Millions of Americans suffer from some degree of thyroid problem.  You may be one of the many whose sluggish thyroid problem did not show up on a lab test.  This is partly because thyroid lab tests do not accurately measure the activity of thyroid hormone inside cells.

Millions of Americans suffer from some degree of thyroid problem.  You may be one of the many whose sluggish thyroid problem did not show up on a lab test.  This is partly because thyroid lab tests do not accurately measure the activity of thyroid hormone inside cells.  Testing can catch more flagrant problems relating to the thyroid gland itself, but it often leaves you with a long list of hypothyroid symptoms and “normal” lab test results.  Like many lab tests, thyroid testing is mostly an indirect estimate of what is happening.  They are better than nothing, but far from perfect.

Another reason the lab tests may not show anything is because the thyroid problem is secondary to some other form of stress (chemical, physical, or emotional).  Thyroid problems often occur in a complex web of other issues including adrenal fatigue, fibromyalgia, depression, cognitive decline, ADHD, digestive complaints, food intolerance, Candida albicans, chemical sensitivity/exposure, allergy, asthma, and leptin-related obesity issues.  How are you supposed to know what your problem really is when it could be so many different things?  To make matters worse, doctors are almost useless at sorting out complex health issues and now seem obsessed with managing numbers on paper instead of the person sitting in front of them. 

Oprah recently went public with her thyroid problems, which is certainly going to raise the public discussion of this very important health topic.  This blog is committed to helping you sort out these issues, gain a better understanding of your health, and learn how to take effective action steps that you can tell directly improve your health.

Many General Practitioners tend to focus mainly on the results of blood test results.  Many patients also seem to magically fit into the predetermined normal ranges of a laboratory test whereas a notable amount of those same patients are still encountering a number of significant medical symptoms.  Not to forget also often having to hear those dreaded words: ‘Well your thyroid blood test results are only slightly out.’

Many General Practitioners also tend to isolate and treat individual medical symptoms as opposed to trying to determine a possible cause for those same symptoms.  Prescribing medications at such times which often have their own side effects that in turn often result in the prescribing of further medications to treat those same side effects and so on.... Drug interaction and/or drug interaction with a patient’s existing medical condition also notably seems to evade a General Practitioners eyes at times.

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Mary Shomon, thyroid patient advocate, has undertaken tremendous work in bringing the plight of thyroid patients to the fore and for which she is to be commended, but having said this even I was somewhat dismayed in this stance that Mary has taken in relation to some of Dr Northrup’s medical opinions.  Mary has both highlighted and taken out of context very valid points made by
Dr Northrup, yet for those of us who have undertaken vast medical research it is a well known fact that there is a definite link between emotions and physical health. 

One possibilty for Mary’s stance could be that a notable amount of General Practitioners often
try to silence their patients with statements such as: 
You could be suffering from stress,
it might be all in your mind, and/or
it could be you’re hormonal.

Thyroid patients therefore need to become self-empowered to a certain degree in order to
be able to respond to such above unhelpful medical feedback, which is intended to silence them.
Unfortunately, many patients at such times are in a poor state of health and so even if they
did have the necessary medical knowledge to reply are not able to do so because of poor
memory recall.  This is why it is most important for a patient to take someone with them during appointments with their doctor, so that person can politely speak on their behalf.

FYI

I am on .75mg of Synthroid.  Can I take Leptin?
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Hi Byron and everyone.
Thank you so much for this wonderful site! I have read and read since being diagnosed with autoimmune thyroditis, and this site really gives me hope!

I am writing to ask you what the best next step would be for me.

I am on 100mg Eltroxin (synthetic T4) and am starting to feel better, but not all the way. I have trouble falling asleep at night. I am also concerned about the high antibody numbers I had.

I am eating gluten free whole foods, taking a high quality vitamin, aminoacids for mood, flax and fish oils, as well as a natural cortisol product for adrenal fatigue. I also take progreens (a mixed green nutrients product).

If you have time to respond I would greatly appreciate hearing from you what else I can do?

I would like to take something to help my body’s immune response to normalize again and leave my thyroid alone.

THANK YOU so very much!!!!

Fat cells create a messaging hormone called leptin that signals to the brain that you are full and can quit eating. The other leptin message regulates weight by telling the body to either burn fat or store it.  Scientists assumed that overweight people needed more leptin.  They were wrong!  For effective weight regulation, it isn’t the amount of leptin, but the clarity of the message that counts.

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