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[nellster]

hi, and thank you.  I had a baby on 12/31/06, 3 months later I started to feel lousy with major hair loss and gained back the 30 lbs I had lost post partum.  I had a thyroid level of 129 in 6/07, 30 in 8/07.  My latest results on 150 mcg of synthroid are Thyroid peroxidase Antibodies =   >1000 , T-4, Free =  1.4, and TSH, 3rd generation = 0.07.  What do these numbers mean, are they good?  Do I need higher on the Synthroid because I still feel horrible with major hair loss, tired/sluggishness, weight gain, and joint pain?  Will the hair loss ever stop?  I began 50 mcg on 6/22, went to 75 mcg in July and on 9/1/07 up to 150 mcg.

thank you....

[nellster]

Hello, thank you for your kind words and information.  It has been a very slow journey since being diagnosed......I actually had to leave my primary care physician to find a new as she would only tell me that I was ok, just suffering with post partum depression......that said,  after she told me that my tsh was 129.  Why do I feel that people don't believe me and my symptoms?  Horrific aches, weight gain,etc.....?  

Any suggestions on diets and weight loss?  Can you lose weight?    

Thank you.

[cocorel]

Just to say welcome.

This is a very friendly forum where many questions re: thyroid are answered.

Redaing the many posta it has given me so much info the last couple of days, I hope it will for you too.
Coco

[HashimotosAge27F]

I know exactly how you feel! I'm hypothyroid [have been since age 12] but my medication was always right on track and I was a normal weight. I had been on Synthroid .125mcg since I was 12 years old  -- and then got pregnant last October [age 27] and my Synthroid was gradually increased, I ended at .188mcg. the day I delivered my son [3 months ago].
My Endo. told me to drop my dosage from .188mcg. to 137mcg. the day I had the baby [which I did] and I just got my labs done last week [thursday] and my TSH was 5.05 and my T4Free was 1.28 which means I'm very hypo! and that is why I CANNOT lose the extra 30 lbs. I gained with the baby!
My Endo. said it will take 2 weeks to feel the increase in Syntrhoid [going from .137mcg to .175mcg.] and I'll feel the full effect in 2 months! In the meantime .. I'm exhausted! and cannot lose weight :[
None of my pre-pregnancy clothes fit me and I'm miserable! I'm hoping this increase in Synthroid dosage will get me back to normal!
Here is a link to a webpage ALL ABOUT HYPOTHYROIDISM .. hope it helps! It shows the normal range of TSH, T3, T4, etc.
[today is my first day on this board as well .. good luck! :]

Link:
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/newsinfo/l/bltest_values.htm

[GravesLady]

TSH  of .07 possibly is too low due to over medicated, depending on your labs reference range. too low TSH level can cause damage, so therefore, it is not good. FT-4 looks low but in labs reference range. antibodies are neither here or there, except could mean you are autoimmune - I'd have to know your FT-3 level as well and labs reference range for all three.

hope this helps




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[nellster]

Thank you......I appreciate your help.  I am unsure what my numbers mean...are they good, bad, indifferent?

[GravesLady]

means you are over medicated. dose needs to be reduced. you went too fast in med. dose adjustments.  it takes 6 to 12 weeks after each med. dose change for full effect of the dose to sow in thyroid blood test. it is always best to go low and slow, test and adjust dose according.

your hair will come back once you are at the right TSH level and level stable, and, enough time for your body to heal.  this is not an over night healing process.  in some cases months or years, depending on your systems healing process.



October is breast cancer awareness month.
The Third Friday in OCTOBER is National Mammography Day
On this day, or throughout the month, radiologists provide discounted or free  Mammograms.  Go  here http://www.nbcam.org/ to give free mammogram to underprivileged woman every day, its free.  
The Silent Killer: Inflammatory Breast Cancer http://www.komotv.com/ibc/
and http://www.ibcsupport.org/