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Hi. I am certainly ill right now with fibromyalgia and other things. My thyroid is underactive and has been for 28 years. It is unstable. I can be overmedicated or undermedicated. I have certainly been viewed with suspician on taking thyroxin over the years and have been repeatedly questioned on if I have taken too much or too little, to my very indignant denials. Because I am ill I am researching stuff. However this morning I had a memory. My son had to have nuclear therapy as a child due to a birth defect that damaged his kidneys. I was warned he would be radioactive for short periods after and to use rubber gloves when changing his diapers. I am sure I used thin rubber disposables..but..I am uncertain on absolute adherence as I cannot remember..my thyroid problems started about 9 months later..anyone any ideas on whether the instability of these thyroid levels can be connected? If they could be where could I go to find out?
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shellyC19 sky23
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1. Puberty
2. During or after pregnancy
3. Late adulthood - changes due to aging.
4. Poor diet (3rd world countries)
I suffer with Hashimoto's since I was 27. Back when I was a teen I had symptoms but in the 1970's young gals were not tested in USA. Now we know more and they test young women today. Having your son, puts stress on the gland and it sometimes can't handle the stress of the pregnancy. It happened to an Aunt of mine after pregnancy.
Now we only get 1 thyroid, and they can't make it work or transplant it from one person to another yet. They do have meds and the meds replace the needed horomone. Your thyroid makes 2 important ones T 3 & T 4. Both of these levels need to be "normal" and if low -you may feel bad.
You did not get it from your son's radioactive treatment. That would only last up to 7 days and you wore gloves. This happens as our bodies change each month for a period and we give birth, some ppl. are born with a gene and it acts up upon a trigger like Epstein-Barr Virus (MONO) or another stress factor on the body. They do not know why 100% why it happens, but it does. Women get it mostly but men can have it also.
Now some people take different thyroid meds, not just Levo. They have many good ones and if you still feel bad maybe you should ask the doctor for a different med. I am on Ctyomel (Liothyroxinne), but they have so many others available today. Levo gave me bad side effects and never brought my T3 & T4 level up, even though I took it!!!
So yes, in short, it can come after pregnancy and it is very common to happen then. I hope this helps.
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patricia537 Jill6969
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Saw my GP this morning to discuss the option of being prescribed Amour. As we thought NHS not licencenced to prescribe it. He checked the results of my last blood regarding thyroid test and said they were normal. He said he could put me on HRT as the estrogen may give me a boost. I did explain I was 63 and that I did try a none bleed HRT when I was in my early 50s but I started to bleed so had to come off it. So I came away with no help no answers and no Amour. I could cry with frustration. xx
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