Question: I am a 34-year-old female, overweight, BMI of 30. I’m a mom of two. I had one early miscarriage. I am on the following medications for the following conditions:
- Synthroid 88 mcg five days a week, 75 mcg two days a week for hypothyroidism with a multinodular thyroid, but most recent ultrasound showed no change in nodules three years after first diagnosis. TSH was 1.78 in May 2014.
- Spironolocatone 50 mg daily for cystic acne and hirsutism.
- Retin A. Doesn’t do anything for the cystic acne, but works okay on “plain” acne (black heads, small white bumps).
- Topamax 50 mg daily for chronic migraine prevention.
- Amitriptyline 50 mg at bedtime for migraine prevention.
- Fioricet one tablet as needed (though I take at least one almost daily) for migraine.
- Amerge 2.5 mg as needed for migraine.
- HCTZ whatever the lowest dose is every other day for two weeks before my period for fluid retention.
My headaches are almost always associated with neck pain. I also get a monthly hormonal headache on Day 1 of my menstrual cycle like clockwork. Other current symptoms include fatigue, always cold (feet regularly turn cold and white), dry skin everywhere but my face where it is extremely oily, acne, both cystic and “normal,” diarrhea, bloating, headaches.
At my last appointment with my endocrinologist, I showed him an odd bruising pattern I had on the inside of my upper arm, in that place that never sees the sun. It was a collection of small bruises which looked like the dots on dominos. I just woke up with them and didn’t remember any trauma. I also bruise very easily and tend to have a lot of bruises at any given time all over the place and in odd places, though I can never remember where I got them. I’m also very tired all the time no matter how much or how little I sleep, and I have difficulty concentrating.
Because of my medications and bruising, my endo started following CBC with differentials, and the most recent time, he mentioned my lymphocytes being high, so I’m having it repeated in six weeks. However, he admitted to not being sure of what, if anything, it means. I can access all my lab results online, so I went back and accessed my previous results which I attached. Rather than let my imagination run wild, I thought maybe some insight from this forum would be helpful to me.
I have tested negative previously for ANA, celiac, and rheumatoid factor (my mother suffered from RA).
I previously had a consultation with a hematologist after the birth of my second child. During pathologic examination of the placenta, incidentally noted was what my OB described to me as a bunch-of-grapes type of blood clot. It had no effect on the baby, and a panel drawn to check for clotting disorders showed I am heterozygous for MTHFR, hence the hematology consult. He said heterozygous was of no concern and the placental clot was probably just due to chance.
I’m just tired of being tired, and one time one thing will be off on my blood work, and then we re-test it and that one thing is back to normal, but something else is off. I’m tired of all of it and thought maybe someone from a different specialty could either tell me yes, something looks off, or no, you are fine, get on with life already.