MRI for brainfog.

[RABIDFOX]

Has anyone had an MRI in relation to memory problems/ brain fog and lack of adrenaline? i just got one ill post my results for you when they arrive. ( i have hashimotos and been getting treated for just over a year)

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Brain fog and memory often improve on strictly gluten free diet

Have you had coeliac blood test done yet

Should have been tested for coeliac at confirmation of Hashimoto’s

Only 5% of Hashimoto’s patients are coeliac, but a further 80% find strictly gluten free diet helps or is essential

Are you on strictly gluten free diet

How much levothyroxine are you currently taking and how long on this dose

Do you always get same brand levothyroxine at each prescription

Always test thyroid levels as early as possible in morning, ideally before 9am, and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

When were vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 last tested

[RABIDFOX in reply to SlowDragon]

about 8 weeks ago. not had gluten in years but im not coeliac either. my thyroids are within range but they increased my dose anyway to see if a lower TSH would help

[RedApple Administrator]

RABIDFOX

Yes, I had an MRI years ago, to rule out Hashimoto's encephalopathy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashi...

Thankfully they found nothing abnormal. Hopefully that will be the same for you.

Many, many medics have no understanding at all about how thyroid hormone imbalance affects the mind.

[RABIDFOX in reply to RedApple]

yeah they are mostly worried because when i first got tested my TSH was so high they couldn't read it im trying to find the root cause but its difficult all medication has done is regulate my body temperature. they trialed me on T3 but i was burning up, i hear an EEG is better for ecephalopathy

[SlowDragon Administrator]

I had MRI for suspected pituitary tumour

Also electrode tests for Motor Neurone disease,

Also testing for MS, adrenal tumour, Addison’s etc

All negative……

All symptoms resolved now - more on my profile

Hashimoto’s, gluten intolerance, vitamin deficiencies and heterozygous Dio2 gene