Hypothyroid & Turning into an Old Git

Hypothyroid & Turning into an Old Git

Yep, realised yesterday as I was nagging the kids to do their homework that I really am turning into my mother...I used her favourite phrase when I was little & was whining that I couldn't find things that I'd left at my own backside...oooh where is my ???? whatever.....Mum would say "hanging from my bottom lip!"...and there I was just about to utter the immortal phrase to my youngest son's "Mum, where is my school tie?", but I managed to bite it back just in time!
Turning into my Mum in more ways than one as she's got Hashimotos too - the curious thing is that assuming it's an autoimmune, body destroys the organ itself, disease I wondered why, being a lot younger, I'm on a much higher dose of medication? Ideas, anyone?
Mum also had a curious reaction to her medication about 2/3 years ago - she suddenly developed quite serious allergies to lots of different foods - antihistamines & steroids became her main staple food group along with white rice & not a lot else! Interestingly, eventually she worked out herself that her doctor had changed her thyroid medication from the brand name (Eltroxin, here in the UK) to a generic one...usual NHS money saving I guess. Anyway, turns out she was allergic to the filler in the generic levothyroxine & this also manifested itself in allergic reaction to all sorts of foods. She's back on Eltroxin, and no more allergies! Made me wonder if there are any more "allergy" sufferers out there who are actually allergic to their tablets, not what they're eating!
I also seem to have developed hay fever symptoms this year (sooooo annoying), having never been bothered before & assuming it's an allergic reaction to pollen, I wonder what are the links between allergies generally & hypothyroidism? I mean let's face it, hypothyroidism is like being allergic to yourself so there must be some links there.
What does anyone else think? Experiences?