Thyroid burn out .

[clo53]

If your doctor told you that you had to wait for your thyroid to burn out , what would  you expect to happen ? How would you know when it had happened?


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[mtkst13]

i know exactly what that means.  and you will know when it's burned out!

basically, your body, a virus, or a bacteria attack your thyroid causing inflammation and destruction.  all of the preformed thyroid hormones (t4 and t3) spill into the blood stream making you extremely hyperthyroid.  in the meantime, your thyroid has been damaged and is no longer producing new t3/t4.  therefore, when your body is done using the preformed t4/t3, your thyroid is burned out because it's been damaged and isn't producing t4/t3.  you are then HYPOthyroid to the extreme.

you go from hyperthyroid (rapid heartbeat, anxiety, energetic, sweaty, shaky, going to the bathroom alot/loose stools, hungry/weight loss) to hypothyroid ( slow heartbeat, apathetic, lethargic, cold, lifeless, dry skin, constipated, not hungry/weight gain/bloated) very quickly.  like overnight.  ohhh it's fun.

[tiredfedup]

My NP, who told me that he would treat me with meds is now chickening out on me and said it looks like my thyroid is starting to burn out...come back in one month.  I was so disappointed.  My TSH went from 2.3 to 2.92.  This really stinks!  I will try another endo next.  

[mtkst13]

definitely follow up.  a tsh of 2.92 is on the border.  a month is a good timeframe to check it again.  what are your frees?

my tsh went from .004 to 55.86 in less than a month.   my frees made huge drops.  it was pretty awful and was a roller coaster of symptoms in a very short period of time.  

[tiredfedup]

My recent tests are as follows:

TSH 2.92 (.27 - 4.2)
T3 108 (80-200)
Free T4 1 (.9 - 1.8)
Total 8.3 (4.6 - 12)
Tuptake 1.22 (.80 - 1.3)
T% 26 (24 - 39)
Antibodies 207 (0 - 35)

So close to being hypo right?

[mtkst13]

below i posted what i think are the test names because the names you have are incorrect.  your free t4 and tsh are definitely on the border.  your other values look decent.  you need some monitoring for the next few months to see what happens with these numbers.  if they normalize, you need to have labs drawn at least once a year considering your antiTPO is slightly high.  you could be slowly developing hypothyroidism.

TSH 2.92 (.27 - 4.2)
T3 108 (80-200)
Free T4 1 (.9 - 1.8)
Total 8.3 (4.6 - 12)  i'm thinking this is total t4
Tuptake 1.22 (.80 - 1.3)   i'm thinking this is free t3
T% 26 (24 - 39)  i'm guessing this is t3 uptake
Antibodies 207 (0 - 35)  i'm guessing this is antiTPO