Hi all, by the title, autoimmune disease is not something I've really considered before, however over the last few months there have been a number of possible triggers..

• head trauma which may have triggered a bout of CFS
• serious over-training in the gym coupled with restricted calorie intake
• heavy stress from work

I suspect the latter two would be the main culprits

Symptoms

Fatigue
Ongoing flu/cold symptoms - worse at 2-3am and with night sweats
Feeling the above symptoms during exercise and after

Without going into detail, I've had pretty much every blood test under the sun that would pick up the real 'nasties'.

Thyroid function assessed as normal via private blood test, everything comfortably within range, apart from thyroid peroxidase antibodies tested at 280.4 (normal range <34).

I have been advised this could cause thyroiditis in future and to see GP if I believe I have symptoms, I don't see this as urgent but I will definitely take the results to my GP within the next fortnight.

So my main questions are whether the triggers and symptoms I've described fit what anyone else has experienced or has knowledge of?

Without anyone expecting anyone to diagnose/alarm me over the internet and, considering TSH, T4, T3 are all normal, does anyone have a viewpoint on the significance my thyroid antibodies count ?