Re: Are Thyroid Disorders reversible??

You can have an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid called hashimotos. You can be Iodine deficient and contaminated with halides like fluoride and bromide which take up the Iodine receptors in the body. You can have nodules which can develop into thyroid cancer and develop hypothyroidism because of goiters or neck injuries like whiplash. Adrenal fatigue develops when thyroid disorders go untreated and the adrenals try to pick up the slack left by a poorly functioning thyroid.

For me, I think it is partially inherited.. my mother had reduced thyroid function and therefore it affected mine in utero. She was recently diagnosed hypothyroid with hashimotos within the last year (I'm 48). Then, I've had 3 accidents where I was rear-ended. One where I was slammed into by a drunk driver going 35-40 mph while my care was stopped because of the driver in front of me wanted to turn left. Add to that, halides like fluoride and bromide and I'm hypo. But, for as long as I can remember, I've had problems with cold extremities. In 1994, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia because my TSH was "normal". When the range was lowered in 2003, I was finally diagnosed hypothyroid.

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