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Hi ,

Thanks for the input. I have faxed over to my doctor to get a copy

of my records. I never knew the numbers before or what they meant.

I'd get tested and the doctor's office would call me and say the

results were normal. But I was feeling ok then as far as thyroid so I

never asked.

I never got a definite cause of the hyper state. I had been given a

benzodiazepine for many years beginning when my second child was born

(postpartum depression, emotional pain from a bad marriage etc.) and

when I became pregnant nine years later I was made to stop the drug

cold turkey. But I was on a huge dose by that time and it had many

negative affects on me- both being on the drug and stopping it.

So I don't know if I had high thyroid for a while but didn't know

it because the other medication masked it, or if my thyroid was

impacted by coming off the other med. When they did the surgery they

said they didn't see anything wrong with it, though I presented so

many symptoms that they took it out.

What a mess!

I always thought that someone with low thyroid would sleep very

deeply but still not feel rested. Well I generally sleep rather

lightly and non-restfully, so I hadn't questioned the fatigue, I

thought it was just from poor sleep.

Sorry to be so long. I'm new at this and still with a lot of

questions.

best wishes,

Kim