... back my back burns itchy most of the time, etc... I recently had an mri for brain and spine and the radiology report came back clear. I am concerned that high antibodies might be indication of another immune issue and not a thyroid disease but puts me in risk of developing that eventually. ... (5 replies)

... antibody thyroid peroxidase' is now 1098. in Feb it was 500. ... (5 replies)

... There's not much you can do about those antibodies, especially as high as yours, and they tend to have a life of their own. With your "not off enough thyroid levels" it's good to do your own research and try to find things you can do to make life a little more bearable. ... (5 replies)

... Those March labs showed clear hyperT but your labs seem to have normalized a bit after that. Very high TPOAb clearly indicates a thyroid autoimmune issue and your labs show there obviously is something up with your thyroid. ... (5 replies)

... To interpret your labs we'd need to see specific results with their reference ranges. Very low TSH such as yours usually means hyperthyroidism and with your high antibodies it would be autoimmune based. ... (5 replies)

... hi again. i dont have ts1. i ll ask tomorrow. that is what i mean - some doctors like to wait and see that what ur immune system does. i like to do something so that the cause of these abnormalities be identified and also stop antibodies rather than waiting and suffering and .... my life is not good. it s 1 yr but it looks like 9 yrs to me. (5 replies)

... NP know's what she is dealing with ,or how to successfully treat me. According to my NP T3 means nothing she would never prescribe it. Also she only uses the OLD THYROID PANEL 3 very frustrating no matter how many times I ask her to check free t3 and free t4 levels. ... (3 replies)

... ve been perusing the boards trying to get educated on Thyroid function but it seems like pure chemistry class, I have information overload, and could do with some straight advice please. ... (5 replies)

... and was getting too much of the thyroid medicine. My endo dr. was out of town and the internal medicine doctor I saw did a TSH which came back at 4. ... (14 replies)

... kinda freaked me out, not knowing how high was too high. ... (3 replies)

... did she at least allow an dosage increase? high antiTPO which are antibodies point at hashi's. as such not much you can do to lower them although quite often they decrease once levels are better. (no guarantee). how high they are is not all that important, it points at hashi's, auto-immunity and that's that (for what it's worth mine were > 2000, the lab did not measure... (3 replies)

... You really shouldn't need further testing before being started on some thyroid hormone replacement. ... (26 replies)

... And, I suggest some comprehensive thyroid antibody testing which can help with diagnosis. ... (5 replies)

... And, your high Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody level indicates that autoimmune Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the cause. ... (3 replies)

... Sorry to hear of your struggles. It's not uncommon to have pregnancy trigger thyroid disease. ... (3 replies)

... Hi, got new labs - biopsy results tomorrow. Shouldn't hashi's antibodies decrease with time and meds? I"m on 2 1/2 nature-throid, just bumped up to 3 grains today, as t levels are still low range. Nodule is small, 6mm, but having other symptoms: ear pressure, swollen neck gland and voice changes, coughing. I know antibodies are typical with Hashi's but, thought they would... (4 replies)

... who are clueless about autoimmune thyroid disease. Here you've got raging symptoms and an elevated TPO and yet they won't treat because the almighty TSH is in "normal range". ... (6 replies)

... My mother has suffered from Hoshimoto's since her early 20's. I'm a 26 year old female who up until now has never had abnormal Thyroid labs. ... (24 replies)

... a free T3, free T4, TSH and Thyroid Peroxidase antibody test. ... (8 replies)

... Not likely. If anything, Levoxyl MIGHT have lowered it some by shrinking the amount of thyroid tissue there is to attack, but, again, this is not likely. ... (14 replies)