Advice pls

[Shell04]

Rwally need to see a doctors and her some tests done as am not having my periods and am also not able to swallow very well and I've lost a lot of weight since I've been baby bathroom goes up and down and hoarseness and having panic attacks and heart palpitations any help on this please

[Jazzw]

Shell04, welcome to the ThyroidUK forum and so sorry to read how poorly you're feeling. I see from posts you've made on other forums here at HealthUnlocked that you've just had your 4th baby (in January?) so congratulations.

We major on thyroid problems here, but that said, it sounds like it *might* be a problem for you - very common just after childbirth for a thyroid to be out of whack. Has your doctor ever tested your thyroid function?

[glo42]

Hello Shello4, sorry that you are feeling so poorly.  You will have your hands full  with three children plus a new baby born in January.  You must be worn out.  Do you have

help with the children?  Perhaps your GP could give you blood tests so that you will

know if you have a thyroid condition and then can be treated.

I hope that you will get the treatment you obviously need to make you well, so

that you can enjoy your little baby and your other children too.  Big hugs. xxx

[radd]

Shell,

Welcome to our forum, congratulations on your baby and sorry to hear you are feeling so unwell.

The menstrual cycle is regulated by a part of the brain known as the hypothalamus. In hypothalamic amenorrhoea, the hypothalamus stops producing the hormones required for a healthy menstrual cycle. 

Your previous post indicates a miscarriage. These and hypothalamic amenorrhoea are commonly associated with low thyroid hormone as behaviour is dictated by a series of feed back loops in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. Sex hormones are produced in the adrenal glands. 

Postpartum thyroiditis is an inflammation of the thyroid that initially occurs in the first year after childbirth. Ask your GP to test thyroid hormones and antibodies TPOAb & TGAb to in order to eliminate Hashimotos Thyroiditis Autoimmune Disease. Goitres (thyroid swellings) can make swallowing difficult.

Also ask your GP to also test Vit B12, Vit D, folate and ferritin as deficiencies are common in people with low thyroid hormone and are important for good hormone synthesis. Post all results complete with ranges (numbers in brackets) for members to comment.

Anxiety can be attributed to unbalanced hormones and high/low cortisol caused by compromised adrenals propping up a possible failing thyroid gland. Once hormones are balanced and any deficiencies addressed with either medication, supplements and/or diet, you should start to feel better and be able to enjoy your new baby. 

[Shell04 in reply to radd]

Well I'm home after being in hospital got rushed in on last Wednesday evening being sick dizzy shaking all over angitis I was on fluid drip antibiotics and paracetamol had a CT scan ruled out any infection at all or only when angitis since coming home so not felt great worried panicky phoned the out of hours doctors and they offered me some Beta-blockers as I do suffer with migraine also I have just rung the hospital as I did ask them to do thyroid test results are tft 0.1 and 14.6 t4 just had baby 14 week ago any advice please thank you 

[Pastille in reply to Shell04]

Hi Shell04  04 you need to re post this as a separate post on it's own so that people can see it and advise you on your test results. Re post with test results and ranges in brackets if you have them. People won't see it here, you have just replied to your old post x    Sorry to hear you haven't been well, hope things improve for you and baby soon xx 

[radd in reply to Shell04]

shell,

As advised above Postpartum Thyroiditis can start following pregnancy and can involve being hyper or hypothyroid.

The hospital has tested your TSH and T4 which although a little low (when not medicating) could be interpreted as "normal" as presumably within range   ... . but without you supplying the ranges it is difficult to comment (numbers in brackets).

Many Mothers eventually resume their normal thyroid function but those with thyroid antibodies are susceptible to thyroid dysfunction as during the pregnancy an immunologic suppression occurs which induces tolerance to the foetus. (Without suppression, the foetus can might be miscarriaged).  Following delivery, the immune system rebounds causing levels of thyroids antibodies to rise and Mum to become symptomatic.

To get a clearer picture you need thyroid hormone T3 and thyroid antibodies TGAb, TGAb (Hashimotos) and TSH-RAb (Graves) to be tested. You may find your GP sympathetic in light of your previous history but members who have found their doctors uncooperative use private labs - link below.

I am sorry you are having to learn all this as you should be allowed to enjoy your lovely new baby. However, thyroid education is important because doctors are only general practitioners. 

You could ask for a referral to an endocrinologist but this could take many months, or you could email [e-mail] for a list of sympathetic endos/doctors that members have had positive experiences with. Ask endo's secretary if he is experienced in post pregnancy thyroid issues and be prepared to travel. 

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Postpartum Thyroiditis

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Private labs testing

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