post birth.overacting thyroid

[ricrukyvfukbfk]

hi

i have graves with overactive thyroid.

i manage to get it under control and came off my medication, but i am now 8 weeks after having a baby and my thyroid is starting to overact again.the same was when i had my other daughter few years ago, it seems that after birth it becomes overactive again.

has anyone had this or managed to do anything that worked to stop it from overacting?

i have seen some books on-line that claim ways to heal oneself from graves by implementing a change in what one eats.

is this true??

[shaws Administrator]

Congratulations that you've had a baby 8 weeks ago. I hope both of you are recovering.

Those members who have had your hyper condition will respond when they read your post.

[greygoose]

Was your Grave's diagnosed by testing antibodies? If so, which antibodies? If not, then you probably don't have Grave's, you probably have Hashi's. It's quite common for Hashi's to go into a 'hyper' phase after child-birth.

[Lora7again in reply to greygoose]

She could have both gg. I suspect I do but I cannot find out at the moment because everything is on lock-down.

[Lora7again]

gg I will agree to disagree as we are not both medically trained are we?

[Lora7again]

Yes people do not know a lot about thyroid disease but we need to not complicate the matter and help them understand the basics.

[Lora7again]

I might be .. What we have to put across is that we are all different and I know this because when my TSH was 0.70 I felt dreadful but my GP told me I was fine. If I was ok why was my hair dropping out and my nails lifting off their beds? Blood results do not tell the whole story. I wish there were more Doctors like Dr Gordon Skinner who went by symptoms not blood results.

[Lora7again]

You do what you feel like you need to do gg

[Lora7again]

When I gave birth to my daughter over 30 years ago I think I was hyper. I lost all my baby weight in about 3 weeks and was back in my pre-baby clothes really quick. I really wish I had known about thyroid disease then because I honestly believe I have had it a lot longer than 12 years. We really need to see some blood results if you have any to share with us. Also when other mums said they were tired I was not and could manage on 4 hours sleep a night.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Congratulations on the birth of your little one

Has GP done any blood tests yet ?

First thing is, do you have any actual blood test results from previous birth?

You are legally entitled to printed copies of your blood test results and ranges.

The best way to get access to current and historic blood test results is to register for online access to your medical record and blood test results

UK GP practices are supposed to offer everyone online access for blood test results. Ring and ask if this is available and apply to do so if possible, if it is you may need "enhanced access" to see blood results.

In reality many GP surgeries do not have blood test results online yet

Alternatively ring receptionist and request printed copies of results. Allow couple of days and then go and pick up.

Important to see exactly what has been tested and equally important what hasn’t been tested yet

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 you have Graves’ disease (hyperthyroid) or hypothyroid autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's) diagnosed by raised Thyroid antibodies

Hashimoto’s frequently has temporary hyperthyroid type symptoms

Ask GP to test vitamin levels and thyroid antibodies as well as thyroid levels

You may need to get full Thyroid testing privately as NHS refuses to test TG antibodies if TPO antibodies are negative

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip, best not mentioned to GP or phlebotomist)

Private tests are available. Thousands on here forced to do this as NHS often refuses to test FT3 or antibodies

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

For thyroid including antibodies and vitamins

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 you can get GP to test vitamins and antibodies then cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3 £29 (via NHS private service )

monitormyhealth.org.uk/thyr...

Low vitamins are especially common with Hashimoto'sand Graves’ disease . Food intolerances are very common too, especially gluten.

So it's important to get all thyroid antibodies tested at least once

Link about thyroid blood tests

thyroiduk.org/tuk/testing/t...

Link about antibodies

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

Private testing for suspected Graves - TSI or TRab antibodies

medichecks.com/thyroid-func...

[ricrukyvfukbfk in reply to SlowDragon]

Tnks.i dont think was ever tested for vitamins but will call up gp to ask this and will also request blood results