Hashimoto's and marathoning

Get yourself to a doctor immediately. A hashimoto's induced thyroid storm should not be ignored or taken lightly.

Call a sports clinic in your area and ask for an endocrinologist referral.

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Call a sports clinic in your area and ask for an endocrinologist referral.

I actually got a referral to an endo through today and it's for the not too distant future, so hopefully I'll get some better, more specific advise from them. Hopefully some kind of treatment!

The GP (who says he had talked to an endo too) told me not to do any aerobic exercise that raised my HR over 115ish (which combined with a generally elevated HR means I can't do much of anything, I tried a test jog and was reduced to a shuffle) because there's a risk of 'arrhythmia and stroke'. Awesome. My last advice from him was that I should 'write off the rest of the year running wise' and that hopefully I would have gone hypo by next year and could get on some thyroid replacement and return to some normality. That hasn't been particularly satisfactory at the moment, neither because I want to run nor because living with the hyper symptoms is shitty.

Just a bit of advice not all American Levothyroxines are to the same standards,

as Synthroid (not cheap because the production is better than the generics),

So Synthroid, is the gold standard for thyroid therapy. Good luck, it's a long hall,

you'll have good days and bad days, "thryoid disorders" are awful diseases'.

I had half my thyroid removed 4 years ago due to a nodule and my endocrinologist thinks I have Hashimoto's even though I have the blood test results for it. So- I have some thyroid issues and take 100 mcg of levothyroxine daily, but it is still kind of unclear exactly what is going on.

Training has been a roller coaster. Some days I feel normal, some days I can barely get through a 4 mile run. One thing I will caution you on is that it seems like it takes me longer to recover from hard efforts than it should. For example, I will run 5k/10ks and it seems like it takes me just about a week to recover from either when it should be 2-3 days at my age (34). Keep this in mind not only for races but training too. I've had to change a lot of my training to avoid injury. I run every other day now and supplement with my bike. I've worked it out where I do running or biking 3-4 days in a row then take the next day off. I rarely run two days in a row at this point. I've been doing it this way for about a year and it seems to be working- I'm not injured and I feel usually decent on my runs and workouts. You are just going to have to really pay attention to how you feel and don't overdo.

Another thing my endo suggested to me was to try a gluten free diet and as much as I hate to admit it I do feel better when I stick to it. It's not that hard to do but I love my beer and bread/bagels/pizza like anyone else.