Just Diagnosed w/Hypothyroidism this am!

[GOM]

I started on the pump this June and I am loving it. But for the last month or so I have been fatigued and just haven't looked right. So yesterday they took some blood and...... tomorrow I start on pills for hypothyroidism. Booooo!!!!!!
I have been diabetic for 19 years and on the pump for a couple of months. Is there anyway this could be temporary because of my body's reaction to the pump? Any comments are welcome!!!
Thanks

[jjordie]

:) Hi Gom
About a year after diagnosed T2 - diet controlled at the moment-
I was also told I needed pills for hypothyroidism.
The Diabetic nurse said a lot of diabetic people also have
thyroid problems - just goes with the diabetes :(
I started on 50g Levothyroxine daily and it's gradually crept up to 175 mg daily.
Ah well, keep taking the tablets as they say!

[spike]

I have been diabetic for 19 years and on the pump for a couple of months. Is there anyway this could be temporary because of my body's reaction to the pump? Any comments are welcome!!!
Thanks

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[caryj]

I've been T1 for almost 20 years now and diagnosed with Hypothyroidism about 10 or 12 years ago. I was told I should be prepared to take that one little pill every day for the rest of my life. For the past 10 or 12 years, that has been the case--and I have remained perfectly healthy otherwise.

[Dewey]

I too, have had Hypothyroidism for 10 years now (and have had Diabetes for 24 years). My doses have also gradually crept up. It is part of Diabetes, but it's treatable.

[Intrigue]

Hi GOM....yes, diabetes and hypothyroidism are definitely related. My ENT says hypothyroidism makes diabetes symptoms worse and, less commonly, vice versa. And several posters here said they had trouble keeping their bg levels under control until they were able to get their thyroid THS levels under control, something to watch for. I take 200mcg's of Synthroid daily due to a thyroidectomy. So while you may not always have to take thyroid replacement hormone, there's a good possibility you might.

[kiwi]

Type 1 is an autoimmune disease. Hashimoto's Disease (hypothyroid) is also an auto immune disease. The autoimmune disease process attacked the pancreas and killed the beta cells it caused type 1 diabetes. The autoimmune disease can conmtinue and attack other areas like the thyroid. This is why this disease is also common in type 1's. It does make the symptoms worse until it is treated. But once you are on medication it doesn't take long before you are feeling way better, isn't that extreme fatigue an awful feeling??
I too was hit with thyroid disease 4 years after my diagnosis, but am now feeling well again. (having also had a close shave with cancer, so I am very appreciative of my good health)
Other autoimmune diseases are rhuematoid arthritis, lupus, MS.
Don't take any supplements that strengthen your immune system as these will cause your symptoms to get worse and may stimmulate your auto immune provess to attack. Be very careful with supplements. read the labels carefully. I was taking a plant (sort of Greens plus sterolin supplement) when I was diagnosed as a type 1. When I returned home from the Endo appointment absolutely dumfounded I wondered what on earth could have caused this. I checked the label and it said DO Not Take if Diabetic. I wasn't at that time but have learnt my lesson from that.
Hope this helps.

[duck]

Whereas hypothyroid is easier to manage from a delivery standpoint (pills vs shots), it is as convoluted and complicated as diabetes, at least.

[BriOnH]

I got 3 tests to decide whether or not I should take medication for it. I felt fine when I went to pickup the prescription the dr gave me for hypothyroidism so I got a test the following week. I was feeling ok, so why not? The next week it was in normal range, the week after it was in normal range. That was 11 years ago. Since then about 1 out of 10 labs I'll show hypothyroidism. A population of 1 isn't much to base a decision off of, but thought I'd share it with you.

[poper77]

I had thyroiditis about a yr ago. It started with a strange pain in my neck (and it wasn't my husband:- ) After seeing a few doctors who had no idea what it was, I brought it up to my endo at a routine visit. He said my thyroid was swollen and I had probably been sick recently and it settled there. He told me to take advil for 2 weeks and it should go away. It took about 7 months for all the pain to go away. now it hurts occassionally. All throughout this my bloodwork was fine for thryoid function. My TSH level is slowing approaching hypothryoidism but my doctor wants to wait until I am "clinically hypothyroid" to treat me with meds....I am hoping I don't gain.....

[Angelique]

My hypothyroidism didn't show up until after I had my son. I remember there not being to much information on the net at the time to read up on about it so I didn't know what to expect at first either. I do know it is something that won't go away and yes the medication is something you will take everyday for the rest of your life. I have recently started Cytomel with my Levoxyl b/c I was just dragging on just Levoxyl. It has helped quite a bit. You won't notice results immediately, it will take a few days or weeks to get the medicine running through your system. I hope you feel better soon.

Kiwi, that is some intersting information, thanks for posting that.

[Chris Graham]

I swear it took almost 5 months for my symptoms to get better. My hair has finally stopped falling out, I am more energized and my sensitivity to cold has decreased. The hair issue really bothered me.

[JasonJayhawk]

I got 3 tests to decide whether or not I should take medication for it. I felt fine when I went to pickup the prescription the dr gave me for hypothyroidism so I got a test the following week. I was feeling ok, so why not? The next week it was in normal range, the week after it was in normal range. That was 11 years ago. Since then about 1 out of 10 labs I'll show hypothyroidism. A population of 1 isn't much to base a decision off of, but thought I'd share it with you.

Make that two. I was hyperthyroid months into my diagnosis of T1 (to the extreme point of TSH not being measurable). Three months of tapazole brought me to hypothyroidism. After stopping the tapazole, I've shown normal levels almost every time, with occassional hypothyroidism bearing its head, but never to the level of needing medication.

I can only hope for another 11 years of not needing exogenous T3 / T4! :marchmell

[dkev]

For me it happened back words. My family Dr diagnosed me with hypothyroidism a year before I was diagnosed with type 1. Then when I was diagnosed with type 1, my endo said it was Hashimoto's and immediately changed my medication.
I believe my family Dr missed the diagnoses completely. He knew diabetes runs big time through my family but never once ordered an A1C. Gotta love pill pushers.

[Angelique]

You know what is really weird about my hypothyroidism? It acted like hyperthyroidism but the tests showed it was hypo. When I was diagnosed I was actully dropping weight very fast and was always hot and looked for the cold. My symptoms went away pretty fast after starting meds and the weight stopped coming off too. :frown:

[sandyhandz]

Like most everyone else, your hypothyroidism is probably related to the autoimmune problems that also resulted in your diabetes. I've never heard of the pump causing anything with your thyroid.

I was first dx w/hypothyroidism in 1998 and took synthroid for 5 years. Then, all of a sudden I went to hyperthyroidism and my blood sugars skyrocketed for the first time in my life. I took Tapazole (to bring the thyroid level down) and they considered starting me on diabetic meds, then I got pregnant and everything stabilized. I was euthyroid and my sugars were in good control for the last three years.

When first dx as diabetic and hyperthyroid, I had been taking a steriod for about a year that also came with the warning re: diabetics. A few months after I discontinued that medication was when everything went back to normal.

Again, with my most recent diagnosis of diabetes and Hashimoto's, I had been taking a slew of meds for infertility - some of them steroids. My endo thinks this contributed to my problems. I'm currently pregnant and on insulin and no one's quite sure if it will go away after the pregnancy.

So I'd second the recommendation to read all med labels very carefully re: warnings to people with diabetes.

In a positive light, you should feel much better with Synthroid. It usually gives you a boost of energy and could make you drop a few pounds. I actually used to like the Synthroid back in 1998. Now I dread taking yet another medication.