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Help with blood work results & symptoms

I have been under long term stress, now have symptoms of: swollen thyroid which I can feel when I swallow, headaches, cold feet, feeling worse upon waking than going to bed, excessive thirst that sometimes wakes me up at night or I have to drink a full glass of water in the am, burning back pain that is worse at night and upon waking, fatigue, hot flashes, night sweats, horizontal ridges in my fingernails, heart cramps-like it freezes in contraction for a half a second too long, dizziness, brain fog, muscle aches, burning in my feet, swollen hands upon waking. I am 51, developed fibromyalgia after a head-on car wreck in 1997. I have had a partial hysterectomy due to anemia from heavy periods in 2005, I had Bell's Palsy in 2006 and still feel tingling in my face and recurrent severe headaches. I had my gall bladder removed, 2007 and have suffered from post-cholesectomy dumping syndrome since. I lost down to 112 from 126, went back up to 122, until these new symptoms started, now I'm down to 117 in a week. I had a reaction to isoview/ipamidol September of 2008 and have felt terrible ever since although I've been told that doesn't have anything to do with how I feel. My axillary temp in the morning has been under 98 every morning for a week so far. I've had the following blood work:
Free T4 1.25 (0.74-1.83)
TSH 0.470 (0.46-4.70)----how can a range this wide be considered "normal"
amylase 57
glucose 78
sodium 141
potassium 4.8
chloride 103
co2 29
anion gap 8
bun 15
creatinine 0.66
calcium 9.8
bilirubin total 0.5
bilirubin direct 0.0
total protein 8.0
albumin 5.2  (3.5-5.0)
ast 27
alt 25
alk phosphatase 82
ggtp 17
egfr >60
lipase 112
urine test were all negative except bacteria & mucous were present
I haven't been back to the GP that discovered the swollen thyroid gland yet, but I've read and heard so many conflicting things I want to be fully informed when he starts suggesting treatments. I know pituitary/adrenal/thyroid are all tied together, so how/where do I start? I am finishing a masters degree in speech pathology and have a job beginning in Aug, but am afraid I won't have the stamina to get through the day.
Thank you so much for your input!
modine
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550622 tn?1247656720
You could be leaning toward Hyperthyroidism.  Go to a good Endocrinologist and see what he/she says.
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803938 tn?1403748253
You results TSH/Free T4 don't seem so bad to me but I am not a huge expert. And you don't have the Free T3 which is the most important data.

The range of TSH is not a normal range, this is the range most people belong to... and a lot of people have hypothyroidism!

In any case, you should post on the Thryoid forum, you'll get more answers than here...
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