Thyroid...

[Catty1]

Well, there I was thinking it was the job(and I moved out of that), and was having anxiety, which I DON'T get.

Made the doc's appt, had some blood work...

I have an elevated THYROID? T3 and T4 (especially the T4, above normal!) It was FINE last September - but I understand that a hysterectomy can affect this a bit.

So, am waiting for another scan....meanwhile, off to Google.

If anyone knows of hyperthyroid diets etc, let me know.

Thanks!

[smokey the elder]

I don't know about hyperthyroid "diets". I was hyperthyroid and was treated with radioactive iodine. Don't fool around with hyperthyroidism; it can be life-threatening. It causes your metabolism to redline and can cause all sorts of cardiovascular trouble. I can give you loads of info, so PM me if you want so others don't think it's TMI.

Good luck!

[Freedom]

I'm a bit confused. I thought a high T4 went with hyPOthyroid?

Is it overactive, or underactive?

Either can be treated; don't know anything about a diet plan, though.

I have underactive thryoid, it runs on both mum's and dad's side of the family, all of us have it. Pill a day for life. Tendency for weight gain, irritable, sleepy, other symptoms let us know when it is time to see the doc for bloodwork and an adjustment to the meds.

I have 2 friends with overactive thyroid. I know it means weight loss, and complications with eyes.

As someone already mentioned, not to be ignored, either way!

[sirrahbed]

I also have thyroid disease. Mine was hyper (Graves) and treated with radioactive iodine. Oddly enough, my husband and two of my three grown children have it - possibly my third also. We suspect it is related to living in Germany during the explosion at Chernobyl. We all support Synthroid

Anyway, thyroid can really mess up your health when it goes off balance. T3 & T4 represent the usable and preconverted hormone in your blood. One or both are elevated if you are HYPER. Normally the TSH is low at the same time in a hyper person. In a HYPOthyroid patient - the levels are pretty much the opposite with T3 &T4 being low while the TSH gets high (this is thyroid stimulating hormone) essentially begging your body to make more thyroid hormone.

Estrogen DOES play a key role in regulating thyroid. Mine went all crazy again at menopause and daughter Missy's went unstable with her pregnancies. I have a couple really good books by Mary Shomon and she has a website at About.com. The has thyroid disease herself - let me find that...http://thyroid.about.com/

Very good site and she has a newsletter also. As for controling it with diet - some people try this with mixed results. Sounds like yours may well be related to the hyst. and hopefully you can get it regulated. Hope some of this helps

[*iluvskipper*]

My mom has thyroid probelms.. She takes medicine for it likee.. every day i think.

[carole]

My mother also had this, she had the overactive one first, and was treated with the iodine etc, now it has changed to the underactive one,it is indeed a tricky thing to treat,she is on daily medication, and she swears things are not quite right for her at the moment,although she would need to re-visit a specialist to find this out for sure.

Do take it seriously and get the right kind of treatment, it affects a lot of things going on in your body, I have not heard of a specific diet for it either, but if you find out let me know ok, take care and HUGS.