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LCHF, Thyroxine & cholesterol!!!

6cats

6cats

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Location
Eastbourne, East Sussex
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Saw GP today! Summary of visit: Hb1Ac 137 down to 47 in 5 months, thyroxine needs reducing by 25 mgs having been told it was too low 3 months ago but cholesterol a bit high but is probably thyroid related so will leave for 3 months! Thyroid accounts for pins and needles, heat intolerance and sleep issues!?!? Ibhopevhe is right! Apparently despite testing everyday which is how I have reduced BG's I no longer need to test!!! There followed a few choice words and I suggested that if there was more support from GP's, testing encouraged the long term cost to the NHS would be substantially reduced and therefore more cost effective. So, even with a very positive result there was no encouragement. The thyroid situation is just a nightmare I don't think they have a clue. Has anybody else experienced a problem with thyroid levels & diabetes? Very confused and very disillusioned! Any advice or experiences to share!?
 
Hi @6cats
with all of the symptoms you are reporting here ---have you been referred to an internal medicine specialist ( endocrinologist )
 
I will be having blood tests at the end of the month ... I hope my results are as good as yours - I have been told it can be quite problematic to find the right dosage of thyroxine though

I also have sleep issues - waking up after having 3 hours sleep .... I also expect my GP to take me off strips once I actually stop taking the Gliclazide ... but I think I still need that half a tablet at the moment as my levels are not low enough yet without it ...
 
No referral..... All £££! I will have the blood test for thyroid not choice unfortunately. The rest Inwill sort out myself. Can't be doing with it all, they seem to be very short-sighted. I am praying that a slightly dose will sort out all this ****.....I live in hope!!!! X
 
The moment anyone mentions pins and needles, I get all twitchy about Vit B12 deficiency.

I don't know enough about thyroid issues to know if pins and needles are a symptom, but Vit B12 deficiency is a sneaky little mimic (of other conditions), and if it gets too bad, it isn't reversible - so worth having a google about it before you reach that stage. :) Self supplementation is not expensive, and won't do you any harm even with massive amounts.

Last time I looked on You Tube they had some documentary videos about it.

Worth checking out for yourself?
 
i Get some pins and needles in fingertips-- not all of the time -- but have associated it first with possible neuropathy , and second with hypothyroid.
but i have started taking a B12 supplement about 5 weeks ago so we shall see...................
 
B12 tablets were on sale in Lidl this week ... only £1.99 for 60 - (I bought a couple of packs)
 
I don't suffer from thyroid issues myself, but, having had an assortment of friends with thyroid issues, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer (me and my hubby are that sort of age) I did extensive reading on these issues and discovered the work of Dr David Brownstein. He is a major advocate of Iodine supplementation. So, following the 'at least do no harm' principal, we take Iodoral 12.5 mg every day. This mineral is not without controversy, read the stuff yourself. There are some good YouTube videos by the good doctor and his book is worth a read. We have had no ill effects and in actual fact some long standing issues have resolved. My hubby had had dreadful verrucas since our children were small - within 3 months of starting iodine they just spontaneously disappeared. We have been taking Iodine for at least 3 years now and minor infections etc seem to be a thing of the past (touch wood). I commented on this on an Iodine forum and dozens of people reported the same thing. There is also a website called 'Stop the thyroid madness' which strongly advocates natural desiccated thyroid, rather than the synthetic thyroxine. I can't comment on that, as I said, I have no thyroid problems, but I do think that this epidemic of thyroid / prostate / ovary / breast disease is likely linked to some nutritional issue. Iodine has to be taken with selenium, magnesium and vitamin C but I have no problem with that, all good things.
Just throwing this idea in, you may think it irrelevant / crazy - but I think it's worth investigating!
 
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