Why Am I So Tired?: Is your thyroid making you ill?

Why Am I So Tired?: Is your thyroid making you ill?
Martin Budd

An essential guide to how an underactive thyroid could be the root of your health problems.

Why am I so Tired? questions the problems associated with an underactive thyroid. Mild hypothyroidism affects about 7 – 10 % of the population, but is frequently misdiagnosed because the symptoms are similar to that of ME, chronic fatigue, depression, and menopausal symptoms.

Symptoms can include:

exhaustion * weight gain * mental fogginess * low sex drive * thinning hair * dry skin * poor circulation * aching joints

Why am I so Tired? offers an essential guide to discovering whether an underactive thyroid is at the root of your health problems with an easy to follow questionnaire, case studies and an excellent question and answer format. The book includes:

what the thyroid is and how it functions

what happens when it is underactive

what tests your should ask your doctor for

simple self-diagnosis – temperature testing

where to go for help

other illnesses which might be confused for hypothyroidism or vice versa

how nutrition and naturopathic remedies help

Why am I so Tired?

Is Your Thyroid Making you Ill?

MARTIN BUDD N.D., D.O.

Contents

Cover (#u3c48b987-b262-5db1-8cf6-7d1ec55a9dd3)

Title Page (#u79b361d9-bff2-5def-9c92-2dbd69aca2f2)

Acknowledgement (#ub0465179-71f2-530c-83c7-2df037a2c216)

By the same author (#u4e7d3af4-af7e-5f2d-bdab-48b6d14571d3)

Introduction (#uf4e509c7-7b9d-5f98-83d7-0608e1c3e9c3)

PART ONE: THE SYMPTOMS (#u1704e6b4-e48c-5f66-9e33-009b41270c85)

1 ‘What is the Thyroid Gland?’ (#u1be1c73b-6f14-5bbc-98b1-e1e9d4b06030)

The Thyroid Gland and Your Body

2 ‘Why do I Feel so Tired?’ (#u6dd55d64-861f-54db-9acb-6df5e2eb1a34)

The Thyroid Gland and Your Fatigue

3 ‘Why Can’t I Lose Weight?’ (#u6f68f74c-aa80-571b-b4c7-8754143d9685)

The Thyroid Gland and Your Weight

4 ‘Why do I feel so Depressed?’ (#u12c0aea0-f26d-56e0-b207-8b360f51acc9)

The Thyroid Gland and Your Emotions

5 ‘Why do I Never Feel Like Sex Anymore?’ (#u390c1f10-543f-562c-ab8f-e78c73295f9e)

The Thyroid Gland and Your Sex Drive

The Thyroid Gland, Menstrual Patterns and PMS (#ulink_7add2a79-14a8-5adc-9277-f762471afcce)

6 ‘Why do I Ache?’ (#u5a74d184-7b1e-5fc3-a79d-897c21302344)

The Thyroid Gland and Your Joints and Muscles

7 ‘Can my Fatigue Affect my Heart?’ (#u0710505c-6017-5839-90e7-b815224f0ba5)

The Thyroid Gland and Your Heart

8 ‘Why Won’t my Skin Clear up?’ (#ubc8952ae-6660-51eb-9609-d757f4f791ee)

The Thyroid Gland and Your Skin

Diabetes and Hypothyroidism (#ulink_8cf0c26f-d8eb-5ca2-a653-a6f35dc667e1)

Infections and Hypothyroidism (#ulink_acfda632-588f-5e86-9544-1ce52f83d0ac)

PART TWO: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT (#u6be0f69b-c120-55ca-ab77-782794f4b370)

9 Diagnosing Your Mild Hypothyroidism (#u1dad0bd0-6e4e-5ca2-9de6-57d5f49857a1)

10 Treating Your Mild Hypothroidism (#u6465c832-2e9c-50a0-b391-301325ca99d9)

11 Diagnosing the Causes of Fatigue (#u3e4acf3b-a80c-5570-9580-20177237c98e)

Appendix: The Causes of Mild Hypothyroidism (#ucb0dcb53-8f72-5e75-8768-ad46f549d2a2)

Glossary (#u77fcc7d5-e2e5-5350-b67b-068176f09f2c)

Resources (#ua1a972f6-5431-51d7-8a1d-60247a33b3da)

References (#u595e4654-d7e7-5aed-9a2d-a138fdd30e1c)

Index (#uf06a96ea-e9aa-531f-80df-65b5cdc2020f)

Copyright (#u9b928237-585a-584b-858a-735d69b8f524)

About the Publisher (#uf886c297-f21c-53db-b178-22da000355a2)

Acknowledgement (#ulink_e5e307f6-b3dd-5479-8be6-99acf06e7514)

This book could not have been written without the enthusiastic support of my wife, Maggie.

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