Ippodrom47
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Hi! Really need some help here. I seem to had iodine deficiency some weeks ago as my thyroid ultrasound showed uneven echotexture and very high blood flow activity (vascularization). No nodules, though, and the size it okay albeit larger than it was months ago. I hadn't eaten high iodine foods, kelp, seafood, fish or used iodized salt for quite a white prior to the ultrasound. Also, I really felt tightness in my neck and was sluggish af. I then started to eat iodine-rich fish (cod, haddock) and seafood (squid) on a daily basis to ensure I got 150-200 mcg of iodine. Also, 1 or 2 Brazil nuts a day to get selenium. Some days I feel really fine, some not so much. The tightness resolved fairly quickly.
But! I'm very sensitive to goitrogens. Peanuts, cabbage (cooked or not) or even pears will make me feel hellish: freezing cold, poor circulation, irritable, my digestion also slows down. It's not a food allergy or sensitivity, sugar issues or something like that as non-goitrigenic foods from the same groups don't have such an effect. I check my blood beta-carotene levels every three months, and they rise despite my diet being very low in carotene and vitamin A due to past toxicity and carotenemia. I could eat everything prior to that with no issues at all.
My recent bloodwork:
CBC - okay
Free T4 - 14.9 (range 12-22)
TSH - 1.51 (range 0.27 - 4.20)
anti-TPO - 5.4 (range <34)
I checked Free T3 some time ago, it was just in the middle of the normal range, and I also had the same symptoms back then.
My questions:
1) Can a thyroid still be underactive and sensitive to goitrogens after a long time of iodine deprivation even with seemingly normal labs? Shall I just continue with seafood, brazil nuts until it's saturated with iodine? My doc once told me told me that some people's thyroids can't store too much iodine, so even a small period of insufficiency can cause symptoms, and she thought I was one of those.
2) Most important - what labs should I do to check if my thyroid is underactive? Free T3 one again, total T3, T3 intake, I don't know, whatever.
Thanks very much!
But! I'm very sensitive to goitrogens. Peanuts, cabbage (cooked or not) or even pears will make me feel hellish: freezing cold, poor circulation, irritable, my digestion also slows down. It's not a food allergy or sensitivity, sugar issues or something like that as non-goitrigenic foods from the same groups don't have such an effect. I check my blood beta-carotene levels every three months, and they rise despite my diet being very low in carotene and vitamin A due to past toxicity and carotenemia. I could eat everything prior to that with no issues at all.
My recent bloodwork:
CBC - okay
Free T4 - 14.9 (range 12-22)
TSH - 1.51 (range 0.27 - 4.20)
anti-TPO - 5.4 (range <34)
I checked Free T3 some time ago, it was just in the middle of the normal range, and I also had the same symptoms back then.
My questions:
1) Can a thyroid still be underactive and sensitive to goitrogens after a long time of iodine deprivation even with seemingly normal labs? Shall I just continue with seafood, brazil nuts until it's saturated with iodine? My doc once told me told me that some people's thyroids can't store too much iodine, so even a small period of insufficiency can cause symptoms, and she thought I was one of those.
2) Most important - what labs should I do to check if my thyroid is underactive? Free T3 one again, total T3, T3 intake, I don't know, whatever.
Thanks very much!