Space Coast Advanced Health - Treating The Root Cause

Thyroid Dysfunction, Adrenal Fatigue and Mood Swings Your thyroid is your body’s engine, and it produces hormones that attach to every cell in your body. It regulates all of your metabolic functions, from heart rate to temperature to metabolism to, you guessed it – your mood.  When your thyroid isn’t producing enough hormones, you become hypothyroid and all of your metabolic processes slow down. The most common form of hypothyroidism is Hashimoto’s, which is an autoimmune condition where your immune system mistakenly attacks your own thyroid, causing it to underproduce its hormones. In fact,  90% of hypothyroidism cases  are caused by autoimmunity. And,  studies  have found that patients with mood disorders are more likely to have the thyroid antibodies associated with Hashimoto’s. Because your thyroid is so vital to your body’s functions, Hashimoto’s can cause a huge range of symptoms, including: Mood swings, irritability, anxiety and depression H...

When the thyroid is overactive, it can disrupt the functions in the body it normally helps. The gland aids cells and tissues responsible for energy, body temperature, and nerve signals to the brain. A thyroid that secretes too many hormones can cause a variety of health problems. An overactive thyroid, or hyperthyroidism, can lead to disorders and illness, including viral infections of the thyroid that inflame the tissue of the gland, which sits at the front of the neck, according to Hormone Health Network. Here are 10 symptoms of a possible overactive thyroid: 1. Irritability and anxiety are feelings that might appear when the thyroid gland is making an excess amount of hormones. This can throw the metabolism out of whack as the cells and tissues receive an overload, which can make a person become hyper. 2. Heart palpitations may be the result of too much thyroid hormone in the body. The body’s system gets flooded with hormones, so the heart could beat hard or quickly, skip a beat ...