It is my experience that when my ferritin is low I have breathlessness too. Low ferritin is like an anemia and shortness of breath is a sign of that along with weakness and fatigue. Are your lips very pale? Check not iron but ferritin. MAny hypo patients are helped with iron supplements.
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Hi, I was glad to see that you added about the antibodies at the last minute, I agree with Tnt, that you TSH level is high and that you are hypo, however, You say you are positive for the antibodies, which means that you have an auto immune disease, which in my opinion, is linked to so many added symptoms of it's own. I too, have been diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease, and it has been my experience, that I suffer from a wide variety of symptoms, which range from hypo to hyper symptoms, but also have had chest pain and shortness of breath and so on. I know they are not the typical symptoms, but I strongly believe it is all related, during different thyroid med changes that I go through, there are times when all of those symptoms go away. If your GP is not willing to refer you to an endo, I would suggest trying a doctor tht will give you the referral, just the fact that your dealing with diabetes, and another auto immune form, I think this is significant cause to be treated by a specilaist, this is just my two cents. good luck to you, Shannon
Hypothyroid can causes breathlessness - usually the labs are more severe....but first would normalize TSH (0.5-1.5)which may mean more thyroid meds (switch to a brand like synthroid or levoxyl instead of generic levothyroxine) and have the TSH checked every 6 weeks after a dose start/change until goal is reached. If your symptoms persist after fixing thyroid, then it may be another cause.
Are you not under the care of an endo for the Type 1 DM? It think a T1DM pt with hypothyroid is also at risk for other endocrine problems such as adrenal insufficiency (at least ask primary care to check an 8am cortisol and if less than 11 - consider an ACTH stim test).
By the way, forgot to mention that i have had high thyroid antibodies for about 3 years. As a diabetic i'm routinely checked for it.
HI IT MOST DEFINETLY SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE HYPOTHYROID.WITH YOUR HIGH TSH AND HIGH ANTIBODIES LEVEL.MAYBE THE LEVOTHYROXINE IS NOT THE RIGHT MEDICINE FOR YOU.TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT TRYING A DIFFERENT ONE.MAYBE DR.MARK CAN RECOMMEND ONE IF HE FEELS IT IS NOT RIGHT.I AM NOT A DOCTOR,ONLY A FORUM USER LIKE YOU ARE.GOOD LUCK,AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR SELF.TNT406