Experiences with

Abdine

hi, I take 12 mg carbimazole a day for overactive thyroid. can anyone advise on the effect of drinking 4mls x 5 times the contrast agent Gastrografin. This contains iodine. I was told a long time ago that contrast agents can make an overactive thyroid unstable. Is there an

This new paper, not yet peer reviewed describes a form of hypothyroidism I have not seen before https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4332223 . "[i]Autoantibodies to Selenoprotein P in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Suggest Selenium Transport Impairment and Acquired Resistance

ok so I just had panic attack I got Mercury blood test back 128 ! Range is 0- 25 I used to eat lots and lots of tuna. so I am reading heavy metal detox smoothies just my iodine is high too any advice ?? thrown me but I am not surprised from the amount of tuna I used to eat xxx

it little me ! so I got iodine tested - and it’s 0.68 - (0.32 to 0.63) It got signed off as normal Is it ok? I’m hypo - Last results Tsh 0.01 less than T4 17.4 T3 4.8 On 125mcg t4 and 30mcg t3 I do have little bit of spirulina in my liver endo tox vitamin tablets but eat a lot of

Hi does anyone know if it’s safe to have an iodine contrast for a CT thorax scan with Hashimotos, I’m confused if it’s good or bad with Hashimotos as I’m worried it might make my heart race. My lastest blood test results from the NHS are TSH - 0.07 (0.30 - 5.00) and T4 - 11.1 (11.5 - 22.70) and cortisol

Hi I had radio iodine treatment a couple of years ago and I'm now on levoythryroxine, I'm freezing cold all the time. I'm taking 200mg of the stuff each morning

my daughter has been unwell number of weeks- palpitations, nervousness, anxiety, nausea, dizzy, difficulty focusing, intolerance of heat, hair breakage, rashes the list is endless. Affecting her school and general well being. Normally very active, sociable. Had major knee surgery in Oct but recovered

We’ll I ended up in the er my blood pressure drop out 70/35 I had a weird seizure my family call 911 I went to the Er got admitted. Also found a brain aneurysm I thought I stil had a small one they don’t know if this is the same but anyway my post is that a lot of hospitals aren’t prepared for a. Pd

We regularly despair at science and medicine seemingly missing so much about thyroid physiology and processes. However, every so often, we see something so extraordinarily odd and bizarre, we actually seem to have made huge progress. This starts fairly sensibly. Then goes downhill. Fast. And remember

has anyone got any help for me. Since my radio iodine treatment, I’m flat and slow. even an alternative to Levothyroxine would be good. Thank you!

I went mad in 2016. Nothing was too crazy for me. I even considered driving off a cliff. The madness was accompanied by paranoia and doubt which got very dark indeed. After several, desperate visits to my GP (who tried in vain to help) a visiting locum took one look at me and having familiarised himself

Hi everyone,Ok this week gone I was prep to have an endoscopy/bladder wash out. I have had one before also have had previous multiple surgeries before therefore been under general anaesthetic before. So , this time in the anaesthetic room while they were prepping me had the drip up about placed the mask

Hello, due to see my consultant this afternoon after me not reacting well to the medication they were treating me for over active thyroid. It was lowering my white blood cells, has given me Antithyroid Arthritis so don’t want to go back on. I am going to ask him about iodine treatment and just wondered

Hi, I'm new to this community and hope to get some advice. While looking into fertility treatment last Sept. I was told that I had elevated TPO antibodies 23.5 IU/ml (normal: <5.6) but TSH was normal at 1.87mIU/l (normal:0.27-4.20). Then I fell pregnant naurally in January and got my doctor to check

Been watching Dr Westin Childs on YouTube for a couple of years now and I think he is great, from what I have learned since being in here and watching him has helped me a lot!! Now he recommends a combination of medications as to get a ‘full range’ of Thyroid ‘Goodness’ for the want of another term …

Mindful of [i]PaulBounce's[/i] recent plea for more posts to assist viewers newly diagnosed with AF, I thought I should share something of my own experience. And you, dear readers, can perhaps answer the above question for yourselves, if you have the appetite to read an overlong post (like Twain, I

Hi all few days ago I was prescribed a medication for atrial fibrillation, namely Amiodarone. It's contains iodine and if I had a thyroid which I don't my thyroid would have to be monitored regularly on this medication.So by having no thyroid I do not need to have regular thyroid checks. But I was wondering

hello I am 7 weeks pregnant and I started to take pregnacare and I noticed it contains iodine and biotin, really small amount like 0.15 mg per 2 tables. What is the advice while taking levothyroxine also I take progesterone and estrógeno in the mornings, I take levothyroxine at 5:30 am so by 7

Hi, I am just following up re goitre and results which I posted last month. I have been to the Drs , had the blood tests at surgery and a scan for thyroid. I am told that the TSH etc are all within normal range - I have lots of nodules on my thyroid but all benign. The Dr has told me they do not

I was diagnosed with an overactive thyroid / Graves Disease in 2015. Between 2016 and 2021 I was on "block & replace" treatment - 40mg of carbimazole daily along with 150mcg of levothyroxine. My thyroid had stabilised by 2021, after which point I was taken off all medication. I relapsed with an overactive