The thyroid and gilbert's syndrome

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I have hashimotos disease and have had consistently raised bilirubin levels for

a couple of years. My thyroid situation has never been adequately under

control. I have a couple of questions:

1) my doctor has diagnosed gilbert's syndrome because of the raised bilirubin

levels but neither of my parents have any indictation of the hereditary

condition themselves on their medical records. could the high bilirubin levels

be caused by my thyroid condition?

2). If it is possible for me to have gilbert's syndrome (as the result of my

parents being carriers without ever having high bilirubin levels themselves),

then would this go some way to explaining why I seem to have trouble converting

T4 to T3? Is anyone aware of a link between gilbert's syndrome and thyroid

issues?

My doctor tells me that having gilbert's syndrome is of no consequence (mind

you, given the way he has treated my thyroid problem, I'm somewhat skeptical!!!)

Can anyone help with this, I would be most grateful.