Hello so happy to have found you

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Hi Everyone

I am sooo so pleased to have found this group.. I've just been recently

diagnosed with Autoimmune Thyroiditis after 10 years of trips to the doctors and

the list is endless for what i have been tested for. I started with a period of

hyperthyroid which took them 2 years to diagnose and was prescribed carbimazole

then went downhill from there as although my results were slighly low they were

deemed not low enough for thyroxine and you do trust your doctor to know things

and i just went on what he said gradually feeling worse and worse.

Ive been told early menopause at the age of 35 and prescribed HRT. Been told

Stress and virtually laughed at by the doctor when i insisted on a cardiogram to

check out my chest pains. Told stress yet again and possible ulcer so was

prescribed Omeprezole. Pains in my joints tested for arthirtis. Swollen knees

arthiritis test yet again. Then sent for lumbar puncture and MRI scan to test

for MS. Depresssion and many many more. Then we got a new doctor at the surgery

only young from med school whom i went to see because i had a sore tongue..he

diagnosed anemia tested for it plus thyroid and full blood count. saw my levels

were low and wanted to test for antibodies and now at last a proper diagnosis.

He also discovered after more tests that i have celiac disease which is quite

ironic as i had told my old doc on numerous occasions that i felt ill if i ate

bread. So now am embarking on my new diet taking my levothyroxine only 25mcg to

start with and hoping that at last i can slowly start to try and get my life

back. xx

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Hi Debby.

Yep, sounds like you've been through the mill.... also typical hashimotos with

the hyper and then the hypo - putting you on carbimazole was a bad unesessary

move.

You are taking a couple of things which interfere with uptake of thyroid

hormones..... the first one being omeprazole.... are you taking this for

acid reflux? if so, consider having a look at the complete opposite

problem.... acid reflux is commonly caused by too little acid and the remedy is

to take betaine HCL, it's common with hypothyroidism and often treated wrongly

by the docs. here's a link which explains it all:

http://www.drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/Hypochlorhydria there is also information in

the files (on the left hand side of the page here:

thyroid treatment

The extra estrogen in HRT also messes up transportation of thyroid hormones....

are you absolutely sure you are short of estrogen? It's progesterone which

dissapears at menopause and this can be remedied wth progesterone cream.....

here's another link: http://www.wellsprings-health.com/

Gluten intolerance goes hand in hand with thyroid problems too....

Guess you have a lot to read, and take in..... you are on a very baby dose of

thyroid hormones...... hopefully you are being tested every 6 weeks? a normal

replacement dose is somewhere between 150 and 200 mcg per day....

Welcome to the forum!

. x

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> Hi Everyone

> I am sooo so pleased to have found this group.. I've just been recently

diagnosed with Autoimmune Thyroiditis after 10 years of trips to the doctors and

the list is endless for what i have been tested for.

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Hi

Yes i certainly have a lot to read up on. Also the doctor told me to test again

in 3 months not 6 weeks so guess i'll be paying them an earlier visit. He said

the low dose was so my heart could get used to my new metabolic rate. Since ive

been gluten free i've not needed to take the Omeprazole and i threw the HRT in

the dustbin years ago because i knew it was'nt doing anything. xx

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> Hi Debby.

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> Yep, sounds like you've been through the mill.... also typical hashimotos

with the hyper and then the hypo - putting you on carbimazole was a bad

unesessary move.

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