FIBROMYALGIA- Thyroid Connection You are diagnosed with “Fibro” and you walk out of the doctor’s office with pain meds. But what if there was more to your story than just pain patterns and pain meds? Well there could be. Thyroid conditions are routinely misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia as a result of less than adequate thyroid hormone testing. Fibromyalgia is a condition associated with widespread chronic pain of the tendons, joints, muscles, and/or soft tissue, as well as fatigue, memory and mood issues -symptoms far too similar to those of hypothyroidism. According to Dr. Lowe, in most cases, fibromyalgia is the result of “hypometabolism of select tissues”, i.e. the clinical manifestation of inadequate thyroid hormones due to thyroid hormone deficiency and/or resistance.” Treatments directed at regulating thyroid hormone and low cortisol levels will bring T3 levels back up to normal. Is there a thyroid problem itself? In some chronic cases there is, and possible thyroid hormone is needed. However in most cases and as a result of high stress environments, there are many things causing a sabotaging effect on thyroid hormone conversion and anything getting in the way of this conversion, leaves you and your precious cells with less than optimal thyroid hormone and starving for energy. Energy deprivation at the cellular level slows down the biochemistry and can leave you feeling like you’ve been hit by a train. Solutions: ✔️Get a full thyroid panel, not just TSH ✔️Get a Rx if need but make sure it T4/T3 combo ✔️Treat low cortisol and thyroid hormone conversion by regulating of blood sugar = metabolic foods + food frequency ✔️Lower inflammation with metabolic foods and proper stress management. ✔️Get outside in the sun or supplement with Vitamin D (liquid form). A growing body of research suggests that low Vitamin D levels are linked to CFS and FMS. . . #chronicfatiguesyndrome #fibromyalgia #lowthyroid #thyroidhealth #thyroidresistance #thyroidmalfunction #fibromyalgiapain #hypothyroidism #eastwesthealing #realfoodgangstas #restorationthyroidnutrition https://www.instagram.com/p/Bysc90sgaun/?igshid=tbye2kek4dsc