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hypothalamus and the thyroid????

I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis and something happened at the beginning of the year that I'm trying to sort out. While staying on the same thyroid meds, my TSH practically disappeared. I was slow in following up on this because I never got my results from the doctor, and I didn't call about them because I didn't expect them to have changed so dramatically.

In Sept '01 I think the jump in my TSH was contributed to by some colostrum that I took for a food poisoning case I had over the summer...turned out it was a bad choice for me and my particular autoimmune condition and sent me back into a hypothyroid state.

But I did something between last Dec. and March that dramatically affected my thyroid readings. I have narrowed this down to three things. 1) I eliminated a ton of wheat/pasta/etc. in my diet after reading about the problems that many Hashi patients have with gluten, 2) I took an oral chelation product that actually made me feel great for awhile (then I started feeling crummy), and 3) I took a glandular product by Standard Process for the hypothalamus because a neurologist mentioned that some of the symptoms I was having after a head injury last year sounded like a damaged hypothalamus (silly me forgot about the thyroid connection).

I've read the archives and the glossary under hypothalamus -- the glossary being particularly informative (short and sweet :~>). My question: ignoring 1) and 2), could the hypothalamus glandular alone have made such a dramatic effect on these readings? I believe that it's possible that all three of these things together may have contributed, but I'm also wondering if each individual component alone could have done the job.

Anybody know anything about the hyothalamus and what I might have done?

Thanks,
Lisa

DATE TSH med dosage when test taken
6/90 6.9
8/25 3.2
1/97-2/00 1.something 137 mcg
10/00 0.5 150 mcg
3/01 0.2 150 mcg (shooting for TSH around .3)
9/01 3.2 137 and 150 mcg
12/01 3.1 150 mcg
3/02 0.026 150 mcg
8/02 0.019 150 mcg

Ironically my free T4 levels have stayed relatively stable the last several years.

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