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I Don’t Want to Take Thyroid Medication. Can I Take Something ‘Natural’ Instead?

I Don’t Want to Take Thyroid Medication. Can I Take Something ‘Natural’ Instead?

I hear the same question everyday in my Facebook support group. It can vary, but often…

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What about you? I’m going to use the answers o

What about you?

I’m going to use the answers on this post to guide me on what info to share over the next week or so, so I can hopefully help as many of you as possible.

- Rachel 🦋💙

✋ Telling people to push through! Start telling

✋ Telling people to push through! Start telling people to listen to their bodies instead!!

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🛑 Some key notes:

• It’s great if you can carry on largely unaffected with thyroid issues, but you’re lucky if so. Not everyone can.

• Thyroid disease affects people on a scale. Some are in excruciating muscle pain, heavily fatigued, depressed and more. Not everyone responds well to initial treatment.

• For many, “pushing through” winds them up in an even worse place for their health. I did this for years and ended up practically bedbound.

• It’s not about letting it ‘rule’ your life, it’s about finding balance and your body crashing if you don’t listen to it.

• A positive attitude doesn’t override a physical, chronic illness. No amount of thinking positively will make my thyroid work better unfortunately.

•No two experiences of chronic illness are the same! Don’t be ignorant.

• And it’s not a competition. You don’t get points for invalidating someone else’s experiences.

• All of this is from someone who’s lived both sides of it. I’ve been bedbound and with an almost nonexistent quality of life with thyroid disease. I’m also currently living symptom-free.

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👇 Let me know your experiences with this in the comments and as always, follow me for more thyroid info and please check out the resources linked in my bio for more support!

- Rachel 🦋💙

💊 Did you know that not leaving 4 hours between

💊 Did you know that not leaving 4 hours between your thyroid meds and iron tablets can affect absorption of your thyroid meds?

💊 The same goes for tablets / meds that contain magnesium, oestrogen (like the contraceptive pill), calcium (like antacids) and antibiotics.

🦋 Follow me for more tips and info like this.

- Rachel 🦋💙

👀 The 1st of the Months always sees a new artic

👀 The 1st of the Months always sees a new article land on my website - but I forgot to share on Wednesday!

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📖 Catch my book review of The Hormone Healing Cookbook by Dr Alan Christianson (@dralanchristianson) now!

🥘 Recipes to help nourish you and maybe even help thyroid symptoms such as brain fog and fatigue.

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👇 Comment REVIEW and I’ll even send the direct link to my book review.

- Rachel 🦋💙

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