3 Reasons Why Your Labs are Normal…but You DON’T feel Normal!

You don’t feel good or like yourself, for probably months now, and looking for some answers. It feels like a huge feat that your doctor is actually going to run some labs!

But then you get the call.

“Everything is normal”
“You’re just fine”
“It’s just some stress”

Or worse

“It’s probably because you’re getting older”
“We have a medication that might help”

The labs are never really explained to you (or sometimes you’re not even given a copy) and you feel even MORE lost, discouraged and a little mad too. Why is no one able to help with anything?! 🤨😣

I’ve met so many women who feel frustrated & defeated after visiting their doctor. I’ve been there myself!

➡️ If your “labs are normal” but you DON’T feel normal, it can be from one of these 3 reasons:

Not getting full testing and panels
Using conventional ranges and averages
Not using a comprehensive approach and looking for the ROOT CAUSE

➡️ For example, your doc says “we’ll test your thyroid”. But they only test TSH. However, the thyroid works on a feedback loop, and you need to know levels of T4, T3 and antibodies, to see how your thyroid is actually functioning!

In Functional Medicine we look at creating GREAT levels, not just average. Also if your levels are slightly low or high, we don’t ignore it and say “we’ll wait until it gets worse to do something”. For example, the range for TSH is 0.5 to 4, but in FM it is only to 2.0.

➡️ So, what is a comprehensive approach? Let’s say you have fatigue, PMS, breakouts & gaining weight every year. Instead of just testing thyroid, a functional approach will also look at:

Nutritional deficiencies
Gut health
Sex hormones
Lifestyle: stress levels, mindset, movement, food

What you do on a daily basis matters. Finding the root causes and triggers MATTER.
It’s important to test and look at all the systems of the body that can be contributing to how you feel.
Remember chronic fatigue, high blood pressure, PMS etc…those aren’t diagnoses, but signs of a bigger issue.

A different approach IS out there!
SAVE & SEND to someone that needs this! ✔️

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