Thyroid hormones Puns

How does the thyroid relate to the brain? What is it that is happening that explains why I can think so much more clearly now?

I had some saltine crackers after sleeping for 12 hours because I have covid. Should I just skip the day of meds?

So I have a problem with my hair shedding way way way more than normal and have had this problem for years and it began when I first started birth control at 16 (the depo shot, worst decision ever) and it’s never gone back to normal or been the same since. I’ve since been on different forms of birth control, no birth control, gone through pregnancy, breastfeeding, now I’m back on no birth control and still my hair sheds A LOT.

I finally took this problem to my doctor and she ran some tests (checked iron/ vitamin D/ other stuff like that I guess/ checked for diabetes/ and checked my thyroid) all of which just came back normal. This is slightly disappointing, I mean it’s good but also I still have no answer and I want to cry at how thin my hair has gotten and how much comes out in my hands.

I guess I’m wondering, was getting my thyroid checked what people mean when they say “check your hormones”, I guess I assumed by that people meant estrogen and progesterone but that wasn’t checked (is that a thing that can be checked?) so I’m just lost. I miss what used to be thick beautiful hair that could barely be contained in a hair band but it’s now an ever thinning ponytail.

I keep hearing different stories…

One weekend, I felt hypersensitive to everything I touched, very sensitive to hot and cold, and had a seemingly increased metabolism (tested mostly through vodka and tequila, but still) as well as strange mood swings. I also had a massive headache for a bit, as well, and my neck felt a bit swollen (around the thyroid, really), which felt like it was giving me a cough.

My dad and step mom who pretend to be experts on everything say these are also covid symptoms with the omicron variant. The weird thing is, I only felt like this for a day, and it sort of faded out. All of my covid tests came out negative, and I felt like it had to be hormone related. I also had the same mood swings off and on for the next week or so. However, hearing some people's stories, I can't help but wonder if I did get one of those Omicron mutations they're saying can't be detected through most testing.

Has anyone had a similar experience? If so, do you know definitively what caused it?

26 yo female, 5'8'', 130lbs, white Current meds: trazodone (150mg), iron supplement

I have struggled with the symptoms of hypothyroidism (fatigue, cold sensitivity, brain fog, memory loss, etc) since I was a teenager. I was diagnosed with Hashimotos a few years ago and put on synthetic thyroid hormone. However, I felt zero difference to before I was medicated. The dose was increased to the point that my hormone values were going in the opposite direction (hyperthyroidism) and I still felt no better. I eventually decided to stop the medication because I didn't like having to take a daily medication that did nothing for me. It's been about two years since I've taken levo. I also have an enlarged thyroid and have a history of nodules, though my most recent ultrasound shows no nodules.

I continue to feel terrible and feel like I am getting worse. Here are the results of my most recent blood test:

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES: 95.0 (normal range: <or = 1)

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODIES: off the chart, scale stopped at 900 (normal range: <9)

My T3, T4, and TSH are all within normal range.

Are there any other diseases that can cause high antibodies besides Hashimotos?

I tried to google and search but couldnt find what I am looking for.

I am interested in knowing the genes that are regulated by the thyroid hormones in the process of thermoregulation!!

I have found a paper that identified about 30 genes affected by TH but all the corresponding phenotypes had nothing to do with thermoregulation.

Any help is appreciated!

Has anyone gotten a thyroid hormone blood test and received all normal except increased tolerance to biotin? What does that even mean?

I’ve heard some people have and I would much rather start taking thyroid hormone instead of removal of thyroid due to a nodule 😞

A guy I talked with said he had POIS when his VitaminD, Thyroid (TSH specifically), and stomach acid were imbalanced

He says it got solved when he started taking T3 and T4 Thyroid hormones and when he got his TSH down to 0.3 (according to Ray Peat the less TSH you have the better as it means your Thyroid works better on it's own and needs less pituitary signaling for it to work more as TSH is a stimulatory hormone released when your Thyroid has issues producing hormones on it's own so the pituitary steps in to stimulate it but chronically elevated it can get inflammatory)

I have seen all kinds of stuff tried but I have found VERY FEW POISers who EVER had tried T3 and T4 Thyroid hormones directly like a replacement for months to see if it helps for POIS, many have tried, DHEA, Testosterone and what not but afair only swell on POISCenter tried Thyroid and it is part of his POIS treatment

I was originally 0 tsh and hyper (non autoimmune) then got a partial thyroidectomy oct 8th- everything was fine except the other side didn’t kick in. Tsh was 4.2 and I was put on levo 50mcg. I’ve been on levo for 6 weeks now and my tsh is 1.8. I all the sudden feel HORRIBLE after my first period since my operation. Neck pain, muscle spasms, neuropathy, tightness in joints, sobbing…. I have done every test under the sun and know the only thing weird is my thyroid. Can my period truly whack out everything? I’m not talking about a heavier or light flow… I mean having my period and my thyroid symptoms come back full force.

What I really want to know is why we aren’t asking ourselves why so many people have subclinical hypothyroid in the first place… do we have a situation where this has always been the rate of people actually having it and now we have better diagnostics to catch it (the case of ADHD for example), or is there something causing rates to increase for some reason and it’s leading to more people seeking diagnosis? I think that’s an important distinction to make. Either we consider revising standards and normal ranges or we find out what’s causing people to have higher TSH levels and symptoms in the first place.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/elemental.medium.com/amp/p/614f88ed7456

I am on TRT also, which raises RBC and I likely have sleep apnea which I should address. This can increase RBC also. I am wondering, do you guys know if thyroid hormones/meds can increase RBC as well? Has anyone ever noticed an increase in their RBC along with the medicine they're taking? If you had to manage it, how did you? I cannot donate right now as my iron levels are already fairly low.

thank you

Note: my antibodies are very high. My vitamin d is low. My TSH is normal. Does one really just sit around and wait for their thyroid to be destroyed before taking any action?

I know this is long, but I would appreciate any input. I feel like my care is very segmented, and I would just love for someone to look at the whole picture.

Three years ago I had my Fallopian tubes removed with my 4th pregnancy. I’ve been on a hormonal roller coaster ever since (severe mood swings and depression, weight gain, multiple UTIs, heart palpitations, sleep issues). I’ve tried combination birth control (which worked initially, but now causes high bp), I was put on prempro, tried bioidentical hormone pellets (horrible. I gained 25 lbs in 2 months from it and can’t lose it now to save my life), and micronized progesterone pills (can’t handle the fillers, shoots my heart rate up to 140 bpm even in low doses).

My doctor recently put me on the norethidrone bc, but I feel like it’s making me really depressed and irritable and has killed my sex drive (I can’t even look at my husband, very extreme and immediate). I have POTS, and I can be sensitive to certain progestins, and also I’m guessing fillers bc I’ve had trouble with specific generics of the same bc pill.

I’m on bc because i had a thyroidectomy in 2014, and I’ve been unable to maintain my same thyroid dose for more than a couple months (for the past three years) bc of hormone fluctuations (I’ve been told). My endocrinologist thinks it’s my hormones, my ob thinks it’s my thyroid.

Add to that, I had mild long haul symptoms after Covid in December 2020, which finally resolved around June. I had the vaccine on 7/31, and have had a variety of weird symptoms since (like my long haul symptoms but worse), that are only lessened by taking h1/h2 antihistamines, Montelulast and Cromolyn sodium (Brain fog, Head pressure, neck pressure, trouble with eye focus up close,Muscle twitches, Parasthesia, Fatigue, insomnia, Muscle fatigue/weakness, Nausea, Anxiety, Higher bp, High heart rate).

I’ve always joked that I’m a lemon lol. Something has always been just a little off. A briefs history of significant medical experiences: I was born 2 months early and spent a month in the hospital due to sepsis because I contracted strep when born. Throughout childhood to present I struggled with severe random stomach aches (pain to the point that I throw up) and chronic constipation. I was diagnosed with scoliosis in second grade, first back surgery at age 15 in 1999, second back surgery in 2010, diagnosed with Graves’ disease at age 19, POTS at age 25. Thyroidectomy in 2014 (had it removed because I broke out in f

I’ve (F22) struggled with hypothyroidism since around age 5/6. Not really sure if I’ve ever been on the perfect level of meds for it, but anyways my cause for concern is since September I’ve had a very rapid unexplainable weight gain. It was way too much to have been nothing (about 19 lbs). Got a thyroid panel of blood work done earlier this week and I’m confused by the results: thyroglobulin antibodies and total T3 are out of the normal range and both my personal all time high levels. High Thyroglobulin usually indicates hypo while high T3 usually indicates hyper. I can’t get in to my doctor until January so I would appreciate anyone who might know more than I to let me know what this could possibly indicate? The rest of my tests are in the normal range, but also at the low end and are my all time low levels since my diagnosis.

As the title states, I’ve had this question on my mind for a while now and my doctor hasn’t been too great at answering it for me. I thought I’d come over here to see if anyone else has the answer. Does taking thyroid medication for too long cause the body to stop making natural hormones permanently? I know the body does regulate the amount that it’s getting, that’s why we take the medication but sort of like guys who take steroids need to be on hrt for the rest of their lives. Do we need to be reliant on medication for ever because our body stopped producing natural thyroid hormones?

I know you aren’t supposed to take everything you read on the internet as fact, but I just read online that you should avoid taking dextroamphetamine with levothyroxine, as it can cause bad drug interactions. I’m not sure why my doctor would prescribe me both if it’s bad to take together? I’m prescribed 20 mg 2x daily dextroamphetamine (adderall) and Levothyroxine 112 mcg. Should I be worried? I’ve been on adderall before, but about 7 weeks ago my doctor tested my thyroid and found I have an under-active thyroid, so she wrote me levothyroxine. And now after reading online that it can be harmful taken together, I’m getting worried. Anyone else here take a thyroid medication with stimulants?

https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682461.html

^^ this is the website on google where I read about this possible bad interaction.

This is amusing..I dont know how to react..my thyroid stimulating hormone has stayed in the range 5.4-5.8, on the last two occasions.

I got it checked a few days back and it came 3.78.

Total T3 = .99 Total T4 = 9.52

I got checked for hashimotos around a yr back and it came positive. Did not get it checked this time.

Not sure what to make of the results. Don't have any symptoms as such.

Here are my stats: 26 yo female, 5'8'', 130lbs, white Current meds: trazodone (150mg), iron supplement

I have struggled with the symptoms of hypothyroidism (fatigue, cold sensitivity, brain fog, memory loss, etc) since I was a teenager. I was diagnosed with Hashimotos a few years ago and put on synthetic thyroid hormone. However, I felt zero difference to before I was medicated. The dose was increased to the point that my hormone values were going in the opposite direction (hyperthyroidism) and I still felt no better. I eventually decided to stop the medication because I didn't like having to take a medication that did nothing for me. I also have an enlarged thyroid, though my most recent ultrasound shows no nodules.

I continue to feel terrible and feel like I am getting worse. Here are the results of my most recent blood test: THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES: 95.0 (normal range: <or = 1)

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODIES: off the chart, scale stopped at 900 (normal range: <9)

My T3, T4, and TSH are all within normal range.

Are there any other diseases that can cause high antibodies besides Hashimotos?