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Dyusten · 05-30-2012, 08:00 PM

I havn't posted for a while and I thought i would put this out there too see if anyone has similar expierence or any ideas. Since 2008 I have been dealing with Fibro cfs .Autoimmune things. Hypothyroidism celiac disease of course i have been glutin free since 2009. My pcp has little if any good . I saw manny specialist which didn't help much at all . Last january i saw a nurse practitioner who did a whole bunch of blood tests and then i was diagnosed with Hypohhyroidism . Basicly my thyroid was not functioning at all I had no energy and was very over weight . I literally was gaining weight and not eating anything. Also my vitiman D my potassium my liver function and my white blood count was very low and my
Testosterone is normal if i was 95 years old but I am 53 yo everything is low. I since then am on T3 and T4 potassium 5,000 vit. D daily and milk thistle suplement. All my blood tests are tested every 6 too 8 weeks . Better but still very low from what normal should be. The good thing is i feel better and have lost about 40 pounds. But I just can not get my blood tests to the normal range . I am doing everything my nurse practitioner is telling me to. Is it possible somthing may be causing this if so what?

bluelakelady · 05-31-2012, 07:07 AM

hi and welcome back,
what was your tsh count last blood test? the thyroid is the conductor of the orchestra that is our body. if it's not in sync everything else goes whacko. testosterone being just one. most people with fibro do better with counts between 1.0 and 3.0. i do best at 1.5. at 3.0 i am dragging fanny and gaining weight. remember the range is just that, a range. somewhere within that is your normal. if you are below 0, like .75 it could be graves disease. my daughter has that. just had her thyroid removed and doing great.
peace,
blue

Rhaquel · 06-02-2012, 11:32 AM

If you take the blood serum of a healthy person, it automatically transports thyroid hormone into cells. The serum of some one with fibro, depression, diabetes, reduced calorie diet, etc, does not. There is some kind of cellular resistance.

My doc just had me start taking a whey protein powdered drink, 25 gr. with each meal. I can't add fruit cause I'm trying to recover adrenals. Some blood test she does tells her the ratio of carbs to protein over three months.

Did you have vit. D tested? Magnesium and vit. D are often difficient in FM. Sme people advocate for megadosis. Need to know signs of too much magnesium if you're not testing. Think it's also good for depression? This is my second time in 2-3 years needing mega vitamin D. My memory is bad, can't recall al the details, sorry. mark London has site article about fibro and magnesium.

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