Adrenal Fatigue, Stress Burnout and Thyroid
Natural Solutions for Lasting Energy and Balance
Achieve optimal health
Are you struggling with chronic fatigue, unexplained weight changes, anxiety, or mood swings?
These symptoms might be signs of underlying thyroid and adrenal issues. At Wellness Vision, we use a Functional Medicine approach to assess and address your concerns, helping you achieve optimal health and vitality. Our fast-paced lifestyles, nutrient-depleted diets, and exposure to environmental toxins have led to a significant rise in thyroid and adrenal disorders. At Wellness Vision, we understand that achieving optimal health requires addressing these complex systems comprehensively.
The Adrenal-Thyroid Connection
Your adrenal glands and thyroid are deeply interconnected, both playing crucial roles in regulating your energy levels and stress response. The adrenal glands help manage stress and maintain energy, while the thyroid regulates metabolism and overall vitality. When one is out of balance, the other often follows, leading to symptoms like anxiety, depression, and chronic fatigue.
Standard adrenal tests typically focus on a single cortisol reading, which might not reflect the true picture of your adrenal health. We offer a thorough assessment of your cortisol levels throughout the day, along with evaluations of nutrient status, infections, and hormonal imbalances. This approach helps us understand the full scope of your adrenal function and its impact on your thyroid health.
Common symptoms of adrenal and thyroid imbalances include:
- Chronic fatigue
- Weight gain or loss
- Hormonal imbalances
- Infertility
- Anxiety and depression
- Mood swings
- Digestive issues
- Hair and skin problems
- Heart palpitations
- Headaches
Managing Thyroid Autoimmunity
Autoimmune thyroid conditions, such as Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Graves’ Disease, involve a complex interplay between your immune system and hormone regulation. Hashimoto’s leads to hypothyroidism, while Graves’ causes hyperthyroidism. When the autoimmune processes start however, Hashimoto’s may result in symptoms of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism – due to the action of the immune system against the thyroid tissues. Eventually if the driver of the immune imbalance cannot be address, hypothyroidism will result.
Achieving Optimal Thyroid and Adrenal Health through Functional Medicine
How we can help
Comprehensive & Functional Assessment
General Pathology: Often TSH and perhaps a single cortisol test has been performed, however there is a lot of deeper information can be gained from routine bloods. We can assess your past results (if you have any – as sometimes clues have been missed) and request general pathology tests that can help gain further information if required and if they haven’t been assessed. Please note – we can order general pathology tests but are not eligible for these under Medicare.
Advanced Thyroid Testing: Beyond TSH, we evaluate Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, and thyroid antibodies to get a complete picture of your thyroid health.
Advanced Adrenal Testing: We can assess DHEAS, 24-hour cortisol, 24-hour cortisone, melatonin and your cortisol awakening response (CAR).
Deeper Nutrient Analysis: We can assess your levels of essential nutrients like iodine, selenium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin D and zinc, which are critical for thyroid function.
Toxin Exposure Considerations: Your thyroid is very sensitive to environmental chemicals and radiation, so it is important to consider past and current exposure and discuss testing if this is relevant.
Biochemical, Immune, Metabolic, Hormonal, Toxin, Genetic or Gut Microbiome Testing: If needed, we can suggest tests to identify imbalances in hormones, nutrients, food sensitivities or gut bacteria that could be contributing to your symptoms. We do not test for the sake of testing, as this testing can be expensive, however we can access these tests if needed.
Personal Wellness Treatment Plans
Based on our thorough assessment, we design a wellness plan specifically for you. Your wellness plan with include personal nutritional advice, lifestyle adjustments, stress management techniques, sleep optimisation suggestions, along with herbal medicine and targeted supplementation to help your thyroid and/or adrenal glands regain balance.
By understanding your body better through Functional Medicine, you can help you to rekindle your energy, restore hormonal balance, and start a journey toward an inspired life.
