PCOS-DIET Messages for January, 2002: Re: FW: PCOS-DIET digest 465

Re: FW: PCOS-DIET digest 465

From: Panacea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 6 Jan 2002 14:54:17 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Stephanie wrote: >
>Hi - I've only recently started following the board messages so may have
>missed something important previously. However, I was very interested to
>hear about your TSH count and thyroid issues. I was diagnosed with PCOS 7
>years ago and was recently found to have a similar TSH rating to you - fell
>from 0.21 to 0.03 in the space of 3 months.

Mine fell from .16 to .04 from 12/04/01 to 12/17/01 !

>the symptoms of an overactive thyroid (eg. losing weight - definitely not
>happening!!) nor did I have a heightened TS4 count. I recently got to see an

TS4 - on my sheets there are two listings for T4 but nothing w/an S. my t-4 FREE levels are normal, but the total T-4 levels are high.

>endocrinologist who says the thyroid symptoms are unrelated to the PCOS.

That's funny because the research I've done on thyroid mention how it can cause many of the same symptoms as PCOS (including ovarian cysts), and overactive thryoid is also associated with severe illness, and both can be genetic so I'm wondering if the two aren't more entwined than your DR. knows.

>to 0.03. However, the endo tells me this balance is only temporary and at
>some point (though he can't say when) I will develop hyperthyroidism -

Hyperthyroidism IS overactive thyroid. Which yours is currently. Hypothyroidism is underactive, which most people develop after having an overactive thyroid.

>consequently, depending on my scan results the nodule may need to be
>removed. I don't know if this has any bearing on your results but I really
>hope you get it sorted out - there is such a maze of info to work through.

Don't know yet if I have any nodules...my GP couldn't feel anything wrong w/my neck and I'm still waiting on the appt. with the endo. We'll see that he says. :)

>I'd also be fascinated to know if any of you know HAVE hard of links between
>thryoid problems (eg. nodules) and PCOS.

I followed some thyroid links around and was interested to note several links of symptoms, although the two were not usually mentioned together.

For instance if you go here: http://www.thyroidfoundation.org/thyroidlnks.htm

Down at the bottom there is a related link saying something about "crazy for carbs" and I would think since carb problems are related to PCOS there we go. That is one example.

For your own research start at http://www.thryoid.org and http://www.thyroidfoundation.org, do a search at google or altavista for "hyperthryoid"... pulls up a lot of links. (ingore the vetrinary ones :)

There's a nice article (although a bit fancy in the medical terminology) that I read that I can't find right now, it's in my browser history at work so I can get it Monday for you. It is long thought that stress can bring on overactive thyroid problems, in patients where it was a risk factor (genetic history). There's usually some history of trauma or severe stress (death of a loved one, etc. etc.) in hyperthyroid patients, but.. not all of course.

Anyway that's all I can think of at the moment, if you have any other specific questions maybe we can research them together.

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Panacea

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