Hashimotos and my period

[runnergirl83]

I am 26, I was diagnosed with a goiter when I was 17 and having no thyroid function. when I was 20 it made me real sick for a about a year with my entire body just being off and my thyroid levels constantly changing, the same thing happened at age 23 to the point I had an overactive thyroid one month and then a month later i was under active, this took a huge toll on my body my life and my mood, and the the doctor thinks its Hashimotos. I am a runner and have never gotten a period every month, usually if I am running over 30 miles a week I can expect my period to be non-existent skip months or be very light. my period has been messed up since June, I went to the gyno whose response was its from running, and my regular doctor checked my thyroid and its fine. However June my period was early, July it only last 2 days, it skipped august(i took a pregnancy test came back negative). September it was normal, October normal. November it was 8 days early and has lasted almost two weeks. is it really this normal for a person with a thyroid problem to have a period so irregular.

[gimel]

Why hasn't the doctor tested for TPO ab and TG ab to confirm his assumption of Hashi's?  You should also insist on being tested for free T3 and free T4, which are the biologically active thyroid hormones.  Note that free T3 and free T4 (FT3 and FT4 ) are not the same as total T3 and total T4.  If you will get these tests done and posted here, members will be glad to help interpret.  

[dawnangela]

Very normal, the thyroid controls all our hormones as well..