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Thyroid, Meds, & celiac disease/gi

radgirl

By radgirl
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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radgirl
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After finding out you were celiac disease/GI and moved to a gluten-free diet, were you able to come off your thyroid meds? I ask because I've been on thyroid meds for a year and half (truly convinced that I was hypoT). I'd like to see myself come off these meds if I truly don't need them because I was hypoT due do celiac disease/GI.

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After finding out you were celiac disease/GI and moved to a gluten-free diet, were you able to come off your thyroid meds? I ask because I've been on thyroid meds for a year and half (truly convinced that I was hypoT). I'd like to see myself come off these meds if I truly don't need them because I was hypoT due do celiac disease/GI.

I haven't gotten off my meds because I don't think I will ever be able to, but I have noticed my numbers getting better since gluten-free. Hope that helps.

mftnchn Explorer
mftnchn
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I don't expect to be able to come off, but am still tracking the numbers to see if I'll need an adjustment. Right now the doctor thinks my dose is still exactly right.

mommida Enthusiast
mommida
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I was dx with hashimoto's at least ten years befroe going on the gluten free diet. The endo has decreased my dose of synthroid since I started on the gluten free diet.

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tuxedocat
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This is interesting because I have Graves Disease. We don't know yet if my GI symptoms were aspects of Graves. I was negative on my Celiac blood tests. But I DID get a rash taht doc thought was DH (which is how celiac was brought up) and I start having recurrence of symptoms when I eat gluten. I just dont have severe GI symptoms now that Graves is under control.

wowzer Community Regular
wowzer
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So far my thyroid levels have stayed pretty much the same. I can't remember how many months between the blood test and going gluten free. So we will see if they change with the next blood test.

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