Hi Rachel, I was diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease. The doctor found anti-thyroid antibodies in my blood after learning that my thyroid hormone levels were off. This was about 8 yrs ago and the treatment was thyroid hormone replacement. My dr. says that taking thyroid meds brings me up to the right level and also can put off more damage to the gland. I don't know what triggers your immune system to attack and destroy thyroid gland tissue, but it seems to run in families (at least being susceptible to it). My mother has the same condition.
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I am: age 37; single, no children
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PCOS w/insulin resistance, obesity, & hypothyroidism
Byetta, Spironolactone, Levoxyl, & Cytomel...Multi-Vit., B-complex, Vit. D, Flax Oil, & Cholest-Off
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