Before my Hashimoto’s diagnosis, I had always been very polite, and described myself as a “diplomat.” People knew me as someone who maintained patience and …
Medications
Strategies to Overcome Anxiety with Hashimoto’s
Anxiety was one of the most challenging and disempowering symptoms I experienced when I was first diagnosed with Hashimoto’s. It changed my life dramatically …
Could Nutritional Lithium Benefit or Hurt Hashimoto’s?
I first became fascinated with lithium in 2005, during my fourth year in pharmacy school while I was on a clinical rotation at Dr. William Walsh’s clinic The …
How To Get Accurate Lab Tests When Taking Thyroid Medications
Thyroid hormones are “Goldilocks” hormones: the dose has to be “just right” for us to feel optimal. Doses that are too high or too low can result in …
A Pharmacist’s Review of Medications for Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism
2020 has been a crazy year. I know many of us have had some health set-backs (myself included — somewhere in between the stress and juggling it all my TSH, …