Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Have you ever had a heavy metal mercury test done? I would suggest having one done and see what the results are. Mercury poisoning is worse than lead poisoning. I take my heavy metal test Monday. Be well... LOTS of great info here. ~Amy~ > > Hi, > > I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in Oct 2007. I have been having > various health issues since 2005. I had severe iron deficiency anemia > in 2005 (ferritin: 3 [12-200]), which finally got resolved, but I > still had a lot of fatigue. In the spring of 2006 I pressed the doc > for help. My TSH was a little high (4.02) and had been rising (3.06 2 > years earlier, 3.89 6 months earlier), so they put me on a trial of > Synthroid 75mcg. Within a week I was feeling much much better, so I > knew I was hypothyroid. > > But they kept testing my blood and lowering my dosage until I was > only taking 12.5mcg. At that point I was feeling horrible again, so I > requested the thyroid antibody tests. (I don't they would have done > the antibody tests if I hadn't requested them. It pays to know about > this stuff and not just go along with what doctors say.) > Thyroglobulin was 46.9 (0.0 - 3.9), and thyroid peroxidase was 210.9 > (0.0 - 3.9). > > The doc then referred me to an endocrinologist, and I'm happy with > her. I'm back on 75mcg and feeling better again. I also had a thyroid > ultrasound done and was found to have a micronodular goiter (left > side 4.6 cm, right side 5 cm), which explains why I'd been having a > little pain and feeling like my clothes were choking me. > > I feel okay about the thyroid treatment I'm getting; I am actually > more concerned about all the other things that are going on that have > never been adequately diagnosed. I think they must all be related > somehow since they all seemed to come on around the same time. I have > a weird condition that causes my muscles to twitch (benign > fasciculation syndrome), which is presumed to be autoimmune. I also > have something going on in the right side of my head that causes > pressure, migraine-like headaches and constant ringing in the right > ear. > > I'm wondering about what caused all of this. Yesterday I had a root > canal. Turns out the tooth was dead, and an infection had been > simmering for years. Maybe the tooth infection was the trigger for > all my woes. Or maybe it was the throat infection I had just before I > started noticing some of the initial symptoms. Or maybe it was due to > stress; I had some long periods of extreme stress during much of the > 9 years leading up to my illnesses. I guess we'll never know what > causes any of this, but being an analytical person, I like to try to > figure it out. No cause was ever determined for my anemia either. > > Anyway, thanks for reading this far, and it's nice to be on board. > > Jodi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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