People get put on thyroid medication because they’re tired but what happens when that doesn’t work? The thyroid medication helps by increasing the metabolism.
With increased metabolism, there is increased energy, right? But when there’s fatigue despite thyroid medication, what does that mean?
Regaining Energy
The tired lady had been put on thyroid medications 37 years ago. Thyroid medications seemed to help for a short while but then they didn’t help. She would get put on a thyroid medication which would help but then the dose would need to be increased.
Over the years she got put on different thyroid medications with different doses for the purpose of regaining energy. She was put on one thyroid medication for 15 years then different meds for the rest of the time.
But the energy kept on getting worse, it was ineffective thyroid treatment. Her labs showed that she was low in vitamins and that the powerhouse of the cell(mitochondria) wasn’t working well. She was put on vitamins to help her low vitamins and mitochondria.
In several days, her energy improved remarkably from ZERO TO ONE/TEN to NINE/TEN. She was very happy!
Why did this happen? The thyroid helps improve the body metabolism. But what if the body metabolism isn’t working well?
The body metabolism needs energy to run. And energy is made in the body by the mitochondria. Improving the energy of the cell made the energy of the body better.
And with the body energy better, the thyroid could actually do something. It’s like if there’s no fuel in the car, it doesn’t matter how far you push the gas pedal down. First you need the fuel.
So if someone’s not doing well on thyroid medications, look deeper. If changes in thyroid medication keep on happening without any result then it’s not a thyroid problem.
It may be a body energy problem – a mitochondria problem. If so – treat the mitochondria and see what happens.
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Dr. Richard Chen
Focused Wellness Author,
A New Way to Health: Wheel of Health
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