Thyroiditis?

[Sasha5]

Thyroid peroxidase antibody *1700 (<34)

Thyroglobulin antibody *695.3 (<115)

TSH *4.75 (0.2 - 4.2)

FT4 14.8 (12 - 22)

FT3 3.2 (3.1 - 6.8)

Dry skin and hair, dry eyes, loose stool, tiredness, feeling cold, eyebrow loss, clammy hands.

Family history - mother diabetes, grandmother diabetes, uncle diabetes and autoimmune colitis

Age 27, female, 50mcg Levo diagnosed 2010 with hypothyroid

Endo told me the Levo will get rid of the antibodies is that correct

Thanks

[Treepie]

Auto immune thyroiditis also known as Hashimotos .Are those results recent ? 50mcg is a starter dose ,you need an increase to bring TSH to 1 or below and to raise FT3 ,FT4 to upper half of range. I do not know enough about antibodies but I do not think the levo will affect them.Going gluten free may help.

[Sasha5 in reply to Treepie]

Yes they were taken in Dec 2017 I rally don't know what to do about my dose right now I was taking much more before

[Marz in reply to Sasha5]

Why was it reduced ?

[Sasha5 in reply to Treepie]

A nurse asked me to cut my dose, GP receptionist has said this needs looking into urgently

[Marz in reply to Sasha5]

Why ?

[Sasha5 in reply to Marz]

Due to symptoms of sweating

[Marz in reply to Sasha5]

Is she a thyroid specialist ? She has no right to change your dose.

[Sasha5 in reply to Marz]

GP treating this as urgent

[Sasha5 in reply to Marz]

Now getting loose stools I don't feel at all well

[Marz in reply to Sasha5]

You are possibly having a Hashi's flare - where you may have the symptoms of being HYper rather than HypO. Lots of information on this forum about Hashimotos - if you feel well enough to search. Doubt your Doc will understand judging by the hundreds of posts. Reducing your dose is not the correct thing to do as you can see from your results.

Being gluten free will help reduce anti-bodies. Have you had B12 - Folate - Ferritin - VitD tested ? They all need to be good in their ranges.

How long have you been sweating ?

[Sasha5 in reply to Marz]

I have been sweating since 2003, long time I know. Worse when active. Do I post vitamin levels here?

[Marz in reply to Sasha5]

Yes please did you click onto the link I posted for you below about Hashi's flares ?

[Sasha5 in reply to Marz]

Thanks yes I did. Feeling sick and thirsty. So weird when I felt great yesterday

[Marz in reply to Sasha5]

Where are your vitamin levels ?

[Marz in reply to Sasha5]

Vitamins and Minerals - results ?

[Sasha5 in reply to Marz]

Ferritin 61 (30 - 400) taking iron 1x day

Folate 2.3 (4.6 - 18.7)

Vitamin D 60.2 (50 - 75 suboptimal) taking 3000iu

Vitamin B12 361 (190 - 900) having B12 injections every 3 months

[Marz in reply to Sasha5]

Maybe increase iron to twice a day with a 1000 of VitC to aid absorption. B12 injections need to have GOOD levels of Folate as they work together in the body - so take a B complex to increase your Folic Acid/Folate. I would increase the VitD during the winter months and support if with VitK2-MK7 and Magnesium. Re-test in the Spring.

B12 injections - do you have any neurological symptoms ?

[Marz]

healthunlocked.com/search/h...

Click onto the above link where you will find many previous discussions here about a Hashimotos Flare .... you need to be well informed before you see the GP - and of course the Nurse and the Receptionist

[Sasha5]

Tested every 6-8 weeks since diagnosis since levels not stable and dose has been changed a lot over this time

[Marz in reply to Sasha5]

Changing doses is not good for the body as it takes time to adjust ....