Hormone Imbalance #3- Thyroid dysfunction

Here are 5 ways that perimenopause can affect thyroid dysfunction:

Increased inflammation. As estrogen declines, the natural anti-inflammation protection taht estrogen provides dimishes. Chronic inflammation impairs T4 to T3 conversion.
Sex hormone changes. Plummeting progesterone and erratic estrogen impair how your thyroid hormone works-independent of how much your thyroid is producing.
Chronic stress and cortisol dysregulation. Due to chronically elevated levels, impairment of T4 to T3 conversion occurs.
Natural thyroid atrophy with age. Thyroid efficiency lessens with age, but becomes more clinically significant during perimenopause.
Potential autoimmune activation. Any previous silent autoimmune conditions become active. Changes in the imune system, deteriorating gut health, and increased inflammation could be causation for Hashimoto's to develop or worsen rapidly.

When your thyroid isn’t functioning optimally, your entire metabolism slows down. You’re burning fuel at a crawl rather than at the rate you should be.

Your cells can’t produce energy efficiently.

Your body temperature drops.

Your metabolic rate plummets.

No amount of effort can compensate for a metabolism that’s fundamentally running too slowly.

Being told your thyroid is normal-or being on thyroid medication with a normalised TSH-doesn’t mean there’s not an issue.

Ladies: if this is YOUR experience, we hear you; we see you; we understand

Feel free to drop a comment if this resonates

-Brian

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