Can we have a discussion about thyroid? List of hypo symptoms

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List of hypothyroid symptoms:

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/long-and-pathetic/

I noticed the sore feet soles on this list. I could hardly stand on my

feet after birth, the soles were sooooo sore. I have picked up on this

symptom quite often on teh autism lists. This is a symptom not regularly

mentioned by endocrinologists.

JULIE GRIFFITHS schrieb:

> Hi guys,

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> I have been researching thyroid the last while as it's tied up with the

> adrenal function.

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> There are two features of autism recongized by mainstream medicine, one

> is a smaller than average amygdala and dysfunctional serotonin metabolism.

> Well apparently the thyroid governs the serotonin metabolism and just

> this morning I found an abstract on rats suggesting that a small

> amygdala is related to low T3. Also I have spent the last weeks on a

> thyroid list and interestingly enough they report low ferritin in cases

> of hypothyroid. I think I have seen a lot of posts on our lists

> discussing low ferritin. Again on the same thyroid list they recommend

> increasing adrenal strength before fixing the thyroid. And another

> thing, Dr. Woody McGinnis long ago noticed that the moms of children

> with ASD were often estrogen rich. I think this could tie up with a

> faulty thyroid also. I definately had hypothyroidism after my

> pregnancy. Have no idea if I had it before hand.....

>

> Soo, I was wondering if hypothyroidism is common in children with autism

> and the moms

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> Do any of you have lab tests showing free T4 and free T3 levels. There

> is a lot of controversy regarding the best levels of these two

> parameters in terms of a healthy thyroid. What interests me is whether

> T4 is being converted to T3. For this conversion selenium and iodine is

> neccessary. I doubt whether any of us got enough iodine during our

> pregnancies as we were told NOT to eat salt, the main source for iodine.

>

> If you have any thyroid lab results at all, maybe you could share these

> with us.

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