Hashimotos & Menstruation -

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snip>Thank you, Donna, and everyone...I really appreciate your advice and

support. It's day 18 of my period

now...clotting more than bleeding...I'm cramping too. Also, I think I'm

going hyper again as I have a bad

tremor and some heart palpitations that I haven't had since 2004. I'm

assuming I'm going hyper again, but

could the tremor be from something else? I've only lost 3 pounds in the last

couple weeks. Any thoughts?

Nothing specific but maybe you need to get new labwork done (TSH, T3, T4,

antibodies, etc.) and see what's going on - if your thyroid is whako your

periods will be too, but from experience you need to rule out those other

things - endometriosis leaves scarring and you want to avoid that if you're

planning on becoming a mum! As well of course as avoiding pain! You can't

see endometriosis by ultrasound (but possibly PCS - not sure) - it's only

100% diagnosed by surgery - usually keyhole surgery is sufficient. But an

U/S is a good starting point anyhow as there can be any number of things in

there that can cause similar symptoms - fibroids, cysts, etc.

Donna in Oz.