https://www.unconventionallyhealthy.life/blog daily 0.75 2024-06-06 https://www.unconventionallyhealthy.life/blog/tbg-and-estrogen monthly 0.5 2024-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f68665a123ba5a13576c45/bc668f18-f0d0-43ac-b9fd-1df6cd478522/Birth+Control+Experiment.jpg Blog Posts - Personal Case Study: Excess Estrogen Raises Thyroid Binding Globulin (TBG) - How Hormonal Birth Control Was Sabbotaging My Thyroid - Make it stand out This chart documents my “Birth Control Experiment.” The red shaded areas represent time in which I was taking a combination birth control pill (Junel 1 mg - 20 mcg), the green shaded areas represent when I was off birth control. The blue bars are snapshots of my TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) through time (y-axis left) and the yellow line corresponds to my Levothyroxine dosage through time (y-axis right). Read below to learn more about my experiment! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f68665a123ba5a13576c45/b6dba60e-45c6-49a3-92d8-b4e124a62d1a/Screenshot+2024-04-07+at+3.27.19+PM.png Blog Posts - Personal Case Study: Excess Estrogen Raises Thyroid Binding Globulin (TBG) - How Hormonal Birth Control Was Sabbotaging My Thyroid - Make it stand out https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2012/021241s017lbl.pdf : Accessed 4/7/2024. Above is a snippet from the Ortho Tri-Cyclen (combination hormonal birth control pill that I was taking at the time) package insert. I was getting medically gaslit before I even knew what it meant. If I had been provided true, informed consent, I would have had this knowledge without having had to experiment on myself. https://www.unconventionallyhealthy.life/blog/personal-case-study-hormonal-birth-control-pills-and-the-thyroid monthly 0.5 2024-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f68665a123ba5a13576c45/d4ce4c96-6194-4ee4-a7b0-5d1cc357e6d1/Thyroid+Model.jpg Blog Posts - Personal Story: How I Was Diagnosed w/ Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis - Make it stand out The endocrinologist explained that my thyroid looked like a piece of cauliflower (left) as compared to what a healthy thyroid looks like (right). I purchased my own plastic thyroid set as I set out to advocate for myself and to teach others how to advocate for themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f68665a123ba5a13576c45/a3124c35-b91b-4963-83b3-79abeede34da/TSH+Cartoon.jpg Blog Posts - Personal Story: How I Was Diagnosed w/ Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis - Make it stand out The pituitary gland sends out TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) when it detects low circulating thyroid hormone in the body. When TSH is high, the pituitary is effectively trying to alert the thyroid to produce more thyroid hormone. Cartoon from verymom.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f68665a123ba5a13576c45/7e128d1a-72ef-4e5a-ba73-f17d0312d735/Buckley+Notes.jpg Blog Posts - Personal Story: How I Was Diagnosed w/ Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis - Make it stand out Above are the notes I received from my endocrinology appointment. 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