Any moms with previous thyroid issues?

[Burakoam]

New results in and my T3 uptake is low..though my t3 levels are normal?

[Burakoam]

Atomic I have a question for you..pituitary dysfunction.. sway pink? Lowered fertility? What about tumors in general wether they are beneign or cancerous?

[Burakoam]

https://www.uclahealth.org/endocrine...dism-secondary

I am sad. Looks like after my thyroid ultrasound I get to look forward to a brain scan at some point. I dunno if they will do a scan while I am pregnant...

[2pinkbluenext]

Your welcome Burakoam.
My TSH is extremely low -0.03. Both T4 and T3 were previously very high but have now been balance. When diagnosing Hyperthyroidism and Graves endocrinologist usually only focus on TSH and T4. If the tsh is low and t4 is high its a signal of an overative thyroid gland. Hypothyroidism is usually diagnosed when TSH is higher than normal. What was your most recent result? Have they tested for any antibodies? If you have graves you will test positive for TRAb/TSI antibodies. Has your endo said anything about Hashimotos. Nodules are very rarely cancerous. Specialist ultrasound can usually detect cancerous nodules. What are they saying about your nodules? Have you been put on any medication? Did you sway with any of your children? Here is a link to that forum on babycenter.

Thyroid Issues & Concerns - BabyCenter

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Thyroid Issues & Concerns - BabyCenter

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[Burakoam]

The TSI results dont make sense to me and i dont know if they are concerning or not. They have a range, as an example <45 and mine was <30 but not 0 or <0 so i dont know if that means i have them and i just dont meet the requirements or if that means i dont have them at all.

the more recent TSI test i think was specifically for graves and the limit was different. 1.3? <1.3 and i had <1.0 but again that doesnt say 0 so i dont understand if that means im in the clear or not

Secondary hypothyroidism is pituitary induced, i am thinking the results wont show a nodule on my thyroid and i'll end up with a brain scan. Ive had issues for years that now make sense but doctors have ignored. 10+ Years. the only thing you will find meets the requirements of the things i KNOW about at this moment is Secondary Hypo...TSH being low and my T3 uptake being low. I first had nipple discharge 2 years after my first DD was born and i never breast fed her for any length of time so it was weird, i went to a doctor about it but they dismissed it. i had it again when trying to get pregnant with DD3 (5 years since last pregnancy and i never breastfed DD2 either) and my prolactin was elevated but they didnt do any further testing after that though they claimed they would. Then i needed clomid to ovulate (prolactin induced infertility who knows i guess as they claimed i had PCOS and lots of the symptoms as well as cysts on my ovaries)

I tried shettles before finding this site when i was trying to get pregnant with DD3...sex was i swayed blue but my diet and lifestyle was probably very LE...i ate and have always eaten blue type foods its just that i dont eat enough or snack enough for blue and my caffeine intake has always been very pink friendly i guess. So i attempted a full HE diet sway and still got girl. I was on the diet from April-July and started trying in June but didnt ovulate in june so that cycle was a bust then got pregnant in july...Only thing that was pink friendly for me is i was still breastfeeding but there are plenty of women who still have boys doing that so i dont think that was the make or break.

I honestly have every single symptom and issue associated with secondary Hypo...i just didnt believe it because i had hyper symptoms..but i have hypo symptoms too and i thought maybe hyper could have both in some ways? i found lots of ways to dismiss it because id rather it be my thyroid than my brain but until someone can explain the TSI results to me they look negative or at least that they will tell me they are negative...I know the nodules are very rarely cancerous but you are more likely to have a cancerous pituitary tumor from what i remember...depends how i would have gotten it though i guess...if it was radiation etc i think its more likely to be cancerous but if it was from head trauma (have had that so i mean..) or child birth (since thats apparently a leading cause in women) i think its way less likely to be cancerous..and i think 10+ years of this shit if it was cancer id probably be dead. Maybe id be surprised.

The biggest thing for me is nobody can tell me how i can be 100% hyperthyroid but still feel like all i want to do is sleep. Its not "oh im depressed" type sleep...and i do get that on occasion..its "the world is just so overwhelming there is too much to do and im already exhausted so i wanted to sleep for days/weeks" type sleep. Once when i was 23-24 my mom had my 2 oldest girls for a 3 day weekend...i acctually slept the entire time. I woke up and snacked and pushed fluids for very short intervals, and went right back to sleep. For 3 days. That doesnt seem right or normal to me, but nobody else has shown much concern at that funny enough..maybe they dont believe it haha...or me for that matter when i say if given the chance i think i could live my whole life like that. From what ive heard, read etc..thats hypo.

[Burakoam]

I have lost 3 pounds

[2pinkbluenext]

Wow i can see why your confused. I havent read much about secondary Hypo. You sysmtoms apart from the weight loss seem hypo. Yes you can definitely have both if you have hashimotos. Hashimotos sufferers can fluctuate fom hypo to hyper and hyper to hypo. Im not sure what units they are using. Are you based in the States? Im in Australia. The results that you posted <1.0 againt >1.3 would be considered hyper. However you said your t3 up take is low which most likely means your t4 is normal.
There is an article by Chris Kresser you should read that you may find interesting. Here is a qoute from it;

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In my clinical practice I frequently see people with low levels of T3 with normal T4 and either low or normal TSH. This condition has been reported on in the medical literature for years but it is rarely acknowledged or discussed in conventional medical settings. Most doctors (even endocrinologists) do not seem to know what causes it, or what to do about it. (I know this because I always ask my patients with this syndrome what their doctors said about it, and my patients’ response is almost always some variation of “not much”).

This particular pattern goes by three different names in the medical literature: Euthyroid Sick Syndrome (ESS), Non-thyroidal Illness Syndrome (NTIS), and Low T3 Syndrome.

[2pinkbluenext]

Have a read of it. Endocrinologists dont know everything. So its good to know whats happening to your body and best solution for you.

🤔2 failed sway, how annoying. This would be my first time swaying after 2 DD which ive always wanted but would like our third and final baby to be a boy. I'll see how it goes, if its another DD she'll be very welcomed.

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[atomic sagebrush]

Atomic I have a question for you..pituitary dysfunction.. sway pink? Lowered fertility? What about tumors in general wether they are beneign or cancerous?

I know several people on here with pit tumors and had both boys and girls.

When is your appointment again?

I honestly don't know enough about any of this to be able to help. I wish I could, but even the experts seem all over the place with thyroid stuff (as you guys already are aware, unfortunately)

What I do think, and please take this from someone who has been pregnant and scared and getting no help from the doctors, is that worrying yourself sick doesn't help. The most likely problem is just a thyroid issue that can be fixed with medication so focus on that - the most likely problem is the least serious. I would not go jumping from that to a tumor until you know for sure. There will be time enough to worry if that comes to pass. Even if you do have a pituitary tumor, most of those are totally livable with, again with some medication.

Something that no one tells us is that a lot of women feel like crap all the time for no known reason. I think women's health is still a huge mystery and many people I know, myself included, are plagued with mysterious symptoms and just generally feeling terrible and no one can ever tell us what is going on. Usually they try to send us away with antidepressants and tell us we are hypochondriacs but I think that there are just things that women get that doctors don't know about yet. My point is, don't necessarily go over your symptoms looking for the unifying theory because it very well may be something that hasn't even been discovered yet. :/