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Thyroid

Hi,

I have not been feeling myself for a long time. I have just had blood tests and the thyroid was normal with an elevated T3 in the normal range (12-22) mine was 22.3.

I have put on 6kg or 12 pounds in about a year, i have mood swings, am tired constantly, looked washed out, have headaches, feel like my sugar levels dip in the day even if i have eaten, also feel like my hearing goes in and out. Do go to the gym and eat right but can not shift the weight. Feel tired in the morning when I wake up and need to get back to sleep. I have had hormone tests done, but they have come back fine. Does anyone have any suggestions to get back to what I feel is normal? Someone told me about subclinical hypothyroidism? Do you think that I may have this?

Thanks you for all help.

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I know it's been a long time since your post, but did your symptoms ever resolve.  All of your symptoms are consistent with Borrelia/Lyme Disease.  Europeans are much less likely to get arthritis than Americans as there are different species of Borrelia there.  Lyme patients very often hear that "it's all in your head" which is awful when you feel awful. Lyme mimics many diseases, so just because someone has symptoms consistent with Lyme doesn't mean they have Lyme.  But it is good to get it checked out.  Many people who have been sick for years test negative, so you may need to track a down a doctor who is familiar with the disease who can make a clinical diagnosis.  Just because you test negative doesn't mean you've eliminated it as a possibility.

Good luck!
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just got back from specialist this morning, had got a nodule which needs to have an ultra sound. blood tests are normal.  the specialist thinks that my weight gain (10 kg, 22 lbs) tiredness, tingling and pain in hands and feet, feeling cold, pain in jaw and neck and ear, hair and eyebrow loss, dry skin and general being is due to anxiety problems? huh? can blood tests still come back normal and display underactive symptons. he did not tell me my levels, but just said that they were normal. i know that this is not in my head and i am not making this up because they are real. any advice for what to do?
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Have had your lymph nodes checked? I have a nodule that puts pressure on my lymph node and it causes similar pains. My blood tests come back semi-normal except low TSH .003 and the nodule is actually functioning as my thyroid, keeping my level pretty normal. My nodule is higher up on the right side of my neck and the doctor thought that it was my lymph node, not my thyroid. I don't know if this will help,but if you have insurance or the money, get a different kind of test, like a radioactive iodine uptake. It's pretty easy and fast. Good Luck!
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today has not been that great. woke up at 3am with a very sore throat. having problems drinking liquids today and my voice is croaky. have been in bed, also very tired, feeling cold and pain in my jaw and between shoulder blades. also my ears seem to be ringing a bit. is this a common cold or related to what i am going through??? uggghhh !!!
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i am on nothing. i have been to my gynecologist who recently changed my contraceptive because i had a hormone test which was showing low estrogen and was displaying all these weird symptoms. i went on the scale today at the gym and have put on nearly 3kg since sep which makes it a total of 9kg in a year. i am normally 54kg and not 63kg. am still incredibly tired and feel like my body is shutting down and feel sluggish, also feeling very cold. the doc does not think that there is anything to worry about, but yet he is not the one feeling this way either. i am normally a european size 8 max, 10 and not a size 14 which i had to buy new clothes recently. nothing has changed in my routine either. i need to go back in three months time for another blood test, any other suggestions?  thank you for your advice
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Now it looks like subclinical hyperthyoidism, and yet not at a suggested diagnose treatment level .

Are you on thyroid meds.

Thyroid symptoms are so non-specific.  In other words, a lot of other health conditions have the same symptoms as thyroid, it is very difficult to distinguish where the symptoms are coming from or which health conditions are the cause and Doctor needs to eliminate them through their appropriate test, before declaring thyroid. This is a long a tedious process but will worth it in the end when you find out the causes and get properly treated.  Each symptom might have to treated separately from each other. None of the thyroid hormone medications or drugs are a 100 percent cure-all for symptoms.

Keep doing test until  two test in a row from the same Lab, confirm each other and then a possible uptake test will confirm both.

Good Luck.
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I have recently had another blood test where my T4 and T3 was normal and my TSH came back at 0.29 (normal range was 0.4 - 4.0), slightly on the low side.  I am still not feeling right. Any suggestions?
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thank you so much. will look into it
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A normal TSH is not subclinical hypothyroid.

Check for possible other health condition causing your symptoms.  Not everything is thyroid.
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