Thyroid burnout

[catherinera]

Has anyone heard of thyroid burnout? i went from no thyroid problems to TSH of 82. Antibodies were fine and no family history. Doctor said thyroid burnout possibly from having children ( I only had three and last one 13 years ago). I cannot find any info on this. Thank you!

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Have you been started on Thyroid meds?

[humanbean]

How do you feel? Do you have any symptoms suggestive of hypothyroidism? See lists of hypothyroid symptoms here :

Short list : thyroiduk.org/tuk/about_the...

Long list : hypothyroidmom.com/300-hypo...

You don't need all these symptoms to be hypothyroid. And some of these symptoms can be caused by low nutrients.

Do you take any supplements that include biotin?

If you don't feel hypothyroid with a TSH of 82 it is possible that the test was faulty, or the test machine was faulty, or your blood got mis-labelled, or your result got mixed up with someone else's.

It seems unlikely that you would feel good with a TSH of 82. Have you had tests of TSH and thyroid hormones done before?

If the idea that you have a thyroid problem seems completely unlikely to you then it would be worth asking for the test to be repeated at a different laboratory.

Starting to take Levo on the basis of a single TSH result that came out of the blue doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

[catherinera in reply to humanbean]

Thank you, yes on 100, then 150 and now back to 100. Had been feeling terrible for a while and had all the symptoms, weight gain, tired etc. I just wanted to know what can cause it- if it is just an age thing?

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to catherinera]

Ah, if you were already on thyroxine, you probably have hashis and your thyroid has been destroyed a bit more. Why was your dose reduced? that's probably why you feel bad. You need a full thyroid panel: TSH, free T4m free T3, and TPO and TG antibodies. Also useful to get B12, folate, ferritin and D3 tested as less than optimal results for any of those can cause hypo-type symptoms

[Angel_of_the_North]

No such thing. It is primary hypothyroidism, whc sometimes results from hormonal changes (perhaps pregnancy or menopause) but is just as likely to be autoimmune thyroiditis (aka hashimotos - the most common cause of underactive thyroid in the UK). The doctor is just making terms up to sound "friendly" as we are all to stupid to understand anything technical. The important thing is: have you been prescribed 50mcg thyroxine and asked to have further blood tests in 6 weeks?