I was dx. in July w/ lymes & tx w/ amoxicillin x 2wks. 2 wks. ago had bloodwork and mri/mra due to increased migraines. Doc rechecked my lymes titer along w/ tsh (I have hypothyroid for 20 years) and other rheumatoid factors. My lymes titer showed acute stsge again and tsh showed hyperthyroid, which I have never hsad since initial dx. 20 years ago! Wanting to know if others have had change in thyroid due to lymes. Thanks for any input.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
You have been GROSSLY undertreated!! 2 weeks???
Yes, Lyme affects the thyroid. Go to Seeking a Doctor to find an LLMD who can get you well!!!!
(PS.. there is no "s" in Lyme)
WELCOME!!! Posted by SickLYme (Member # 34104) on :
I have hypothyroidism...hoping that this can go away with treatment....does anyone know?
Posted by krk (Member # 34690) on :
Thanks Lymetoo...I am currently on 21 days of doxy and my synthroid has been decreased. This has all been through my PCP. I have seen an endo. in the past. I have just received a list of LLMD and plan to research them. I understand most are hard to get in to see and do not take insurance. ugh! I may attend a local lyme support group as well.
Posted by DoctorLuddite (Member # 13853) on :
The diagnosis of Hyperthyroidism should be made based more on symptomatology than on a TSH level.
Posted by fourwinds (Member # 14114) on :
in 1998 I was told I had Graves' Disease and allowed them to ablate my thryoid
Fastforward to 2011... I have Lyme and co's... in retrospect and review truly believe the infections caused the thyroid malfunction
More accurate testing of what's going on in your body should be TSH, FT3, FT4, thyroid antibodies and Reverse T3.
Most doc's only test TSH and believe it is the "gold standard" (brainwash) and that does NOT show the whole picture
I do believe thyroid function should improve as the infection clears out.
I am on natural thyroid and will be the rest of my life because I listened to the endo...
Posted by daisys (Member # 11802) on :
I had Graves' Disease back in the late 80's. I went the PTU way, and my thyroid thankfully stablysed.
Now that I know I have Lyme Disease, I believe I got tick bit in 1970, or possibly earlier.
Stress like Lyme Disease can trigger Graves' Disease where the potential runs in the family.
I have been getting better, and lowered my Armour thyroid recently. I'm getting better because of a change in my treatment that is effective--so I've had more herxing (that's stressful to the body!) Then 3 weeks ago, I tweaked again, and the herx has gotten even worse.
Just this last few days my symptoms changed. I've just identified SOME of what's going on seems like Graves' to me. I'm hoping it's a case of not needing as much thyroid, but I had just lowered it, and this came on so suddenly.
krk, what you said about migraines--that's exactly what's been happening to me since the treatment change, and I didn't think it was a hyper-thyroid symptom. I'm also getting prickly little stabs in my legs and leg cramps (or my RLS is worse).
Just in the last 4 nights, my sleep went away. The last 2 nights, I realised my pulse is fast, and my blood pressure has skyrocketed. I'm usuallly low/normal. This all seems like the Graves' Disease I remember.
Anyway, this morning is when I'll be talking to my LLMD and hopefully getting testing done.
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