Hi I would really like some advise. I have been taking 75mg and 50mg of levo on alternate days and I have been feeling pretty much back to normal the last four weeks since diagnosed with hashimoto's hypothyroidism in February. That is until last week, when I developed a coldsore and that day I felt pretty dreadful and hardly slept that night due to vertigo - feeling quite sick and hot flushes....this has continued for the last week. The dizziness in at its worst when I lie down so I'm not sleeping much at night, so feel pretty exhausted and I am also quite constipated and feeling what i call thyroidy - quite jittery...
Today I had a TSH test - my routine one every two months and i have just got the result back - TSH 18.609 (0.550-4.780). My previous one in September was 0.924 -I had just started to feel good then.
Do you think the herpes virus has caused the jump in my TSH? Do you think the TSH can drop again once the cold sore has gone? Any advise would be really appreciated. Thanks
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Thanks for your reply.. yes i do have hashimotos. It was just so surprising as have been feeling on really good form until the day the cold sore erupted. I don’t feel terrible now ( not like I did in February when my TSH was around 12) except for the dizziness/vertigo especially at night. I will make an appointment with the doctors for an increase...
With Hashimoto's, until it's under control, our gut can be badly affected. Low stomach acid can lead to poor absorption of vitamins. Low vitamin levels stop thyroid hormones working.
Poor gut function can lead leaky gut (literally holes in gut wall) this can cause food intolerances. Most common by far is gluten
According to Izabella Wentz the Thyroid Pharmacist approx 5% with Hashimoto's are coeliac, but over 80% find gluten free diet helps significantly. Either due to direct gluten intolerance (no test available) or due to leaky gut and gluten causing molecular mimicry (see Amy Myers link)
But don't be surprised that GP or endo never mention gut, gluten or low vitamins. Hashimoto's is very poorly understood
Changing to a strictly gluten free diet may help reduce symptoms, help gut heal and slowly lower TPO antibodies
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