Thank you

[Unhole]

Hi All

I’m new to the site but I’ve been reading some of your posts in an effort to understand what’s happening to me. Thank you I now feel I m starting to understand how it affects us with under active Thyroid. The doc had told me nothing. I’ve not been diagnosed specifically with Hashimoto but from hearing your signs I think that must be it😟...I mentioned I was finding it difficult swallowing my tablets and had noticed I could choke on fluids but never gave it another thought and doc didn’t say anything either. But from what you said it is part of the condition...I could go on and on but thank you for enlightening me.

[Nanaedake]

You will only know if you have Hashimotos if you get TPO and TgAb antibodies tested.

[Heloise]

If you feel you are under dosed which appears to be true, can you find a way to increase your prescription? You should not remain in a low thyroid state. Low thyroid affects smooth muscle which is your esophagus and your bowels so if you've been learning here you know what your test results should be. High cortisol often makes thyroid run low so you could try to resolve that.

[Unhole in reply to Heloise]

That’s very interesting...I’ve also started snoring which I never did before and have had urinary urgency which is a new thing I have wondered if there is a connection?🤔

[Heloise in reply to Unhole]

There is something even more interesting. We've learned so much from the functional doctors who actually look at the research. I've posted a bit about the vagus nerve which starts in the brain and then goes to almost all of the organs. This nerve runs down the side of your palate and your ear. I think it is implicated in tinnitus as well. But this nerve is affected by high cortisol which thyroid people often have. The vagus nerve is called the rest and digest nerve so when it is being disturbed by high cortisol, the opposite happens. Autoimmunity affects the brain as well. The bottom line now is if you have a chronic condition it is often due to being in the sympathetic nervous state and you need to get back into the parasympathetic state to heal.

I often post Dr. Bergman's videos if you care to learn how the adrenals and thyroid glands work together. He's brilliant.

youtube.com/watch?v=T_Re4ja...(Not working as expected?)