Re: There's not enough tissue on this planet!

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Hi Pat!!!

When I went hypo my personalty changed DRAMATICALLY. I was a really

happy smiley person, nothing got me down. Then I went hypo and turned

into a crying emotional depressed irritable nutcase!!! If you do not

normally suffer from depression, I would think you can attribute your

current feelings towards being hypo (with the added stress of the holiday

season just exacerbating it!). The hard part was trying to make those

around me understand that I had no control over the way I was feeling and

acting. Just keep trying to hang in there and remember (not easy during

the hypo fog - you might want to consider haning post-its around the

house) that what you're feeling is JUST TEMPORARY, and of course, keep

those boxes of tissues handy!!! Good luck and happy holidays!!!

- Gayle

North Salem, New York

> Greetings of the season from the incredibly hypo'd (and formerly

> Greenwichgal) CTgal06807. Only fellow thycas will understand the

> amusement of forgetting one's yahoo ID and password, and rather

> forgetting that there was such a site! I am 2 weeks from my first

> RAI and just a freakin' mess. Here's my only tremendous annoyance:

> I cannot stop crying. My primary physician has given me a script for

> Paxil. I have not filled it yet. However, my beloved son will be

> home for the holidays tomorrow, and I cannot get a grip. I cry on

> line, on the phone, and in person. I am normally a strong, caring

> woman. Now I am an uber-edemic and weepy. I am still occasionally

> capable of pulling off the " I'm okay " performance of award-winning

> potential, but it's an exhausting task. Is this weepiness part of

> the hypo deal, or should I get some therapy? Should I use this Paxil

> prescription? I've never had the need for, nor used, an anti-

> depressant. Thanks y'all.

> Pat 10/01 TT

> well-differentiated follicular thyca

> severe hypothyroidism

> scan & RAI 1/4/02

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ctgal06807 says:

> I am 2 weeks from my first RAI and just a freakin' mess. Here's my

> only tremendous annoyance: I cannot stop crying. My primary

> physician has given me a script for Paxil. I have not filled it

> yet.

>

> Is this weepiness part of the hypo deal, or should I get some

> therapy? Should I use this Paxil prescription? I've never had the

> need for, nor used, an anti- depressant.

Pat,

It's part of the hypo deal. It's a standing joke around our house

(and it's true!) that when I'm hypo, I weep at television commercials.

Also newspaper articles, novels, my dogs, recalcitrant kitchen

appliances... and sometimes for no reason at all. Since I'm a person

who never cries at any other time, this freaked my husband out the

first time I went hypo. But since it's transient, he's gotten used to

it and I've never even tried taking drugs for it. It's entirely

hormonal, after all, and it goes away all by itself when you get your

thyroid hormone back. Starting new drugs when you're hypo can be a

bit tricky, since you metabolize MUCH slower than normal, so starting

an anti-depressant now *might* cause as many problems as it solves

(assuming that it solves any).

If you don't feel clinically depressed, just warn your son about this

symptom so he won't think HE's making you cry or could/should be doing

something to cheer you up, buy more tissues, and count the days 'til

you get your meds back. If you watch a lot of sappy movies, nobody

will even think you're strange!

Best of luck,

ellen

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Hi Pat,

It would do just as much good to use that Paxil Rx as a kleenex right now.

It takes around 3 weeks or so for Paxil to do it's thing anyway and what you

are experiencing is simply hormonal and will resolve on it's own once that is

straightened out.

Sigh.....doctors and their happy pills! With your oddball metabolism at

this time I wouldn't think it such a good idea to start a new drug anyway.

You'll be OK. Hang in there girl. The holidays are an emotional time for

most people anyway, so just watch " It's a Wonderful World " and drain some of

your reservoir a few hours before your son arrives.

Merry Christmas!

Donna (Kathleen's mom)

ps. There is a site with very clever and hilarious thyroid cancer songs.

Last time I was there, there was a version of the Twelve Days of Christmas.

I think it is: www.

thyroidcancersongs.com or something like that. Try to find it and read/sing

along with that one. You WILL relate!

[Guest guest]

Hi Pat,

I too just got over being hypo and I cried alot. I forewarned everyone at

work and home. I cried at work several times; once over the postage meter

(long story I won't bore you with); my new computer; the copy machine;

people asking me how I felt; and a few times for no reason at all. My brain

fog was horrendous, the worse part I thought. So if I were you, I'd try not

to take the Paxal. The crying jags will pass. Just tell your son what to

expect. I'm back on meds now for a week (Cytomel & Levoxyl) and the crying

spells have decreased dramatically.

Good luck and Merry Christmas.

Near Albany, NY

tt 7/27/01; pap w/foll var; no mets; RAI 12/14/01.

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Don't be proud, use the Paxil. I started crying in work one day and could

not stop, felt like an idiot!!

Toni

pap thyca lymph node involv.

TT 10/00 150 RAI 11/00

Tg positive, scan negative Nov. 01

200 RAI Dec 4, 01

3 hour scan Dec. 11. more junk in chest area

MRI Dec. 17

[Guest guest]

I agree - if the drug matches the need. It is amazing how bad

hypo can be, and doctors just don't get it (I guess that Endo's

as a breed are more used to transient changes than patients)

Another issue here is " feeling like an idiot " . Hypo makes me:

- Feel like an idiot

- Sound like an idiot (or the town fool or the town drunk)

- Act like an idiot (delayed physical/mental reactions, like a clown)

- Seem to be an idiot (inappropriate stuff like tears)

- Look like an idiot (white clown mask, puffy, blotchy skin...)

I've gained a lot of respect for idiots - they're like us, except

without the feeling that their life is on hold till they get T4!

Working while hypo, I lost a lot of sensitivity about being a

fool, acting inappropriately, running to the men's room when

teary, etc. while working in a stressful intellectually changing

job.

So, my points are:

- Drugs are good if they make you better

- Our tears and other physical issues are other people's

problems. We have our own.

- Idiots are just like you and I, on a bad day.

Have a great, happy, well, and peaceful one!

/

> Don't be proud, use the Paxil. I started crying in work one day

and could

> not stop, felt like an idiot!!

> Toni

>

> pap thyca lymph node involv.

> TT 10/00 150 RAI 11/00

> Tg positive, scan negative Nov. 01

> 200 RAI Dec 4, 01

> 3 hour scan Dec. 11. more junk in chest area

> MRI Dec. 17

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I agree - if the drug matches the need. It is amazing how bad

hypo can be, and doctors just don't get it (I guess that Endo's

as a breed are more used to transient changes than patients)

Another issue here is " feeling like an idiot " . Hypo makes me:

- Feel like an idiot

- Sound like an idiot (or the town fool or the town drunk)

- Act like an idiot (delayed physical/mental reactions, like a clown)

- Seem to be an idiot (inappropriate stuff like tears)

- Look like an idiot (white clown mask, puffy, blotchy skin...)

I've gained a lot of respect for idiots - they're like us, except

without the feeling that their life is on hold till they get T4!

Working while hypo, I lost a lot of sensitivity about being a

fool, acting inappropriately, running to the men's room when

teary, etc. while working in a stressful intellectually changing

job.

So, my points are:

- Drugs are good if they make you better

- Our tears and other physical issues are other people's

problems. We have our own.

- Idiots are just like you and I, on a bad day.

Have a great, happy, well, and peaceful one!

/

> Don't be proud, use the Paxil. I started crying in work one day

and could

> not stop, felt like an idiot!!

> Toni

>

> pap thyca lymph node involv.

> TT 10/00 150 RAI 11/00

> Tg positive, scan negative Nov. 01

> 200 RAI Dec 4, 01

> 3 hour scan Dec. 11. more junk in chest area

> MRI Dec. 17

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