My new patient questionnaire includes the symptom of brain fog. Many people comment that they never really thought of what to call it but when they saw it written it was a resounding YES, I have brain fog! The first time I experienced brain fog was in my late 30’s [...]
Hyperthyroid misdiagnosed as anxiety I have seen three people in the last few months that were told they were having panic attacks with high anxiety when they were actually hyperthyroid and were having a thyroid storm! All three of my patients that had thyroid storms described themselves as being non-anxious [...]
I find it fascinating that thyroid disease is one of the most under-managed as well as poorly managed conditions. I cannot tell you how many times I have someone with a known thyroid condition, ON thyroid medication that still has every thyroid symptom in the book. Low energy Cold hands/feet [...]
