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Autoimmune - Advice?

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Jun 19 6:04pm | Replies (30)

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I’m not a doctor, let me start there, but it sounds to me with weight gain that you could possibly have Hashimoto’s. I suffer from it and also Hypothyroidism for which I take Synthroid 75 mcg. I would ask your doctor to run a Thyroid Panel and include testing of TSH, T3-free, T4-free and TPO Antibodies (which is where Hashimoto’s shows up). My husband and I were doing the Weight Watchers Diet and I was gaining a pound a day and he was loosing! That’s how I knew something was drastically wrong. I am feeling so much better and I also have eliminated eating gluten, dairy and soy which are big no no’s with Hashimoto’s. I wish you well and good luck!

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I've also considered Hashimoto's, but every time I have a TSH on my blood panels, it comes back normal. I'm not sure my doctors would want to order more tests since that one always looks good (and it's a bit of a pain trying to push for more tests when doctors don't think it's necessary - I'm already a little burnt out from advocating for the blood tests I've had so far).