In 2010, the VA finally adjusted its compensation policy for combat veterans suffering from PTSD, but denied justice to tens of thousands of MST survivors by not doing the same for them, said SWAN Executive Director Anu Bhagwati, a former Marine Corps captain and MST survivor.
At normal levels, estrogen actually helps keep you lean by goosing the production of insulin, a hormone that manages blood sugar. When estrogen gets thrown off, though, it turns you into a weight-gain machine. Here's how: When you eat, your blood sugar rises. Like a bodyguard, insulin lowers it by escorting glucose into three different places in your body.
With low thyroid most people will experience energy loss, weight gain, hair loss, dry skin, elevated cholesterol, constipation. These are all common symptoms of low levels of T3 or low levels of thyroid hormone overall. Now I hope you have a general understanding of the way these hormones work.