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?
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Eletroxin is the medication which I see most of the thyroid patients use. Is it only for hypothyroid or also for the hyper thyroid?
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Thanks for sharing such useful information. Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroxine. Many of the symptoms of hypothyroidism are very subtle and are experienced by people without thyroid disease.
Last August I started feeling tired/fatigued and I had some bowel problems. Then one night, I started to have sharp pain and tightness in my lower right abdomen. I went to the emergency room afraid I had appendicitis. It turned out I didn't, but I had fluid in my pelvis, but no STDs or lady problems. They sent me home, but I started having a lot of hip pain on both sides, and then a couple weeks later, I started with wrist pain, like tendonitis. I was diagnosed with tendonitis and bursitis in the hips and tendonitis in the wrists, given some anti-inflammatory medications. I was told to rest and it would go away. It didn't and it only got worse. I could barely walk because of my hip problems and had pain in my knees and back as well, and hands and feet, and shooting pain and muscle twitching all the time. I also had chest and abdominal pain. I couldn't concentrate. I thought I had Lyme disease, but the test came back negative. Eventually they did a bone scan and saw inflammation in my hips, knees, shoulders, ankles and feet and diagnosed me with reactive arthritis (since the rheumatoid arthritis and lupus blood tests were normal and there is no blood test for reactive arthritis). But there were so many things that didn't make sense - I didn't have morning stiffness; I got tested and it turns out I have hypothyroidism. I can't walk more than five minutes right now because my knees are so bad. I just started taking the pills two days ago, and I am really hoping and praying that this is the answer to my problems.
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I developed spring pollen allergies a few years ago but now that I think of it, this was the first year in many that I didn't suffer. I've also been eating gluten free for most of the last year and haven't gotten sick, I've had much less congestion, as well no more digestive complaints- the reason I cut it out of my diet.
Now I'm learning that people with Hashimoto's should be cutting gluten out of their diets, as most of us have some kind of allergy to it that can make the Hashi's attack worse.
I just found your blog. I have had Hashimoto's thyroid since for over 20 years now. I never realized that someone could be allergic to their thyroid medication. Makes sense though.
I recently started reading a book called "Why do I still have thyroid symptoms when my lab tests are normal" by Datis Kharrazian. It has been eye opening to me. Has anyone else read it?
as a journalist I've just written an article about this issue in order to try to raise awareness. It's much more common that people think and as you've written, so much more debilitating until you get the meds right.
Thanks for a great blog
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Yes, Hashimoto's and allergies go together - as you say, you're already 'allergic' to your thyroid gland. I suppose the most common allergic reaction in Hashi folks is to gluten.
Totally unconnected to hypoT, my husband developed hay fever at 30, with NO prior allegies to anything. At the time we were surrounded by fields of oilseed rape and this is a known huge starter of hay fever in people, esp adults. NB. that triggered his hay fever but is no longer particularly troubled by rape, it is grass, nettle and certain flower pollen now.
I certainly empathised with your feelings of turning into your mum! Meds dosing is meant to take account of age as well as size but perhaps you're on more than your mum (i) you actually need it e.g. you have had several pregnancies - more than your mum?? (ii) your mum isn't actually on sufficient (SO common a scenario especially with older people) (iii) because of your age, your doctor is making sure the effects are 'hit on the head' more forcibly, as, being younger, your body will likely accept more meds than an older person - hence why they start younger people on far higher doses than older.
There is a strong hereditary component to Hashi's. My mum also had Hashi's (as I have) but the difference between us is that she died from undiagnosed hypoT/Hashi's (it's only since I've been diagnosed that I have learnt about it) and she, like me, has been acknowledged now as having had it virtually our entire lives - so much for our caring health service..!
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