Hi Kora, 
As I said in my email, I'm a bit overwhelmed trying to de-code this. I do believe it is Brain Stem but please correct me if I am wrong. The case is as follows:
My daughter in law had a fainting incident 2 weeks ago (right before I arrived to Alaska to help with the baby). She is almost 5 months postpartum. Because of the fainting incident, her doctor did a blood test and gave her the diagnosis of hypothyroidism. After the diagnosis she did feel more of the "symptoms" but thinks that was mental. She has had symptoms in the past which started in 2013. It definitely feels like the digestive side and she is right-handed. The emotion attached to this diagnosis is shame. (Her father has been diagnosed with Hashimoto's) Things were bad her sophomore year of college. She had her birth control implant removed so a sudden hormone change. Her diet was poor. She is a swimmer and wasn't meshing with other teammates, felt slow at swimming, declared her math major. 

The self talk around this is: "how did I let this happen?", "Maybe it's just a post-partum thing. Maybe it will just go away." 
"I should have some control over it. I think it's caused by sinking into my own families patterns."

She feels impatient, like she's waiting for something but not sure what it is...like "I'm tolerating life because I'm waiting for that something.."
Has a "fear" around it because she felt it was a "flippant diagnosis with just literally a blood test and nothing more." In looking further at her blood markers sees they are close to going over the "normal" range for the liver. 

Thank you for helping me with this!!! 

Rebecca