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KenDBerryMD - LOW THYROID Symptoms (Common and Uncommon)

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Author: KenDBerryMD
Categories: Health Nutrition
Tags: health, nutrition
Views: 2 · Last viewed: 2026-10-17 00:45 UTC

Short Summary

Main recommendation: Dr. Ken Berry says many people with low thyroid (hypothyroidism) go undiagnosed because doctors recognize only the most common symptoms, so patients should bring a wide list of signs to their doctor and ask for a full thyroid panel rather than relying on a TSH test alone. He argues the condition develops slowly, so people often adapt to the change without noticing it. The video lists common and uncommon symptoms to support that conversation.

Key Points

  • The most commonly recognized symptoms are fatigue, weight gain or inability to lose weight, constipation, feeling cold when others do not, dry skin, muscle weakness, and a goiter (swollen thyroid gland).
  • Many uncommon symptoms are listed, including infertility, breast pain or fibrocystic breast disease, restless legs, tinnitus, blurred vision, eye spasms, sleep apnea, snoring, and changes in sweating.
  • Other less obvious associations include poor memory, trouble concentrating, hoarseness, menstrual changes, neuropathy, hair loss, slow pulse, edema, carpal tunnel symptoms, joint and muscle pain, low libido, and poor appetite.
  • Physical signs mentioned include facial or eyelid swelling, losing the outer part of the eyebrow, and an enlarged tongue.
  • Some lab and cardiac findings may point to low thyroid, such as elevated C-reactive protein, low blood sodium, elevated triglycerides or LDL, anemia, protein in the urine, EKG changes, and pericardial effusion.
  • Dr. Berry says checking only TSH, or TSH plus free T4, is inadequate and misses many people.

Details Worth Noting

  • Concrete instructions: Make a written list of any symptoms from the video that you have noticed, especially ones that developed gradually over months or years. Take that list to your doctor and ask for a full thyroid panel, not only a TSH test or a TSH with free T4. Dr. Berry suggests sharing the video with people who have several of these symptoms so they can raise the question with their own doctors. The video does not specify which tests make up the full panel; Dr. Berry says he will cover that in a later video.
  • Because many symptoms overlap with other conditions, the speaker notes that any of them could have other causes; the video frames low thyroid as a possible cause to investigate.
  • Symptom changes that are rapid, such as hearing loss that worsens quickly, are highlighted as more concerning than gradual age-related change.
  • The video presents these as symptoms to discuss with a doctor, not as a diagnostic checklist.

Bottom Line

Low thyroid often goes unnoticed because its symptoms develop slowly and are spread across many body systems, so a broader symptom review and a more complete thyroid test than TSH alone are worth raising with a doctor.