Re: Husband Has Hashimoto's

[Guest guest]

Hi (and Hubby)!!

Yes.. low thyroid can make you grumpy and hard to get along with... we have a few guys here..... c'mon guys.... we need some masculine typing goin' on here!!! hehehehehe

Do you have copies of his last labs (with ranges)? It would help us to see how good his doc is with thyroid stuff....

We have a page on our web site that runs through the hormones, tests and med options that you can sit down and go over... then give us a holler with what questions come to mind....

www.thyrophoenix.com/thyroid_101.htm

We're here to help you both figure out how to handle this.. so feel free to ask questions, we've got plenty of folks to help....

Topper ()

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 01:53:33 -0000 "" writes:

Dear group,My husband was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis about 3 years ago. He takes synthroid for it and does have a goiter that they monitor when they can get him in to see a doctor. He is so stuborn sometimes. It all started when he was going in for a routine physical for boy scout camp. and his doctor felt his thyroid and tested him. He's been on the same low dose synthroid for most of this time and o nly the last two weeks did she just decide that his dose needs to be in creased. I myself am hoping it helps with his demeanor.On to my question.I know this is a predomanantly female disorder but are there any other men out there who have this? and can someone tell me if this disorder can cause the patient to be irritable a lot of the time? I know that someone told me once that it can make you downright hard to get along with sometimes. he also has lost alot of his interest in doing things. he used to be very active and now he has lost a lot of that. he also has some ot her health issues mainly allergies and he also developed asthma a few years ago.are there any ot her things besides the synthroid that we can be trying to help with this?cindy ( wife )

[Guest guest]

Hi (and Hubby)!!

Yes.. low thyroid can make you grumpy and hard to get along with... we have a few guys here..... c'mon guys.... we need some masculine typing goin' on here!!! hehehehehe

Do you have copies of his last labs (with ranges)? It would help us to see how good his doc is with thyroid stuff....

We have a page on our web site that runs through the hormones, tests and med options that you can sit down and go over... then give us a holler with what questions come to mind....

www.thyrophoenix.com/thyroid_101.htm

We're here to help you both figure out how to handle this.. so feel free to ask questions, we've got plenty of folks to help....

Topper ()

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 01:53:33 -0000 "" writes:

Dear group,My husband was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis about 3 years ago. He takes synthroid for it and does have a goiter that they monitor when they can get him in to see a doctor. He is so stuborn sometimes. It all started when he was going in for a routine physical for boy scout camp. and his doctor felt his thyroid and tested him. He's been on the same low dose synthroid for most of this time and o nly the last two weeks did she just decide that his dose needs to be in creased. I myself am hoping it helps with his demeanor.On to my question.I know this is a predomanantly female disorder but are there any other men out there who have this? and can someone tell me if this disorder can cause the patient to be irritable a lot of the time? I know that someone told me once that it can make you downright hard to get along with sometimes. he also has lost alot of his interest in doing things. he used to be very active and now he has lost a lot of that. he also has some ot her health issues mainly allergies and he also developed asthma a few years ago.are there any ot her things besides the synthroid that we can be trying to help with this?cindy ( wife )

[Guest guest]

Hi !

I am Feisty(ThyroFeisty) group co-owner.

Yes, we do have some members of our group who are male and do have thyroid

disease.

Irritability is definitely symptomatic.(ask Leon....my husband!)I also have

Hashimoto's and that is an autoimmune disease that the sufferers may have

cycles of both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism until it finally settles

into hypothyroidism.

The thyroid can affect every system in the body. Some of us get rages too

with thyroid disease, besides the depression, anxiety, irritability.We can

also get where we tend to isolate ourselves and suffer from C.H.A.O.S.

(can't have anyone over syndrome)

Hashimoto's being an auto-immune disease,it will be more likely to develop

more auto-immune diseases(sjogren's, lupus, MS,fms,cfs, RA........

He may do well and feel well on Armour( natural thyroid). Synthroid is a

synthetic T4 only med. Armour(and the natural generic) is

dessicated(dried)thyroid from pork . It contains all the Ts (T4, T3,

T2,T1 )and calcitonin.T4 is the storage hormone and needs to be converted to

T3 (the active hormone)for the body to use. T2 is said to help with

metabolism, and T1 brain functioning is the thought now.Calcitonin is only

produced by the thyroid, and it helps the calcium in the blood to be

deposited into the bones.

Does he have blood test results that you can post here with the ranges? We

can help interpret them......

ThyroFeisty(Feisty)

www.thyrophoenix.com

Husband Has Hashimoto's

>

> Dear group,

> My husband was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis about 3 years

> ago.

> He takes synthroid for it and does have a goiter that they monitor

> when they can get him in to see a doctor. He is so stuborn sometimes.

>

> It all started when he was going in for a routine physical for boy

> scout camp. and his doctor felt his thyroid and tested him. He's been

> on the same low dose synthroid for most of this time and o nly the

> last two weeks did she just decide that his dose needs to be in

> creased. I myself am hoping it helps with his demeanor.

>

> On to my question.

>

> I know this is a predomanantly female disorder but are there any

> other men out there who have this? and can someone tell me if this

> disorder can cause the patient to be irritable a lot of the time? I

> know that someone told me once that it can make you downright hard to

> get along with sometimes.

>

> he also has lost alot of his interest in doing things. he used to be

> very active and now he has lost a lot of that.

> he also has some ot her health issues mainly allergies and he also

> developed asthma a few years ago.

>

> are there any ot her things besides the synthroid that we can be

> trying to help with this?

>

> cindy ( wife )

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi !

I am Feisty(ThyroFeisty) group co-owner.

Yes, we do have some members of our group who are male and do have thyroid

disease.

Irritability is definitely symptomatic.(ask Leon....my husband!)I also have

Hashimoto's and that is an autoimmune disease that the sufferers may have

cycles of both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism until it finally settles

into hypothyroidism.

The thyroid can affect every system in the body. Some of us get rages too

with thyroid disease, besides the depression, anxiety, irritability.We can

also get where we tend to isolate ourselves and suffer from C.H.A.O.S.

(can't have anyone over syndrome)

Hashimoto's being an auto-immune disease,it will be more likely to develop

more auto-immune diseases(sjogren's, lupus, MS,fms,cfs, RA........

He may do well and feel well on Armour( natural thyroid). Synthroid is a

synthetic T4 only med. Armour(and the natural generic) is

dessicated(dried)thyroid from pork . It contains all the Ts (T4, T3,

T2,T1 )and calcitonin.T4 is the storage hormone and needs to be converted to

T3 (the active hormone)for the body to use. T2 is said to help with

metabolism, and T1 brain functioning is the thought now.Calcitonin is only

produced by the thyroid, and it helps the calcium in the blood to be

deposited into the bones.

Does he have blood test results that you can post here with the ranges? We

can help interpret them......

ThyroFeisty(Feisty)

www.thyrophoenix.com

Husband Has Hashimoto's

>

> Dear group,

> My husband was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis about 3 years

> ago.

> He takes synthroid for it and does have a goiter that they monitor

> when they can get him in to see a doctor. He is so stuborn sometimes.

>

> It all started when he was going in for a routine physical for boy

> scout camp. and his doctor felt his thyroid and tested him. He's been

> on the same low dose synthroid for most of this time and o nly the

> last two weeks did she just decide that his dose needs to be in

> creased. I myself am hoping it helps with his demeanor.

>

> On to my question.

>

> I know this is a predomanantly female disorder but are there any

> other men out there who have this? and can someone tell me if this

> disorder can cause the patient to be irritable a lot of the time? I

> know that someone told me once that it can make you downright hard to

> get along with sometimes.

>

> he also has lost alot of his interest in doing things. he used to be

> very active and now he has lost a lot of that.

> he also has some ot her health issues mainly allergies and he also

> developed asthma a few years ago.

>

> are there any ot her things besides the synthroid that we can be

> trying to help with this?

>

> cindy ( wife )

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

You can " lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink " , as the old

saying goes. If he won't comply with anything offered, or if he really

doesn't believe that it's thyroid that's doing this, has he been offered the

proof. I could bet that you have offered him the proof, but he still

doesn't believe it. As long as he's in this mode and won't accept the help,

what can you do? Is he taking all of this out on you, or is it that he's

depressed and not saying much?

Husband Has Hashimoto's

>

> Dear group,

> My husband was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis about 3 years

> ago.

> He takes synthroid for it and does have a goiter that they monitor

> when they can get him in to see a doctor. He is so stuborn sometimes.

>

> It all started when he was going in for a routine physical for boy

> scout camp. and his doctor felt his thyroid and tested him. He's been

> on the same low dose synthroid for most of this time and o nly the

> last two weeks did she just decide that his dose needs to be in

> creased. I myself am hoping it helps with his demeanor.

>

> On to my question.

>

> I know this is a predomanantly female disorder but are there any

> other men out there who have this? and can someone tell me if this

> disorder can cause the patient to be irritable a lot of the time? I

> know that someone told me once that it can make you downright hard to

> get along with sometimes.

>

> he also has lost alot of his interest in doing things. he used to be

> very active and now he has lost a lot of that.

> he also has some ot her health issues mainly allergies and he also

> developed asthma a few years ago.

>

> are there any ot her things besides the synthroid that we can be

> trying to help with this?

>

> cindy ( wife )