hypothyroidism....

eye have been hypothyroid for more than twenty years now....

contrary to popular opinion....  eye do not believe the whole autoimmunity arguement....  eye do not believe....  that the body attacks itself....  on accident....  eye think that the body has good reason to attack itself....  eye believe that my thyroid has a bacterial infection....  a bacteria that cannot be seen.... a bacteria that cannot be identified....  a bacteria that has made its way inside of the cells of the thyroid....  and the immune system cannot get into the cells to kill it....  so....  it is killing the cells....  apoptosis....  in order to kill the bacteria....  and the reason....  the good reason for this....  is in order to protect the surrounding cells....  to kill the bacteria....  before it gets into surrounding cells....  before it spreads like wildfire to the other cells....  that is MY theory....

recently....  eye have taken some steps to help improve my thyroid.... 

the first step....  is to address all of the bacteria and yeast and mold and parasites that are in my body....  eye am taking many supplements to kill these bacteria....  eye KNOW that eye have helicobactor pylori and klebsiella pneumoniae and others....  you can see how eye am addressing the bacteria and yeast and mold and parasites....  in the bacteria section of this book....

the second step....  is to address nutrient displacement....  the iodine that we consume....  is primarily used by the thyroid....  the thyroid needs iodine....  to make thyroid hormones....  and....  it is believed that two chemicals....  if in large concentration in the body.... will displace iodine....  these two chemicals are fluoride and chlorine....  both....  have been added to our public water supply....  so....  we get a lot of these two chemicals....  constantly....  and....  over time....  eye believe that fluoride and chlorine diplace iodine....  plugging up the iodine receptors in the thyroid....  making it so that the thyroid cannot make as much thyroid hormone when it needs to....  in order to address this....  eye bought a water filter for my drinking water....  to remove both chlorine and flouride....  and....  eye bought a filter for my shower....  unfortunately....  the shower filter only filters chlorine....  eye also stopped using toothpaste with flouride....

the third step....  eye am addressing possible nutrient deficiencies....  eye took a test several months ago....  this test....  unfortunately....  does not measure fluoride or chlorine levels in the body....  and it does not measure iodine levels either....  however....  it does measure selenium levels....  and mine were low....  and the thyroid needs selenium to function properly....  so....  this could be another reason that my thyroid is not functioning optimally....  eye have started taking a thyroid supplement daily....  which contains selenium....  eye am also taking iodine....  because eye do not use table salt with added iodine....

eye am having some success with healing my thyroid....  eye have been able to reduce my levothyroxine prescription....  from....  one hundred and fifty micrograms....  to....  one hundred and twenty five microgams....  eye am going to continue measuring my tsh levels every three months....  to see if eye can continue to drop my levothyroxine levels....

eye am also going to start testing my basal temperature....  my body temperature before eye get out of bed in the morning....  they say it should be around ninety seven point eight....  and....  if it is lower....  your thyroid is underperforming....  because your thyroid regulates your body temperature....

my latest discovery....  ashwagandha may help increase the levels of thyroid hormones in the body....  it may improve thyroid function....  eye am going to take ashwagandha to reduce my cortisol levels....  bonus....  if it improves my underactive thyroid....