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TSH of 7.7

stonel94
stonel94 Posts: 550 Member
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Okay so I got diagnosed last winterish (not quite a year ago yet) and when I got started I had a TSH of 7.7 they didn't tell me how bad this was, how bad was that? I felt pretty bad and had gained a LOT (Like 30 pounds almost) of weight without doing anything different and I heard that gaining significant weight isn't that normal....
I had gotten my thryoid checked just a couple months before being retested and diagnosed and it was normal, and then upper to 7.7 in a couple months. (i have hashimoto's)

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  • debbiepa
    debbiepa Posts: 45
    Symptoms vary from person to person and a TSH level alone doesn't solely paint the whole picture of "how bad" someone's thyroid function is. I also was diagnosed with Hashimoto's 9months ago. My TSH was 5 and I gained 27lbs, along with other symptoms. I typically don't feel well unless my TSH is around 1 and I follow a low carb diet. Recently, my symptoms started coming back and my TSH yesterday was up to 2.8. Hope that helps for comparison. Working with a good doctor helps-good luck with getting your labwork and symptoms under control.
  • islandmonkey
    islandmonkey Posts: 546 Member
    Okay so I got diagnosed last winterish (not quite a year ago yet) and when I got started I had a TSH of 7.7 they didn't tell me how bad this was, how bad was that? I felt pretty bad and had gained a LOT (Like 30 pounds almost) of weight without doing anything different and I heard that gaining significant weight isn't that normal....
    I had gotten my thryoid checked just a couple months before being retested and diagnosed and it was normal, and then upper to 7.7 in a couple months. (i have hashimoto's)

    Hashi's can be tough because of the "rollercoaster"; it can go up and down quite a bit and be difficult to manage.

    First and foremost, you need to have your doctor testing and treating your based on your actual thyroid hormones. TSH is a pituitary hormone, not a thyroid hormone. You need to get them to test your free (not total) T3 and free T4. You should be aiming to have these be optimal (in the top 1/3 of the range your lab uses) and not just "normal" or "fine".


    Since hashi's is autoimmune you also want to keep an eye on your antibodies and try to reduce those. Stop The Thyroid Madness has some good info:
    http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/hashimotos/

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