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From: Newsgrouper on 19 Jun 2008 00:11
Hi all;
Is there any treatments for Hashimoto's when T4 and TSH are in normal range?
My GP says there's none.
I have to live with it.
Please help!

From: amanita on 19 Jun 2008 03:18
Newsgrouper wrote:
> Hi all;
> Is there any treatments for Hashimoto's when T4 and TSH are in normal
> range?
> My GP says there's none.
> I have to live with it.
> Please help!

How was the diagnosis of Hashimoto's made - did you have an antibody
test? If you post your thyroid test results here, someone may be able to
offer some suggestions. Make sure you include the lab reference ranges too.
From: Elizabeth on 19 Jun 2008 10:28
"Newsgrouper" <me(a)here.com> wrote in message
news:%%k6k.37324$gc5.14749(a)pd7urf2no...
> Hi all;
> Is there any treatments for Hashimoto's when T4 and TSH are in normal
> range?
> My GP says there's none.
> I have to live with it.
> Please help!

Hi,

Welcome to the newsgroup. You will soon find out that many doctors say you
are normal but the ranges are large and many people are not normal while
still falling within the ranges. I too have Hashimoto's and my numbers were
technically normal, but TSH was at the very top (over 5 where 5.5 was the
top) and T4 at the very bottom (.46 where .45 was the bottom).

The road to wellness is long, but many here have overcome their symptoms. I
am fairly new and still trying to get well too.

Best of luck,
Elizabeth


From: Richard on 19 Jun 2008 18:44
On Jun 19, 7:28 am, "Elizabeth" <esniv...(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> "Newsgrouper" <m...(a)here.com> wrote in message
>
> news:%%k6k.37324$gc5.14749(a)pd7urf2no...
>
> > Hi all;
> > Is there any treatments for Hashimoto's when T4 and TSH are in normal
> > range?
> > My GP says there's none.
> > I have to live with it.
> > Please help!
>
> Hi,
>
> Welcome to the newsgroup. You will soon find out that many doctors say you
> are normal but the ranges are large and many people are not normal while
> still falling within the ranges. I too have Hashimoto's and my numbers were
> technically normal, but TSH was at the very top (over 5 where 5.5 was the
> top) and T4 at the very bottom (.46 where .45 was the bottom).
>
> The road to wellness is long, but many here have overcome their symptoms. I
> am fairly new and still trying to get well too.
>
> Best of luck,
> Elizabeth


Prednisone could help with thyroid inflamation but that stuff is
nasty.

I'm in the same boat as I have hashi's and a huge goiter but my
thyroid is putting up so much of a fight, it won't allow me to
tollerate more than 25mcg.

6 years now.. I wonder when it will give up (so this goiter will go
away).

Richard
From: kgrhoads on 19 Jun 2008 19:19


Newsgrouper wrote:
> Hi all;
> Is there any treatments for Hashimoto's when T4 and TSH are in normal range?
> My GP says there's none.
> I have to live with it.
> Please help!

Where is T4 relative to lab reference ranges and was Free-T4 or Total-
T4
measured? ALso, what about T3?

If Free-T4 is near the bottom of the lab reference range then starting
synthroid may be useful.

If there is goitre starting thyroid is indicated.

If T3 is low in range or out of range low, then starting thyroid is
indicated.

If TSH is high in range then starting thyroid may well be indicated.

Sounds like your GP don't know beans about thyroid. This, as far as
we can tell is NOT UNCOMMON. Mosts MDs don't know much about
thyroid and what they do know is probably WRONG.

However, don't try to force everything to be thyroid.
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