A TSH of 4.78 is not normal is should be no higher then a 2 - that is why you feel sluggish. Get a 2nd opinion.
A TSH of 4.78 is not normal is should be no higher then a 2 - that is why you feel sluggish. Get a 2nd opinion.
I was diagnosed with thyroiditis 10 years ago and was treated for about 3 months with beta blocker and a small white pill which I cant remember the name. I have always felt sluggish and tired and this summer I started having heart palpitations and was found to have hyperthyroid due to an autoimmune antibody of the thyroid. A month ago I was all of the sudden hypothyroid and my blood work as of 10/2/07 was
Free T4 was 1
TSH was 4.78
Endo said this is normal now and see you in December, but in the mean time I feel terrible. My body aches, I feel sluggish and horrible most of the day. What can a person do to help ease these symptoms of this autoimmune thyroiditis?? He told me this can happen over and over . Not good news.
It is hard to know if this was silent thyroiditis (which is also probably antibody mediated) going into a hypo phase or if this is straightforward early Hashimoto's. Going hyper to hypo due to autoimmune thyroid disease is not very common. Not having labs from 2-4 months ago makes it hard to make the diagnosis at this point. The synthroid could be stopped and levels monitored closely -- if silent thyroiditis the TSH would return towards normal -- but with the positive TPO ab would think it may be best to stay on synthroid in most cases. Hair loss is common with this and should improve -- it is a cause of telogen effluvium -- stress is the most common cause.
Doubt adrenal with the rush symptoms, but talk to your doctor about these.
When I wrote subacute thyroiditis I meant silent (painless) thyroiditis...without the postpartum part.