Hi!
I've been struggling with symptoms since last July. Bloods show I have raised antibodies and ultrasound shows diffusely heterogeneous thyroid. & hashimotos in direct family. No treatment though as tsh & t4 in range. I feel so so poorly with hypo symptoms. I'm wrecked.
My question is, can anyone recommend a private endo who might treat/trial treatment based on anti-bodies? Am desperate.
Latest results:
TSH: 1.8 FT4 10.4 FT3 3.79
TPO >1000
TgA 431
Thank you!
Sorry you are feeling so bad. You would do so with antibodies and if you email louise.warvill@thyroiduk.org.uk and ask for a copy of Dr Toft's Pulse Online article.
He was President of the British Thyroid Association. Highlight question 2 where he states that if antibodies are present we should be given levothyroxine. At least that would be a start.
Thank you SO much that's brilliant.
Ignore his last para on this section - it's rubbish and really shows what they think about us, poor souls.
Thank you!
Would love a private endo recommendation too!
email louise.warvill@thyroiduk.org.uk who has a list.
I've read here that a gluten free diet and selenium supplementation can reduce antibodies:
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There is loads of great info in this site, well worth reading through posts.
Thank you. I'm taking selenium. Negative for celiacs too.
There is a lot of info on here about non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Only a small percentage of people who are sensitive to gluten actually have celiac disease. Here's some more info:
Postpartummum,
It's highly unlikely that NHS will diagnose and treat hypothyroidism until TSH is over range or FT4 below range, and it is unlikely that a private endo will diagnose and treat while TSH is <3.0.
The best thing you can do is to go 100% gluten-free for a few months which may improve symptoms and reduce antibodies.
I've been gluten free since the end of last September and take selenium daily. I have lost 24 lbs in that time. My anti bodies have reduced down to 127 from 211 in that time.
Those Frees look awfully low, Have you got ranges for them?
9-25 (10.4) Ft4
3.1-6.8 (3.79) Ft3
Thank you.
Agreed they're low. They dropped from 16.8 to 10.4 between July & Sept and stayed there. Tsh won't budge from between 2.4 & 1.8
I'm 14 months postpartum now also.
Am going to try gluten free to see if it helps. Anything worth a go!
NDT causing high antibodies & TSH - please help!
Thyroid antibodies
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