Intersting info on Hashimoto's thyroiditis!

I was following links last night and came across an interesting site. Now this person is trying to sell a book and wants to sell this and that, so ignore those parts, but the information that was gained from a survey is really interesting.

"During the month of May, I developed a survey to assess the impact of various interventions on Hashimoto's - 2232 people with Hashimoto's provided feedback to this survey as to the factors that seemed to make their conditions better and the factors that made their conditions worse. "

thyroidpharmacist.com/articles/top-10-takeaways-from-2232-people-with-hashimotos

I finally had some time to read it - very interesting - I'm going to check my husband's lab - I know he had Vitamin D levels checked, but not sure of B12 and Ferritin.

Thanks for posting, Trav!

Its funny so many Drs do not realize that Hashimoto can have its own symptoms in addition to "regular" non-autoimmune hypothyroid - even with optimal thyroid med dosing. . They dont do anything for the autoimmune inflammation except say to take NSAIDs for the rest of your life (thats real good for your already suffering digestive issues). This is obviously more confusing when combined with a tick borne illness.


What I liked on said web site:

#8. Sweet spot for TSH levels.

69% of respondents feel optimal with a TSH under 1 μIU/ml, and 57% felt good with the TSH between 1 and 2 μIU/ml !! While a TSH as high as 4 μIU/ml may be considered to be “within normal limits” I personally felt like a sloth and was losing a ton of hair when my TSH was at that level. You can read my article about TSH in this ARTICLE for more information.

9. Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) can make a big difference for some

While only 38% of those that tried it reported feeling better, the ones that saw benefit had some spectacular results. 48% were able to reduce thyroid antibodies, 61% saw an improvement in mood, 66% were able to have more energy, and 40% saw a reduction in pain.

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LDN is still on my list (Drs slowly trying other things in the mean time).

I found the glutan free kickstarted the healing process for leaky gut and terrible night time acid reflux (woke gagging on acid). I eat glutan again, just less. Never buy regular bread, only sough dough which is not wildly known to be fermented, and because of that, is even OK for many celiacs to consume. I was surprised.

bluelyme-

Lyme and many other infections can start autoimmune illnesses, other reasons to, like leaky gut sending protein into the blood. Autoimmune thyroid specific antibodies in Hashi attack the thyroid because something else is in there that they see as an invader.

Once you have one autoimmune, its common to acquire two more autoimmune conditions in a life time.

Conventional medicine does not concentrate on why autoimmune happens, they just try to treat the aftermath. Notice I said "try".

Girlie,

You have an EXTREMELY healthy TSH level.

The TSH range is too high and this confuses many - including doctors.

The AACE (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists) recommended lowering the TSH range to .3 - 3.0 back in 2002. Most labs haven't changed their ranges because they don't want to invest in new testing kits.

The AACE is considering lowering the range again.

I know what hyperthyroidism labs look like - I started my thyroid disease journey with Graves' disease. TSH is suppressed in hyperthyroidism - as in < .005. (yes, less than .005 - virtually undetectable)

Even a suppressed TSH doesn't necessarily mean a person is hyper. The Graves' TSH receptor antibodies can skew TSH low.

The only times I ever had a TSH like yours was when I was horribly hypo.

On a "good" day, my TSH is .007.

I think you can now understand why I repeatedly say that TSH is not a reliable indicator of thyroid function.

No worries, please ;)

That pretty much coincides with what I've been saying.