Things I forgot to say about my symptoms.

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Hello everybody,

thank you very much for all your answers to my questions about my recent

conversation with my doctor. A few people have asked me what

medication/supplements I am taking and my other symptoms.

I realised that I forgot to tell you some important things. First of all

dizziness is not my only symptom but is the worst. Actually, these are all the

symptoms that I have (I am using the checklist symptoms list that I found on

this site):

excessive tiredness, weight gain, cold extremitis, night sweats, slow speech,

pins & needles, dizziness, trembling, loss of libido (poor me!), repeated

urinary tract infections, candida, joint stiffness, loss of stamina, cold

intolerance, low basal (morning) temperature, sweet cravings, unrefreshing

sleep, noises in ears (hissing, ringing), head hair loss (not a lot, but I don't

know what is " normal " ), brittle hair, dry skin, numbness and tingling in legs

and feet, pressure headaches, muscles and joint pain, low blood pressure, scanty

periods, infertility, premestrual syndrome, memory loss, poor concentration,

easily upset, wanting to be solitary, mood swings, depression,

nervousness/anxiety, personality changes, feelings of resentment, lack of

confidence, inability to lose weight. I have also ALWAYS had a very bad case of

overactive bladder (about 25 times per day). My eye sight has gotten very worst

in the last two years. All the symptoms that I have written before have always

been part of my life, since I was about 15 years old and I have always been

diagnosticated as depressed. I also suffer from rosacea (skin disorder: adult

acne). This is not the first time that I have dizziness. It started about 5 or 6

years ago and I have always had it (on and off) since that day. But in that

period I was also suffering from anorexia so I thought that was the reason. Now

I am not anorexic and the dizziness has come back. It has been very bad for the

last couple of months. I do suffer from low blood pressure and from my recent

blood tests it came out that my total white blood count is below range {3.7

(4-11)} but I suppose that is because I am taking antibiotics, my red blood cell

count is ok {4.01 (3.8-5.8)}.

At the moment I am taking antibiotics for my rosacea and they are tetralysal

(300mg) and I am taking a multivitamin. I used to take prozac but I stopped

about 3 years ago. That's it, this is all I am taking.

I also forgot to mention that I did another thyroid test in 2006 and these were

the results (in that year I didn't have dizziness and I was about 2 stones

lighter):

Free T4 13.0 pmol/L (8 - 22)

Free T3 3.59 pmol/L (2.5 - 5.3)

T.S.H. 0.82 mU/L (0.3 - 5.5)

Then I did the blood test again about a month ago:

Plasma free T4 level (XaERs) 11.2 pmol/L (12 - 22)

Plasma free triiodothyronine level (XaERt) 3.9 pmol/L (3.1 - 6.8)

Plasma TSH level (XaELW) 1.51 mu/L (0.3 - 4.2)

My future blood test that I am going to have on Monday are for: antibodies,

ferritin (stored iron), vitamin B12, vitamin D3, magnesium, folate, copper and

zinc.

My last visit to the doctor was very upsetting because she didn't want me to

speak. Luckily I don't have to see her again because I am registered with a

practice that have about 10 different doctors. Everytime I see a different one

because I am always in a hurry and if you want to be followed always by the same

doctor an appointment is not alwasy available for at least a week. Anyway I will

make sure not to go to this female doctor anymore. The other doctors let me

speak and are much more friendly.

I don't know if I suffer from hypothyroidism. What I know is that I have ALWAYS

been tired, I always say that I was born tired and in the last two years I am

always confused and I have very slow speech. One day I was browsing the internet

looking for answers and while I was reading the symptoms of hypothyroidism I

thought that I actually have lots of them. I understand that my symptoms could

be the symptoms of lots of other diseases, but it look pretty possible to me

that this is hypothyroidism (my mother, uncle and auntie have it and are on

medication for it).

Thank you everybody for reading.

Vivien