On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Betsy Polglase wrote:
> >It seems that a lot of women are diagnosed with hypothyroidism when
> >they reach menopause age, or enter into peri-menopause.
> >Is there a known reason why this would be so?
>
> Don't know, but my Hashimoto's thyroiditis (low thyroid) condition
> manifested itself within months of having both my uterus and ovaries removed
> for medical reasons.
>
I read somewhere that progesterone, which is made mostly in the ovaries,
is needed to stimulate the thyroid. You can try natural progesterone (not
Provera or other progestins, they are bad news) like Progest.