My Thyriod Story | carefreehappiness

When I started this journey I was super sick and did not even know it. I was blessed to have 5 healthy children in 6 years. If you would have asked me I would have said I was a super healthy person. I loved real foods like fruits and veggies and I was always in my garden, going hiking or bike riding and just being outdoors with my family. But little did I know that the weird digestive issues I was randomly having was causing all kinds of problems in my body.

My Thyroid Story

September 2016

I took this picture the day I started my journey to health. I was on 60mg Armor Thyroid and still feeling terrible. I have horrible acne, dark circles under my eyes and I was loosing hair. I have no make up on which I relied on heavily to look "ok".(go easy on me I was a very sick person)

June 2018

I took this picture after drastically changing my diet, my lifestyle, and spiritual life for over a year and a half now. I have very little acne, no more dark circles and I am no longer loosing my hair. I have tons of energy and drink no caffeine like I used to. Again I took the photo without make up on so you could see the difference.

June 2023

This picture was taken to show how after continuing the healthy life style I started out years ago it is still working amazingly. I am now in my 40s and feel healthier than I ever did in my 20s.

I had struggled with not feeling well for years. But after having our 5th child in 2015 I was feeling super tired alot and my Thyroid doctor upped my Armor Thyroid medication to 60mg. I felt like I was too young , I was 32 at the time, to be taking so much medication and for life. I still did not feel well after the medication change. I felt spacey, struggled with depression sometimes and would have random stomach issues. I would snap at my family when I used to be very patient and felt like I had a short fuse and never had that before. I would get dizzy sometimes but just figured I was doing too much. I was loosing my hair and had crazy horrible acne. One minute I would have chills and then the other hot flashes. I could not sleep at night even though I felt like I was exhausted all the time. My hands and feet would turn purple all winter and hurt sooooo badly. I then found out I had Raynaud disease, which is autoimmune. I felt like I was on a roller coaster and I had no idea when it would go up or down, and it was SUPER frustrating. When I would talk to ANY traditional doctors about these symptoms they would jokingly say " you have a lot of kids no wonder you are feeling ______". That has to be the most frustrating part of having health issues, not being listened to and dismissed. So for a little while I just assumed this was going to be my life , feeling horrible most of the time. I got through each day with LOTS of sugar, coffee, and apologizes. But that's not me, I am a researcher. I don't just settle for horrible because someone or lots of someones with degrees say I am going to. In fact when I told my thyroid doctor what I was planning, that I was going to get off my thyroid meds with diet, life style changes and good vitamins they laughed and said "it will never work".

Well, I am here to say, it worked. My body healed itself using the information I gathered and have in this website. I am now off all thyroid medication since 2016 and feel amazing!! I made this website to help anyone who can relate to anything I am saying. I made this website to try to help anyone who wants to know how to get healthy without man made pills just as I did.

*I am not medical doctor I am only sharing my personal experiences. Please do your own research as YOU are responsible for your health choices just like I was.