I'm 40.
I've always had digestive issues.
In the last year I've had burping, churning stomach, sore throat, cough, bitter taste mouth, lump in throat.
No heartburn.
I'm overweight and not fit.
I'm going to die as it's not curable.
Underactive thyroid.
People with hypothyroidism can have low levels of stomach acid, leading to impaired digestion, increased susceptibility to infection, and reduced absorption of nutrients from food. So symptoms can include any of the following: bloating, burping, reflux, upset stomach, nausea when taking supplements, heartburn, gas, indigestion ...... Sounds familiar? Often Drs mistake symptoms as evidence of high levels of acid and wrongly prescribe antacids or people themselves wrongly buy the likes of Gaviscon etc. Also there can be other gut issues, particularly if you have Hashimoto's, and it is that which has caused your hypothyroidism. Have you been tested for thyroid antibodies? It's often recommended that people adopt a gluten and even dairy-free diet to help address such issues, to help heal gut and stomach problems; but the starting point is to be optimally medicated for your thyroid, so if you post your latest results folks can advise you on that. But in any case, if you suspect something untoward is going in, have you discussed it with your Dr?
Yes, I have a history of HA and depression. She said I have no red flag signs and put it down to extreme stress.
She gave me Sertraline, which just made me ill
So about the thyroid issues I mentioned, can you post your blood test results to see what's going on there? Anxiety and depression can be symptomatic of undertreated hypothyroidism, and apart from anything else that may be going in, such as poor nutrition that can impact both your thyroid functioning and psychological good health, and issues such as silent reflux as has been suggested, etc, it's a good starting point.
I'm going for a blood test at the end of the month. I'm in the UK, all they say is normal or not. But I never feel like my thyroid is working properly
I'm currently taking 125mcg daily, unchanged for years.
"Normal" is an opinion, not a test result. 🙂 We need to have control of our healthcare, and part of that is asking for a copy of the results each time something is tested. We are legally entitled to do this, but equally, as adults we have to take responsibility for asking for an explanation of the numbers and what they mean, (even if we then post them here for clarification) as well as for copies of them. I am also in the UK and have been asking for everything to be printed out for me, for the past 10 yrs, whether that's just a letter about anything, or the results themselves. Before your next blood test, you could perhaps drop into your surgery and ask for a print out of the last results , then you needn't wait so long for people here to begin commenting and helping you in more detail.
I didn't know I could do that, I'll try and get that.
I have loads of symptoms like joint pain, tiredness, I cannot lose anymore weight. I've lost 28lbs and without starving myself it isn't happening. I'm always hungry though.
To mak
My stupid periods are all over the place.
My mum went through the menopause at 42 and I'm 41.
I have had terrible twitching, skin burning, pains everywhere, all turned out to be anxiety.
I have even developed heart palpatations which I had a ecg for and is fine.
On the face of it those symptoms fit more with silent reflux than stomach cancer. Best thing would be to see your gp. untreated reflux can lead to damage to eosphogus and lung damage
Sounds far more like your hypothyroidism is not correctly treated
Low stomach acid is common problem
So is gluten intolerance or IBS both can cause bloating, belching and gut issues
How much Levothyroxine are you currently taking?
What vitamin supplements do you take?
For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also extremely important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12
Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if Thyroid antibodies are raised or if inadequately treated
Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and fasting. Do not take Levothyroxine dose in the 24 hours prior to test, delay and take immediately after blood draw. This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip, best not mentioned to GP or phlebotomist)
Is this how you do your tests?
Private tests are available. Thousands on here forced to do this as NHS often refuses to test FT3 or antibodies of vitamins
thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...
Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin or Blue Horizon Thyroid plus eleven are the most popular choice. DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw. Both companies often have special offers, Medichecks usually have offers on Thursdays, Blue Horizon its more random
If antibodies are high this is Hashimoto's, (also known by medics here in UK more commonly as autoimmune thyroid disease).
About 90% of all hypothyroidism in Uk is due to Hashimoto's.
Low vitamins are especially common with Hashimoto's. Food intolerances are very common too, especially gluten. So it's important to get TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested at least once .
Link about thyroid blood tests
thyroiduk.org/tuk/testing/t...
Link about antibodies and Hashimoto's
thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...
thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...
List of hypothyroid symptoms
thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...
Come back with new post once you have results and ranges on all these
Or add now, if you have them already
I agree with SlowDragon. I've had ulcers and IBS and I used to be scared of cancer as it was in my family. If you are very worried about h pylori then mastic Gum is worth considering.
sibosurvivor.com/mastic-gum...
For improving gut health long term then eliminating gluten seemed to help me with that and also with reducing my excess weight. Now the latter could have just been because it was really hard for me to find low sugar, soya free, gluten free food and I was eating more home cooked meals, fat, nuts and seeds, vegetables and protein, but it made a difference. Also, my bloating issues started to improve (I'd already been drinking lactofree milk), but it wasn't until I found out about casein (milk protein) having similar effects on the bowel as gluten for me that I'm now pretty ok in that dept. (not all dairy is high in casein. Some goat's milk products are fine and butter has no lactose or casein and old hard cheeses are tolerable ).
I also supplement in things that help me convert t4 to t3, so my stomach acid can digest things properly. Low t3 is implicated in the reduction in the parietal cells that make stomach acid in thyroid patients. The things that help conversion are also very good for adrenal health and poor adrenal function.
hashimotoshealing.com/hashi...
Many on Levo just cannot do full thyroid hormone conversion, however hard they try, so it's important to get your t3 levels checked. Many on this forum have become completely exasperated because they are part of a significant minority that need help getting t3 levels up.
Dr Sarah Myhill's page on Low Stomach Acid is really interesting.
drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/Hypochl...
also, stopthethyroidmadness.com/s...
and this one really nails it thyroidproblemsdoctor.com/h...
Having a good read of the Dr Myhill link will make you realise that lots of symptoms could just be down to malabsorption of minerals and more complex vitamins that you need for good health. The last link explains the science of why low t3 (sub-optimal thyroid treatment when your Levo isn't properly converting to t3) gives you low stomach acid and gives you all the gastric issues you're having.
Do as Slow dragon advises. I would not be surprised to see that you are very low in range ... Do not supplement until you've had the blood test though, or it'll give a falsely optimistic result and won't reflect anything like your low stored levels.
I did a home hypori test at home, it's negative
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