Anxiety and Thyroid Disease

Anxiety is one of the most common symptoms of autoimmune thyroid disease. If you have struggled with anxiety, you know how awful it is. You can go from a calm, level-headed person to a completely irrational, out of control crazy person. Most people don’t know anxiety symptoms are very common in people with thyroid disorders. Many doctors will prescribe anti-anxiety medications for you but they will have little or no effect on your symptoms because the anxiety is caused by the auto-immune thyroid disease. Here are 5 tips to help ease your anxiety:

http://thyroidpharmacist.com/articles/autoimmune-thyroid-disease-and-anxiety

Since we are trying improve our thyroid function, here are 5 foods that are good for your thyroid. The first one is coconut oil. I love coconut oil, it helps ease my brain fog, I have more energy, and I have lost some weight since I began adding to my diet.

http://www.drscabies.com/blog/5-super-foods-to-say-good-bye-thyroid

Since I am on the subject of coconut oil, you can read some additional benefits of coconut oil here:

http://www.myhealthylifevision.com/see-how-coconut-oil-is-beneficial-for-your-thyroid-health/