241. The Anxiety Chicks’ Update: Taylor Finally Have Answers (and a Lot to Process)

The Anxiety Chicks

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Mental Health, Education, Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this Anxiety Chick’s life update episode , Taylor shares the appointment that changed everything: confirmed Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and rheumatoid arthritis after years of putting off a positive ANA workup. She opens up about confusing symptoms she’d chalked up to anxiety, why finally seeing a great rheumatologist mattered, and what treatment decisions might look like from here. Alison checks in on her own health journey…follow-up imaging, perimenopause shifts, colonoscopy planning and the very real stress of waiting for results. Together, the Chicks talk about advocating for yourself, finding doctors who listen, using your insurance (PPOs!) strategically, and balancing nervous-system care with medical care. What We Cover Taylor’s diagnosis: Hashimoto’s + rheumatoid arthritis—what that means and why it’s a relief and a lot to process Autoimmune 101: ANA, thyroid antibodies (TPO), flares, allostatic load, and why symptoms can mimic anxiety Next steps: Rheumatology vs. endocrinology, why early treatment can prevent progression, and building a plan When anxiety overlaps with illness: differentiating flares from fear, and why self-gaslighting is easy to do Self-advocacy: symptom logging, asking for an expanded thyroid panel, and the reality that a positive ANA can occur in healthy people Finding the right doctor: why crowdsourced local Facebook groups can beat star ratings, and how to use your PPO without referrals Alison’s update: non-invasive imaging follow-up (results pending), perimenopause changes, colonoscopy prep basics, and pacing life when you’re overstimulated Nervous system care: stress, sleep, and small tools that help while you wait for answers (including Alison’s mention of the Restore Patch) Don’t forget to rate and review The Chicks! 🌐 Connect With Us ⁠@theanxietychicks⁠ | ⁠@theanxietyhealer⁠ | ⁠@health_anxiety⁠ ✨ Taylor’s #1 Anxiety Healing Supplement, Free Resources & More: ⁠peakofpanic.com/collections/all⁠ Order The Anxiety Healers Guide Here: https://theanxietyhealer.com/books 🧰 Alison's Free Resources, Coaching & Healing Toolkit: ⁠www.theanxietyhealer.com⁠ 🎥 Watch Full Episodes on YouTube Subscribe for more anxiety healing content, interviews, and behind-the-scenes insight. www.youtube.com/@anxietychicks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up? I'm Delaney Fisher, host of the Self-Helpless podcast where science, spirituality, and sustainability are brunch buddies.
0:06.8	Each week, I explore the cutting edge of personal growth with leading specialists who share paradigm shifting insights.
0:13.2	Come hang out with us. You can subscribe to Self-Hopless wherever you get your podcast.
0:17.6	Hi, I'm Allison. And I'm Taylor.
0:19.9	And we're the host of the Anxity Chicks podcast where we dive deep into the reality of anxiety, nutrition, and mental health.
0:27.1	Listen as we explore all things anxiety, healing while keeping it real, including our own struggles with mental health.
0:33.3	We'll bring our expertise as healing professionals to the conversation while discussing the tools and strategies you need to heal the anxious mind.
0:41.6	Listen to the Anxiety Chicks on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:49.0	Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the Anxiety Chicks podcast. I'm Alison Saffanara. And I'm Taylor. And we are back this week after our Q&A and wanted to say thank you so much for everyone who submitted your questions. We have a monthly Q&A at the beginning of each month. So if you have a question for us, you'd like to answer. Get those questions in
1:12.7	because our next Q&A episode will be in a couple weeks. So DM us, email us at the anxietychicks
1:18.8	at gmail.com with any questions you have. And they were pretty good. But how are you today, Taylor?
1:25.9	I am not wanting to do a podcast today.
1:29.1	Today has been, I'm still like processing everything, but I think everybody who's listened to our podcast knows, like, probably starting in 2021, I got a positive A&A and I did nothing.
1:43.1	Basically, that's an autoimmune, like the first marker they do.
1:47.0	And it came back positive and I just didn't want to go down that rabbit hole. I don't know why. I just
1:51.5	put it off. I was young. I felt like I don't want to open up this door. But like I do, this is going to be a hard podcast because I feel, I feel like I wrote off a lot of my symptoms as anxiety, a lot of things I was feeling.
2:10.2	And there was really something more going on.
2:14.1	And I finally got to the right.
2:15.9	Well, I was supposed to go to a rheumatologist
2:17.9	years ago. They referred me. I just didn't want to open up that door. And I think I was like
2:22.5	avoiding knowing anything because I didn't want to know and I didn't want to deal with it.
2:25.9	And so I finally went and saw a rheumatologist and they ordered this. She was amazing. She's like
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