn’t know how I would feel. I am hopeful for the first time in a long time. My dr gave me Armour a week ago and we have to get the dose correct. I have aqua nodules they are watching. Is there anything else I need to do? I already avoid soy and raw cruceferous veggies. I take vit D among other stuff.
My tsh is sometimes high and sometimes optimal. Ft4 is usually fine at 1.1. Rt3 has been pretty high before, but within range. Thyroid antibodies are negative. Anytime my tsh or rt3 are off I just chalk it up to me not eating enough since my ft4 is always fine and I don’t have the antibodies and tsh is sometimes optimal. Idk 🤷
The most horrifying thing about aging is most ppl think their ladyparts are produing that burgeon of love. No, its fat. Fat feeds eatrogen production. So your once petite bosom is now looking pregnant and so is your belly? FAT. Fat signals estrogen production. And when it's embarrassing bc everyone knows you're a grandma. I was spraying my breasts with burn spray and googling it on the internet just nothing was out there that explained what was happening to my body for several years. Not one thing I couldn't find an explanation. Women's health is so underserved and nobody should have to go through what I did. First of all if you are growing and there's no explanation it's estrogen dominance. If you can't get a progesterone only pill just leave and don't argue with them go get it somewhere else go live go to a free clinic go where you need to go but do not let this happen to you it was so horrifying for me and my body changed so badly and I could not control it. Fat will tell your body to create estrogen and there's no balance if you're going through perimenopause because progesterone which balances the estrogen (and it's being overly produced as the fat feeds it) progesterone is is minimally produced and declines as you age. Go ahead and lie to the stupid jerks and get an IUD or something they don't care about one's health and they don't understand it so just get the progesterone. You can get a copper IUD that will release it or just tell them you just want that one pill because you're getting older and they'll probably just give it to you to get rid of you but don't take an estrogen pill because you're already making enough. Your fat is making it. I guarantee you if you're over 30 you're fat is making enough estrogen to last you for the rest of your life unless you're anorexic. And what else is really sad is if you're in between and you're trying to get pregnant you're giving this a green light without realizing what it is. That's what's even more important with working with the fertility doctor because estrogen dominance actually prevents fertility. And then at the end of the day you probably will get pregnant when you start thinking that the world will be better off without another one of you and you're happier with cats. That's probably when you're going to get pregnant.
All the information provided is really helpful and I will try to follow as many as possible. Do you have a functional medicine doctor to recommend in Cyprus? Thank you 🙏🏻
Doctors these days that are not surgeons but prescribe medications treats people like cattle. You go in, talk to you briefly about your symptoms, look at his watch, prescribe a medication then schedule to see you in 3 months…or sooner if you’re dying. Next!
I was diagnosed with under active thyroid back in the early 70’s, 52 years ago and have been on synthroid ever since. The only time I came off of it was during my three pregnancies. I also, along with all of the symptoms that you mention, is staggering when I first stand up from a sitting position. Didn’t know that this was a symptom until about 20 years ago. Really trying to get an a proper diet for this. I am also a type 2 diabetic.
My thyroid went bad in 2007 they say everyone is a little different met alot of people who have what you have almost never meet anyone with graves kinda wish I had met a few see how high a dose of meds there on and if they feel like me
I just went on a citrate magnesium toll, not the greatest and now I see how many symptoms of hypothyroidism I see that I touch almost all the symptoms.
I only have 1/2 of a thyroid. Because of a nogule that was not cancerous. I feel so sad that my thyroid was cut when it was healthy. Now the color in my skin never came back. I have very thin eye brows and thinking hair and falling. Gut problems with food sensitivity. And many days of anxiety and crying days. But they tell me my thyroid is fine. Also my nose is always dry and I am very sensitive to detergent smells, perfumes and took paste with mint.
