The little butterfly shaped gland with a big job. It’s like the CEO of your metabolism. Let's break down everything you need to know about thyroid health (and how to support it).
Hello, what to do when just the TSH is out of boundaries? Mine is above 5mIU/L recently (it's yo-yoing between 2.9 and 5.8 recently for the past 2 years). except that all of the other thyroids labs are in normal ranges. no antibodies and T3/T4 are completely normal. Iodine is also quite high, selenium and zinc are ok. Could it be only stress related (I am having a lot of anxiety for the past few years) ? And could it be related to my contraceptive pill? I notices my nails were not growing as fast as they used to when I started to take the pill, and my anxiety went really up...
Hi Laure, when just the TSH is elevated but T3, T4, and antibodies are normal we call that subclinical hypothyroidism. It basically means your brain is asking your thyroid to work a little harder than usual, but your thyroid is still keeping up. All of those factors could absolutely be playing a role since the thyroid is influenced from multiple angles. I would look deeper into stress management and optimizing nutrients -- and definitely continue to monitor the thyroid with lab work.
Hello, what to do when just the TSH is out of boundaries? Mine is above 5mIU/L recently (it's yo-yoing between 2.9 and 5.8 recently for the past 2 years). except that all of the other thyroids labs are in normal ranges. no antibodies and T3/T4 are completely normal. Iodine is also quite high, selenium and zinc are ok. Could it be only stress related (I am having a lot of anxiety for the past few years) ? And could it be related to my contraceptive pill? I notices my nails were not growing as fast as they used to when I started to take the pill, and my anxiety went really up...
Hi Laure, when just the TSH is elevated but T3, T4, and antibodies are normal we call that subclinical hypothyroidism. It basically means your brain is asking your thyroid to work a little harder than usual, but your thyroid is still keeping up. All of those factors could absolutely be playing a role since the thyroid is influenced from multiple angles. I would look deeper into stress management and optimizing nutrients -- and definitely continue to monitor the thyroid with lab work.