Secondary Hypothyroidism and What You Can Do About It

In adrenal fatigue, the body's adrenal glands are not working well. The thyroid gland tends to slow down as well. Many symptoms consistent with hypothyroid will be visible.
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This is Dr. Lam, founder of DrLam.com and the Adrenal Fatigue Center. Today we're going to talk about the role iodine plays in the thyroid gland's function as well as adrenal fatigue.
Iodine is a chemical, a material that is found very, very widely especially in sea plants such as kelp. Iodine provides the raw material, the molecules, in order to make thyroid hormone. This has been well established. The combination of four iodine molecules makes up T4. When one of the thyroid molecules cleaves one of the iodine, then it becomes less. T4, once the iodine is removed, becomes T3 and continue and so forth.
The real workhorse in the body in terms of thyroid hormones is actually T3. It is many times, in fact three or four times, stronger than T4. Its frequency and volume are reduced. T4 is a pro-hormone of T3. T3 is the workhorse. Iodine is contained in both of these hormones and for good reasons.
When you have hypothyroid symptoms, the first thing the doctor checks is your TSH level and your free T3 level and your free T4 level. If your free T3 and free T4 are low, then the natural progression is to give you thyroid replacement if there are no other issues found and the doctor's convinced that you have hypothyroidism because of something wrong with the thyroid gland.
You can give T4 that is already made, T3 that is already made, or a natural thyroid such Armour Thyroid that has a combination of T4 and T3. You can use iodine as a precursor to help the thyroid kickstart itself, if that is the problem. Or at a lower level, just eat more kelp.
Iodine supplementation can be tricky because if you give too much iodine, the body can go into hyperthyroid, that is too much thyroid, while if you give too little, then you can go into hypothyroid state and continue to be there. Modern medicine seldom uses iodine anymore because it is so much easier just to titrate with pre-existing medication such as Synthroid, which is T4, and Cytomel, which is T3, or a combination as we talked about earlier.
There is a problem if your body is in secondary hypothyroidism, that is, an entity where the low thyroid function is not because of the thyroid gland problem by itself but because of something that is triggering the thyroid function to be reduced. Such can be the case if you, for example, have a brain tumor that causes the thyroid not to work well or more commonly, a seldom understood as well as passed over situation called adrenal fatigue.
In adrenal fatigue, the body's adrenal glands are not working well. The thyroid gland tends to slow down as well. Many symptoms consistent with hypothyroid will be visible. In addition to that, antibodies such as Hashimoto driven can rise as the body goes into an autoimmune problem. They can be quite convoluted and confusing. The use of iodine in these cases also needs to be very careful if at all. Small doses can be helpful as testing to see how well the thyroid responds, but large doses can be also considered provided under professional supervision.
The US has mandated a very low iodine intake as acceptable by the RDA but we do know that in many countries such as Japan, the average intake of iodine is close to 50 milligrams while in the US, the RDA is only concerned in micrograms. There's a lot of controversy in terms of what is the right amount of iodine. Forward-looking doctors would tell you that 12-15 milligrams should be considered, especially in areas where there's low iodine because it is so good not only for thyroid but for other issues especially fibrocystic breast disease.
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[@DebraGill]

I'll just eat kelp and let my body do the work. I take Levithyroxine and haven't got a good nights sleep in over 20 years now. I felt much bettter on the natural hormone but the doctor said my numbers were bad and I just got disgusted after she put me on Levithyroxine with it and being tested every 3 months, so I just went back to the synthetic. I have also had a weight gain from the meds and am just sick and tired, literally and physically that I'm just weaning myself off the meds. I have lost all confidence in drs unfortunately. I'm sure there are many stories like mine. Thank you for the help, you seem to be a doctor who cares, unfortunately you are on west coast and I'm on east.

[@morganfalkdesigns]

Leo thyroxine is synthetic
You want Armour, or NP thyroid

[@DebraGill]

@@morganfalkdesigns thank you

[@popeyethesailorman75]

Gall bladder may also be responsible....I found that after taken Synthroid for 2 months I had no changes in my weight or energy.I now replaced Synthroid with a Enzyme triggered herbal replacement... & Im now not so bloated & feel the excess weight coming off , still feeling tired thou.

[@starflower666]

i put a little iodine on my skin