Dr. Westin Childs Podcast: Thyroid | Weight Loss | Hormones

Are you having difficulty losing weight? This case study walk through shows you an example of a hypothyroid patient who was found to have multiple hormone imbalances that were leading to weight loss resistance. After treating her multiple hormone imbalances like thyroid resistance, insulin resistance and low testosterone she was finally able to lose almost 40 pounds over 3 months. This is her story: By the time she came to see me she was already on natural desiccated thyroid but still having symptoms. Despite that her TSH was still elevated. She was unable to lose weight, she had lots of fatigue and she was dealing with insomnia. She had tried everything to lose weight including a lap band surgery and was able to lose some weight initially but gained it all back over time. After evaluating her lab work she was found to have: 1. Hypothyroidism with hashimoto's 2. Insulin resistance 3. Active inflammation with a component of autoimmunity 4. Low testosterone After undergoing treatment with Victoza,