Exhausted by the Holidays?
Undiagnosed or Undertreated thyroid problems may be the reason…
December is a time for celebration! There are gifts to be wrapped, decorations to hang, parties to attend and food to be cooked. It’s no wonder that along with holiday cheer, we also feel just plain exhausted.
But being exhausted during the holidays may not be as normal as you think. It could be your thyroid, even if your doctor has pronounced you “normal”, and even if you are already on medication for a thyroid problem.
Two reasons for the holiday blues
For years, thyroid patients have reported being left undiagnosed or undertreated due to the TSH lab test (the medical gold standard of thyroid testing), or they have been forced to cope with lingering hypothyroid symptoms by being placed on the oft-prescribed “T4-only medications” like Synthroid. (The problem with that? The thyroid makes 5 hormones, not just the one.)
Even worse, your TSH lab test can remain “normal” for years before it rises high enough to reveal the hypothyroid state you’ve had all along. So you live your life in the so-called “normal” state, yet you are tired, or gaining weight, depressed, or seeing other health issues crop up.
Once treated on a T4-only medication, a huge body of thyroid patients are left to cope with a myriad of symptoms then band-aided by more meds (i.e. Prozac for depression), in which case the holidays are only happy for the pockets of the pharmaceutical companies.
How to bring the “Ho! Ho! Ho!” back to the holidays
If the holiday hustle and bustle saps your energy or even leaves you feeling blue, the best gift you can give yourself and your family this season is an education on more effective thyroid testing and treatment. If you suspect your thyroid is an issue, don’t be afraid to request proper testing from your doctor. How?
On Stop the Thyroid Madness, you’ll find out about thyroid patient experiences with a far superior medication and better labwork, plus you can learn how to discover and treat other problems related to being left hypothyroid—adrenal fatigue, low iron, low vitamin and mineral levels, and more.
Janie Bowthorpe, M.Ed., is the spearhead of a patient-to-patient movement revolutionizing the thyroid community and founder of Stop the Thyroid Madness, which started as a website and is now the number one-rated book on thyroid disorders.
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