Thyroid disorders

I asked my doc about this last week, she said to me the last blood sample i got 3 weeks ago showed my thyroid was ok, i thought thats why my weight is going through the roof plus this excess sweating.

Joolie, having someone tell you that a test result is "okay" is really not good enough. What you should do is ask for a paper copy of the lab results. See which tests were done...and where your blood tested compared to the tests normal range.Often professionals will say "normal" when we are testing barely within the normal range. Since we are all individuals, the normal ranges on thyroid tests are just that....ranges. Each individual is born with a natural "set point" for thyroid hormone. When we are off of our personal set point then we become symptomatic.Confusing matters even more is the fact that the "normal range" for the TSH test (which is the most often test used for screening for thyroid disease) needs to be revised to where the normal range is .35 to 3.0 (currently the range goes all the way up to 5.5). The AACE and NACB have been lobbying for this change for 2 years now but labs have yet to change their normal ranges.

Glad I could help! Just make sure that they do the "FREE T4" and "FREE T3" (not Total T4 and Total T3) on you. The "Total" tests can be skewed by estrogens (birth control pills, HRT, etc)

hi nikkii had hyperthyroidism as a child and now i just got diagnosed - 28 years later - with hypothyoidism. it runs in my family. i've had ibs-d since my mid-teens. as far as i know, there is no correlation between these two diseases. i might be wrong, and please correct me if i am, but i dont think ibs is classified as an "autoimmune" illness, but thyroid problems are. both ibs and thyroid problems run in my family. i just got lucky i guess and got both! (yes, that is sarcasm)i'm on levothyroxine now. as a child i took propylthyrocil, which i'm sure i'm spelling wrong. as far as we know, i'm the only family member who had hyper as a child and hypo as an adult. gee, do i get a prize?? take care!

hi and welcome scoot

Hi Nikki! I was diagnosed 2 years ago with auto immune thyroid disorder, hyperactive thyroid, and graves' disease. These are all relatively the same thing, but I had radioactive iodine also. I have been taking Levoxyl since then. I just developed ibs-d in the last 6 months , but I haven't seen that my ibs and thyroid condition have had any relations so far. I have wondered though because I don't completely have my ibs-d under control yet. Make sure you stay on top of your thyroid levels because it can definitely effect your bowel movements . K-9MOM is right too about what is considered "normal". Not even doctors agree on what normal ranges are, and they have tried to have the official range changed over the last two years. Although, I don't think they have thus far. You do need to ask for a copy of your results and keep up with it yourself. It took me a year to realize that I needed to find my 'comfort zone' on my own. Your body may need a little higher range, whereas mine is better a little low. Good luck with it, and if you do ever find that your thyroid correlates in any way to your ibs -Please, by all means, let us know.

Hi and welcome zezabel

I was convinced my thyroid was playing up, apparantly not as my blood came back normal