Do I Have Hypothyroidism? | PYHP 077
Danette\u2019s Question:\xa0\nCan you determine if I should be considered for hypothyroidism? I have five of the listed symptoms, but my labs fall into \u201cnormal ranges\u201d from my lab. Free T4 is 1.1, free T3 is 3.0. TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone, is .82. \nShort Answer:\xa0\nMany people could be considered to have Subclinical Hypothyroidism. This is when thyroid labs are all within the normal range, but several symptoms are present. In Danette\u2019s case, her labs actually look fairly decent. Her TSH is below 1.0 and her Free T3 is 3.0, but she has many hypothyroid related symptoms. She does not have hypothyroidism, but could easily be in the subclinical category. However, many of the symptoms listed below can be attributed to many other issues including PMS, Perimenopause, Menopause and adrenal dysfunction.\nSymptoms of Hypothyroidism: (not a comprehensive list)\n\nfatigue\nweight gain or slow metabolism\ndry skin\nconstipation\nlow mood\nheavy periods\nheavy irregular periods\nbrain fog,\nhair loss.\n\nPYHP 077 Full Transcript:\xa0\nDownload PYHP 077 Transcript\nDr. Maki: Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Progress Your Health podcast. I\u2019m Dr. Maki.\nDr. Davidson: I\u2019m Dr. Davidson.\nDr. Maki: So, Dr. Davidson, how are you doing this morning?\nDr. Davidson: I am doing really good. I\u2019m just actually looking at our little dog, Bob. His name is Bob, that we have. He\u2019s what, 15 months old right now? 16 months old? Anyway, I just love to look at him. He\u2019s laying at my feet with his head using, there\u2019s on the desk here, there\u2019s a metal rod and he likes to use that metal rod as his pillow.\nDr. Maki: Yes, yes. So, if you\u2019re wondering, my name is Robert, his name is Bob. My dad\u2019s name was Bob. He always went by Bobby, didn\u2019t go by Robert or Rob. So, he passed away in 2000. But when we got him, he went through a kind of a whole bunch of awful names. Then you just came up with Bob one day like, I think we should name him Bob. I\u2019m like, alright, that\u2019s good. That was my pick in the first place. But you went through a bunch of, I didn\u2019t remember some of that. There are some weird ones.\nDr. Davidson: I won\u2019t tell you but he is a Bob and he\u2019s very cute.\nDr. Maki: We\u2019ve talked about him in some other podcasts, but if you\u2019re interested, he is half Australian Shepherd, a mini Australian shepherd. He\u2019s quarter Border Collie and a quarter Blue Heeler. Needless to say, he\u2019s smart as a whip and he has an unlimited amount of energy, almost to a frustrating point sometimes, but nonetheless, he\u2019s fantastic. So, we\u2019re gonna talk about some listener reader questions. This one is about thyroid, kind of questioning whether someone is hypothyroid or not. This one honestly is something that we get quite often, this is very, in some ways, a little bit of a controversial topic. We\u2019ll get into why that is here in a second. This