To fellow thyroid disease sufferers...:)

[Rukia]

I thought about making a thread about thyroid disease...Anyone else suffers from it? I have Hashimoto's disease...

 

[inconsequential]

Yes, I have Hashimoto's as well. My highest TSH was 256... My "normal" now is around 5-6, but it keeps going up/down without levothyroxine dosage changes, which is worrisome...

 

[Rukia]

Are you on any kind of special diet? Some ppl claim they can reduce the antibodies with diet...But I am not sure if it is trustworthy...?

 

[Egddios]

Recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism, have yet to see the endocrynologyst though, so my primary care has me on 75mcg of Levo for the time being. My sister has Hashimotos, she tries to avoid gluten.

 

[inconsequential]

Are you on any kind of special diet? Some ppl claim they can reduce the antibodies with diet...But I am not sure if it is trustworthy...?

I don't eat gluten, but that's more because it hurts me than anything else.

 

[Rukia]

I must admit I felt better when I didnt eat gluten too...But maybe it was just a placebo effect...

 

[mathieu]

I have hypothyroidism, probably from years of taking lithium. I take 100mcg thyroxine most days and 150mcg mon, wed and fri.

 

[WaterUnder]

I recently read that teflon coating can cause hypothyroidism.

 

[Final Escape]

Yea I was hyperthyroid and had non cancerous goiter and the doctor destroyed my gland. Now I have to be dependent on that garbage synthetic hormone for however long I'm alive. I don't think my thyroid needed to be destroyed but I was probably just iodine deficient.

I recently read that teflon coating can cause hypothyroidism.

Also the flouride in water, possibly mercury fillings, bromide, and some other ones inhibit your thyroid from properly functioning. It's legal to poison us and cause disease.

 

[WaterUnder]

Yea I was hyperthyroid and had non cancerous goiter and the doctors destroyed my gland. Now I have to be dependent on that garbage synthetic hormone for however long I'm alive. I don't think my thyroid needed to be destroyed but I was probably just iodine deficient.

Also the flouride in water, possibly mercury fillings, bromide, and some other ones inhibit your thyroid from properly functioning.

Sometimes I feel like my health was stolen from me.

 

[Final Escape]

Sometimes I feel like my health was stolen from me.

Right I could go on about how badly mistreated I was by the medical system. It's pretty criminal these days. You really can't trust doctors these days and have to do your own research on everything.

 

[Severen]

Yea I was hyperthyroid and had non cancerous goiter and the doctor destroyed my gland. Now I have to be dependent on that garbage synthetic hormone for however long I'm alive. I don't think my thyroid needed to be destroyed but I was probably just iodine deficient.

Also the flouride in water, possibly mercury fillings, bromide, and some other ones inhibit your thyroid from properly functioning. It's legal to poison us and cause disease.

And also most of the food is constantly messing with people's hormones, nowadays.

 

[cornflowerblue]

And also most of the food is constantly messing with people's hormones, nowadays.

Absolutely, this is something that has been acknowledged by the mainstream medical community and big pharma for decades, which says a lot. There are also plenty of foods that interfere with the efficacy of medications used to treat thyroid disorders.

 

[262653]

I don't know about science behind all of this, but could malnutrition be the root of so many diseases? Some say that we are what we eat, or what we eat becomes a part of us. Makes sense to me. We need to feed on other life forms regularly to sustain our own. Our bodies have the capacity for self-healing to some degree. Maybe if we could nurture our bodies properly and don't interfere with the healing process... We do our job, body does it's own. I've had a few unpleasant health conditions that nutrition succeeded to alleviate greatly, something that exercise or prescribed meds failed to do. Got rid of man boobs too.
Trashed bread, heavily refined foods except for cheese, grains, sugar, table salt... I don't remember what I'm not eating anymore. I do eat fruits, veggies, fish, meat, eggs, cheese, nuts... Oh, and breathe properly too because it feeds the body with... I don't know. Oxygen? Whatever it is, its feels very unpleasant when I tried to abstain from breathing. We might think that we know all about it because we are smart and dominate as a species over other species, or that we fly in space and compose symphonies. But if we consistently neglect basic needs and feel then maybe we have something to reconsider, understand with rational mind what we all know as animals. Relying on instincts to make food preferences served us well before but heavily refined world demands from us different approach, I think. Food manufacturers design their products to trick our senses with flavors and sweeteners and other crap I don't know about because messing with senses isn't my specialty, none is... But I'm sure that if we make preferences solely on taste in a modern world, then how are we going to discern between nutritious food and poisonous garbage?

 

[cornflowerblue]

I don't know about science behind all of this, but could malnutrition be the root of so many diseases? Some say that we are what we eat, or what we eat becomes a part of us. Makes sense to me. We need to feed on other life forms regularly to sustain our own. Our bodies have the capacity for self-healing to some degree. Maybe if we could nurture our bodies properly and don't interfere with the healing process... We do our job, body does it's own. I've had a few unpleasant health conditions that nutrition succeeded to alleviate greatly, something that exercise or prescribed meds failed to do. Got rid of man boobs too.
Trashed bread, heavily refined foods except for cheese, grains, sugar, table salt... I don't remember what I'm not eating anymore. I do eat fruits, veggies, fish, meat, eggs, cheese, nuts... Oh, and breathe properly too because it feeds the body with... I don't know. Oxygen? Whatever it is, its feels very unpleasant when I tried to abstain from breathing. We might think that we know all about it because we are smart and dominate as a species over other species, or that we fly in space and compose symphonies. But if we consistently neglect basic needs and feel then maybe we have something to reconsider, understand with rational mind what we all know as animals. Relying on instincts to make food preferences served us well before but heavily refined world demands from us different approach, I think. Food manufacturers design their products to trick our senses with flavors and sweeteners and other crap I don't know about because messing with senses isn't my specialty, none is... But I'm sure that if we make preferences solely on taste in a modern world, then how are we going to discern between nutritious food and poisonous garbage?

Lack of iron is a known factor for thyroid illness, it's why many countries sell iodized salt as the basic table salt. Too much iron can cause problems as well.

An important thing to remember is that malnutrition doesn't always mean underweight. Many obese people are malnourished.

 

[Final Escape]

I don't know about science behind all of this, but could malnutrition be the root of so many diseases? Some say that we are what we eat, or what we eat becomes a part of us. Makes sense to me. We need to feed on other life forms regularly to sustain our own. Our bodies have the capacity for self-healing to some degree. Maybe if we could nurture our bodies properly and don't interfere with the healing process... We do our job, body does it's own. I've had a few unpleasant health conditions that nutrition succeeded to alleviate greatly, something that exercise or prescribed meds failed to do. Got rid of man boobs too.
Trashed bread, heavily refined foods except for cheese, grains, sugar, table salt... I don't remember what I'm not eating anymore. I do eat fruits, veggies, fish, meat, eggs, cheese, nuts... Oh, and breathe properly too because it feeds the body with... I don't know. Oxygen? Whatever it is, its feels very unpleasant when I tried to abstain from breathing. We might think that we know all about it because we are smart and dominate as a species over other species, or that we fly in space and compose symphonies. But if we consistently neglect basic needs and feel then maybe we have something to reconsider, understand with rational mind what we all know as animals. Relying on instincts to make food preferences served us well before but heavily refined world demands from us different approach, I think. Food manufacturers design their products to trick our senses with flavors and sweeteners and other crap I don't know about because messing with senses isn't my specialty, none is... But I'm sure that if we make preferences solely on taste in a modern world, then how are we going to discern between nutritious food and poisonous garbage?

I read or heard somewhere many common diseases are caused my nutritional deficiency.

 

[Bluedew]

I have Graves Disease but I've been in remission for a couple years now.

 

[Rukia]

Run out of my tablets...too weak to go to the doc :( I fear I will binge eat because of lack of these hormones...:(

I will try to force myself to call the doc today maybe he will write the prescription without a visit...But nevertheless will have to go to his place to collect it...

 

[Shamana]

Yes, I have Hashimoto's as well. My highest TSH was 256... My "normal" now is around 5-6, but it keeps going up/down without levothyroxine dosage changes, which is worrisome...

Your TSH is still quite high. Some people have hypo symptoms when their TSH is over 2.

 

[k75]

Right I could go on about how badly mistreated I was by the medical system. It's pretty criminal these days. You really can't trust doctors these days and have to do your own research on everything.

This, absolutely!

I was diagnosed with Graves Disease. I was ultimately bullied into completely removing my thyroid by my endo team. I don't believe it was the right decision, but I was also battling cancer and really was too scared and worn down to properly fight the decision. Now I'm stuck on synthroid forever, nobody can get my dose right, and I feel worse than I did before.

I would give almost anything to be able to go back in time...

 

[inconsequential]

Your TSH is still quite high. Some people have hypo symptoms when their TSH is over 2.

I know. I feel entirely fine at a 6, which perplexes all doctors.

It feels way better than 256.

 

[Maravillosa]

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism almost ten years ago, but am in remission. I take 50 mcg levothyroxine every morning. I suspect that my hypothyroidism is fairly mild, though before my diagnosis I was extremely tired and pale.

 

[Xaphous]

I have underactive thyroid, it has seen me sleeping a lot of my life away. When I first when to doc and got diagnosed he said my levels were literally zero. Thing is, if i take levothyroxine daily it starts to make me feel like shit. So I go weeks often without taking it, until I feel I'm going to pass out with low blood sugar then take a 50mcg levo. It seems really a pain to get levels balanced...

 

[k75]

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism almost ten years ago, but am in remission. I take 50 mcg levothyroxine every morning. I suspect that my hypothyroidism is fairly mild, though before my diagnosis I was extremely tired and pale.

Compared to my dose, yours is mild. But any imbalance is enough to make you feel dreadful, so that doesn't make it any less shitty that you have it!

I'm currently on 200mcg levothyroxine and they just added cytomel (t3) to my regimen. Before the cytomel was added, I was taking 250mcg levo. It's too early to see if it'll make a difference, but I'm hoping.

 

[Rukia]

I had once cytomel (Thybon) added to my regimen and it really changed my life back then...So maybe it would work for you too...

 

[k75]

Rukia, that makes me hopeful. The theory is for whatever reason I'm not converting the levo correctly.

I was prescribed cytomel briefly about 5 years ago, but I had to switch doctors and they took me off it right away, so I never got to see if it worked or not. It took this long to make someone finally listen to me again.

 

[Rukia]

Yes, I know it is considered controversial therapy, in my country there is no Thybon I have to ask ppl to buy it in Germany for me (but I had prescription all was legit)
There was also one produced in Austria but they stopped :(

 

[k75]

Yes, if there is no profit in it, nobody wants to touch it no matter how effective it is. It's really tragic.

I tried for years to get my prescription changed to a natural hormone, but everyone refused.