Hypothyroid Part 1- Jamie
Profile:
- 34-year-old female
- Married
- Two children, 5-year-old and an 8-year-old
- SAHM
- Taking 88 mcg of Synthroid. Her doctor lowered her dose from 100 mcg because her TSH was too low
- Jamie is really upset bc her thyroid medication lowered. She went to the dr bc she was having a lot of low thyroid symptoms and now they got worse after her dose was lowered from 100mcg to 88mcg.
Symptoms:
- Weight gain of 30 lbs in 3 years. Jamie thought the thyroid medication would help her lose weight. Instead, she keeps gaining weight.
- Exhausted (“always tired”)
- Used to exercise frequently, now can’t because she is too tired
- Low Mood
- Constipated
- Hair loss all overhead from the root. Her hair is half the thickness it was 10 years ago
- Anxiety because she doesn’t think she can get everything done and she has two small kids
- Can sleep for hours if allowed
Lab Testing:
Treatment Ideas:
Multifactorial process
- Lifestyle
- Dietary modifications
- Supplementation
- Possibly BHRT bioidentical hormone treatment
Hypothyroid is an underactive thyroid. You can have an underactive thyroid on its own or removal of the thyroid gland as in thyroid cancer. Or you can have an underactive thyroid from having Hashimoto’s, which is actually is own hormone “animal”. So in this case, I am going to explain about hypothyroidism without Hashimoto’s.
I am sure that you know people that have low thyroid or perhaps you do yourself. As currently there are 30 million people diagnosed with hypothyroidism. We think that is a low estimate. As many people that have hypothyroid, is it unfortunate in the conventional medical community, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment has not changed much in the last 50 years.
Many people being treated for hypothyroid still feel like they are still having low thyroid symptoms. Not to mention there are a lot of people that go to their doctor because they feel they have a low thyroid. Instead are turned away, being told that they are fine. Even though, they do not feel fine.
Mentioned above, Jamie is a classic hypothyroid woman without Hashimoto’s. She has her thyroid gland, it is just underactive. Hypothyroidism runs in her family and she found out she had hypothyroid a few years ago shortly after she turned 30. Even though Jamie has been on medication for at least three years she still has many hypothyroid symptoms. This is very common in many people being treated with hypothyroid.
It is also common in many people that get turned away from their doctor being told their symptoms have nothing to do with their thyroid. In part two of our hypothyroid you see learn more about Jamie and her hypothyroid symptoms. As well as hypothyroid assessment and treatment.
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