Thyroid help, latest Blood results

[dizzy1979]

Hi guys, after lots of problems with blood tests going missing, I finally have some results, and looking for advice. I am currently taking 2 thyroid s tablets a day, I feel ok in myself at the mo, but still not losing weight. Is it worth taking maybe 1.5 thyroid s tablets and maybe adding in 25mcg thyroxine? Or maybe staying with the 2 thyroid s and adding 25mcg thyroxine? This time last year I was 15lbs lighter and feeling fab, but since having a hashi’s flare in august I seem to be unable to gain control again. I did switch to thyroxine and t3 for 3 months at the start of the year, but honestly felt so dreadful that I have switched back to thyroid s, and I do as I say in general feel pretty normal again, it’s just the weight that’s not shifting.

[Lalatoot]

If your only symptom is not losing weight then I would be tempted to leave well alone. who knows what other symptoms you might bring back by changing things.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Have you tested vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

[dizzy1979 in reply to SlowDragon]

I am awaiting those results to filter through, ferritin was slightly high but nothing else is back yet.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

As you have Hashimoto’s are you on strictly gluten free diet

[dizzy1979 in reply to SlowDragon]

No …. At the moment I haven’t been strictly gluten free, I was and then with having to work from home I have struggled, but I am back on it as if this week, do you think this will make a difference?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to dizzy1979]

The only way to know is to try it

approx 5% with Hashimoto's are coeliac, but over 80% find gluten free diet helps, sometimes significantly. Either due to direct gluten intolerance (no test available) or due to leaky gut and gluten causing molecular mimicry (see Amy Myers link)

Changing to a strictly gluten free diet may help reduce symptoms, help gut heal

Before considering trial on gluten free diet get coeliac blood test done FIRST just to rule it out

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If you test positive for coeliac, will need to remain on gluten rich diet until endoscopy (officially 6 weeks wait)

If result is negative can consider trialing strictly gluten free diet for 3-6 months. Likely to see benefits. Can take many months for brain fog to lift.

If no obvious improvement, reintroduce gluten see if symptoms get worse.

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Non Coeliac Gluten sensitivity (NCGS) and autoimmune disease

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The predominance of Hashimoto thyroiditis represents an interesting finding, since it has been indirectly confirmed by an Italian study, showing that autoimmune thyroid disease is a risk factor for the evolution towards NCGS in a group of patients with minimal duodenal inflammation. On these bases, an autoimmune stigma in NCGS is strongly supported

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The obtained results suggest that the gluten-free diet may bring clinical benefits to women with autoimmune thyroid disease

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In summary, whereas it is not yet clear whether a gluten free diet can prevent autoimmune diseases, it is worth mentioning that HT patients with or without CD benefit from a diet low in gluten as far as the progression and the potential disease complications are concerned

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Despite the fact that 5-10% of patients have Celiac disease, in my experience and in the experience of many other physicians, at least 80% + of patients with Hashimoto's who go gluten-free notice a reduction in their symptoms almost immediately.

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Eliminate Gluten. Even if you don’t have Hashimoto’s. Even if you have “no adverse reactions”. Eliminate gluten. There are no universal rules except this one.

[dizzy1979 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you, celiac is one of the bloods I am waiting in to come back, I don’t think it will show anything, they have tested several times before, but I do believe I have an intolerance as do feel huge benefits when totally gluten free

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to dizzy1979]

So were you eating high levels of gluten for minimum 6-8 weeks before coeliac test?

[dizzy1979 in reply to SlowDragon]

I wouldn’t say high levels but bread most days