It is estimated that more than 20 million Americans suffer from low thyroid problems or hypothyroidism. One in eight women will develop a thyroid disorder during her lifetime. Weight loss resistance, fatigue, brain fog, irritability, depression, hair loss, brittle nails have all been linked to low thyroid function.
If you have these symptoms, you can go to your primary care physician or endocrinologist and have tests run. Typically they’ll run TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) and T4 Tests. If your TSH is high, you’ll be given a thyroid replacement hormone drug. In my experience, thyroid replacement hormones do very little to sustainably relieve symptoms in most cases, let alone fix the condition. This leaves many of those suffering with these symptoms left to fend for themselves. As with any chronic disease, the training in the mainstream system is to diagnose a disease and match it with a corresponding drug. So if your TSH lab is “normal,” you’re told you’re “normal,” even if you still have symptoms.
Functional Thyroid Ranges
Understanding the Link Between Thyroid Function, Prediabetes, and Insulin Resistance
Ubiquitous Signs and Symptoms of Hypothyroidism and Insulin Resistance
Diagnosing Hypothyroid vs. Insulin Resistance. The Path of Least Resistance
Thyroid Deal Breakers
Wolff-Chaikoff Iodine-Induced Hypothyroidism
Jod-Basedow Phenomenon Iodine-Induced Hyperthyroidism
7 Patterns of Hypothyroidism
Early or Subclinical Hypothyroidism
Understanding Factitious Hypothyroidism: Causes, Symptoms, and Management
Comprehensive Guide to Factitious Hyperthyroidism
Thyroid Hormone Overconversion
Thyroid Hormone Underconversion
Thyroid Hormone Resistance
Thyroid Sex Hormone Binding Globulin Elevation
Hypothyroidism – Secondary to Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid (HPT) Axis Dysfunction
