ACTUAL PRINTED

[turkeydinner]

This is the actual printed result to go with earlier post

I can see now that I have Hashimotos, my GP couldn't even answer me that.

Thank you all

[SlowDragon Administrator]

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[turkeydinner]

Thank you Slow Dragon.Need advice, I know Bit D is low.

Do I need to add T3 and where can I get it.

Thanks

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[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to turkeydinner]

First steps

Do you always get same brand levothyroxine at each prescription

Which brand?

Improving low vitamin D to at least around 80nmol and around 100nmol maybe better

How much vitamin D have you been taking

Request coeliac blood test via GP

Poor gut function with Hashimoto’s can lead leaky gut (literally holes in gut wall) this can cause food intolerances. Most common by far is gluten. Dairy is second most common.

According to Izabella Wentz the Thyroid Pharmacist approx 5% with Hashimoto's are coeliac, but a further 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

lloydspharmacy.com/products...

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.

chriskresser.com/the-gluten...

amymyersmd.com/2018/04/3-re...

thyroidpharmacist.com/artic...

drknews.com/changing-your-d...

restartmed.com/hashimotos-g...

Non Coeliac Gluten sensitivity (NCGS) and autoimmune disease

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/296...

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

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/300...

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

nuclmed.gr/wp/wp-content/up...

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

restartmed.com/hashimotos-g...

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.

[turkeydinner]

Thank you for your reply

I stick to ACCORD each script.

I'm taking pharma Nord 800 IU (20ug)

Vitamin D and pharma Nord K Pearls vitamin K2 MK -7.

I'm dairy and wheat free so not strictly gluten.

I'll get tested for celiac.

Thank you for advice

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to turkeydinner]

I'm taking pharma Nord 800 IU (20ug)

More likely to need at least 2000iu daily vitamin D

Probably not worth doing coeliac blood test

Sorry didn’t see your reply as you didn’t click reply

[turkeydinner in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks Slow Dragon, didn't realise I didn't reply properly.I have been taking 2000iu daily maybe 3000iu would be more beneficial. Does vitamin D generally take a long time to raise levels?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to turkeydinner]

3-4 months

Test twice year when supplementing

via NHS private testing service

vitamindtest.org.uk

Everyone is very different in how much vitamin D they need

Aiming for at least around 80nmol

[turkeydinner]

Thank you for the advice Slow Dragon 😄