Thyroid Function & Dysfunction
Uncover the Hidden Root of Fatigue, Weight Gain, and Brain Fog
Your thyroid is a small gland—but it plays a big role in your overall thyroid health every single day. When your thyroid isn’t functioning properly, it can disrupt your energy, mood, metabolism, and hormones. At our clinic, we utilize a functional medicine approach to thyroid treatment, looking deeper than standard labs to uncover the root causes behind your symptoms and restore balance naturally.
🧠 Common Signs of Thyroid Dysfunction
If your thyroid health is underperforming, you may experience symptoms such as:
- Fatigue—even after a full night’s sleep
- Cold intolerance or discomfort in cold temperatures
- Feelings of depression or anxiety
- Forgetfulness or a foggy-headed sensation
- Unexplained weight gain or difficulty in losing weight
- Hair thinning or brittle nails
- Constipation or sluggish digestion
- Irregular menstrual cycles or reduced libido
If these symptoms resonate with you, but your doctor indicates that your labs are "normal," it’s possible you are facing subclinical thyroid dysfunction or an autoimmune thyroid condition like Hashimoto’s. Exploring functional medicine may offer insights into your thyroid treatment options.
🔍 Why Standard Thyroid Tests Often Miss the Problem
Most conventional doctors typically only test TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone), but relying solely on TSH does not provide a complete picture of thyroid health. Dr. Manuel Faria, DC, NMD, DACBN, Dipl.Ac., utilizes a comprehensive thyroid panel in his functional medicine approach to assess: TSH, Free T3, Free T4; Reverse T3 (a crucial marker of thyroid hormone conversion); thyroid antibodies (to identify autoimmune thyroid diseases such as Hashimoto’s or Graves’); and cortisol, estrogen, testosterone, and insulin levels. This thorough evaluation is essential because thyroid treatment is closely linked to hormonal and adrenal balance.
🌿 Functional Medicine for Thyroid Health
With over 40 years of clinical experience, Dr. Faria utilizes a functional medicine approach to create personalized protocols that help your thyroid function optimally—not just 'within range.' His holistic, root-cause strategy for thyroid health may include: Nutritional therapy to support thyroid hormone production and conversion, targeted supplementation (iodine, selenium, zinc, tyrosine, adaptogens, etc.), gut healing protocols (as 70% of your immune system lives in the gut), detoxification support to eliminate environmental toxins affecting thyroid function, acupuncture, and nervous system regulation for stress-related thyroid issues, and autoimmune modulation for Hashimoto’s disease. Each thyroid treatment plan is custom-designed based on your labs, lifestyle, and overall health picture.
🩺 Conditions We Commonly Treat
Dr. Faria utilizes functional medicine to assist patients dealing with various thyroid health issues, including: Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid), Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (autoimmune thyroid disease), subclinical hypothyroidism (normal labs, but ongoing symptoms), thyroid conversion issues (trouble converting T4 to active T3), postpartum thyroiditis, and thyroid dysfunction tied to adrenal fatigue, chronic illness, or toxins. With a focus on comprehensive thyroid treatment, Dr. Faria aims to address the root causes of these conditions.
Your thyroid doesn’t stop working for no reason. At our clinic, we focus on the reasons behind thyroid health issues—because real healing starts with understanding what’s happening beneath the surface.
You don’t have to accept fatigue, weight gain, or brain fog as your “new normal.” With functional medicine, your thyroid can heal—and so can you through effective thyroid treatment.