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02-03-2005, 10:18 PM
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Hello all!
What great questions and answers on this board!
I wasn't officially diagnosed with Hypothyroidism, I kept looking at my labs and seeing that i was off, even though my Endo thought that my 5.5 tsh was fine....
Anyway, I am wondering what kind of hypo I have.....
A few years ago I was able to get very thin, and suddenly continued to get very thin, going from about 120 lbs to 110 and then about 105, I thought it was my metabolism, but now I am thinking otherwise. I also got several yeast infections during this time, and I"d never had them before.
Anyways, after going off the pill briefly, my weight started to creep up, and after a yearly pap, the labs my gyne ordered came back with tsh as 6! She said to keep an eye on it...years went by and my weight went up, especially after two pregnancies...
And, I am on the verge of being, I hope, diagnosed correctly with PCOS.
My question is this: My eyes have gotten increasingly puffy, and although some of it is from allergies, I'm wondering if anyone else has this from hypo, and can anything be done about this? Everyone thinks I am either tired or crying. Blah!
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02-04-2005, 12:23 AM
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for hypo you either have hashimotos or just straight hypothyroidism that is not autoimmune.
imo at 5.5 you are definately hypo.
have you had your antibodies tested ? xo jenn
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02-04-2005, 02:54 PM
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hmm, no, just had tsh, t4 and t3 tested.....doctor never mentioned antibodies, but I just read that you can have both Hashimotos and Graves....what a pain in the butt, huh? | |
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02-05-2005, 09:51 PM
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i posted in your other thryoid post.. having antibodies is what makes it graves or hashimotos... abscense of antibodies means reg old hypo or hyper. xo jenn
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jennifer, 33years old
long island, new york
dxd 2001
searching for new therapies/meds for pcos
met/gluc not working as well..but on 1000mgxr
married on 9/28/06 to keith | |
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02-06-2005, 12:32 AM
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Thanks for all the replies, I am learning quite a bit!  | |
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02-08-2005, 02:08 PM
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IMO hard to say without looking at any other labs. Diabetes can also make you lose lots of weight and is very condusive to yeast infections.
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