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.
A Psychiatrist, Your Thyroid, And What’s At The End Of Your Fork
March 31, 2019 by 3 Comments
I would like to give a big thank you to Dr. Mark Hyman, Medical Director at Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, for permission to transcribe his podcast interview with Dr. Drew Ramsey, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University.
[Read more…]Thyroid. The tiny, but mighty, psychiatric imposter.
January 1, 2019 by 35 Comments
A frantic email. A son. His mother. A psychotic episode at work. An involuntary admittance to a psychiatric unit. No prior history of mental health issues. Her severe hypothyroidism diagnosis months before. Is there a connection? Came the plea. Psychiatrists insisted no. But then the discovery of Hypothyroid Mom online. “Please, please help my mother,” he wrote.
Fear rippled through my veins. An urgent need to help this woman and the countless others. All being overcome by their brains, or so it may seem.
Connection, he asked. Where do I begin? [Read more…]
Mona Lisa: Classic Signs of Hypothyroidism in the World’s Most Famous Painting
November 16, 2018 by 7 Comments
Five centuries after Leonardo da Vinci created the Mona Lisa, people flock to the Louvre Museum in Paris just to catch a glimpse of her. Behind bulletproof glass, this woman’s portrait is so alluring that it has millions of visitors every year. It is believed that the subject of the portrait was Lisa Gherardini, wife of a wealthy silk merchant in Florence Italy named Francesco del Giocondo, hence the Mona Lisa is also known as La Gioconda.
Her mysterious smile is the common explanation given for her allure, but is there more to the story? [Read more…]
11 common medical conditions often caused by thyroid disease
August 19, 2018 by 125 Comments
It is tough to be a thyroid patient with all the symptoms that befall us like a ton of bricks, but then add to that struggle the number of doctors that are miserably misinformed about thyroid disease. [Read more…]
