I can honestly say that I have never paid much attention to my numbers. I usually leave that up to my doctor. But one thing that I can tell you from experience is that, well first I suffer from Hashimotos disease. This is a thyroid disease where the bodies immune system attacks the thyroid. With Hashimotos Your thyroid levels can definitely fluctuate. Many doctors will disagree with this but I am living proof of this. When I first started to experience multiple symptoms of this disease I had my initial blood tests done. The nurse practitioner told me that my thyroid levels were slightly elevated but not enough to medicate me. Within two to three weeks my symptoms grew progressively worse and my sister who also has Hashimotos told me about the fluctuations and that I needed to insist that they run the tests immediately.

Well the nurse practitioner told me that I was crazy and that there was no possible way that my thyroid levels would change over a couple of weeks and after I insisted that the tests be done again, she was shocked at the results and at the fact that I was right and I definitely needed to be put on thyroid medication. She had never seen such a dramatic change in thyroid levels over such a short period of time but will never question another person who asked for a re-check in that short a period of time again.

The best advice I can give to you is that if you notice your conditions worsening after your doctor tells you that you are fine, either get a second opinion or insist on having a re-check and don’t take no for an answer.

If your thyroid levels are still normal and you are experiencing weight gain and fatigue then have the doctor check for other things like over insulin production or anything else that they can think of.