I Reversed My Hashimoto’s — Here’s What I Did
What is Hashimoto’s?
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune condition where the immune system attacks the thyroid gland. Over time, this can affect thyroid function and contribute to symptoms such as tiredness, brain fog, feeling cold, weight changes, constipation, hair loss, low mood and muscle or joint pain.
When my thyroid antibodies were first found to be raised in 2018, I had no idea anything was wrong. They were picked up on routine blood work.
Looking back now, there were clues. I just wasn’t really listening to them.
Over the past four years, I’ve seen my TPO and thyroglobulin (Tg) antibodies fall consistently. On my most recent blood work, both were below the laboratory reference range.
For me, that has been a very significant marker of how much the autoimmune activity has shifted.
It wasn’t one supplement or one intervention. It was a slow, steady process of improving several different areas of my health in the right order.
Why didn’t I simply watch and wait?
The conventional approach with Hashimoto’s is often to monitor thyroid function and wait until hormone production drops enough to require treatment.
I wanted to understand what was happening before things reached that point.
I started looking more closely at thyroid function itself and at the wider factors that could be putting pressure on my immune system.
The important part for me was sequence. I didn’t try to tackle everything at once.
Why free T4 and free T3 mattered
One thing I think is often missed is that free T4 and free T3 can technically sit inside the laboratory reference range while still being low within that range.
If that happens alongside symptoms and the wider blood-work picture, I would still pay attention to thyroid function rather than assuming everything is fine simply because the results have not fallen outside the range.
That became particularly important before I started working more proactively on mould.
I didn’t want to push harder on detoxification while my thyroid function and overall resilience were still under-supported, so I spent time first improving nutrition, digestion, stress resilience and elimination.
Only then did I gradually increase the mould work.
What did gut health have to do with my Hashimoto’s?
Gut health became one of the biggest pieces for me.
I had been diagnosed with coeliac disease as a baby and had experienced digestive problems, allergies and skin issues over many years.
The gut plays an important role in immune regulation and in absorbing many of the nutrients needed for thyroid function, energy production and immune balance.
So I worked on improving digestion, microbial balance, nutrient absorption and the integrity of the intestinal barrier.
I also paid attention to biofilms, the protective layers that groups of microorganisms can create. These can make microbial imbalance harder to shift, which is one reason gut work sometimes needs a more layered approach.
For me, improving the gut environment was an important part of reducing the wider immune load.
Was mould part of my Hashimoto’s picture?
For me, mould exposure became another important area, but I approached it slowly and steadily.
First, I reduced exposure in my environment as much as possible. There was little point supporting clearance while continuing to be exposed to the same problem.
Then I worked more proactively on removal using binders alongside gut, liver and bowel support, building this up gradually rather than doing everything at once. I think the order mattered.
What role did stress and the nervous system play?
This became increasingly important too.
If the nervous system is constantly activated, that can affect sleep, digestion, recovery and how resilient the body feels overall.
For me, nervous-system support meant paying more attention to sleep, recovery, exercise load, breathing, time outside and how much pressure I was continually putting on myself.
The goal wasn’t to remove stress. It was to become better at moving out of that high-alert state.
Did nutrition matter?
Absolutely, but I didn’t approach nutrition as an endless list of foods to remove.
I did make one very clear exception: gluten. Because of my coeliac history, removing it fully felt like an important part of reducing an immune trigger that I already knew my body reacted to.
Beyond that, I focused much more on what my body needed enough of: protein, vegetables, fibre, healthy fats and key nutrients involved in thyroid and immune function.
Iron, selenium, zinc, vitamin D, B12 and folate are all nutrients I pay close attention to when looking at thyroid health.
And, again, absorption matters. You can eat a very good diet, but if digestion is poor, you may still struggle to get enough from that food.
What actually made the difference?
I don’t think there was one thing.
For me, the main areas were:
supporting thyroid function
improving gut health and digestion
improving nutrient status
reducing mould exposure and supporting clearance gradually
calming my nervous system and improving recovery
using blood work repeatedly to see what was changing
The measurable shift happened over about four years, with both TPO and Tg antibodies falling consistently rather than simply fluctuating.
This year, both finally came in below the laboratory reference range.
Which blood tests are useful for Hashimoto’s?
If you are only being tested for TSH, you are seeing a very small part of the picture.
For someone with Hashimoto’s or suspected thyroid imbalance, I would usually want to look at:
TSH
Free T4
Free T3
TPO antibodies
Tg antibodies
I would also want to understand some of the wider factors that can influence thyroid function. Depending on the individual, that may include iron and ferritin, B12, folate, vitamin D, blood sugar and insulin, liver markers and inflammatory markers.
The value comes from seeing how those results relate to one another, your history, your symptoms and how you actually feel.
Where should you start if you have Hashimoto’s?
If you already have recent blood work and want to understand what it is showing you, a Functional Insight session can be a useful starting point.
We can go through the results together, look at the thyroid markers in context and identify any obvious patterns or areas that deserve more attention.
For people with a longer or more complex history, I also offer a Functional Roadmap.
This is the deeper option and makes more sense when there are several pieces to understand, perhaps Hashimoto’s alongside gut symptoms, hormone changes, longstanding fatigue, immune issues or previous functional testing.
And if blood testing is something you have been putting off because you are worried about the cost, please get in touch.
I have partnered with i-Screen and curated comprehensive blood panels that are far more reasonably priced than many private clinic options. They are available in Singapore, the UK, Australia and New Zealand and include thyroid antibodies alongside many of the wider markers I regularly look at when assessing thyroid imbalance.
If you are unsure what would be useful to test, you are very welcome to reach out.
Hashimoto’s completely changed the way I thought about my own body. Seeing both antibody levels now below the reference range feels like a very satisfying marker of how far that slow and steady work has come.
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