thyorid

[hdpsod]

How bad and how long has the thyroid  been going on When The symptoms are almost all of them, fatigued, tired, dry lizard skin, sores on the scalp and in the nose that will not heal, double vision, itching, lost all muscle, nausea, etc ...  and the vision / eyes got from normal to double and more to get two different eyeglasses in 3-4 months?
The doctors say I have had high TPO for very long time but not that much to worry about until now.

Period May -13 - September -14

THS 3,2 T4 7 TPO 390
THS 6,1 T4 9 TPO 260
THS 8,8 T4 9 TPO 260

Start take Levaxin June -14

TSH 2,9 T4 9 TPO Not taken

What does this say?

[gimel]

With your medical background and symptoms, yes it is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.  So you need to take enough thyroid medication to raise your Free T3 and Free T4 high enough to relieve the hypo symptoms you are having.  The amount of thyroid med you are taking is only a starter dose.  Your doctor should be re-testing you every 4-6 weeks and raising your dosage as necessary to relieve symptoms.  

Since you started on the Levaxin in June, you are overdue for tests.  I strongly suggest that you go back to the doctor and insist on being tested for the biologically active thyroid hormones, Free T3 and Free T4, which are not the same as Total T3 and Total T4.  When already taking thyroid med, TSH means very little and is frequently misused by doctors as a diagnostic by which to medicate the hypo patient.  That is wrong.  Treatment should be based on your symptoms and levels of Free T3 and Free T4.  

You should discuss with your doctor, the info in the link I gave you above, and ask if he is willing to treat you clinically, as described, by testing and adjusting Free T3 and Free T4 as necessary to relieve symptoms.  If not, then you will have to provide him enough info to persuade him to change his mind and treat clinically, or you will have to find a good thyroid doctor that will do so.  

If you are able to get tested for Free T3 and Free T4 soon, I also suggest that you get tested for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin.  Hypo patients are frequently too low in the ranges for those as well.  

[hdpsod]

we have free choice of care here.
New test in 1 year. Levaxin is the same as levothyroxine.
I eat today 25mg 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 / week. Monday 25mg.
Tuesday 50mg. Wednesday 25mg etc..
I'm trying to get my previous test answers, but doctors draw it out and I still have just got hold of 3 blood test, but not the whole test results.
I have now 5-6 doctors of various reasons.
It makes everything very messy with records here and there ...
I should have had a longer period/years of immune attack which has now become hypothyroidism if I understand the doctor right. But is it still the same issue? Have I Hachimoto? I still get attacked by my immune system.
Answered that I now eat Levaxin and will get better. That's the main thing, but it is a life-long treatment that can not be cured with medicines away.
Do you understand why I get confused.Becomes totally confused myself by what I read, that I myself write about myself:-P

[gimel]

If it is your own immune system attacking you, it is most likely Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.  There is no medicine for the Hashi's, but the effect on your thyroid gland production of thyroid hormone can certainly be offset with thyroid med.  

I am not familiar with Levaxin, but when I looked it up, I read that it comes from the thyroid glands of domestic animals.  So I expect it would have both T4 and T3, correct?  How much Levaxin are you taking daily?  When will you be tested next?  At that time you really need to make sure they test for both Free T3 and Free T4, not Total T3 and Total T4.  Also, since hypo patients frequently become too low in the range for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin (iron related), you should get those tested as well.

As I mentioned, you need a good thyroid doctor.  Are you able to choose another doctor?  

[hdpsod]

Thank you. I'm not entirely sure if it was T4 or T4-free. What's the difference? Can google it, but it says so much that I do not know what's what in everything. The doctors do not say much either. Askt if i have Hachimoto. The answer i got from my doctor is like: Eh eh ah, it is your own immune system that attack you. Isnt that what Hachimoto does? They've seen it in many years, but says it is not something that can be medicate away any way.

[gimel]

What it mainly says is that you are being inadequately tested and treated.  TSH is a pituitary hormone that is affected by so many things that at best it is only an indicator, to be considered along with more important indicators such as symptoms, and also levels of the biologically active thyroid hormones, which are Free T3 and free T4 (not the same as Total T3 and Total T4).

A good thyroid doctor will treat a hypo patient clinically by testing and adjusting Free T3 and Free T4 as necessary to relieve symptoms, without being constrained by resultant TSH levels.  You can get some good insight into clinical treatment from this letter written by a good thyroid doctor for patients that he sometimes consults with after initial tests and evaluation.  The letter is then sent to the participating doctor of the patient to help guide treatment.  In the letter, please note the statement, "the ultimate
criterion for dose adjustment must always be the clinical response of the patient."

http://hormonerestoration.com/files/ThyroidPMD.pdf

I don't know what doctor options are available to you in Sweden.  Are you able to choose your doctor?  If so, do you think it might be possible to find a good thyroid doctor that will treat you for symptoms, as described?  IfFnot, then you are going to have to use information like the above link and persuade your doctor to do the necessary testing and treatment.