If your hair is suddenly thinning, here’s what I’d look at first: → Ferritin + iron → Thyroid labs, especially Free T3 + Free T4 → Vitamin D → B12 → Zinc → Protein intake Hair thinning isn’t always a “biotin deficiency.” Your hair can be one of the first places you notice that something

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What are “optimal” thyroid levels anyway? Drop your questions below I love to answer them 💜 Has your doctor looked at your full thyroid panel or just TSH? 🙄 link in bio for my BUNDLE if you want the exact resources that helped me get my Graves + TED into remission, rebuild my energy, and

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Are we doomed to mood swings and brain fog for all eternity with graves?? Listen for more… ask me about my secret weapon that really helped me with my mood & brain fog / focus!! and check out my BUNDLE in bio if you want the exact resources that helped me get my Graves + TED into remission,

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Are we doomed to mood swings and brain fog for all eternity with graves?? Listen for more… link in bio for my secret weapon that really helped me with my mood & brain fog / focus!! and check out my BUNDLE if you want the exact resources that helped me get my Graves + TED into remission, rebu

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Hi! My name is Elena and I have Graves disease and thyroid eye disease. I’m currently in remission, and for the last few years I’ve been suffering from suboptimal thyroid hormone levels: my free T3 has always been in the 2.4 to 2.6 to 2.8 range, meanwhile optimal is at least over 3. I’ve been feeli

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Why does depression and anxiety get worse with graves? #gravesdisease #graveseyedisease #functionalmedicine #thyroideyedisease #hashimotos life with a chronic autoimmune thyroid condition

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i'm a girl's girl. i'm also the patient gaslighting doctors hate to see coming... because i bring my lab results. i ask questions. i ask for the studies. i ask why. i don't accept, "it's just anxiety." or, "your TSH is normal." or, "there's nothing else we can do."

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if i had to explain how my diagnosis changed me… i’d say… i still looked like me. but i wasn’t me anymore. not on the outside. on the inside. i smiled while grieving. laughed while i was terrified. showed up while running on empty. became an expert at pretending i was oka

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How long does Thyroid Eye Disease last and how do we stop it from coming back? #gravesdisease #graveseyedisease #functionalmedicine #thyroideyedisease #hashimotos

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maybe that’s the thing about women with chronic illness. we become really good at carrying invisible things. people see the smile. they don’t see the panic attacks. the doctor’s appointments. the lab work. the medical gaslighting. the tears after hearing, “everything looks norm

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some people think it's disrespectful when you don't let them disrespect you. keep it up. for me, that looked like asking more questions when i was told, "your labs are normal." "it's just anxiety." "there's nothing else you can do." "this is just something you'll have to live with

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i opened my laptop to answer one email. then i remembered i needed to refill my water. while filling my water, i remembered i forgot to order selenium. then i started researching a new functional medicine paper. then i remembered i was supposed to schedule labs. then i sat down… a

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“your choices don’t affect your thyroid…” said no functional medicine practitioner ever 😅 because while you can’t meditate your way out of Graves and you can’t green juice your way out of an autoimmune condition… your daily choices absolutely influence the environment your thyroid has t

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How to choose a functional medicine provider 😍 I’d start with someone with credentials and very experienced in reading & interpreting stool tests. And definitely someone who has experience or expertise with thyroid conditions- this is the number one reason people come to me after working with anoth

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they told me there was nothing i could do… “just wait and see.” “you’ll probably need infusions.” “surgery may be your best option.” i remember leaving those appointments feeling like my future had already been decided for me. like i was supposed to accept that this was as good as it

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because i remember exactly what that search felt like. fear. panic. confusion. staring at old photos wondering if i was imagining the changes. reading that there was "nothing i could do." feeling like my future had already been decided. i created this page because i never wante

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Listen for thyroid hair supportive nutrients and drop your questions below so I can respond 🫶 #gravesdisease #graveseyedisease #functionalmedicine #thyroideyedisease #hashimotos

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How to stop thyroid hair loss… first define what “normal” means, because you want OPTIMAL bb #g #gravesdisease g #graveseyedisease f #functionalmedicine t #thyroideyedisease hashimotos

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my face when someone tells me they had strep 12 times as a kid... and nobody thinks it matters now. every time i hear that, my ears perk up. not because repeated strep automatically caused your thyroid condition... but because your health history matters. functional medicine taught m

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maybe that’s why i have so many photos and videos from every season of my life the beautiful ones and the hard ones the version of me who was thriving and the version of me who was barely hanging on the girl navigating Graves disease the girl grieving Thyroid Eye Disease the gi

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Elena | thyroid love club