dairy causing thyroid pain & swelling then dump (sorry, long)

March 26, 2011

i've stopped eating most dairy but did trial a little bit when we went out to

eat and then went to a birthday party (milk in the bread/cupcakes). i have been

diagnosed with hashimoto's based on thyroid enlargement and symptoms. blood

results (tsh, t3/t4, antibodies) are within normal range. i also have

fibromyalgia and can feel the swelling.

the first time i got a little hyper (rapid heartbeat, jittery, a little sweaty)

and the pain in my thyroid stayed on, intermittently, for a few days. then

yesterday i had part of a cupcake and some tuna salad. major reaction! first

came the pain and feeling of swelling, then a BIG panic attack sort of reaction

followed by no more pain in my thyroid. i had to take 1/2 a xanax to settle the

reaction and told a friend of mine that was there what was going on in case i

had to call an ambulance. i was really scared.

could the dairy be related to the thyroid? why would i get the swelling/pain and

then what seems to be a dumping or reducing? i take a drop of lugol's several

times a week and try to take the other supplements more frequently than i take

the lugol's. i have been bad about the salt loading but have recently been

taking a lot more celtic sea salt. i also am afraid of taking too much magnesium

as i've developed cramping from that (too little calcium) without knowing what i

was doing. that scared me too.

sorry this is so long. i'm just tired of being afraid of my body and want to

figure out what is going on. i did have 24-hr cortisol saliva testing done a few

years ago and it did show adrenal fatigue. the endo i was seeing dismissed AF as

not being real (she later put me on a low iodine diet and then said she hadn't

when i told her my swelling was worse and an ultrasound showed nodules had

developed on the more swollen side of my thyroid - i had the paper from her

office to prove it so i have not been back to her).

please let me know if any other information would be helpful. at this point i'm

thinking that i need to up my detox a lot and stay away from dairy. it's

frustrating because i've developed allergies to so many foods over the past few

years.

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