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Yes i test for candida and im high in igG only will see the doctor next week to talk about that. I have been reading books from amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Hashimotos-Thyroiditis-Lifestyle-Interventions-Treating/dp/0615825796
Made me go and do the test. So informative. Now trying to eliminate the candida !!! As i have athletes foots - and not sure about the guts
Try an AIP diet, eliminate all possible reactive foods and add them back until you identify your triggers. People who continue to have symptoms while correctly medicated swear by this. It might take a while to get to the root cause. Speaking of which, there is an excellent book on how to identify Root Cause: Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause
Don't fret! Sounds like it's an under active thyroid, which is what I have. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis when I was about 10, so trust me when I say that it's definitely not anything to be frightened about.
My biggest suggestion, if it is hypothyroidism, is to read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Hashimotos-Thyroiditis-Lifestyle-Interventions-Treating/dp/0615825796
It is a fantastic source of knowledge and information about what's going on in your body and what can help and why.
Another tip, especially after reading the book, is to make sure you have a doctor who's willing to listen and work with you and not just prescribe pills and send you on your way. A lot of times, symptoms will persist even when your blood work comes back normal. It wasn't until I read the book just recently, and started taking a few additional supplements that I finally started to feel better. I have had HT for as long as I can remember so I never knew anything other than being cold all the time, feeling like it was nearly impossible to wake up in the morning, and being tired all the time.
Thyroid problems are irritating and a hassle, but they're completely manageable and shouldn't affect your job at all.
If you have any questions or want to talk, feel free to let me know. I have, quite literally, a lifetime of experience with it.
I’m so, so sorry to hear that you’re feeling like you are. It’s heartbreaking and shame on your doctor!
I’ve had Hashimotos pretty much my whole life but only got diagnosed four years ago and only this year have finally gotten proper medication. I too felt like you until I got the right kind of help.
I have a nurse practitioner whose specially trained in thyroid and hormone health and is on the other side of my country. You need to search for the right practitioner and for most it’s a daunting task. But your life depends on it. If you’re in Canada you can PM me and I can share my contact with you.
Izabella Wentz is a pharmacist who has Hashimotos and she struggled too to get help. She’s written a couple of really good books.
Hashimotos: Root Cause
Hashimotos Protocol
You really want to save your thyroid. These two books give hope.
She recommends Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) And Myo-Inositol to help lower antibodies. These two have worked for me.
Other things can cause thyroid issues and antibodies to rise such as:
Mold, Environmental chemicals, household chemicals, body care products, low lying infections, heavy metals, B12 deficiency, anemia and more.
These are outlined in the books and you can order testing through her or she will tell you where to get them.
It sounds a little daunting but doing the research and finding the right help will improve the quality of your life.
All the best!
Be on the look out for a book called Root Cause by Izabella Wentz. It's good to have a paper copy so that you can tab, underline the parts relevant to you.
It's full of advice backed by science for supplements and diets to reduce inflammation and support the thyroid.
Also- check to see if you have the MTHFR gene. If you do, there are specific kinds of vitamins that are more absorb-able and those make make a difference.
https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/mthfr/#conditions
https://www.healthline.com/health/mthfr-gene#symptoms
https://www.verywellhealth.com/mthfr-gene-mutations-disease-risk-3232709
https://www.amazon.com/Super-B-Complex-Methylated-Vitamins-Methylcobalamin/dp/B01787EPEE (This one is inexpensive and I only take 1/2 a dose (1 tablet) and I noticed a huge difference in the way I felt; I was less "tired").
Maybe you could be allergic to something you routinely eat ?
I read this book about Hashimoto’s disease Hashimoto’s Disease
They suggested doing an elimination diet elimination diet
You basically take things out of your diet and then add them back in. If you find yourself not feeling well you might have allergy.
It might help you ?
Not all weight gain is lack of will power or being lazy. We are all under stress and stress hormones are not great for weight loss. Be proud of progress you have made ! Keep it up any step forward is progress, even if it is just healthier eating / better nutrition.
Obviously anything should be done under doctor supervision. You could just run a couple panels and check hormone levels and do allergy test.
You can do this
The Root Cause was a good read: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0615825796/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_TxLEDb3BTK09X
Literally going through a version of this right now.
Diagnosed Hashi's at 17, put on levo and 11 yrs later still had symptoms and felt absolute blah.
Jan. 2018- needed to try something to change this, so I started a keto diet, felt better at first then worse (also avoided gluten like 80% of the time)-- Around April I found out about the AIP diet and tried a mostly, paleoish/AIP as much as I really could, diet, most importantly avoiding gluten altogether. I then staggered eliminating potential problem-causing foods, getting rid of dairy first, then nightshades, etc. As a poor foodie who enjoys cooking, it was tough, but doable. Lots of repeated recipes.
Of course, come these past holidays I had to test some limits. I had eliminated all of the AIP "categories" - I was hangry - but I was also DEFINITELY feeling better. So I had some nibbles here and there, only testing one type at a time, and in a small amount. And, if I had some cow dairy, or a sizable amount of gluten, I got a reaction :( Physically, irritated white bumps on or inside my lips, then a slew of Hashi symptoms, like that fatigue man.
I absolutely scoffed at the thought of a "gluten free" diet when it first popped up too. I hate that I have done the time to test it, with this result. But... I do love learning new, healthy recipes. It sucks, but most doctors aren't interested in treating the cause of these symptoms. Read up and research, take everyone's experience and story in, and listen to your body! It might be gluten, or it might be another sensitivity, but your body's reaction should be a good gauge.
This and This were my starter books looking into the science of what was causing everything, This was helpful when eliminating foods, and lately I've been adapting some recipes from this book (+ meat!) which has been very tasty.
Yeah, it can be tricky because it's very easy to have perfectly normal numbers and still be miserable with symptoms. Some doctors care and will treat by your symptoms, but many will just say that you're doing fine with your numbers.
TSH also isn't the end all be all stat to check even though it's the number most docs will check first. Your free T4 and free T3 can also tell you a lot. The very short version is that there are a lot of feedback loops involved. TSH is just the signal from your brain asking your thyroid for more thyroid hormone. If it's too high then it means your brain is screaming for me; too low and your brain is whispering and thus asking for less. But there are other things that can affect the accuracy of that signal so it's possible to have a normal TSH number and still be not getting enough thyroid hormone.
T4 is the hormone produced by your thyroid itself and also it's what's in your daily pill. However that T4 needs to be converted to T3 and T3 is the active form of the hormone that enters your cells and gives you energy. Some people are bad converters so they'll have plenty of T4 and low T3. -So some of us take extra T3... aka sodium liothyronine.
Taking it a step further, they've lately been finding that vitamin D is what actually activates that T3 at the cellular levels. And many hypo folk are very poor at absorbing vitamin D (and many others) from food so we're often deficient. So getting your vitamin D levels checked would also been a good idea.
And that is all the beginning of a very large iceberg.
I cannot recommend enough the book Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause -even if you're just hypo and not sure you have Hashimotos. It's written by a pharmacist and it's the first time I've seen a medical professional not only lay out all the mechanisms involved but also acknowledge some of the helpful advice that you'd find on the net but isn't addressed by doctors who follow the more antiquated and less helpful traditional strategies.
I am just seeing this but hope it finds you alright! If nothing else, definitely get your vitamin-D levels tested, especially if you live in a region of the UK that doesn't get significant sun exposure. I live in Chicago and don't get enough sun exposure (lots of peer-reviewed studies on this phenomenon) so I was at a greater risk of deficiency.
I'm right there with you on the sleepy train! I definitely felt my energy level improve with vitamin supplementation, regular levothyroxine use and the elimination of problem foods in my diet.
Regarding my hashi's dx: ever since I was a kid my pediatricians have always pointed out that my neck was swollen. I slept excessively in my youth and adolescence, too. I got diagnosed when I got diagnosed with type 1 in 2014 (age 21). My TSH levels were through the roof when I was in DKA so they had me do more testing. I put off the tests for a while because I came across Hashimoto's on the internet and just knew I had it and was too scared to come to terms with a second disease since diabetes was still so new. Taking levothyroxine makes me feel like a semi-normal human. Without it, the fatigue and depression I experience are horrible. Really, the only symptoms that cause a struggle are the fatigue, depression and knee pain I experience.
When I experiment with a ketogenic diet (less than 30g carbs), my insulin needs are insane...no insulin with meals and 5 units of levemir (basal) before bed. Average sugar of 85. When I eat 'normally' I still don't take insulin with most meals (only take it if I have Indian food or other carb heavy plates) and take between 10-12 units of levemir at night. When I was diagnosed I was started on 20-25 u basal insulin but definitely scaled back the carbs I was eating (40-60 per meal with 2 20 g snacks--ADA recommendations) since I was experiencing 2-3 hypos daily. When I do keto I experience no hypos, even during physical activity (I am very active). I've been told I'm very sensitive to insulin and my doctors even made me wear a CGM for a week because they didn't believe that I wasn't going hypo all the time to get such a low A1C from my diagnosis (12% to 5.7%). I think my honeymoon might still be happening but I definitely recommend scaling carbs to a realistic level for your lifestyle!
And I know how you feel...I'm always worried I will have another illness come up! I definitely thought I had celiac's (US hehe) since I was experiencing a lot of gastro pain for a few months. My food panel test was really helpful because it clued me into the fact that I don't react well with dairy. There are a lot of opinions about hashimoto's and diet (leaky gut) but instead of boring you I'll just recommend reading http://www.amazon.com/Hashimotos-Thyroiditis-Lifestyle-Interventions-Treating/dp/0615825796 - written by a pharmacist with hashi's living in Chicago. I'm pursuing my masters in public health so conventional medicine is definitely something I firmly advocate for, but I think small lifestyle changes are definitely worth considering if they'll allow you some relief from symptoms!
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