The Truth Behind Thyroid Labs and Perfecting Treatment
The Advanced Thyroid Series Episode 3 The Truth Behind Thyroid Labs and Perfecting Treatment with McCall McPherson McCall McPherson is the founder of Modern Thyroid Clinic, a thyroid-centered functional medicine practice in Austin, Texas, the now owner and Chief-Thyroid-Hope-Giver of Thyroid Nation. She is a physician assistant, recent TEDx speaker.
In this episode:
- The connection between depression and hypothyroidism.
- The prevalence and function of reverse T3.
- The importance of getting to the root cause of your hypothyroidism and not just masking it with medication.
- Why T4 medication (Synthroid, Levothyroxine) is NOT the right medication for MOST women to be on.
- How T4 with T3 combination works inside the body.
- What are the best labs to get and how to understand them.
- Why when your labs look great you may still be hypothyroid.
- Tuning into how you feel rather then your lab results for knowing when you are on the right medication.
- Timing of your healing journey.
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