Thyroiditis,,

[birkie]

Hi everyone ❤️

I was just wondering if anyone had thyroiditis on this site and if so we're you treated at all? My reasons for asking is I was diagnosed with this in 2014 with 2 short suppressed TSH and what was said a normal T3, (no value for the T3 in the records) I knew nothing of this diagnosis until I received my medical records in 2020.

I was never well eventually becoming bedridden on and off from the end of 2017 with exhaustion, tremor, sweating, palpitations, jittery, insomnia was just totally ill I was going back and forth to my doctors but my gp kept saying it was the menupause, I then put my symptoms into Google and it came up with overactive thyroid I mentioned this to my gp on several occasions but was ignored, I struggled on until sep 2018 when I collapsed and was taken to my surgery I saw a completely different doctor who diagnosed me with overactive thyroid later on diagnosis of graves then lost my thyroid in May 2019 due to thyrotoxicosis, I was just wondering if the thyroiditis had a roll in the diagnosis of graves 🤷‍♀️ I honestly don't know how they come up with this as I'd never seen an endocrinologist in 2014, or was this just done off the bloods which showed short suppressed TSH🤷‍♀️ very confusing, I'm still in the process of taking my surgery for neglect as I was rushed in to hospital in thyroid crisis and was a hairs breath away from a coma.. So just wondered on the thyroiditis, as I said my gp dismissed the thyroid problem he said I've never had anything wrong with my thyroid that was in 2018 he said that... How wrong was he😠

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Do bear in mind that everyone who has Hashimoto's has thyroiditis.

It is a poorly defined term.

And quite a number here have gone through Graves and Hashimoto's. In some way or another.

[birkie in reply to helvella]

Hi helvella ❤️

Reading up on thyroiditis it's a bit of a mine field.. But I'm now sure even then in late 2014 I was having trouble with my thyroid, eventho my doctor was adamant I had no thyroid problems, took till sep 2018 to eventually get my diagnosis ( graves) .. But I'm at a loss as to why nothing was done in 2014 when the endo.. Who I never seen EVER!! wrote to my gp saying it was thyroiditis with 2 short supressed TSH.. Nothing was done and I was never informed of the diagnosis, 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️