Q & A archive—Natural Thyroid

Question: For the past year or so I have been becoming increasingly tired. I have also noticed that when I brush my hair, a lot of my hair comes out in the brush. Can you help me?

Answer: Your symptoms are not uncommon and are probably accompanied by many more of which you may not have yet become aware. Three things come to mind immediately.

1. What drugs are you taking? There are several categories of prescription medications that sometimes cause these problems.

2. Blood pressure pills could be the cause, especially if you have taken them over a long period of time. Most of them also have the side effect of decreasing sexual ability. Another class of drugs that may cause these problems is antidepressants. Cholesterol lowering drugs can also do this because they work by interfering with certain functions of the liver, which can cause many other side effects also.

3. Probably the most common reason I find for these symptoms (especially in women over 55 or 60 years of age—but it occurs in men also) is the need for natural thyroid. As we get older the endocrine glands (of which the thyroid is one) gradually decrease their output and since the thyroid is what I call the Master Gland of the body, many symptoms result. The two mentioned above are just the beginning of a long list of symptoms that can occur. Those listed below are some of the more common ones:

Fatigue
Weight gain
Constipation
Dry skin
Brittle nails
Cold hands and feet
Lack of sex drive
Impotence
Fibromyalgia symptoms
Abnormal menstrual function
Amenorrhea
Poor concentration
Parasthesias
Aching joints
Fluid retention
Hair loss

If you have many or most of these symptoms you should look up a good nutritionally oriented physician and let him determine your thyroid status. Unfortunately, blood tests don’t always give us the answer. The patient’s appearance, symptoms and basal temperature are an important part of the diagnosis and lots of doctors only consider the blood tests. It is also important to take the natural Armour Thyroid because the synthetic ones, which are the most commonly used, are only part of the hormone.

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