Sugar cravings and abnormal blood sugar levels. They might be the early warning bells of a low thyroid problem. Are you listening?
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October 6, 2021 by 24 Comments
At Hypothyroid Mom I hear all types of thyroid stories. This one may very well be the story of your thyroid life too. It’s about overmedication. While the majority of stories that I hear are about patients being prescribed too little thyroid hormone replacement medication, I also hear stories about too much.
Like with all prescription medications, it is important to watch your body for negative reactions and contact your doctor right away to let them know. The most common scenario that I hear about is one where someone notices signs of overmedication like rapid heart rate when they are prescribed a too high starting dosage or too high dosage increase at a follow-up appointment. It may be that the dosage change was just too high. “Start low and increase slowly” is one of the many pearls of wisdom that I’ve learned from the great thyroid doctors that I’ve met over the years especially when it comes to T3 and NDT natural desiccated thyroid medications. Another important tip is to check your adrenals and iron. And let’s also consider the fact that our bodies may be sensitive to one or more of the different fillers, binding agents and dyes in each brand of thyroid medication and finding the right brand for your body is incredibly important. Then there is the fact that the thyroid autoimmune condition known as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis can present with swings up and down in TSH with a combination of hypothyroid and hyperthyroid symptoms. And let’s add on that hypothyroidism itself can cause symptoms that look like hyperthyroidism including heart palpitations, insomnia, mood swings, and anxiety.
You can see that there are many scenarios for every case. t’s unfair that we are dealing with a disease that causes deep exhaustion and then we have to work like detectives just to figure things out. The truth is that learning all you can about the thyroid including all the possible scenarios is a necessity with a mysterious disease like this.
Signs of Thyroid Overmedication
- Fast heart rate
- Heart palpitations
- Feeling overheated
- Shaky hands
- Insomnia
- Excessive sweating
- Anxiety
- Panic attacks
- Feeling jittery
- Diarrhea
- Muscle weakness
- Rapid weight loss
- Feeling irritable
- Mood swings
- Being forgetful
- Difficulty concentrating
- Increased appetite
Navigating Hypothyroid Weight Loss While In Lockdown
October 13, 2020 by 25 Comments
I’ll never forget the day that I posted this nutritionist’s first guest article for Hypothyroid Mom. My social media channels literally lit up like a Christmas tree. Her article How To Lose Weight When You Are Hypothyroid consistently ranks in the top ten most viewed pages on my site and I know why. She is hypothyroid, just like us, and she gets real about one of the most infuriating symptoms of this disease – that darn hypothyroid fat – even through a pandemic that feels like a horror movie written by Stephen King and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
[Read more…]Thyroid Keto Twist: Stock Your Fridge With These 16 Foods
June 22, 2020 by 12 Comments
Keto. Everyone raves about it but many thyroid women, especially women over 40, get no results or even feel worse. This OB/GYN found her hypothyroid female patients most often failed on the traditional ketogenic diet and she was determined to figure out why. I invited her to write a guest post to share her 10 keto modifications for thyroid disease.
Her first guest article was hugely popular and followers flooded in with messages. One woman asked an interesting question, “What’s in your fridge?” And the answer turned into this guest post.
[Read more…]The Keto Diet with 10 Thyroid Twists
June 20, 2020 by 10 Comments
There’s some conflicting information out there as to whether a ketogenic diet improves symptoms for women having thyroid disease, or whether it makes symptoms worse.
[Read more…]Keto and your thyroid
February 15, 2019 by 46 Comments
The ketogenic diet has been getting a lot of buzz in recent years. That is plainly obvious with every visit that I make online to read over comments from Hypothyroid Mom followers. It seems like one after another, people are raving about keto for finally helping them lose stubborn fat. With all the rave reviews, however, the truth is that I’ve also heard from hypothyroid readers, more often women than men, feeling sick and even gaining unwanted weight on keto. It is clear to me that the traditional keto diet is not the wonder weight loss cure for everyone, especially those of us with hypothyroidism.
Are there particular modifications for people with hypothyroidism so that everyone wins with keto? That was my burning question.
And there entered this OB/GYN.
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