Today we will be discussing brain fog, which is a symptom we see often in our clinic for patients who have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis but also fibromyalgia and mast cell activation disorders. In today’s broadcast we will discuss the most recent research on why autoimmune thyroid patients may have brain fog.
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| 2. | What is brain fog? An evaluation of the symptom in postural tachycardia syndrome. |
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| 3. | Brain “fog,” inflammation and obesity: key aspects of neuropsychiatric disorders improved by luteolin. |
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| 12. | Is thyroid autoimmunity itself associated with psychological well-being in euthyroid Hashimoto’s thyroiditis? |
| Yalcin MM, Altinova AE, Cavnar B, Bolayir B, Akturk M, Arslan E, Ozkan C, Cakir N, Balos Toruner F. | |
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| 13. | A pattern of cerebral perfusion anomalies between major depressive disorder and Hashimoto thyroiditis. |
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