Guest guest Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hi , The destruction in Hashimoto's is limited to the thyroid gland. Once the gland is demised completely the antibodies disappear from the blood stream, sometimes this can be a slow gradual process. However, in Graves' disease the abs go on and damage other tissue. Sometimes Hashis can get other disease along with Hashis. Many Hashis have Celiac disease, sjogren's syndrome, B-12 anemia and so on. So when one autoimmune disease is present there is a higher risk of contacting another AI disease. Our AI systems are already haywire. Hope this helps, ~Bj > > Hello I'm a 63 year old grandmother of 4. Less than a year ago I was diag. with Hashimoto " s Thyroiditis. I was surprised. I still feel like I don't know much about it. I have my good days and bad days. I also was curious what happens when your immune system finally destroy your thyroid. Does your immune system start to attact other things. > K. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 the autoimmune process still continues in Hashis tho! and most hashis patients still have Some gland left. that the DRs can still Locate and feel... (a few may only have a few cells left,, just like Thryodi gladn Surgery patients still have some Thryodi cells left behind) anyway; RE Hashimoto's once a person gets Hashimoto's , those autoimmune Genes will always be Switched On " and you will always have an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto's. here in 2011, we and " they " :/ are just beginning to learn the past decades of mediacl research (in ALL Areas) and just recently figuring out how to help real life patients get a good handle and better 'rebalance' on teh AUtoimmune/Immune /brain/body processes tho! IOW there is GOOD NEWS the autoimmune process , which is a total body /brain process, can be managed to the point that folks start feeling better and regain Quality of Life and many even restored to full health and a full life. but it is complex and multifactorial and that is the challenge for each unique patient,, which of your cellular/molecular systems are going wrong and in what way... FWIW: Hashis patients can also have issues with their eyes, to a lesser extent than Graves do; something about the tissues of eyes being 'related' histologically to the thryoid tissue. i would not agree that we have Graves Antibodies,, for the obvious and simple fact that 99.9% of hashis patients in history have never had ANY Graves ANtibody testing!! so statistically speaking any doctor who claims that is not being very scientific or smart or logical or truthful.. Lots of " Paraphrasing " goes on in the Thryoid medical science and Practice of medicine so measure twice and cut once to save time energy money and peace of mind -Carol > > > > Hello I'm a 63 year old grandmother of 4. Less than a year ago I was diag. with Hashimoto " s Thyroiditis. I was surprised. I still feel like I don't know much about it. I have my good days and bad days. I also was curious what happens when your immune system finally destroy your thyroid. Does your immune system start to attact other things. > > K. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I have been a member of this group for about a month. I have Hashimotos as diagnosed in July by a endocrinologist. She has me on Levoxyl but not adrenal support. I had been taking a thyroid supplement and an adrenal supplement sold to me by a nurse since my doctor didn't feel, as a result or normal looking blood testing results, that I had any problem. I also have a milk allergy AND celac sprue. In my last post I was encouraged to buy the book Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms which I am about half-way through. In re-reading the replies to my initial post I was told to go to the following web site to find out help for the adrenals. www.drian.com/articles/adrenalexhaustion.asp BUT that site doesn't exist. I am doing much better with my health BUT whenever someone says something to me that might be slightly mean I think my adrenals shut down for a day until someone tells me that the other person is wrong OR it takes me about 2-3 days to see through the situation. I have very sensitive feelings and wish I could get past that. Any suggestions? I already gave up caffein, sodas, coffee, all sugars, all white types of flour (even white gluten free flour) and sugar substitutes. ANy suggestion what I do next to support the adrenal glands and help out my emotions? Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 You are right - the website you quote does not exist. But this one does: http://www.drlam.com/articles/adrenalexhaustion.asp Rod > > I have been a member of this group for about a month. I have Hashimotos as diagnosed in July by a endocrinologist. She has me on Levoxyl but not adrenal support. I had been taking a thyroid supplement and an adrenal supplement sold to me by a nurse since my doctor didn't feel, as a result or normal looking blood testing results, that I had any problem. I also have a milk allergy AND celac sprue. In my last post I was encouraged to buy the book Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms which I am about half-way through. In re-reading the replies to my initial post I was told to go to the following web site to find out help for the adrenals. www.drian.com/articles/adrenalexhaustion.asp BUT that site doesn't exist. I am doing much better with my health BUT whenever someone says something to me that might be slightly mean I think my adrenals shut down for a day until someone tells me that the other person is wrong OR it takes me about 2-3 days to see through the situation. I have very sensitive feelings and wish I could get past that. Any suggestions? I already gave up caffein, sodas, coffee, all sugars, all white types of flour (even white gluten free flour) and sugar substitutes. ANy suggestion what I do next to support the adrenal glands and help out my emotions? > > Carole > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 You can also try this site:http://www.nthadrenalsweb.com  You are right - the website you quote does not exist. But this one does: http://www.drlam.com/articles/adrenalexhaustion.asp Rod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 How about researching LDN for Hashimotos!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 I'm not certain what to do in response to this??From: presouz@...To: Thyroiditis Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:37:00 AMSubject: Re: Hashimotos How about researching LDN for Hashimotos!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Hi Carole - LDN (low dose Naltrexone) has been shown to have some success with treating autoimmune disease and even cancer. This person was just making a general suggestion. You can learn more here: http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/ I asked an integrative doc about it a couple years ago and he said so far any success with it for Hashimotos was only anecdotal (no clinical studies). But I'm not sure how up on it he really was and that could have changed. If anyone here has experience with LDN, our group would love to hear about it. > > I'm not certain what to do in response to this?? > > Re: Hashimotos > > > > > > > > > How about researching LDN for Hashimotos!!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 hi again susan and bj and all, i've been reading and learning from your posts and i thank you for taking the time to help us new people. also thank you for sending so many helpful links to info. to bring you up to date: i have now increased my dose of synthroid from 6.25, to 12.5 with no symptoms this time, except for feeling more energetic and spirited. that's a big change for me. in less than two weeks i will be adding cytomel 5 mcgs. although dr haskil said to add it twice a day, my doc wants me to start taking it once a day in the evening. so it will be 12.5 mcgs of synthroid, 30 mins before breakfast and then 5 mcg of cytomel in the evening. i read somewhere that i should wait until i get regulated with the synthetic thyroid hormones before i add the nutrients like the selenium, zinc, iodide and the q one. so i stopped them for now. i know that avoiding allergic food is very important for hashis, from what i've read. i started off pefectly avoinding gluten and even most dairy products. that didn't last long. the greatest problem for me is that i have a food addiction. even tho i know i'm harming my thyroid, i often binge eat, including foods containing gluten and dairy. i even wonder if this could have caused my hashis to begin with. if any of you have any knowledge of this, i would sure appreciate reading about it. again i thank you for your continued help along this new road for me and love hearing any advice you may have for me. lois > > How about researching LDN for Hashimotos!!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Hi Lois, Glad to hear the increased dosage is helping you. That is one hurdle already crossed. Malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies will NOT improve with T4 meds. From what I understand bingeing comes from emotional and physical motivation. This stems from emotional behaviors such as guilt, fear, worry, anger, sadness, or boredom. Being overly hungry or deprived of calories can lead to bingeing such as not eating for long periods of time. Also, wanting something you are disallowed to have or should not have aka -The forbidden fruit can led to binging as well. This can be due to you wanting something that you KNOW you shouldn't eat. You probably feel like it is unfair and you want to eat the food YOU want to eat. Studies on restrained eaters have shed a lot of psychological light in the world of dieting. They show how ineffective outlawing particular foods can be, and how it sets you up for overeating. You need to find substitutions for the foods you should NOT eat. Then the food will no longer be " forbidden " , and thus, it will lose its appeal. The best advise I received was Get GLUTEN OUT OF THE HOUSE (and other problematic foods). If these foods are NOT in your house, then you cannot eat them, even if you are tempted. Good luck, ~Bj > > > > How about researching LDN for Hashimotos!!! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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