My TSH is normal. Why do I still feel hypothyroid?

A normal TSH is a starting clue, not the whole investigation. We read the full panel, including Free T3, Free T4, and antibodies, in the context of your symptoms, because how you feel matters alongside what a single number says.

What does a comprehensive thyroid panel include?

Beyond TSH, we look at Free T4, Free T3, thyroid antibodies, and related metabolic and nutrient markers, read together rather than against one cutoff.

Will you just tell me to lose weight or that it is stress?

No. Unexplained weight changes, fatigue, and feeling off are worth investigating, not dismissing. We look at the whole picture and explain what we find.

Can you tell if I have Hashimoto's or an autoimmune thyroid issue?

Thyroid antibody testing is part of a comprehensive panel and helps show whether an autoimmune process is involved. Your consultation and labs guide what comes next.

What thyroid medication options are there?

Depending on your panel and how you feel, options may include T4 therapy, or T4 combined with T3. We match the approach to you and monitor over time rather than apply one default.

How long until I notice changes?

It varies from person to person, and we set honest expectations up front. Rather than promise a timeline, we monitor your labs and how you feel and adjust as your body responds.

Do you serve patients in my state?

Rez provides telehealth care to patients in Indiana.

Thyroid

Thyroid Optimization

You are exhausted, gaining weight you cannot explain, cold when no one else is, losing hair, foggy, and you may have been told a single normal TSH means your thyroid is fine. A normal TSH is not a thyroid investigation. Your symptoms are real data, and they deserve a full picture, not one number and a shrug. We read the complete thyroid panel toward optimal function, look for the patterns that get missed, and build a monitored plan around how you actually feel. Educational information, not a diagnosis or a promise.

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Who this is for

Is this right for you?

An honest look at who this fits, and who it does not.

You may be a candidate if…

You have symptoms that line up with an underactive thyroid: fatigue, stubborn weight gain, cold intolerance, hair thinning, dry skin, constipation, or brain fog.
You have a normal TSH but you do not feel right, and no one has read the rest of your thyroid panel.
You have been told it is just stress, anxiety, aging, or that you should simply lose weight, and it never added up to you.
You want a clinician who will run a full panel, including Free T3, Free T4, and antibodies, and connect the dots rather than check one box.

This may not be right if…

You want a one-visit prescription with no labs and no follow-up.
A symptom has a clear non-thyroid cause that should be addressed first; we will tell you if we see that.
You want guaranteed results or a fixed timeline; thyroid care is individual and monitored, not a promise.

Our methodology

School of thought

Optimal, not normal. Your bloodwork substantiates how you feel.

A normal TSH is not a thyroid investigation. TSH is a signal from the brain, not a direct measure of the thyroid hormone reaching your cells, and its normal range is built on population averages rather than on how a person is meant to function. When TSH sits inside the range while you still feel hypothyroid, that is the start of the question, not the end of it.

We read the whole panel. Free T3 and Free T4 show the active hormone available to your body, and thyroid antibodies show whether your immune system is part of the story. Reading these together, in the context of your symptoms and history, is how we connect the dots that a lone TSH misses. We treat YOU, not the number: optimal, not normal.

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Test, don't guess

What bloodwork we run

What we measure, and why each marker matters.

TSH: The brain's signal to the thyroid. A useful starting clue, but only one piece, and never the whole investigation.
Free T4: The main hormone the thyroid releases, measured as the free, available form rather than what is bound up.
Free T3: The active hormone your cells actually use; often the missing piece when TSH looks normal but you feel unwell.
Thyroid antibodies (TPO and thyroglobulin): Show whether an autoimmune process, such as Hashimoto's, is part of the picture.
Reverse T3: Helps explain how your body is handling thyroid hormone under stress or illness.
Metabolic and nutrient markers: Iron, B12, vitamin D, and metabolic context that influence how the thyroid functions and how you feel.

Example strategies

What care may involve

Examples a provider may consider, never a promise, protocol, or dose.

Medical

Where labs and symptoms support it, thyroid hormone therapy in a format matched to you. Depending on the picture, this may mean T4, or T4 together with T3. Always individualized and monitored, never a default script.

Lifestyle

Sleep, nutrition, movement, and stress all influence thyroid function and how symptoms feel, so we build them into the plan rather than treat them as an afterthought.

Supplementation

Targeted, evidence-informed support where a real nutrient gap exists, such as the building blocks thyroid function depends on, never a long upsell cart.

What to expect

How care works

Consult, labs, plan, follow-up, monitored over time.

Step 1

Consult

A real conversation about your symptoms, history, and goals, then an order for a comprehensive thyroid panel.

Step 2

Labs

We review your full results together and explain what they mean in plain language, including the markers a single TSH leaves out.

Step 3

Plan

We design a plan around your situation, and start therapy only when the picture supports it.

Step 4

Follow-up

We re-check your labs and how you feel, and adjust until things are dialed in. Thyroid care is iterative by design.

FAQs

Common questions

Straight answers to the questions we hear most.

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