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.
The symptoms for low thyroid function (hypothyroidism) are varied and mostly mimic symptoms of perimenopause. Common symptoms of hypothyroidism are weight gain, low basal body temperature, brittle fingernails, cold sensitivity and cold hands and/or feet.erimenopause symptoms versus hypothyroidism symptoms. Hypothyroidism, perimenopause / menopause and weight gain-both hypothyroidism and perimenopause / menopause are associated with weight gain. Too little thyroid will slow down the metabolism, and in many cases, lead to unintended weight gain.