Has anyone here successfully monitored high antibodies, did something (supplementing t4, t3, or doing changes in diet, or any other thing) and then consistently tested low antibodies?
If so, what did you do and can you post your labs?
In my case, my last lab (before covid, I haven't done labs since then)
Thyroids section:
PTH-i: 50.2 pgr/ml. Range: 18.5 - 88
Thyroglobulin: <1 ng/ml. Range: 1.9 - 59.9
Total T3: 1.02 ng/ml. Range: 0.65 - 1.6
Free T3: 6.1 pmol/L. Range 4 - 8.30
Reverse T3: 0.15 ng/ml. Range: 0.10 - 0.35
Total T4: 6.6 mcg/100ml. Range: 4.70 - 9.70
Free T4: 10.2 pg/ml. Range: 9 - 19.50
TSH: 4.17. mcUI/ml. Range: 0.25 - 5
Inmunology:
Antibodies anti-receptor of TSH (TSI): 0.82 mUI/ml. Range: 0.00 - 1.75
Antimicrosomal Antibody (TPO): 75.6 UI/ml. 0 - 12 UI/ml
Antibodies anti-thyroglobulin (TGL): 88.5 UI/ml. Range: 0 - 18
So TPO and TGL was high. I want to lower them and I want to hear if someone came up with a way to lower them so I can try things and test again and see if they lowered. I am so paranoid about having my own body attacking my thyroid... it just doesn't feel right. I constantly check for lumps on my throat area... every now and then I become paranoid when I feel like a lump or something, then realize that lump has been there for years. It's probably lymph nodes on that area that sometimes change in size but im always paranoid and vigilant knowing that the thyroid is being attacked... how do you guys deal with this?
And im a male btw so it's even more rare, I can't find many males that have antibodies, most just have TSH high but don't test for high antibodies.
Changes i've made is adding a vitamin D supplement, just 200 UI daily in an olive oil liquid format, and see if the levels go to normal because they were low last time:
Vitamin D (1,25): 20.2 pg/mL. Range: 18 - 78 pg/mL
Vitamin (25-OH): 27.00 ng/mL. Range: Less than 12 insuficiency, insuficiency 12-30, suficiency 30.1 - 100, toxicity above 150
My sleep schelude is still a mess because I go to sleep at like 6 AM and wake up at 2 PM, since I feel better at night. Barely haven't gone out this year due covid. Im going to get an ecography but at the same time im worried they find something. And I just don't know a doctor that will treat this with the idea of trying to find the cause of the autoinmune response instead of just raising the T4 dose ad infinitum (im on 75mcg of Eutirox which I take at night after dinner, im from Spain btw no T3 here) so im asking here for some ideas. It feels very demoralizing because doctors don't really research the autoinmune problem, like I said they just tweak the thyroid doses but don't bring anything else to the table, so I feel like im not making progress as long as I test positive for antibodies.
It doesn't help that my sister had a misscarriage recently, such brutal news don't help feeling better. I was doing better recently in terms of braing fog and tiredness, but these news have been pretty bad. The sides I have from thyroid are the classic ones: low tolerance to coldness, tiredness, some brainfog. I've had high TSH tested like 10 years ago, and since then I've had been taking Eutirox pills from 25 to now 75mcg, but I haven't gone to the doctor in like 3 years since they never addressed the antibodies anyway, don't even check for it most of the time, so I assume they don't even bother trying to find the underlying root cause and just try to patch it by adding more Eutirox. Like I said im always paranoid looking for lumps and stuff. I don't even want to get an ecography in case they find something. I wouldn't want more bad news for my mom after what happened recentlly. It's probably the same 2 lumps i've had forever and I become obsessed and sometimes notice them more than others.
Anyway sorry for the rant but it's been a bad day with what happened to my sister.
If so, what did you do and can you post your labs?
In my case, my last lab (before covid, I haven't done labs since then)
Thyroids section:
PTH-i: 50.2 pgr/ml. Range: 18.5 - 88
Thyroglobulin: <1 ng/ml. Range: 1.9 - 59.9
Total T3: 1.02 ng/ml. Range: 0.65 - 1.6
Free T3: 6.1 pmol/L. Range 4 - 8.30
Reverse T3: 0.15 ng/ml. Range: 0.10 - 0.35
Total T4: 6.6 mcg/100ml. Range: 4.70 - 9.70
Free T4: 10.2 pg/ml. Range: 9 - 19.50
TSH: 4.17. mcUI/ml. Range: 0.25 - 5
Inmunology:
Antibodies anti-receptor of TSH (TSI): 0.82 mUI/ml. Range: 0.00 - 1.75
Antimicrosomal Antibody (TPO): 75.6 UI/ml. 0 - 12 UI/ml
Antibodies anti-thyroglobulin (TGL): 88.5 UI/ml. Range: 0 - 18
So TPO and TGL was high. I want to lower them and I want to hear if someone came up with a way to lower them so I can try things and test again and see if they lowered. I am so paranoid about having my own body attacking my thyroid... it just doesn't feel right. I constantly check for lumps on my throat area... every now and then I become paranoid when I feel like a lump or something, then realize that lump has been there for years. It's probably lymph nodes on that area that sometimes change in size but im always paranoid and vigilant knowing that the thyroid is being attacked... how do you guys deal with this?
And im a male btw so it's even more rare, I can't find many males that have antibodies, most just have TSH high but don't test for high antibodies.
Changes i've made is adding a vitamin D supplement, just 200 UI daily in an olive oil liquid format, and see if the levels go to normal because they were low last time:
Vitamin D (1,25): 20.2 pg/mL. Range: 18 - 78 pg/mL
Vitamin (25-OH): 27.00 ng/mL. Range: Less than 12 insuficiency, insuficiency 12-30, suficiency 30.1 - 100, toxicity above 150
My sleep schelude is still a mess because I go to sleep at like 6 AM and wake up at 2 PM, since I feel better at night. Barely haven't gone out this year due covid. Im going to get an ecography but at the same time im worried they find something. And I just don't know a doctor that will treat this with the idea of trying to find the cause of the autoinmune response instead of just raising the T4 dose ad infinitum (im on 75mcg of Eutirox which I take at night after dinner, im from Spain btw no T3 here) so im asking here for some ideas. It feels very demoralizing because doctors don't really research the autoinmune problem, like I said they just tweak the thyroid doses but don't bring anything else to the table, so I feel like im not making progress as long as I test positive for antibodies.
It doesn't help that my sister had a misscarriage recently, such brutal news don't help feeling better. I was doing better recently in terms of braing fog and tiredness, but these news have been pretty bad. The sides I have from thyroid are the classic ones: low tolerance to coldness, tiredness, some brainfog. I've had high TSH tested like 10 years ago, and since then I've had been taking Eutirox pills from 25 to now 75mcg, but I haven't gone to the doctor in like 3 years since they never addressed the antibodies anyway, don't even check for it most of the time, so I assume they don't even bother trying to find the underlying root cause and just try to patch it by adding more Eutirox. Like I said im always paranoid looking for lumps and stuff. I don't even want to get an ecography in case they find something. I wouldn't want more bad news for my mom after what happened recentlly. It's probably the same 2 lumps i've had forever and I become obsessed and sometimes notice them more than others.
Anyway sorry for the rant but it's been a bad day with what happened to my sister.
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