I have been having drenching night sweats, hot flashes with cold hands/feet/nose, body odor now smells like an onion, and on the days I feel this way, my anxiety goes crazy, and I have insomnia. On the nights I sweat, I wakeup with pain in the jugular chain of lymph nodes in my neck/chin. My T4 dropped in the last year from 1.17 to 0.85. My Dr says it's "normal" but I just can't help but feel like it is thyroid related... here are my labs from a year ago and now
Lab: January 2015 / January 2016.
T4: 1.17 / 0.85
TSH: 0.595 /1.111
T3: 2.92 / not tested
Antibodies: 33.1/ not tested
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I saw my GP because I was having hot flushes and my periods were very light and only coming once every few months. She also said I wasn't menopausal yet a couple of months down the line periods stopped completely and I never had another one. Clemmie
My periods were heavy and long, so I got on the depoprovera shot for now so I don't really have them now, just some light breakthrough bleeding on those weeks.
So how long are you menopausal? I am 70 in a few months, havent had a period for 20 years, they just stopped, amd the endo said my bloods were consistent with menopause 😵
MrsRaven, The menopause is when a woman stops having periods and is no longer able to get pregnant naturally. ... In the UK, the average age for a woman to reach the menopause is 51. ...
MrsRaven, 'menopausal' usually means having erratic periods and hot flushes as menopause approaches. Some people have menopause in their 30s and early 40s.
Ksgibson66, FT4 0.85 is below range which is not normal. You need a dose increase. Ideally FT4 will be towards/in the upper quadrant and FT3 in/towards the top third of range.
If antibodies 33.1 are over range it confirms autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's) which causes 90% of hypothyroidism. 100% gluten-free diet can help reduce Hashi symptoms and antibodies.
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Ksgibson66, if ranges are the same as those you posted above levels have improved but although FT4 is now in range it is still low, and FT3 is also low. Ideally dose will be increased until FT4 is >1.5 and FT3 >3.5.
Drenching night sweats can be a symptom of Babesia (a classic co-infection of Lyme Disease). Read this and see if you think it might apply suzycohen.com/articles/lyme... (It makes me realise that although I was only tested for Lyme, there is a high probability that I had Babesia as well)
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Possible thyroid issues - Doc has referred me to the ENT dept.
Is this a thyroid issue?
Possible thyroid disorder?
Menopause or thyroid issue?
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