there is nothing more frustrating than eating a meal you’ve eaten a hundred times before… then waking up so bloated you look six months pregnant. your stomach is distended. your clothes don’t fit the same. you feel uncomfortable in your own body. and suddenly you’re scared to eat because you

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the symptoms that made me feel like i was losing my mind before i understood what was happening in my body. racing heart even when i was lying down. heart palpitations that made me scared to fall asleep. anxiety that came out of nowhere. shaking hands. feeling hot when everyone else

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imagine spending years trying to figure out your thyroid symptoms, changing your diet, taking supplements, and still wondering why you don’t feel like yourself. then realizing you’ve barely looked at your gut health. 👀 that was a huge part of my own Graves’ and TED journey. i eventually di

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these labs: • tsh at 2.4 and “fine.” optimal is 0.5 to 2. with graves, tsh can stay suppressed for months after free t4 and t3 settle, so it can’t be the only number guiding you • free t4, the storage hormone. optimal is 1.0 to 1.5 • free t3, the active hormone most offices never run. optim

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there’s a kind of grief that comes with Thyroid Eye Disease that’s hard to explain unless you’ve lived it. you look in the mirror and notice your eyes look different. the swelling. the asymmetry. the pressure. the changes in your expression. you start avoiding photos, checking your reflect

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if i had to explain how graves’ disease and TED changed me, it would be this: you look like yourself on the outside… but inside, you’re somebody else. you smile, go to work, answer texts, make plans, and try to keep living your life. but nobody sees the grief of not recognizing your ref

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doctor: “your tsh is normal at 2.5. you’re fine!” meanwhile, me with fatigue, hair loss, brain fog, constipation, feeling cold, and wondering why i don’t feel like myself 🫠 because here’s what i wish i understood sooner: a lab result can fall within the reference range and you can still ha

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if you forget a word mid-sentence, just say “i forget the english word for it.” that way people think you’re bilingual instead of realizing your adhd and thyroid brain fog are fighting for custody of your last two brain cells. teehee 🤭 honestly nobody warned me how frustrating cognitive s

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whenever someone asks what i’m doing later and my answer is “nothing” please understand that nothing is not an opening in my schedule. nothing is the event. nothing is the plan. because sometimes “nothing” means: staying home taking a long shower washing my hair making food watching s

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take the next 3 months and commit to the actions that are going to produce that version of yourself. the version with more energy, less bloating, healthier hair, and a better understanding of what your body actually needs. my graves’ disease and thyroid eye disease journey taught me that you

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not every supplement marketed for your thyroid is safe for your thyroid. as a functional medicine pharmacist, these are the ones i’d never let a graves or thyroid eye disease client buy without checking with me first: - iodine, kelp, and sea moss. extra iodine can fuel an already overactive t

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whenever someone asks what i’m doing later and my answer is “nothing” please understand that nothing is not an opening in my schedule. nothing is the event. nothing is the plan. because sometimes “nothing” means: staying home taking a long shower washing my hair making food watching s

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your endo appointment is maybe 15 minutes. walk in ready. after reading thyroid labs all day as a functional medicine pharmacist, these are the questions i’d bring every single time: - can we run a full thyroid panel? tsh, free t4, free t3, reverse t3, tpo and tg antibodies, plus trab or tsi

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Nobody hands you a game plan for life after a thyroidectomy. After a total thyroidectomy your body makes no thyroid hormone on its own, so it's very possible to swing from hyper into hypo symptoms: extreme fatigue, constipation, weight gain, feeling cold all the time, depression and anxiety.

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and if you have graves, your meds come with their own set of rules most people are never walked through. honestly though, timing wasn't the biggest thing i was missing. the biggest shift came when i stopped only managing numbers and started supporting what was driving them. that's where my energ

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Anyone else going through perimenopause and thyroid at the same time? 🥹 #gravesdisease #graveseyedisease #functionalmedicine #thyroideyedisease #hashimotos

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Elena | thyroid love club