Coeliac And Hypothyroidism - Getting Ill After A Year And A Half Gluten Free

[Natsku]

Hey, been lurking for a couple of weeks.

So basically, was diagnosed with coeliac disease about a year and a half ago (after reading some of the horror stories on here I am so relieved that it was easy for me to get the diagnosis!) and I've been following the gluten free diet quite very well I think (a couple of times cheated and then regretted it hah) and so was feeling so much healthier but then after new year this year I started to get ill. Constant flu and then some weird symptons and saw the doc and got diagnosed with hypothyroidism (which confused me, don't know if misdiagnosis' of hypothyoidism is common but my symptoms didn't really seem to correlate although the blood tests did) and so been taking the thyroid meds and I just seem to be getting worse again.

So does anyone know anything about hypothyroidism, could the diagnosis be wrong? Or is it the Coeliacs causing this or am I just doomed to constant illness?

(The symtoms I've been having, apart from flu-like symptoms have been feeling very weak and tired and any physical exertion (walking for 20 mins, walking up the stairs etc.) sends my heart rate going crazy, losing weight (went from 47kg to 43 in a few months but its gone back up to 45 now but fluctuates a lot), headaches and chest pains and the last couple of weeks I've had a pretty constant sub-fever.

On the plus side though, I got a lot of sick leave

[GFinDC]

You might want to read up on hashimoto's thyroiditis. It is an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid. People with celiac sometimes get it, I have thyroid nodules and a cyst myself. There are several other people on the board with hashimoto's and some with Graves disease, an overactive thyroid condition..