i was diagnosed last week at the age of 30

ive had symptoms for years but told everything was because im overweight
i started to get alot worse 9 months ago, pains in my limbs racheted right up, sleeping 12 hours + and still tired, losing sensation and strength in my arms, cold but clammy etc

i lost strength in my legs in september and fell down stairs and have walked with a stick since so was referred to metabolic bone clinic when vit d tests came back low ( doc pinned everything on that )

bone doc dismissed the vit d stuff and tested thyroid and flagged it up.

the gp decided to wait and see testing my levels a few times, each time the number got worse

i was pumped full of painkillers and several courses of antibiotics as i kept getting reoccoring chest infections
ive bled constantly for 4 months so she sent me for a scan where even thou i told them there was zero chance of me being pregnant i was made to do a pregnancy test. when it indeed came back negative i was told they dont know why im bleeding but the scan looked like early pregnancy to them

2 weeks ago she decided to do an antibody test which came back sky high, i was to be tested for anemia at the same time but they lost the second vial of blood

so a week ago i was told to take 50mcg of levothyroxine and that the bleedings most likely caused by my thyroid levels

right now im feeling worse than ever. im sleeping up to 16 hours a night and falling asleep if i sit for longer than 10 minutes, cant wait for it to kick in!

I was 22 at diagnosis, am now 38. My TSh was 208, they had me re-tested because they had never seen a TSH so high. Came back the same of course. Been fighting weight issues ever since diagnosis. I am a medical lab tech and work closely with my doc to keep it under 1.0 at all times, sometimes it goes wonky, but we get it fixed with med adjustments.

I was diagnosed with Hashimotos at 24, after I had my daughter. I'm almost 27 now. They told me that my levels were at those of a 60 year old. I also have a nodule that they're watching. And I had a goiter but it's gone down with meds.

I was diagnosed with Hashimotos at 24, after I had my daughter. I'm almost 27 now. They told me that my levels were at those of a 60 year old. I also have a nodule that they're watching. And I had a goiter but it's gone down with meds.

Keep the faith :-) I had 3 that completely disappeared, even with my thyroid levels not optimized.

I got the diagnosis at 20 if memory serves me right (36 now). A doc was feeling my neck when I was in for a throat infection and told me I should have some blood drawn "just to check".. I've spent most of the years since then undermedicated, since all the gp's went with the "ah, it's within normal range now", it was only recently I saw an endo who told me I needed TSH to stay under 2. My current doc is in the loop now, and also checks t3 if I ask for it (since t4 and tsh is the standard).

38 with Graves, 43 currently hypo

42, but I think I actualllly got it when I was pregnant with my first child when I was 32, 10 years ago--that's when I started having the symptoms (excema, difficulty losing weight, plantar fascitis, joint pain, preeclampsia). I thought all the changes in my health/body were because of the pregnancy and stress of being a new mom, but now I think they were related to my thyroid problems.

Hypo at 34, papillary carcinoma this year at 36.

When I was in sixth grade my body attacked and ate my thyroid. I was very tired and began to gain weight rapidly. When I was in tenth grade I had a niece and went to pick her up and dropped her because I passed out completely. My mom had me tested after fighting with the dr to test me due to my age.

I was 38 but, I had been having symptoms since my last child at age 29. I finally hit a wall at 38 and went to my Nurse practioner and she found my thyroid antibodies was at 4000 and diagnosed me with Hashi's. Then I spent 1 wasted year with and Endo before I found my naturopath who saved my life! I am now 43 and the last 9 months is the best that I have felt in 13 years...I feel bad about the missed years but, feel that I finally have my life and health back now.

Hoshimotos 20 years ago at age 28

I was just tested and diagnosised at the age of 26 in oct 2012, I have had the signs for hypothyroidism since about 4th grade but not one doctor has ever tested me for this till i went to a dr for my weight and they wanted to do a complete physcal on me with lab

I was diagnosed at age 28, 3 months after the birth of my son (though my endocrinologist suspects I had an under active thyroid for years). I developed nodules on my thyroid and had it removed in October, just 10 days before my 30th birthday.

Official Hashimoto's diagnosis in August 2012 at 23. Haven't gone "full" hypo yet, just living with symptoms for now!

Diagnosed at age 16 or 17. I am now 27. Quickly gained 60 lbs