Your doctor informs you that your recent blood test results indicate a need to change your thyroid medication dose. Perhaps you need slightly more thyroid medication in order to optimise your levels, or perhaps your levels have gone the other…
Your doctor informs you that your recent blood test results indicate a need to change your thyroid medication dose. Perhaps you need slightly more thyroid medication in order to optimise your levels, or perhaps your levels have gone the other…
Symptoms of hypothyroidism are far-reaching. A lack of thyroid hormone can impact you from the top of your head to the tip of your toes. Symptoms of fatigue, muscle aches, brain fog and acid reflux demonstrate how much of the…
Like a lot of people living with a chronic health condition, I had worries and concerns, as well as other expectations, surrounding a pregnancy with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s. Add to that that I am also on non conventional thyroid medication…
What is it really like to go through pregnancy with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s? I’ve been pregnant three times. The first ended in an early miscarriage, the second and third resulted in healthy, full-term babies. (for simplicity of this article, when…
I am often asked how I got to the point of living a largely symptom-free life with autoimmune hypothyroidism. I say ‘largely’ because, like all of us, I still have the odd flare day, or circumstances such as pregnancy, my…
Many people around the world with thyroid conditions such as hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s find that it’s not always easy to share their diagnosis (and the effects of it on their life) with those around them.
Do you wake up during the night dripping in sweat? Do you experience a flushing of heat? A well-known symptom of hypothyroidism is cold intolerance, but did you know that many thyroid patients also complain of night sweats?
“My doctor said I’m borderline hypothyroid. What does this mean? What should I do?” Let’s explore. What is Borderline Hypothyroidism? Borderline or subclinical hypothyroidism is a diagnosis given when test results for TSH are sitting close to the top of…
As my husband and I tuned in to the Social Health online awards event, PJ’s on, homemade pizza in hand and our two children snoozing in bed, they announced I was the winner for the award “Social Media Master” my…
Before I ever fell pregnant, I often wondered (and worried) what pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum would do to my thyroid health. Living with autoimmune hypothyroidism, my health could be up and down and, after having managed to get it stable…