What does a thyroid flare feel like for you? I refer to days when my hypothyroid or Hashimoto’s symptoms are particularly bad as a ‘bad thyroid day’ or ‘flare up’. I’ve had these days when my thyroid condition hasn’t been…
What does a thyroid flare feel like for you? I refer to days when my hypothyroid or Hashimoto’s symptoms are particularly bad as a ‘bad thyroid day’ or ‘flare up’. I’ve had these days when my thyroid condition hasn’t been…
Adrenal dysfunction (sometimes inaccurately referred to as “adrenal fatigue”) is a condition not widely recognised by mainstream medicine yet, though it makes a lot of sense to many thyroid patients and is recognised in functional and other lifestyle medicine. In…
Read the last blog in this series. I am pleased to say that quite a bit has improved over the last four months.
Following a change in my thyroid treatment this year, I was due a thyroid blood test (including antibodies) to see how I was getting on. My Private GP had changed my thyroid medication from Armour Thyroid to Armour Thyroid plus…
Victoria from The Butterfly Effect has written guest posts for my website previously as a thyroid patient advocate. Since then, she has started embarking on her dream of becoming a Naturopathic Doctor. There seems to be a misconception that anyone who…
In September 2020, six months after giving birth to my first child, I received the news that my Hashimoto’s was no longer in remission. Was I surprised? No.Was I upset? Also no. Let me tell you why… Living with a…
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Read the last blog in this series. It has been over a year since my last General Update blog and although I am still on maternity leave from having my first baby at the start of the year, I’ve managed…
Michelle wanted to share her experience of having her ‘borderline’ hypothyroidism downplayed, dismissed and ignored for many years. Written by Michelle Munt, Thyroid Patient Stop Dismissing Thyroid Patients
If thyroid medication ‘corrects’ hypothyroidism, shouldn’t it remove all symptoms? There is a general misconception that those with hypothyroidism take a pill everyday and then get better and feel absolutely fine, but it’s far from the truth for many of…