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I had thought I had dropped from the group because my symptoms were being put

down as being Sjogrens Syndrome. They still may be Sjogrens Syndrome, but I now

have an upped TSH.

A bit of history. Back in September I went wheat and most grains free, only

having cornflour to thicken sauces, and rice once a week. Subsequently this

caused me to go low carb. I had near enough immediate relief from IBS symptoms,

but only an initial weight loss of 9lbs over 3 weeks and nothing since.

It was suggested that I may have a Thyroid problem, so I joined here, some

months ago. Where I learnt about the vitamins needed etc. My B12 was shown to be

very low, but not out of range, so I have been supplementing that and all the

other nutrients that are recommended, again I was feeling better than before,

but still not brilliant.

Through all this and previous memory has shown that my TSH has always been over

1.65, more often over 2.5 and my latest test, last week, was 4.08. My thyroid

antibody test came back negative, so it isn't Hashimoto's. The only time I have

been able to afford the fT3 and fT4 tests they came back in their proper part of

the range, but that test was taken when I was feeling at my best.

Since Christmas I have been suffering from an extremely dry mouth and eyes, and

made an appointment to get it checked out. This appointment I had to cancel due

to a out of Bronchitis. When I had recovered from the Bronchitis, I went back to

the docs and he suggested that I may have Sjogrens Syndrome. Reading up on it,

he is probably right.

But, since the Bronchitis I have had a return of the IBS type symptoms, and my

TSH has sot up to 4.08. This I believe is caused by the Sjogerns having a flare

up (a bit like Rhumatoid Arthritis has flare ups), as Sjogrens is an

auto-immune condition which affects glands and secretions all over the body (it

dries them up). As an experiment, I ate some wheat believing my IBS had returned

and wasn't caused by the wheat. I found that the Sjogrens IBS is painless, just

diarrhea. Whereas when I eat wheat I get full blown burning, cramps and pain.

Back to gluten free it is then.

As far as I can figure out, the Sjogrens is causing the Thyroid problems, just

by being a flare up of antibodies and a drying up of secretions (thyroid drying

up). I have decided to at least treat the thyroid part of my condition

independently, and have ordered some *Thiroid* from Surplus-thai off ebay.

Can someone confirm that I need to take a 1/4 of a tablet (60mg) a day for the

first week, then add a second 1/4 after lunch for another week. Then increase

to 1/2 & 1/4 then 1/2 & 1/2 weekly. Progressively increasing the dosage, until I

hit hyper symptoms?

Thanks.2