Comments on: Throwing thyroid into the mix

By: Wren

Wren — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:38:47 +0000

Aw Polly, JUST what you needed, eh?

In a way, I almost hope it IS your thyroid making you chill/sweat and feel so wiped out. At least there are good meds for the condition that do tend to work pretty well for people.

If it’s NOT, then maybe your rheumatologist needs to think about making some med changes in that direction. I’m so sorry you’re feeling so bad. It’s just plain no fun to hurt, sweat, and freeze while trying to drag oneself through the day.

My thoughts are will you. I hope you’ll be feeling a whole lot better very soon.

By: pollyannapenguin

pollyannapenguin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:27:41 +0000

Hi Leslie,

Glad the levothyroxine is doing its job for you … if that’s what it is, and not the other bits – but regardless, glad you’re feeling better! If my TSH is still elevated next month I’ll start jumping up and down (not that I’d have the energy!) and demanding treatment, but it does seem fairly logical to me to wait, especially as TSH is known to fluctuate and my T3/T4 wasn’t terribly low. (The low-ish end of normal, but not madly low.)

By: pollyannapenguin

pollyannapenguin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:25:09 +0000

Actually no, I don’t think so … the ones saying ‘If your TSH is above 2 you need treatment’ are the internet snake-oil salesmen … sorry, I mean purveyors of natural hormonal therapies for hypothyroidism. I will have to look into the iodine-rich foods possibility – closest I usually get to sea food is ‘seaweed’ from the Chinese restaurant, which doesn’t even come from the sea!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:26:56 +0000

I just found out almost two months ago that I have hypothyroidism. I feel much better since starting levothyroxine. I also started azithromycin for an elevated ASO titer and the gluten free diet around the same time…so I don’t know what is helping the most…but I am not cold all the time and I feel like I have more energy. My doc even told me it would help with the joint pain since my thyroid was so low.. my TSH was 7-something. T4 and T3 were low. You might outta check around about your test…seems like if its even a little elevated you need on replacement therapy…but I’m no doc…just what I’ve read.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:56:24 +0000

Call me a cynic, but does the value for what’s normal depend on whether a pharmaceutical company that produces thyroid drugs have a say in the matter?!

In the meantime, would eating more iodine rich foods (seafood) help?