![]() Depressed mood, unmotivated, lost your “mojo”.Hypothyroidism can also cause these signs and symptoms: Hypothyroidism is one of the most common causes of FATIGUE in womenĢ. If you didn’t get a chance to read Part 1 of this series, we covered the following:ġ. In Part 1 of this series, the focus was primarily on the concern that so many women have: “Why am I so TIRED all the time?” The women I work with want to know if their exhaustion is due to menopause, or due to “just getting older” (and it’s rarely caused by either of those!). They also want to understand the underlying cause of EVERY health condition they have, so they can take proactive steps to create wellbeing, to live vibrantly, and to age well… To move into the Green Zone. These women don’t want to wait to feel worse before taking action. Most of the women I see typically have a multitude of signs and symptoms: fatigue, struggles with weight, feeling cold, no libido, thinning hair… These all point directly to hypothyroidism. Just because the lab says your levels are normal… Well, you know better. When you’re in the Yellow Zone, you don’t feel good. Once your thyroid has become underactive enough for your TSH to go HIGH, and for T4 to drop LOW ( Red Zone), then thyroid medication will be prescribed. If you have the standard thyroid screening tests, TSH and T4 (more details on these later in this post), and your levels fall into the Yellow Zone, you’ll likely be told that there’s nothing wrong, and that there’s nothing that can be done except wait until your levels move into the pathological range. In order to discover if your thyroid really is functioning optimally, you need to have the right tests, and those tests must be looked at through the right lens. This is why you don’t feel well – and it’s like being in a frustrating state of limbo. Subclinical hypothyroidism occurs when your lab tests haven’t yet fallen into a PATHOLOGICAL range, but your numbers aren’t OPTIMAL either. Have you been told that your thyroid tests are normal, but you still don’t feel well? Hypothyroidism often goes undetected. These concerns are often associated with menopause…īut guess which hormone is most likely the cause? If you said thyroid, you’re right on. Your brain is foggy – it’s hard to remember things, and so difficult to maintain your focus. Perhaps your libido has gone AWOL, and you can’t ever seem to get warm. Maybe you’ve gained a few pounds… Some extra weight that, no matter what you do, just won’t come off. So, you’re feeling depressed, like you’ve lost your mojo. The focus of this article will be on the diagnosis of hypothyroidism. This is Part 2 of the series on hypothyroidism.
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