RE: Let me introduce myself

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Hi Mellisa Welcome to the group. Sorry that your not doing so well right

now. I thought 5 years was along time to have symotoms but you have had

them for 10. I've got alot of the same symptoms as you but I can't get dx

either. Eventually our time will come and we will be feeling better. So just

hang in for now knowing that you have support from people on this forum.

Just remember that this group will be there for you and you will get alot of

useful information here. I didn't join that long ago but I'm sure there are

people here that can tell you more than me. I'm in the process of trying to

find anew doctor also. I am going to give my old doctor another try. She is

on maternity leave now so she has another doctor filling in for her. Take

Care Pam Salter

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>Reply-To: Thyroiditis

>To: Thyroiditis

>Subject: Let me introduce myself

>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:47:17 -0000

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>Hi my name is . I really don't know where to start I've been

>on a journey to find out what's wrong with me for over 10 years (I'm

>36 now). I won't take you back 10 years ago to when my body first

>went whacko and I tried to find out what was going on - I'm still not

>sure how back then relates to right now. But I digress.

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>In November 2005 I had my 2nd child. I was expecting Post Partum

>Depression because I've always dealt with bouts of Depression since

>my 20's and did after my first daughter too. So I started on Zoloft

>about 2 weeks after delivery- emergency C-section. During my

>pregnancy I developed Gall Stones and was placed on a VERY strict

>diet and LOST 60 lbs while pg. The most I've been able to loose

>since my 10 year quest began. I felt so drained waiting for my GB

>surgery. I assumed it was because my liver function tests were

>whacked out. So 6 weeks post partum I had laproscopic surgery to

>remove my GB. About 4 weeks after that I felt GREAT - NORMAL. The

>best I'd felt in YEARS. Then all of the sudden WHAM - this extreme

>exhaustion began, inability to concentrate, extreme forgetfulness,

>insomnia, irritablity and the depression was creeping back up. I

>struggled for a couple of months then went into my GP to see what was

>going on - I suspected HypoThyroid from my symptoms. I got

>the " you're a new mom speech - it's hard with 2 children - blah -

>blah. " But he did agree to do lab work - I suspect just to show me I

>was fine. It came back showing REALLY weird stuff. 1) My T3 was

>below normal - but my TSH and T4 were normal. 2) I was anemic and 3)

>I had elevated liver enzymes similar to before my GB was removed. He

>even commented that if my GB hadn't been removed he would suspect it

>was that. So he decided to back burner everything by the anemia - he

>also upped my Zoloft. I started taking more iron too. But, I

>referred myself to an Endo because 5 years ago when dealing with Poly

>Cystic Ovaries a Reproductive Endo had discovered I had Insulin

>Resistance (which resolved after the birth of my 1st daughter). I

>wanted to make sure that the IR hadn't returned. So, this new Endo

>ordered my blood work and discovered the Hashimoto's - My liver

>enzymes had returned to normal, the Thyroid's were all in the center

>of normal and even the anemia was better. So he said there was

>really no treatment until my Thyroid was destroyed to the point where

>I needed to replace my thyroid hormone and said flat out he had no

>answer for why I was feeling the way I was.

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>So here I sit. Trying to find some answers. The more I research the

>more I think that perhaps this Hashimoto's started back 10 years

>ago. (I had thought it was PCOS - the symptoms are VERY similar). I

>guess it doesn't really matter what happened back then, but what I do

>now. I have a hard time sitting by waiting for my body to destroy

>itself so someone will treat me. I feel like crap right NOW. I read

>the link on the front page and let it's so comforting to know I'm NOT

>alone or CRAZY. I was beginning to wonder if I was just making this

>up or it was really this bad since my Docs are telling me its not and

>I should feel fine - or take more anti depressants.

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>I hope some others have similar stories. I guess my next step is to

>find a Dr.

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