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#1059963

I went to have my yearly blood work so that I can renew my prescription and had the doctor ask my “when did you stop taking your meds.?”. My response was I didn’t. My TSH jumped from .24 to 74. I am not sure why – I have been seeing a holistic practitioner about my diet. My body was not absorbing the nutrients from the food I was eating, so she put me on a very strict diet. High protein and low glycemic fruits and vegetables. No grains, pasta, nightshade vegetables, no caffeine, no sugar of any kind and no dairy. It has straighten out my diet, but now I am having problems with my TSH level. My doctor increased my synthroid to 100, brought my TSH down to 68, then another increase to 150. This brought it down to 44 and now I am at 175…..

I am a RAI baby from 20 years plus years ago – just wondering if anyone else has had this experience?

[Kimberly]

#1179119

Hello – Hopefully, you will get some other responses, but this is a nice piece that discussed possible reasons for persistently elevated TSH:

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/705879

I am registered on the medscape page, so you might need to do an individual registration (which is free) to view the article.

You didn’t mention whether or not you were eating large amounts of soy or taking supplements (iron, calcium) that might interfere with absorption. That would be one issue to take a look at before looking for other causes.

Hope you can get some relief!

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