I should have said that a goiter will often shrink if you are on the correct meds and the correct dose to control your thyroid condition. If you are hypo, then you should not have been on tapazole. You should have been on thyroid replacement hormones. If you are hypo, tapazole will make your condition (and most likely your goiter) worse, not better.
"Thyroiditis" is a generic term that just means "inflammation of the thyroid". Some thyroiditis is permanent (like thyroiditis caused by Graves' and Hashi's), but there are also temporary forms of thyroiditis. Silent thyroiditis, deQuervain's thyroiditis and postpartum thyroiditis are all conditions that usually resolved spontaneously.
How long had you been on tapazole?
Thyroiditis affects every cell in your body, so symptoms can be almost anywhere.
Do you remember if Graves' was diagnosed based on antibodies (TSI)? What about TPOab and TGab to rule out Hashi's? Hashi's often has an initial hyper phase followed by a "permanent" hypo phase.
Have you discussed this blood work and your goiter with your doctor?
I stopped taking it just over a month ago now. The goiter was not shrinking with the tapazole and never had. Also i had figured I had gone Hypothyroid by how I was feeling and fitting so many more of the hypo symptoms but they also diagnosed me with Thyroiditis and I did not know till I started researching that, thyroiditis doesn't go away as I was originally told. And with that and it commonly running with hypo I found during research i seen it made way more sense then hyperthyroid. I dont have the best doctor here. In fact when he got my heart strip after the hospital had to shock it 3 times ot get it back in normal rhythm he said he didnt agree with that and didnt see where anythign was wrong.... yet my heart was racing and flip flopping aand I was hardly functional... So yea...
But as I had mentioned will hypo and thyroidtis cause chest inflammation and such???
Without actual ranges, there's only so much I can say. Given fairly typical ranges, both your FT3 and FT4 look quite low in the range, which would indicate that you are now hypo.
How long ago did you stop the tapazole?
Goiters will often shrink once you are on meds.
I was not notified of yur response again I am sorry. I was diagnosed with Graves almost 10 years ago and dont remember how they did it. I quit takign the tapazole... then went had my labs done after almosta month off of it. I didnt feel it was doignanythign for me. All I know is my goiter is HUGE and I am so tired of it. I want it gone :(
On what basis were you diagnosed with Graves'?
Are you currently on tapazole?
Kelp, which has high iodine content, is contraindicated with Graves' and can actually make Hashi's worse rather than better by stimulating the autoimmune response.
There is no "U.S. standard" when it comes to lab reference ranges. Reference ranges have to come from your own lab report because part of what goes into determining the range is the methodology the lab uses. The only test that has on "old range" is TSH. I'm well aware that ranges are very flawed and that just being "in range" is often insufficient. Without a reference range, the test is basically useless.
all i have ever been on is tapazole foor my thyroid issues. ntohing else. i have started kelp though and see if it shrinks the goiter and i feel any better. it does not matter to be honest what our lab says on the results it goes by what the us standard actually is and id have to look for that again. It is why so many are misdiagnosed cuz so many labs are still usign the old ranges.
What are the reference ranges on your FT3 and FT4? Ranges vary lab to lab, so they have to come from your own lab report, and you have to post them with results.
How was your Graves' disease treated? Did you go into remission?
"The risk of having overt autoimmune hypothyroidism diagnosed is more than 6 fold increased the first 2 years after cessation of smoking. Clearly smoking cessation is vital to prevent death and severe disease. However, awareness of hypothyroidism should be high in people who have recently quit smoking, and virtually any complaint should lead to thyroid function testing."
"Smoking cessation is followed by a sharp but transient rise in the incidence of overt autoimmune hypothyroidism - A population-based case-control study." - Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2012 Jun 1. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04455.x. Pubmed - PMID: 22651374