Cat,

Good for that doc! That's a rare one. Congratulations on getting help with your hypothyroid.

Your heritage, your grey hair, your likely B12 malabsorption, your family history...these all together strongly suggest an autoimmune problem. I'm willing to bet there are other more subtle signs in you and your family too, not sure, but a very good bet.

Everyone is different, but my thyroid began having difficulty as my B12 deficiency progressed. Eventually, as my B12 was brought up and kept up good and strong, my thyroid recovered. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't.

Of course the thyroid problem and B12 problem do not always occur together or one after the other. But it frequently does happen, and many of the symptoms overlap (I wonder whether some of those symptom overlaps are due to failure to diagnose an accompanying thyroid problem).

rose