Your Period Is Trying to Tell You Something

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(Especially If You’re Hypothyroid)
By A.L. Childers


If your period has changed, worsened, become painful, irregular, heavy, or unpredictable, your thyroid may be sending you warnings. Learn the signs, root causes, and how to restore hormonal balance naturally.


Your period is not just a period.

It’s a report card from your body.

Women are raised to believe their period is just an inconvenience.
Something to hide.
Something to push through.
Something to medicate, silence, or shame.

But your menstrual cycle is your fifth vital sign.
Just as important as pulse, temperature, or blood pressure.

And when your thyroid is struggling?
Your period is the first thing to warn you.

Your period is trying to tell you something.

🔥 What Your Period Says About Your Thyroid

Most women don’t realize this, but your thyroid controls:

  • ovulation
  • progesterone production
  • estrogen clearance
  • PMS intensity
  • clotting
  • cramping
  • cycle length
  • breast tenderness
  • mood swings

So when your thyroid slows down… so does EVERYTHING.

Here’s what your period might be saying:

🔥 1. “Your thyroid is low.” — Heavy or Clotty Periods

If your period feels like:

  • flooding
  • clotting
  • changing pads hourly
  • losing large amounts of blood

That’s a classic sign of:
low thyroid + low progesterone + high estrogen.

Your body is not supposed to bleed like that.

🔥 2. “Your ovulation is off.” — Long Cycles (35–60 days)

Hypothyroidism can delay ovulation.
Delayed ovulation = delayed period.

It’s not irregular.
It’s slow.

Just like everything else in hypothyroidism.

🔥 3. “Your stress hormones are too high.” — Short Cycles (21–25 days)

This is adrenal burnout mixed with thyroid dysfunction.

Your body is saying:
“I don’t feel safe to carry a pregnancy, so I’m cycling faster.”

Women with thyroid issues see this constantly.

🔥 4. “Your hormones are imbalanced.” — Missing Periods

Amenorrhea is not just:

  • stress
  • age
  • randomness

It’s often:

  • low thyroid
  • low progesterone
  • high cortisol
  • nutrient deficiencies
  • long-term inflammation

Your body is conserving energy.

🔥 5. “Your liver is overwhelmed.” — Bad PMS

Your liver clears used hormones.
If it’s slacking?

You will feel EVERYTHING:

  • rage
  • crying spells
  • breast pain
  • water retention
  • bloating
  • insomnia
  • migraines
  • cravings

Sound familiar?

🔥 6. “Your body needs support.” — Extreme Fatigue Before or During Period

Women with thyroid issues crash HARD the week before their cycle.

Your body is doing double work:

  • hormonal shifts
  • low thyroid function

This leaves you tired, foggy, and heavy.

🔥 So How Do You Support Your Period (and Thyroid)?

Here are the 6 proven steps that work FAST:

✨ 1. Eat More REAL Carbs

Your hormones NEED:

  • sweet potatoes
  • berries
  • apples
  • carrots
  • oatmeal
  • lentils

Low-carb diets RUIN women’s hormones.

✨ 2. Fix Your Magnesium Levels

If your period is painful → you’re magnesium deficient.

Try:

  • magnesium glycinate
  • magnesium spray
  • Epsom salt baths

✨ 3. Support Liver Detox

Your liver clears estrogen.

Do this:

  • lemon water
  • fermented foods
  • reduce dairy
  • eat cruciferous veggies (COOKED)
  • drink more water

✨ 4. Increase Progesterone Naturally

Progesterone is the calm, soothing, stabilizing hormone.

Boost it with:

  • vitamin B6
  • zinc
  • healthy fats
  • lowering cortisol
  • eating before caffeine

✨ 5. Reduce Stress (your hormones FEEL everything)

Try:

  • walking after meals
  • grounding
  • deep breathing
  • journaling
  • choosing peace on purpose

✨ 6. Fix Your Thyroid Numbers

Your period won’t regulate until your thyroid does.

Look at:

  • TSH
  • Free T3
  • Free T4
  • Reverse T3
  • TPO antibodies

Your hormone healing starts with thyroid healing.

✨ Want More Women’s Hormone Support?

It’s why I write the books I write — to help women FIX their bodies, not fight them.

Reset Your Thyroid: 21-Day Meal Plan

Hashimoto’s Crock-Pot Recipes

A Women’s Holistic Holy Grail Handbook for Hypothyroidism

Fresh & Fabulous Hypothyroidism Body Balance

Everything I create is for women like you — women who deserve answers.

✨ Disclaimer

This article is for educational purposes only and not medical advice. Always discuss health decisions with your provider.

✨ About the Author — A.L. Childers

A bestselling author, researcher, and women’s health advocate. After years of autoimmune illness, trauma, and misdiagnosis, she healed naturally—and now dedicates her life to helping other women reclaim their health, hormones, and power.

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