Fatigue & exhaustion
You’re exhausted, and nobody can tell you why.
Read more →Thyroid
The number is in range. You still don’t feel right.
Thyroid symptoms bring a particular frustration with them: a set of complaints that fit a recognisable picture, and a result that has been reported as normal.
I’m not here to tell you the test is wrong. I’m here to look at what your existing results do and don’t account for, in the context of everything else in your history.
Recognise any of this?
You may be experiencing…
- Fatigue that hasn’t shifted
- Feeling cold when others don’t
- Weight changes without a change in habits
- Dry skin, or hair thinning and shedding
- Brain fog and slowed thinking
- Constipation
- Low mood or flattened motivation
- Puffiness, particularly around the face
You don’t need to fit neatly into a diagnostic box to deserve a proper investigation.
Where we start
What I investigate.
- Every thyroid result you have, with dates, so the trend is visible rather than a single point
- Which markers were actually tested, and which weren’t
- Family history of thyroid and autoimmune conditions
- Iron, B12 and vitamin D results you already have
- The timeline — when symptoms began relative to any result
- Pregnancy, postpartum periods and significant illness
- Medication, including thyroid medication, dose history and timing
- Nutrition, particularly intake that bears on thyroid function
The crucial part
Why this often gets missed.
A single in-range result is a snapshot. Several results over several years are a direction of travel, and people rarely have them all in one place — they sit across different clinics, different labs and different years. Putting them on one timeline is often the first genuinely new thing that happens.
I investigate the whole picture, not just the loudest symptom.
What happens next
A 45-minute consultation, one to one.
Online from anywhere in Australia, or in clinic at Willow & Saige in Warrnambool. The fee is $135, the same either way. There’s nothing to prepare beyond bringing your history, any previous results you have, and your questions.
Where something in your history warrants medical investigation, I’ll tell you and refer you back to your GP. This works alongside your existing care, not instead of it.
Often connected
These rarely turn up alone.
Hormonal health
The symptoms are connected. Nobody has connected them.
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This is more than a list of symptoms to get through.
Read more →Frequently asked
Common questions.
Can a naturopath help with thyroid problems?
I can review your existing results alongside a full history and look at what they explain. I can’t diagnose a thyroid condition and I won’t claim to. Thyroid disease is medically managed, and where your picture warrants medical assessment I’ll refer you back to your GP.
My TSH is normal but I have every symptom.
That’s a common reason people come to see me. The useful step is usually to look at all your results across time and alongside everything else, rather than to relitigate one number.
Should I ask my GP for more thyroid tests?
Possibly, and I’ll tell you which ones would actually add something and why, so you can have that conversation with evidence rather than a printout from the internet.
I’m already on thyroid medication.
Plenty of people I see are. I don’t adjust prescribed medication — that’s your doctor’s decision — but the rest of the picture is still worth investigating.
What should I bring?
Every thyroid result you can get hold of, with dates, plus any other recent pathology. The more history, the better the timeline.
Ready to find out what’s really going on?
You don’t need to have all the answers before you book. That’s what the first consultation is for.