Thyroid and energy
Thyroid evaluation and treatment in Lafayette, Indiana — past TSH, into the numbers that actually explain the symptoms.
The standard thyroid screen is a single number: TSH. It is a pituitary hormone, not a thyroid hormone, and it is a useful screen. It is not a complete evaluation.
A patient can have a TSH squarely inside the reference range and still have low free T3, elevated reverse T3, or thyroid antibodies indicating Hashimoto's well before the TSH ever moves. That patient is tired, cold, gaining weight and losing hair, and has been told their thyroid is fine.
We run the full panel. It is not exotic and it is not expensive — it is just not routinely ordered.
Dr. Turner has written about each of these — his own pages, restored from the practice's earlier site.
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A patient can have a TSH squarely inside the range and still have a thyroid problem worth treating.
TSH is a pituitary hormone. It is a useful screen and a poor complete picture. Free T3, free T4, reverse T3 and thyroid antibodies are what show low active hormone, poor conversion, or Hashimoto's years before the screen moves.
None of it is exotic or expensive. It is simply not routinely ordered.
The screen — a starting point, not a conclusion.
The actual circulating hormone, and the active form your cells use.
Elevated under stress and illness, and it blocks the active hormone.
TPO and thyroglobulin antibodies identify Hashimoto's years before the TSH shifts.
The raw material and the cofactor. Dr. Turner has written extensively on both.
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How it works
Functional medicine isn't about trading one medication for another. It is a different order of operations. We measure first, then we treat exactly what the measurements show.
We start with a review of your health history. We examine your symptoms, timeline, nutrition, sleep patterns, stress, medications and family history. This detailed review allows our providers to identify underlying patterns of health imbalances that are frequently missed in traditional, rushed medical appointments.
Standard thyroid screening often stops at TSH, and traditional hormone panels rarely look at the whole picture. By evaluating thyroid antibodies, free hormones, nutrient status, and key inflammatory and metabolic markers, we get a complete view of your biology. A treatment plan that is built on real, comprehensive data.
We explain your results, not just file them away. You will walk away knowing exactly what is out of range, what it means for your body, what we are going to do about it, and a timeline for your recovery.
We don't guess—we measure. If your numbers have improved and you feel better, we hold. If your labs remain unchanged, we re-evaluate and adjust. Treating symptoms alone without checking the data is exactly how people end up on therapies they don't need.
If none of that sounds like you, call anyway — we will tell you honestly whether this is the right service.
The office is open Monday to Thursday. Send this and someone will call you back — a sentence about what is going on is enough.
If you have only ever had a TSH, you have not had a thyroid workup.
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