If you’ve only had your TSH measured for your thyroid and everything came back as “normal” that testing is incomplete!There are many more markers we need to look at when testing the thyroid! TSH stands for “thyroid stimulating hormone” and it is made by the brain and tells the thyroid to make more or less thyroid hormones. If only TSH is tested, that’s like watching trailer to a movie and judging the full movie based on only the trailer. TSH is only a small snippet of the thyroid picture. And if

Understanding if you have a high TSH is SO important because it will help you understand how well your thyroid is functioning. TSH is produced by your pituitary gland in your brain and it tells your thyroid gland to produce more hormone. A high TSH is associated with LOW thyroid hormone (which can be confusing but it's because of feedback loops in the brain). The higher your TSH gets the more hypothyroid you will become and the more symptoms you will experience. There is a difference between a N