Can an anti fungal drug help my thyroid?

[dolphin27]

I have hashimotos for about 8 years now. My thyroid problem happened after living in a house with blak mold and having a baby.
I saw a new dr that beleives that I should go on an elimination diet and take antfungals to remove any fungus from my body. She also said that this could be causing my thyroid issues. Could this help it? Or, should I run and not waste my money.

Please Help!!!

[LazyMoose]

"Hijacking" threads happens, but sometimes its for good info (so yes, sorry Laurarice).

Antibody testing is confusing, there are many ranges used by different labs. If you have antibodies at all, Its really about how much you have,  as some people have zero antibodies on labs.

You never had much antibodies to begin with, not so commonly seen. Most of us have elevated antibodies in the hundreds, some in the thousands. And thyroid antibodies do go up as well as down, they can fluctuate. How they ever arrived at the 'line' on antibodies tests, and there are different versions, is information that I have not seen.

So, no you aren't at 0 which is what I was wondering, but your case is still very interesting, as you 'hover' around the minimum.

If I had labs like yours, I would like to believe the autoimmune was gone, but, in all truthfulness, and taking a small percentage of error in all lab tests, I wouldn't necessarily think so. Keeping an eye on free T's and symptoms is still important. Another antibody test in the future would be interesting.

Ive had hypothyroid  for a good part of my life (decades) and Hoshi. I'm not a doctor, but have learned  more than some of my past doctors know about Hoshi, that really blows my mind. They must not spend much time on that section in med school.

Thanks for sharing. Look at it this way as far as antibodies go, your special!   : )

[punkin1515]

I am also on antifungals and have Graves??? Also exsposed to mold!!  

[thyquestions]

Not sure how to answer directly, instead of hijacking this thread (sorry Laurarice..)

TPOAb values were 10  (range: less than 35)
TgAb First test:       34  (range: less than 20)
TgAb Second test:  20   (two months later)

Granted, the values aren't 0, but my doctor said if I had Hashimoto's, the antibodies for TgAb would -not- decrease.  In fact, she ran another full thyroid panel test in December (along w/other hormones), and didn't even retest the antibodies.

Yes/No?  Are you a patient, or a doctor, or a specialist?  (just curious..)  

Anyway, my health story is more complicated and outside the scope of this forum. Fortunately I finally have a few great doctors now, and they know my test values and *all* of my symptoms. We are keeping a close eye on thyroid since it's obviously involved, but we have bigger fish frying in the pan first.

Thanks for your thoughts ...  

[goolarra]

Borderline values are TSH near the upper limit of the range (0.3-3.0) and FT3 and FT4 in the lower part of their ranges (these are lab specific, and you have to get them from your own lab report).  

Since you have Hashi's, your thyroid will get worse and worse over the years as the antibodies destroy your thyroid function.  Once the thyroid is effectively "dead", meds dosage usually stabilizes considerably.

If you have FT3, FT4 and TSH results, please post with your ranges, and members will help you interpret them.  A little Cytomel helps many people, if they do not convert T4 to T3 properly.  We'd have to see your labs to comment on that.

You are right...once you have antibodies, you have them for life.  If thyquestions's went away, I'd agree with Moose, labs DO make mistakes...I think I'd go for the tie-breaker test and toss the odd man out.

[LazyMoose]

"Six months ago I tested positive for Hashimoto's, but later testing said negative."

-This is truly amazing and very enlightening to say the least. We would all love for you to share your before and after antibody lab results if you have copies. Please do.

Which one did you test positive for -TPOab, TgAb or both? and now 0 antibodies? What did the doctor say? If it was not a lab error, this is truly unheard of.

Interesting fact about synthetic T4, the fear of the cold war is what sprouted its need, as pigs for thyroid would be dead or near (like some of us). Sad but true.  

[goolarra]

If your TSH is a bit on the high side, and your FT3 and FT4 are a bit on the low side, and you are about to start on medical leave because you are feeling "bad", don't you think it might be time to consider thyroid meds?  Just because your test results are "in range" does not mean that they are at optimum levels for you.  It sounds to me like you are hypo.  Everyone does not feel well in the bottom of the range, in fact many of us have to have FT4 around midrange and FT3 in the upper half to third of the range before feeling well.