Guest guest Posted May 16, 2006 Report Posted May 16, 2006 HI..my name is robin and i am 36 years old...ive had hypo and a goiter since i was about 12 years old...my doctor , im afraid, doesnt know what the heck he is doing...he says my levels are fine but my symptoms are increasingly getting worse,(leg cramps, 15 hours a day sleep, tired for the rest of the time, dry itchy skin, and oh yeah...where is all my hair????? i swear it was there once before...the hairdressers used to moan when i walked in because my hair was so thick...now they moan because theres not much left of it...i was just told by this new doctor i went to that synthroid has alopecia as a side effect and she gave me a doctors journal on it...have yall heard of that??..also my former doctor (he doesnt know hes 'former' yet) tested me for hashimotos (my request)...he mailed back a letter saying " you do not have hashimotos disease..you have Graves disease (hypothyroidism)...now i have googled and googled and as far as i can tell graves disease is hyper and never hypo..and i know graves disease can be serious....so am i missing something or is he?... Quote
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