Burnt out throiditis

[collk]

I have many medical problems diabetes. high cholesterol, high blood pressure, Barretts eosophagus, lupus,high acid, and depression as well as until recently hypothyroidism. i have had pain in my throat area for some time so i had some blood tests to monitor my illnesses.my s-tsh 0.o65 and my s-free T4 was27.2. TI was taking 0.1mg and 0.05mg my dr told me to reduce to only 0.1mg. Yesterday i went for a thyroid sonar and there was no thyroid at all in fact they questioned me about when i had it surgically removed. I have not had removed surgically or otherwise.  i have decreased echogenicity of the parenchyma and decreased vascularity.  that could be burnt out thyroiditis . what does this mean and why did it burn out?

[Barb135]

Are you aware that high cholesterol, high blood pressure, acid and depression are all symptoms of being hypo?

What's the lab's reference range for the Free T4?  

[collk]

I have been taking Eltroxin for about 18 years. I always had hypo> i have been taking most of my other meds for about 9 years

[goolarra]

Both Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' Disease are autoimmune thyroid diseases.  When you have one of those, antibodies from your immune system attack your thyroid and destroy its function.  It's fairly unusual, howver, for it to be destroyed to the point where it appears surgically removed.  I'm just guessing that one of those could have destroyed your thyroid.

How long have you been on meds?  Were you very hypo prior to being put on meds?