For my fellow Hashimoto's Thyroiditis folks...

I just found out I have Hashimoto's this last week, though I've had long-running thyroid issues for the past few years. I've been wondering why I've never been able to balance out my thyroid and stay on a dosage for very long before having to change it up again but now it makes sense. I'm beginning to eliminate gluten from my diet and I hope that helps.
Last year I went to a 'holistic nutritionist' of sorts to see if my underlyilng stomach issues that no doctor has been able to pin down could be solved by diet changes. She did the muscular resistance test and determined that I had wheat, gluten, spelt even though my celiac test from my GI came back normal, as well as peanut, and dairy sensitivities. I tried a diet without all of those and didn't make a difference on my stomach issues so I went back to normal. Now I am wishing I had stayed on it!

My celiac blood test came back as "normal" too...but the false negative rates on those test are very high. I had positive antibodies in my intestines - which it makes more sense to look for antibodies there since that's where the trouble lies. It took about 3 weeks to start to feel better after cutting out gluten for me. It was like I woke up one day and felt amazing. Stick it out...you will start to feel better

I'm definitely looking forward to feeling better, that's for sure. I was just recently switched from a compounded 2 grain to straight armour. I'm hoping to see results with the medication changes but my levels always go haywire so we'll just have to wait and see!

I'm glad you got ion NDT actually. I didn't start feeling better until 8 months after being on Armour...I really think I had Reverse T3 issues that took awhile to clear up that my endo didn't look for. But now I'm on Westhroid-P as it only has 3 ingredients. But I feel so much better on NDT that I ever dreamed of feeling on levo or synth-crap!!

I am living with underactive thyroid, it's so tireing, I am so sorry you feel bad...I know exactly how you feel

It is exhausting. But take comfort that you aren't alone either

Its a roller coaster ride I would like to get off now please and thanks.

After 10 years of battling thyroid issues I ALMOST have my doctor convinced that he wants take care of it once and for all.. in the last year my thyroid, dipped, leveled out, dipped, spiked, dipped and recently dipped again all while taking medication for it. I even had a Thyroid Cancer scare in the fall so its not fun, and I really wish more people understood that I am not making this stuff up.

I am now currently cutting out bread and pata type carbs to see if it helps because god only knows that everything else I have tried hasn't.

OP thanks for posting!

Well, I'm glad your Dr is actually looking at you more seriously now...but that sucks it's taken all of the cycling for you to get him to listen to you. smh. I hate that!!! And yes, with Hashi's gluten can rev the fire on your attacks so cutting that out can really help. I'm proof of that. Since cutting gluten out I haven't had a single hypo swing in about 2 1/2 months now. I mean...I have some days where i'm a little sluggish, but NOWHERE near as bad as my swings used to get.

And you are welcome

I just found out I have Hashimoto's this last week, though I've had long-running thyroid issues for the past few years. I've been wondering why I've never been able to balance out my thyroid and stay on a dosage for very long before having to change it up again but now it makes sense. I'm beginning to eliminate gluten from my diet and I hope that helps.
Last year I went to a 'holistic nutritionist' of sorts to see if my underlyilng stomach issues that no doctor has been able to pin down could be solved by diet changes. She did the muscular resistance test and determined that I had wheat, gluten, spelt even though my celiac test from my GI came back normal, as well as peanut, and dairy sensitivities. I tried a diet without all of those and didn't make a difference on my stomach issues so I went back to normal. Now I am wishing I had stayed on it!

I'm glad you found a doc to listen! I personally think taking you off of Armour and putting you on Synthroid was a bit drastic, he could have just lowered your dose. But maybe you will be OK on Synthroid. Personally, it didn't do anything for me other than make my labs look normal. I didn't feel any different because my body wasn't actually using the hormone.

My fingers are crossed for you!!
I found a new GI doc who gave me a range of tests, and has diagnosed me with gastroparesis...hallelujah! He also referred me to an endocrinologist who thought my TSH levels were way too low and my dosage of Armour was too high--I was on 150 gr of Armour. He took me off thyroid meds for a week and has since put me on Synthroid. Honestly, I'm a little nervous about how Synthroid will make me feel because I've heard that a lot of people have never felt better than when they were on Armour...but my heart rate was so high that I agree with him that I was on too high a dosage...my resting heart rate was between 102 & 135!
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Its all excuses..there is no disease to make you fat, there are few who can trigger some weight gain while you eat wrong food. I am underactive too. Just eat less and exercise

This just shows how ignorant you are to the disease. Maybe do some research before spouting off information you know nothing about. Just ask the thousands of people with Hashimoto's if it did (or did not) make them gain weight.

Yes it has some to do with not having energy to exercise, and with what you eat - but more than you obviously know this condition DOES mess up your body and your hormones which make the person gain weight a lot of the time. It affects everyone differently.

ET - being hypo is NOT the same thing as having Hashi's either