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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!

>

>

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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!

> >

> >

>

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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!!

>

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