Your thyroid can look “normal” on paper and still be driving fatigue, weight changes, constipation, mood shifts, painful periods, and fertility struggles

In this episode of Healthy Buzz, I sit down with Alison Percowycz of Well North Functional Medicine, a board-certified family nurse practitioner and functional medicine provider, to unpack what women are rarely told about thyroid health. Alison shares her path from academic medicine into functional medicine after navigating her own Hashimoto’s diagnosis, postpartum thyroid instability, and a fertility journey that highlighted the gap between normal and optimal care.

In this episode:

• Why “normal” thyroid labs often miss what’s actually driving your symptoms
• The critical difference between TSH and the hormones your body truly uses
• How poor T4 to T3 conversion keeps fatigue, weight gain, and constipation stuck
• The hidden impact of stress, under-fueling, and diet culture on thyroid health
• What thyroid antibodies really mean and why autoimmunity is often overlooked
• Normal vs optimal thyroid labs and symptom patterns
• How stress, under-eating, and gut health affect the thyroid
• Thyroid changes during pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause
• Hashimoto’s, thyroid antibodies, and autoimmune drivers
• Thyroid medication options and individualized care
• What proper follow-up and lab monitoring should look like

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