For all the hypothyroidism patients struggling with symptoms but doctors insist their thyroid lab results are normal, normal, NORMAL, this is for you.
[Read more…]Putting Thyroid Blood Testing in Perspective: Lab Tests, Their Meaning & Significance
May 3, 2023 by 2 Comments
Can hypothyroidism exist when thyroid blood tests are normal?
April 22, 2023 by 8 Comments
Let me guess. Your thyroid lab results keep coming back normal but you feel anything but “normal”.
[Read more…]When symptoms continue on thyroid medication
January 9, 2020 by 48 Comments
When you are taking your thyroid medicine every day just like you’ve been prescribed and you still feel sick, sick, SICK.
[Read more…]Is your thyroid doctor treating 17 years behind current medical research?
June 5, 2018 by 26 Comments
I’ll never forget the day I stumbled upon a 2011 study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.[1] Researchers reviewed the literature on the time it takes for published research to be implemented in medical practice. The answer left me speechless. 17 years!
I would have been dead in 17 years, more than likely from the heart disease and diabetes that began to rear their ugly heads when I was first diagnosed with severe hypothyroidism. Wait 17 years to finally get help? Hell NO. [Read more…]
16 Natural Remedies for Headaches (could be your hormones)
April 23, 2017 by 2 Comments
Chronic headaches. Yup. They are red flags my body frantically waves around whenever my thyroid medication dosage is off. When I was first diagnosed I had no clue those headaches were a sign of my hypothyroidism but once my doctor would adjust my thyroid meds and got my Free T3 back to the top quarter of the normal range where I feel my best VOILA my headaches were gone. Just like magic, right? No, actually there are many studies linking headaches and migraines to our hormones (not just our thyroid hormones, but also our sex hormones and the hormones produced by our adrenal glands) but I wonder how many doctors and their struggling patients know this.[1-8]
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Hypothyroid Testing: What You Need To Know and Ask For
October 28, 2014 by 30 Comments
6 hypothyroid tests can unlock the mystery of your thyroid health. A Yale-trained board-certified family physician with a specialty in women’s health and obstetrics shares how she tests for hypothyroidism. Sadly I hear from many readers that their doctors REFUSE to do these tests.The reality for hypothyroid sufferers – you must be an advocate for yourself.
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