The Role of Thyroid Hormones and Thyroid Autoimmunity in Mental Health

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Izabella Wentz, PharmD Related seminars and products

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Izabella Wentz, PharmD, is a compassionate, innovative, solution-focused integrative pharmacist dedicated to finding the root causes of chronic health conditions. Her passion stems from her own diagnosis with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in 2009, following a decade of debilitating symptoms. As an accomplished author, Dr. Wentz has written several best-selling books, including the New York Times best-seller Hashimoto’s Protocol: a 90-Day Plan for Reversing Thyroid Symptoms and Getting Your Life Back, and the Wall Street Journal bestseller Hashimoto’s Food Pharmacology: Nutrition Protocols and Healing Recipes to Take Charge of Your Thyroid Health. Her latest book, The Adrenal Transformation Protocol, focuses on resetting the body’s stress response through targeted safety signals and features a 4-week program that has already helped over 3,500 individuals. The program has an impressive success rate, with over 80% of participants improving their brain fog, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, sleep issues and libido.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Izabella Wentz is the founder of Rootcology and Thyroid Pharmacist and receives a consulting fee from Nestle/Pure Encapsulations. She receives royalties as a published author. Izabella Wentz receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Izabella Wentz is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, and the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists.

 

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Objectives

1. Assess autoimmune thyroid disease. 
2. Assess the relationship between thyroid hormone status and thyroid autoimmunity on mood disorders, anxiety, and mental health. 
3. Construct a list of the components of a full thyroid panel to hand to a patient. 
4. Evaluate suboptimal thyroid treatment as a potential cause for residual mental health symptoms. 
5. Analyzing the consequences and triggers of AITD. 
6. Identify thyroid hormone, thyroid autoimmunity and thyroid trigger directed protocols that may help mental health symptoms. 

Outline

What’s going on in autoimmune thyroid disease?  

• Thyroid hormone status 
• Autoimmunity 
• Consequences of dysthyroidism/triggers/exacerbating factors of AITD 
• Symptom Overlap 
• What is a “full thyroid panel”? 

Role of thyroid hormone status (hypothyroidism/hyperthyroidism) in mood disorders and anxiety  

• Subtreatment as cause for residual symptoms 
• How to optimize thyroid hormones 
  • TSH  
  • T4 to T3 conversion...pharmaceutical options, co-factors 

Clinical relevance of thyroid autoimmunity in mental health disorders 

• Discussion of pertinent research and proposed mechanisms 
• Strategies for balancing autoimmune response...myo-inositol, selenium, LLLT, NAC 

Consequences of dysthyroidism/autoimmune triggers in relation to mental health 

• Stress response 
  • Blood sugar  
  • Trauma 
• Nutrient deficiencies 
  • Low ferritin 
  • Low Vitamin D 
  • Methylation 
  • B12 
• Infections, gut health and toxins 

Potential protocols to support thyroid and mental health symptoms 

Target Audience

• Chiropractors
• Exercise Physiologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Personal Trainers
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants 
• Strength and Conditioning Coaches