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Podcast: Thyroid Mystery Solved: Hashimoto's and Hypothyroidism Revealed
Episode: 107 Demystifying Prolonged Use of Birth Control Pills + Thyroid Connection with Emily Sadri
Description: The Case: Jenny went on the pill as a teenager to regulate her irregular and heavy periods.After 20 years on the pill, she decided to start a family.Going off the pill led to fatigue, insomnia, hair loss, acne, and when her periods returned after 3 months, they were painful, heavy and irregular.Her symptoms led her to suspect hypothyroidism but her levels came back normal. The InvestigationThe first thing I did when I started working with Jenny was to run a full thyroid panel. While her TSH was normal, as her doctor ha...