Thyroid issues, but no diagnosis

[Libbyr1128]

I have been losing my hair since feb, 2010, and now my hair is 95% gone. I have had a couple strange episodes of vomiting vile this past summer, tightness of chest, anxiety, poor circulation, etremly sensative to cold and hot. I have been to many dr.s. all of which say i am fine and my tests are fine. My most recent dr had me do an ultra sound. My right lobe was bigger, and uneven texture, with severel benign "looking" nodules, and 1 solid nodule on the left. Conclusion was enlarged thyroid, with 0.7cm solid nodule. My dr says it is nothing and there is nothing more he can do. He has given me no meds and says he will direct me to UCLA Medical as he doesn't know what i have. (he is an endocrynologist). He thinks I may have a rare form of Auto immune thyroid disease. But that is all he said. Anyone have any clues?

[lavender]

Have you had any labs done? TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Antibodies-Thyroglobulin, TPO, TSI, ANA?

[mjc88]

I'm also having similar problems getting properly diagnosed, but have many of the unfortunate symptoms, that Dr.'s I've come to meet, seem to ignore. I've been losing hair/outer third eyebrow hair for four months (stressful/embarrassing), puffiness in my cheeks, fatigue, dry skin, and sometimes infrequent bowel movements. Been to three Dr's who all told me I was "fine" because i was within normal range. Here's my most recent numbers>...
Thyroxine (T4) Free: Range- .82-1.77......Me: 1.13
TSH: Range- .45-4.5......Me:2.610
Thyroxine (T4): Range- 4.5-12......Me:6.5
Triiodothyronine (T3): RAnge 71-180..... Me:80

These are the only results I've seen. If anyone has any ideas on what other tests I should be taking or some input on how to better my situation...please help

[lavender]

You may have a hard time convincing a doc to treat you because your TSH is below 3, which is the AACE's upper limit for people getting treated for hypothyroidism.

However, your Free T4 is just a touch below the middle of the range, and your T3 is at the bottom. It looks like they did not run a Free T3, which is more accurate, but even from this test, I can see that you have very little T3. I know I was practically comatose with a T3 at the bottom of the range. I suspect you may feel better with some replacement hormones, particularly something that includes T3 like cytomel, which is synthetic T3 or Armour which is made of dessicated pig thyroid and includes both T3 and T4.

I am wondering if you have had any antibody tests done to see if there is an auto-immune component: Thyroglobulin, TPO, TSI, ANA. Also, do you have a goitre? These might be reasons why you are not feeling well and might support your case in trying to get a doc to treat you.