Is it likely/possible that numerous spongiform nodules and an enlarged thyroid are causing my symptoms?

[Tangawizi]

I have symptoms of HYPOthyroidism; fatigue, pain, weight gain, brain fog etc. Also hard lymph nodes in my neck

But TSH=0.35. Just had official scan result back; numerous spongiform nodules and thyroid gland slightly enlarged

New symptoms; persistent eye twitch in left eye for 3 weeks+ and hardened vein in right side of neck (feels like a tendon)

Apparently, non of this is significant. Really fed up

[Clutter]

Tangawizi,

Thyroid nodules are usually asymptomatic and don't usually impact thyroid levels.

TSH 0.35 rules out primary hypothyroidism but doesn't exclude central hypothyroidism. It may be worth you ordering a private thyroid test to check TSH, FT4, FT3, thyroid antibodies, ferritin, vitamin D, B12 and folate to rule out hypothyroidism and vitamin/mineral deficiencies.

It may be worth visiting an optician to have your eyesight checked as a twitch can be caused by eyestrain.

[Tangawizi in reply to Clutter]

Thanks clutter. I have private blood tests booked for tomorrow. TBH, I'm almost scared they will come back normal. How will I get better, if there is nothing wrong with me??

I wear glasses and have regular eye checks. No recent changes in eye activities! So, I don't think it's eye strain

[Clutter in reply to Tangawizi]

Tangawizi,

Do the blood test early in the morning when TSH is highest and fast (water only) as TSH drops after eating and drinking.

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As one who has had an assortment of growths of my thyroid gland (now removed) I can say from 1st hand experience that these abnormalities DO cause an assortment of symptoms, although I had so little knowledge of what actually was happening to me at those times that it is impossible for me to say whether they were hyPER or hyPO symptoms. I simply took my doctors' word for it that my blood results were "normal" and I was therefore euthyroid. I can say, however, that often I simply felt like death warmed up a bit, unable to walk more than few steps at the worst either from sheer fatigue or worse. How wrong I was to believe what they told me over the years!