Oh how I wish the good old days of hypothyroidism, when doctors really listened to a patient’s symptoms, would come back again. Let me be blunt. The modern way of treating hypothyroidism sucks.
[Read more…]Is mold making you fat, depressed, forgetful and tired?
April 23, 2020 by 12 Comments
Hurricane Sandy, October 2012.
I was living in a condo directly on the Hudson River. When the hurricane passed, I was relieved to be safe from harm, or so I thought, until the severe fatigue, massive hair loss, weight gain, and rapid visible aging began. My body suddenly shifted into perimenopause with abnormal cycles. What was it?
Black mold. A black mold infestation discovered in the heating/air conditioning unit under my window that faced the river.
Chronic Health Problems & Your Dirty Genes
March 24, 2019 by Leave a Comment
According to Dr. Ben Lynch, “Genes can be “born dirty” or merely “act dirty” in response to your environment, diet, or lifestyle—causing lifelong, life-threatening, and chronic health problems, including cardiovascular disease, hormone problems, autoimmune disorders, anxiety, depression, digestive issues, obesity, cancer, and diabetes.” And I just had to talk to him and find out more. [Read more…]
Real people share their worst (downright awful) hypothyroidism symptoms
February 5, 2019 by 86 Comments
It is one thing to read articles about hypothyroidism symptoms online but quite another to hear the symptoms straight from real people. These are real people, like you and me, struggling with a collection of symptoms so hard to pinpoint that they baffle doctors in every country of the world. While we don’t know one another personally, the truth is that we are connected, just the same, in a particularly powerful way. We are living in the trenches together fighting a battle against this thing called hypothyroidism.
[Read more…]What if the cure for depression is OUTSIDE your brain? 6 strategies that work
January 11, 2018 by 4 Comments
“My doctor wants to put me on an antidepressant,” my reader wrote. “Are drugs, and the side effects they bring, my only option? [Read more…]
