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New to Hashimoto's can anyone help?
Was just diagnosed with Hashimoto's two weeks ago due to high TPO antibodies. I have had hypothyroidism for about a year-and-a-half and have been on 50 mg of Levothyroxine. I was stupid and stopped taking my levothyroxine when I had a sinus infection in the middle of September, which is when I think all of this was triggered. Can anyone give me their symptoms so I feel okay about mine LOL I keep fluctuating between hyper and hypo and I'm freaking out. Palpitations, high pulse, jittery, nauseous, anxiety through the roof, insomnia etc etc. On the hypo and of things I am completely exhausted and all I want to do is sleep but due to the insomnia I can't. If anyone can help I would be forever grateful :-)
I had those symptoms with hyperthyroidism. I become hyperthyroid these days when I exercise (improves immune function so less medication is needed). I have problems with my cells so I can get rid of excess thyroid hormone in a day or two and hypothyroid symptoms show up again. You might find you aren't hyperthyroid after a couple of weeks maybe.
I have Hashimoto's and I have had both types of Hashitoxicosis. In my case I had hyper symptoms on and off for four years (leakage symptoms of active hashi's) and very hyperthyroid symptoms for two months when Graves antibodies also showed up. I find eating one or two brazil (high in selenium) a day notably helps calm Hashi's down.
"It should be pointed out that, especially in the US literature, the term ‘hashitoxicosis’ is sometimes used to describe an autoimmune thyroid disease overlap syndrome of Graves’ and Hashimoto’s disease.2 In this article the term is strictly limited to the ‘leakage’ symptoms of active Hashimoto’s disease.
Hashitoxicosis is most likely to present in the early stages of autoimmune hypothyroidism."*
*Hashitoxicosis – Three Cases and a Review of the Literature- European Endocrinology, 2008.
"It should be pointed out that, especially in the US literature, the term ‘hashitoxicosis’ is sometimes used to describe an autoimmune thyroid disease overlap syndrome of Graves’ and Hashimoto’s disease.2 In this article the term is strictly limited to the ‘leakage’ symptoms of active Hashimoto’s disease.
Hashitoxicosis is most likely to present in the early stages of autoimmune hypothyroidism."*
*Hashitoxicosis – Three Cases and a Review of the Literature- European Endocrinology, 2008.
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Thank you for your response :-) did you have symptoms like mine; racing pulse, jittery, anxiety. exhausted Etc??? I think I'm going through what they call a flare up but I'm not sure how long these things last :-(
Please post your latest set of thyroid related test results and reference ranges shown on the lab report.
You may be interpreting some symptoms as hyper, when they can also be related to being hypo, which is more likely considering you having Hashi's and stopping your small dose of Levo.
You may be interpreting some symptoms as hyper, when they can also be related to being hypo, which is more likely considering you having Hashi's and stopping your small dose of Levo.
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