23-02-2012, 02:29 AM
Hey, there
So we're sort of in the same boat. Sort of. Much like you, I've been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I was only 25 when I got my diagnosis and I hated the idea of being on synthroid for the rest of my life. I had no visible symptoms, outside of a slight hair loss that came and went. My hair is actually pretty thick, so it's weird when it suddenly thins. Anyways, for the quite a while I just assumed that this was some kind of mistake. Last year I was diagnosed with Hashimoto. Which is a hereditary thing that causes hypothyroidism. It's an auto-immune disorder that a lot of hypos suffer from. Basically your immune system attacks your thyroid, which causes your tests to come out sometimes hypo and sometimes hyper, as your immune system attacks your thyroid it reacts by over producing the hormone, and sometimes it slows down from the attack. If your thyroid continues to produce the hormone your immune system continues to attack it, the only way to prevent it is to shut down your thyroids production of the hormone. Via synthroid. If you have hashimoto (ask your doctor to test you for the anti-bodies) you absolutely under no circumstances should stop taking the pill. It will mess you up long term. The pill itself, compared to the possible consequences is relatively harmless.
http://autoimmune.pathology.jhmi.edu/diseases.cfm?systemID=3&DiseaseID=22
So we're sort of in the same boat. Sort of. Much like you, I've been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I was only 25 when I got my diagnosis and I hated the idea of being on synthroid for the rest of my life. I had no visible symptoms, outside of a slight hair loss that came and went. My hair is actually pretty thick, so it's weird when it suddenly thins. Anyways, for the quite a while I just assumed that this was some kind of mistake. Last year I was diagnosed with Hashimoto. Which is a hereditary thing that causes hypothyroidism. It's an auto-immune disorder that a lot of hypos suffer from. Basically your immune system attacks your thyroid, which causes your tests to come out sometimes hypo and sometimes hyper, as your immune system attacks your thyroid it reacts by over producing the hormone, and sometimes it slows down from the attack. If your thyroid continues to produce the hormone your immune system continues to attack it, the only way to prevent it is to shut down your thyroids production of the hormone. Via synthroid. If you have hashimoto (ask your doctor to test you for the anti-bodies) you absolutely under no circumstances should stop taking the pill. It will mess you up long term. The pill itself, compared to the possible consequences is relatively harmless.
http://autoimmune.pathology.jhmi.edu/diseases.cfm?systemID=3&DiseaseID=22
(22-02-2012, 05:31 PM)lled34aa Wrote: tibetan,
yes i was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. i was put on a very low dosage of synthroid, which i took for about 5 months before quitting. i'm not 100% sure if i did the right thing by going off the synthroid on my own, but 5 months into it and me changing my life style around completely, i felt great going off of synthroid. all of my symptoms went away. my cycle was regular again, hair stopped falling out, acne cleared, and more energy. it seemed to me, that i was back to normal, without the help of synthroid.
it's been half a year since i've been off of synthroid. my NBE was picking up then now is going backwards it seems. i'm planning on going back to get another blood test to see if i really have reversed the hypothyroid or if it's slowly relapsing again.
i really don't like the idea of being on synthroid for the rest of my life. if in fact, i still have hypothyroidism, i will definitely read into what the heck is the whole glandular system is and its function because as of now, i have no clue!
i appreciate your input and do agree with you that the underlying health issues have to be resolved, not just for NBE, but for general health.