Epilepsy and thyroid issues

[Tiredmum75]

Hi I have been diagnosed with epilepsy for over twenty years and was told by my doctor that my recent graves diagnoses could be connected to the medication epilepsy medication I was taking. Which was tegretol anyway just wondering if anyone has had this issue

[Clutter]

TiredMum,

Tegretol (Carbamezepine) is more likely to cause hypothyroidism than hyperthyroidism.

Endocrine

Carbamazepine increases the rate of T4 and T3 metabolism and may lead to hypothyroidism in patients with hypothyroidism who are being treated with T4. Carbamazepine may also cause a 20% to 40% decrease in serum total and free T4 concentrations and a smaller decrease in serum total and free T3 concentrations in patients who have no thyroid disease.

drugs.com/sfx/tegretol-side...

[Tiredmum75 in reply to Clutter]

Thankyou for your reply all I know is I have lost a lot of faith in western medicine because of it and I did start out hypothyroid but swapped over still wondering how that happened

[Clutter in reply to Tiredmum75]

Tiredmum75,

I wonder whether the Tegretol did induce hypothyroidism initially. Has your endo confirmed you are positive for Graves antibodies or is s/he simply assuming your hyperthyroidism is caused by Graves?

[Tiredmum75]

I'm only under a gp at the moment I have to see about a referral to a endo next week. The gp did all the blood tests and said it was graves but I do remember the first blood test saying hypothyroidism and when I brought this up with him he said sometimes it can go from hypo to hyper

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Sounds like GP is muddling up Graves and Hashimoto's

Make sure at consultation with endo it's quite clear which you have

As you are coeliac then it's likely Hashimoto's

Important with coeliac to test for low vitamin D

Low magnesium also common

scdlifestyle.com/2012/07/wh...

glutenfreeworks.com/blog/20...

Austism may be linked to low B12. Supplements may help

autismspeaks.org/science/sc...

undiagnosed coeliac can cause low B12

mhicnblog.wordpress.com/201...

[Tiredmum75 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks slow dragon