Re: What are your symptoms?

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The worst symptoms I had didn't happen till I had been undertreated for

YEARS. That damage was horrible! I had a blood pressure of 190 over 95,

weighed 240 and my legs swelled so badly I had to lift them in & out of

the car as they hurt too bad to lift by their own power. I almost

wrecked my car many times falling asleep while driving home from work,

and actually did fall asleep once with a clipper in my hand while

standing up clipping a dog. I lost several jobs as I wasn't fast enough

& several as I couldn't wake up to get there. I dieted but couldn't lose

anything.. all the while taking more & more Synthroid trying to get some

relief from the pain & tired. My doctors, as then I was seeing about 4

different ones, all said different things. I had my blood work done many

times, always they said my thyroid was in " normal " ranges. the only

thing that showed up once was a low blood sodium level. NEVER were my

adrenal levels even checked nor the Free thyroid hormones. In 20 years

of doctor care not once have I been tested for antibodies. I was on

three blood pressure meds, phentermine for weight loss, low sodium diet

(which was killing me) Premarin (early hysterectomy at 27 years old)

compression hose for the " varicose veins " that I do not have. I was told

ot see a shrink, put on Elavil, then Ambien, then got sick of all of

them, moved to a different area where the doc there put me on a 1200

calorie a day diet, I laughed in her face! If I ate that many calories a

day I would weigh 400 pounds in a few months! I now self medicate, weigh

190 and still losing, but slowly. blood pressure at 130 over 70 most the

time. I have a little trouble sleeping but not much, and am still a

little tired, but SO much better than the past 15 or so years. I had to

stop reading books (my favorite past time) as I couldn't concentrate

enough to understand them. I am back reading again, but it is still hard

to concentrate for any length of time. It has been 4 years since I took

over my own health care. I am slowly recovering, but the long term

damage of low thyroid doesn't go away quickly. Took years to get there &

it is slow to come back. I am also heat intolerant and have had muscle

spasms in my abdomen that I am sure also were from this. I think that's

about it! LOL

[Guest guest]

Almost forgot! Other symptoms I have had a very low basal temperatures!

I was at 95 in the AM on waking when I started doing my own adjustments

to my meds. I also have been told for years that I had an " Athlete's

Pulse " LOL ya, right real athletic when I am 5'2 " and 240 pounds!

[Guest guest]

Being tired for no reason )

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What are your symptoms?

> I am curious about what others feel their most noticable symptoms of

> low thyroid are or were. I am just baffled by the fact that my most

> debilitating symptoms have been muscle and joint pain and fatigue,

> and my doctor never thought to look closely at my thyroid. What

> would you all say your cardinal symptoms of low thyroid have been?

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Should say for no Apparent reason...

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What are your symptoms?

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> > and my doctor never thought to look closely at my thyroid. What

> > would you all say your cardinal symptoms of low thyroid have been?

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[Guest guest]

Hi, ,

I don't blame you for only changing one thing at a time. That's the only way to

tell what's going on. Have you read Suzanne Somers' book, " The Sexy Years " ?

Very interesting.

Progesterone does give our thyroid a boost and can even convert to cortisol if

needed, as well as estrogen.

in Va.

>>Have you considered checking your sex hormones too? I just had my

progesterone, estradiol,

testosterone, DHEA-S and cortisol checked. And just started bio-identical

hormones. Hopefully,

you're not taking Premarin any more.

Wishing you the very best!<<

Thanks ! I haven;t got the money right now for testing the other levels.

I am no longer on Premarin. I will be 50 this Fall and figured out abotu 2 years

ago that I no longer should need the estrogens like i did when I first had my

hysterectomy. I tapered down and started using Progesterone cream instead and

now no longer even need that. i have the occasional hot flash, but no more urine

leakage, which was my main reason I stayed on Premarin as long as I did. I now

just take DHEA and Pregnenolone and feel fine. I still need to tweak my thyroid

meds a little more, but I am CLOSE! Closer than I have been in 25 years. I think

I will leave the other hormones out of it as long as I feel this good and just

tweak the thyroid a little more. I don;t like to do more than 1 change at a

time so I know what is working.

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