As thyroid patients, we’ve discovered that a lot of problems we experienced weren’t “stand alone issues”. To the contrary–many can actually be related to our hypothyroid state!
This is not to say that someone couldn’t possibly have these without being hypothyroid. They can! But many are outright connected, or strongly connected, to hypothyroidism…whether you are undiagnosed, under-treated due to being on T4-only, or undertreated even with T3 or Natural Desiccated Thyroid (NDT).
Here is a list of those problems…each which will take you to more information:
Absorption issues such as low Vit D, low iron, low B12 and more
Bones and Osteopenia and Osteoporosis
PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and Hypothyroidism
Here’s a great list of patient-reported symptoms of hypothyroidism while undiagnosed or on T4-only that went away on NDT.