Hi,
My daughter is almost 17 yrs old and having re-occuring symptoms of when she was in the 8 grade 13 yrs old. The symptoms back then were: Sore throat, chronic tireness (where I could not wake her for school, she sleep close to 15 hours or more) headaches. Then one day I noticed her neck was swollen, test were done and came back with a dx of hashimoto's, abnormal antibodys with normal tsh and t4 at first nothing was done other then antibotics for possible viral. Waking her became worse, I finally found a Endocrinologist who placed her on synthroid which she was on for two yrs. Then one test came back with a t4 level too high and she was removed off the synthroid. Now she is complaining of the same symptoms, MD says that thyroid is swelling again but as before her tsh,t4 are normal. They are giving her antiboitics again, no synthroid she is complaing of neck itching (new). We no longer have a Endocrinologist out here so she is being tx by her pedicatric MD. I guess my question is would it hurt her to be back on the synthroid and have it adjusted every so often. I concerned as she is starting the same pattern and she can't keep having this up and down trips for the rest of her life! Is it true that once dx with hasimotos that it does not go away its just managed? That evidentually the thryoid stops functioning? Do you suggest finding a Endocrinologist to help her closes one to me would probably be in Portland, Or or Washington. Ours here in Idaho moved. Thank you idspirit