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Tess Boade with the set-up ✅ Rachel Hill with the finish ✅ #nwsl

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Still have thyroid symptoms even on thyroid meds? Been told your levels are ‘normal’? Our results may fall ‘within range’ but are they optimal? If you still have symptoms, possibly not. Listen up: it’s not just about falling within the reference range. It’s about WHERE you fall in range. ‘Optimal’ is a more specific place within the given range and it’s often where we feel best at. For example, a standard TSH test range may be from 1-4 and the more specific optimal place within this 1-2! So if y

Still have thyroid symptoms even on thyroid meds? Been told your levels are ‘normal’? Our results may fall ‘within range’ but are they optimal? If you still have symptoms, possibly not. Listen up: it’s not just about falling within the reference range. It’s about WHERE you fall in range. ‘Optimal’ is a more specific place within the given range and it’s often where we feel best at. For example, a standard TSH test range may be from 1-4 and the more specific optimal place within this 1-2! So if y

34.9K views11 months ago

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I’m so excited to share that my first virtual workshop for thyroid patients is now live 🥳 I’m so passionate about patient education in advocacy and I’m hoping this provides another option, if for example, reading books and articles just isn’t for you. Grab a hot drink, pen and paper and spend half an hour with me as we uncover your next steps in solving your unique thyroid jigsaw puzzle. Each Empowered To Thrive workshop is a pre-recorded, interactive and informal video session designed to feel

I’m so excited to share that my first virtual workshop for thyroid patients is now live 🥳 I’m so passionate about patient education in advocacy and I’m hoping this provides another option, if for example, reading books and articles just isn’t for you. Grab a hot drink, pen and paper and spend half an hour with me as we uncover your next steps in solving your unique thyroid jigsaw puzzle. Each Empowered To Thrive workshop is a pre-recorded, interactive and informal video session designed to feel

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😶‍🌫️ Thyroid brain fog is described as a mental slowness, block or lack of mental clarity. It can be scary and frustrating to live with as it impacts all areas of life, especially work. What Causes Thyroid Brain Fog? There are quite a few possible causes. 1️⃣ Low Thyroid Hormone Levels Thyroid hormones T3 & T4 have major influences over virtually every brain activity. So if you don’t have enough of these thyroid hormones, brain fog can occur to varying degrees. T3 has an important role in the

😶‍🌫️ Thyroid brain fog is described as a mental slowness, block or lack of mental clarity. It can be scary and frustrating to live with as it impacts all areas of life, especially work. What Causes Thyroid Brain Fog? There are quite a few possible causes. 1️⃣ Low Thyroid Hormone Levels Thyroid hormones T3 & T4 have major influences over virtually every brain activity. So if you don’t have enough of these thyroid hormones, brain fog can occur to varying degrees. T3 has an important role in the

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Have you ever felt like this too? I used to really struggle with work when feeling so fatigued and brain fogged back in the early days of thyroid issues and not having my thyroid levels optimised. 👇 Do you have any experiences like this that you wish to share? What has thyroid brain fog being like for you? What Causes Thyroid Brain Fog? 1️⃣ Low Thyroid Hormone Levels Thyroid hormones T3 & T4 have major influences over virtually every brain activity. So if you don’t have enough of these thyroid

Have you ever felt like this too? I used to really struggle with work when feeling so fatigued and brain fogged back in the early days of thyroid issues and not having my thyroid levels optimised. 👇 Do you have any experiences like this that you wish to share? What has thyroid brain fog being like for you? What Causes Thyroid Brain Fog? 1️⃣ Low Thyroid Hormone Levels Thyroid hormones T3 & T4 have major influences over virtually every brain activity. So if you don’t have enough of these thyroid

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You’re on Levothyroxine but still feel unwell. You go back to the doctors. They run another blood test. Surprise! They say your levels are normal! “But I still don’t feel well? I still have fatigue and brain fog and muscle aches…” The the doctor says this harmful statement: “Well the meds only treat your levels, not your symptoms.” 1. Is that all we care about then? Making the blood tests look good and not how the patient is actually doing? 2. Normalising still having symptoms on thyroid meds is

You’re on Levothyroxine but still feel unwell. You go back to the doctors. They run another blood test. Surprise! They say your levels are normal! “But I still don’t feel well? I still have fatigue and brain fog and muscle aches…” The the doctor says this harmful statement: “Well the meds only treat your levels, not your symptoms.” 1. Is that all we care about then? Making the blood tests look good and not how the patient is actually doing? 2. Normalising still having symptoms on thyroid meds is

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OK, so I didn’t completely “ignore” them - I did go back and forth to the doctors for years complaining of all these random symptoms which were mounting up, but we didn’t put 2 and 2 together and see that it was all from a thyroid issue for years. And that’s the things with a thyroid condition. When your thyroid isn’t working right, it can affect everything from the top of your head to the tip toes. The symptoms I had for the years leading up to my diagnosis include: Fatigue Migraines Muscle pai

OK, so I didn’t completely “ignore” them - I did go back and forth to the doctors for years complaining of all these random symptoms which were mounting up, but we didn’t put 2 and 2 together and see that it was all from a thyroid issue for years. And that’s the things with a thyroid condition. When your thyroid isn’t working right, it can affect everything from the top of your head to the tip toes. The symptoms I had for the years leading up to my diagnosis include: Fatigue Migraines Muscle pai

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Why don’t I tolerate alcohol as well as I did pre-diagnosis? 🔥 Alcohol Sensitivity: Many people with a thyroid condition report developing an intolerance or increased sensitivity to alcohol. This may look like hangovers or thyroid flares after just one drink, heart palps and headaches or itching and rashes. 🔥 Thyroid Hormone Conversion: Good liver health is required for good thyroid hormone conversion. If your liver is very busy processing and metabolising the alcohol you consume, it may not c

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🦋 Staying on Levothyroxine and only testing TSH were the two biggest things stopping me from recovering from the devastating symptoms of autoimmune hypothyroidism. 🦋 I was initially told I was ‘only borderline‘ based on my TSH level and so didn’t need thyroid medication. Even though I felt terribly ill. 🦋 And then when I finally started Levothyroxine, my TSH was brought in range but not optimised. But that was “good enough”. 🦋 Levothyroxine, considered the ‘gold standard’ of thyroid medicine

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🥵 If you feel easily hot, especially compared to others around you, have hot flushes and do not cope well in hot weather, this may suggest that you experience heat intolerance. ☀️ This can be linked to hypothyroidism for a few reasons. 1. Over Medication / Hyperthyroidism Check you’re not over medicated on your thyroid medication, as being so can lead to hyperthyroidism and thus cause symptoms such as feeling hot, flushed and anxious. It’s possible to go from being hypo to hyperthyroid. 2. Hash

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It is often said that hypothyroidism is straightforward to treat. That someone is simply diagnosed, given a pill to take and then gets better. And goes on living their life completely unaffected. That is true in some cases, but unfortunately not all. While some people DO respond well to first line treatment for hypothyroidism, others do not. Some may be piecing their thyroid jigsaw puzzle together for a while. The pieces of which I cover across all that I do. 👇 Let me know your experiences with

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It is very common to have a scalloped tongue with hypothyroidism. I have one and have always thought it was a bit odd, as I didn’t notice anyone else did, but the dentist told me that my tongue was scalloped due to grinding and clenching my teeth at night. Note: this can be a cause too! Dr. Skinner mentioned in his book ‘Diagnosis and Management of Hypothyroidism’ that an enlarged tongue can be uncomfortable, cause slurring of the speech and voice change. He attributed it to the chronicity of th

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😓 Ever wake up with painful feet, as if you’re walking on glass?! 🦶Possible Causes of Foot Pain in Thyroid Patients🦶 🦋 Low Levels Ruling out causes for joint and muscle pain, such as low Vitamin D levels, low B12, low magnesium, as well as thyroid hormone levels, is crucial. Ensuring that thyroid levels Free T3 and Free T4 are optimal (as opposed to just ‘in range’) can make a huge difference too. I personally found that my foot pain stopped once Hashimoto’s was in remission, thyroid levels

239.6K viewsOct 17, 2025

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❌ Many people living with hypothyroidism come up against misconceptions about having the condition. Let’s address some of the common ones. 1. Many thyroid patients are made to feel as if they’re over-exaggerating, dramatising or making up just how much they go through with hypothyroidism. 2. Thyroid fatigue is relentless. We can become exhausted from just emptying the washing machine, taking a shower or walking up the stairs. I’m not lazy, my body is fighting itself. 3. Weight fluctuations are c

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When I was first diagnosed with thyroid issues, I was prescribed levothyroxine and sent on my way, told that it would fix everything. Well, you know that’s not what happened. 🙈 My health continued to worsen and symptoms were mounting up, so I knew that my body needed something else or that something huge was missing. I finally got my health back after years of research and trial and error, and everything I do here as a thyroid patient advocate is with the aim of helping others to recover their

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Unfortunately this just isn’t how it works! Believe us, we’ve likely tried exercising more already. But those with hypothyroidism are not always energised by exercised if their body is fatigued by a slowed metabolism. We can wake up and feel more tired than when we went to bed. Thyroid hormone directly controls and impacts energy levels, which means that fatigue is the most commonly complained of symptoms with the condition. We are easily tired and often feel tired all the time. The best way I c

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9.8K viewsAug 31, 2024

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🩸 Ahh blood tests… do you follow these ‘rules’? (Psst! Save this post to refer back to later) 1️⃣ Not taking your thyroid meds until after your test Why? Because taking it before can make your levels look falsely elevated and lead to your doctor lowering your dose when what they’re seeing is just an initial spike. 2️⃣ Taking biotin Biotin can cause falsely elevated thyroid levels on test results, making you look overmedicated or hyperthyroid when you’re not. It is advised to not take it for at

12.5K viewsOct 28, 2025

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🗣️ I asked on a post a few days ago what your most bothersome thyroid symptoms are and fatigue was the most reported. It always is. 🩶 Thyroid fatigue can feel overwhelming, debilitating and unlike anything else. 🩶 It’s not the same as ‘regular tired’. Thyroid fatigue is often described as an overall exhaustion of every inch of the body; as if you’re dragging a dead weight along. 🩶 A lot of thyroid patients wake up in the morning and no matter how good a night’s sleep they get, never feel ref

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“At least it’s the good cancer.” Why have so many people heard this?! It’s crazy. To have any type of cancer can be devastating and an awful experience to go through. No one should be told “at you have the good cancer” by a doctor nonetheless. ❗️One of the ways in which people can become hypothyroid is for treatment of thyroid cancer. ❗️Every year, September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. ❗️This annual event was created to spread awareness of the symptoms and effects of thyroid cancer and th

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