Guest guest Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 , I was 31 when diagnosed with bi-polar. A shrink put me on Lithium and in 4 months I was on the highest dose possible by law. 2100mg. I had gained 40 pounds and had serious myxedema. Lithium affects your thyroid and shuts it down. In 4 months this man killed my already ailing thyroid. He didn't even check my thyroid levels and that is a rule of thumb before putting a patient on lithium. I am NOT bi-polar!!! I was having hyper/hypo episodes with the beginning phases of Hashimoto's. I wasn't sleeping, doing crazy stuff then I would crash and be exhausted. You may not be bi-polar so please check that out first before doing anything. Don't take lithium if they have tried to pawn that on you. If you truly believe you are bi-polar then treatment is needed but I just wanted to give you the condenced version of my story. Do research and convince yourself that you are truly bi-polor because it could be Hashimoto's symptoms. That doctor nearly killed me and I ended up having salt crystals around my nose and mouth. Lithium is a salt. I was so overdosed and my metabolism was so slow that the blood levels of lithium always came out low so we kept upping the dose. If you have more personal questions please feel free to email me and I will help if I can. a in North Idaho Thankfully I didn't see Elvis. > > Hi there, > I'm 25 and have just been diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease. I feel > absolutly lost!! I don't have to take meds yet as I don't have a > deficiency in hormones yet, does this sound right to you all, even > though I have so many hypothyroid symptoms? I was also diagnosed as bi- > polar about 4 years ago after a car-accident and have NEVER been able > to use an anti-depressant for more than a month due to side-effects, > and was wondering if anyone has bi-polar and found that their meds for > hashi's has worked for moods. If you have any clues, please let me > know. Thanks so much! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Hi Sophie, Thanks so much for your reply!! To tell you the truth, I really think I made my self believe that I was bi-polar, thinking that it couldn't be anything else since it was due to a car accident. I had been seeing a psychiatrist for a few months and the guy kept changing his mind, I would come in and say, being a research student kind of kid that I thought I had so and so and they would say well yea that sounds right so lets put you on so and so. Every month I would be bi- polar or ADD or Bi-polar and ADD...ya da ya da ya! It was so aweful that I couldn't take it and cut myself and told my parents to take me to the hospital. I spent 4 1/2 days in the psych hospital, and felt much better as they drugged me up and I felt higher than a kite! I got out of there and went back to school. I have been on and off seeing doctor's as I have yet to find a medicine that would help my up and down moods. But now that I have looked into Hashimoto's and how there are up and down stages, I feel that I probably am not bi- polar!!! I sorta hate to say it, since I have read so many stories of people going up and down on mg of meds and different meds, like I have for depression, but I feel that I might actually feel so much betteron a medication for my thyroid, I'm just scarred that I might go crazy again. Is it normal to have so many symptoms and not be on medication yet for my thyroid? Thanks again for everything!! > > > > Hi there, > > I'm 25 and have just been diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease. I feel > > absolutly lost!! I don't have to take meds yet as I don't have a > > deficiency in hormones yet, does this sound right to you all, even > > though I have so many hypothyroid symptoms? I was also diagnosed as bi- > > polar about 4 years ago after a car-accident and have NEVER been able > > to use an anti-depressant for more than a month due to side- effects, > > and was wondering if anyone has bi-polar and found that their meds for > > hashi's has worked for moods. If you have any clues, please let me > > know. Thanks so much! > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Yup, for 5 years now its been a crazy roller coaster! I never know who I'm going to be from one minute to the next. I hate it! I'm actually going to the GP today to talk about what to do next. My Endo said he's leaving that office and that my GP can do all the work there after, but when I was checking out the nurse came out by me and asked if I was ok with everything and if I wanted to talk to the other Endo. I just wanted to break down and I told her that I just didn't know what to do, that this is all too surreal and all too new for me! And of course the Endo told me to loose 30-40 pounds, um yea with no energy and feeling tired all the time how is that going to happen, and of course it was a man, lol!? I'm more hyper at night which really sucks, and so tired and lathargic during the day that I just wish I could sleep all day and night and not have to do this anymore! AHHHH! > > So called " bipolar " was my FIRST symptoms of Hashimoto's Disease. During > the hyper phase (likely), I had so much nervous energy, I never knew what to > do with it. I lost all kinds of weight and ran, jogged, like a hamster on a > wheel. Yes, crazy stuff, I know exactly what you mean. When the thyroid > failed over a period of months (had been on this roller coaster ride for > about 6 to 7 yrs before that), it was totally opposite, and I was thinking > " Who WAS that person? " . > > > > Re: hello! > > > > Hi Sophie, > > Thanks so much for your reply!! To tell you the truth, I really > > think I made my self believe that I was bi-polar, thinking that it > > couldn't be anything else since it was due to a car accident. I had > > been seeing a psychiatrist for a few months and the guy kept changing > > his mind, I would come in and say, being a research student kind of > > kid that I thought I had so and so and they would say well yea that > > sounds right so lets put you on so and so. Every month I would be bi- > > polar or ADD or Bi-polar and ADD...ya da ya da ya! It was so aweful > > that I couldn't take it and cut myself and told my parents to take me > > to the hospital. I spent 4 1/2 days in the psych hospital, and felt > > much better as they drugged me up and I felt higher than a kite! I > > got out of there and went back to school. I have been on and off > > seeing doctor's as I have yet to find a medicine that would help my > > up and down moods. But now that I have looked into Hashimoto's and > > how there are up and down stages, I feel that I probably am not bi- > > polar!!! I sorta hate to say it, since I have read so many stories > > of people going up and down on mg of meds and different meds, like I > > have for depression, but I feel that I might actually feel so much > > betteron a medication for my thyroid, I'm just scarred that I might > > go crazy again. Is it normal to have so many symptoms and not be on > > medication yet for my thyroid? Thanks again for everything!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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