Re: emotional lability - also a poll

[Guest guest]

,

I totally agree with you about the personality thing. The more I hear about

it the more I think there is something there. I have always been high energy

(some may call it High strung) and I don't think I could operate any other

way. As a matter offact the thought of losing that aspect of my personality

bothers me.

Jane

[Guest guest]

,

I totally agree with you about the personality thing. The more I hear about

it the more I think there is something there. I have always been high energy

(some may call it High strung) and I don't think I could operate any other

way. As a matter offact the thought of losing that aspect of my personality

bothers me.

Jane

[Guest guest]

,

I totally agree with you about the personality thing. The more I hear about

it the more I think there is something there. I have always been high energy

(some may call it High strung) and I don't think I could operate any other

way. As a matter offact the thought of losing that aspect of my personality

bothers me.

Jane

[Guest guest]

Hmmm, Elaine and Amy's Pam, what you've said has made me think. I was

certainly " high strung " as a child, had anxiety about everything and

anything, got upset at the drop of a hat, etc. Seems like there are others

here for whom this was also true. Make me wonder if whatever DNA makes us

genetically predisposed to having GD are also some of the genes that make

one a " high strung " person, or perhaps vice versa. Interesting. I was always

that way and only as I got older learned to control some of this. With a

family history of thyroid disease, I had my thyroid tested periodically, so

I know I didn't have GD until very recently.

I'm curious if there is a connection. My oldest son is an exact copy of me.

He is " high strung " , very sensitive, worries about everything - exactly like

I was. Now I know that any of my kids will have a risk of developing a

thyroid disease, but it will be interesting to see if he would develop GD.

If I had to bet (and this isn't a bet I want to win), I would be willing to

put money on that he would be the one to develop GD of any of my kids do.

So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

Re: emotional lability

>Elaine,

>

>No, we haven't located a copy of the thyroid book yet, and hope to get to

>that next week.

>

>As to emotional swings, they are incredible. Elation one minute, crying

>uncontrollably the next. Part of this is facing the fact that she has a

>disease, and she's now beginning to cope with that information. And like

you

>and others have mentioned regarding people who develop autoimmune diseases,

>she's always been easily set off, high strung, or what you may call it.

>Before she was diagnosed most of this behavior was laughable, but now we

see

>the direct link and wonder just how long she may have had Graves' in a

milder

>form.

>

>Amy's Pam

>

>In a message dated 3/9/2002 10:18:10 PM Central Standard Time,

>daisyelaine@... writes:

>

>

>> Hi pam,

>> emotional lability is a very common symptom in GD. Have you gotten hold

of

>> Ridha Arem's book yet, The Thyroid Solution. It's at most libraries and

>> discusses the psychological changes in GD. These symptoms do improve when

>> thyroid hormone levels fall back into the normal range. But anecdotally,

>> many

>> of us have mentioned that we're more sensitive and some of us have a

>> tendency

>> to still have an occasional outburst even after we're treated.

High-strung

>> is

>> what my mom called me, although my husband would describe this

differently.

>>

>> Combined with the emotional lability of puberty I guess you could be

>> noticing

>> some interesting mood swings.

>>

>

>

>I want to be the kind of friend Jesus would call, at the end of the day,

just

>to talk about nothing.-Wayne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hmmm, Elaine and Amy's Pam, what you've said has made me think. I was

certainly " high strung " as a child, had anxiety about everything and

anything, got upset at the drop of a hat, etc. Seems like there are others

here for whom this was also true. Make me wonder if whatever DNA makes us

genetically predisposed to having GD are also some of the genes that make

one a " high strung " person, or perhaps vice versa. Interesting. I was always

that way and only as I got older learned to control some of this. With a

family history of thyroid disease, I had my thyroid tested periodically, so

I know I didn't have GD until very recently.

I'm curious if there is a connection. My oldest son is an exact copy of me.

He is " high strung " , very sensitive, worries about everything - exactly like

I was. Now I know that any of my kids will have a risk of developing a

thyroid disease, but it will be interesting to see if he would develop GD.

If I had to bet (and this isn't a bet I want to win), I would be willing to

put money on that he would be the one to develop GD of any of my kids do.

So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

Re: emotional lability

>Elaine,

>

>No, we haven't located a copy of the thyroid book yet, and hope to get to

>that next week.

>

>As to emotional swings, they are incredible. Elation one minute, crying

>uncontrollably the next. Part of this is facing the fact that she has a

>disease, and she's now beginning to cope with that information. And like

you

>and others have mentioned regarding people who develop autoimmune diseases,

>she's always been easily set off, high strung, or what you may call it.

>Before she was diagnosed most of this behavior was laughable, but now we

see

>the direct link and wonder just how long she may have had Graves' in a

milder

>form.

>

>Amy's Pam

>

>In a message dated 3/9/2002 10:18:10 PM Central Standard Time,

>daisyelaine@... writes:

>

>

>> Hi pam,

>> emotional lability is a very common symptom in GD. Have you gotten hold

of

>> Ridha Arem's book yet, The Thyroid Solution. It's at most libraries and

>> discusses the psychological changes in GD. These symptoms do improve when

>> thyroid hormone levels fall back into the normal range. But anecdotally,

>> many

>> of us have mentioned that we're more sensitive and some of us have a

>> tendency

>> to still have an occasional outburst even after we're treated.

High-strung

>> is

>> what my mom called me, although my husband would describe this

differently.

>>

>> Combined with the emotional lability of puberty I guess you could be

>> noticing

>> some interesting mood swings.

>>

>

>

>I want to be the kind of friend Jesus would call, at the end of the day,

just

>to talk about nothing.-Wayne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

> anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

As a child, I was completely NOT " high strung " ... I was very quiet,

patient, didn't worry or get nervous about anything. I was also somewhat

adventurous, had no fear of anything.

About the time I turned 15 and my hypoglycemia really started showing up,

I was starting to turn into a worrier. I became a very nervous person,

scared of everything. My doctors told me I had obsessive-compulsive

disorder. I'm calmed down somewhat now, but I still have what I refer to

as " irrational fears " -- my husband rides a touring motorcycle with me as

passenger, and I completely trust him. He is a firefighter, EMT, and a

VERY safe driver, and yet after nearly 3 years, I still get VERY scared

every time we go around a curve because I'm waiting for the bike to tip

over. I'll be going for my motorcycle license in October -- not because I

want to ride one on my own, but because I'm hoping that taking the class

and learning to ride will quell this fear some, because it really drives

me insane.

I can very easily get myself into a panic over small things. Lately I'm

finding that I have trouble controling my emotions -- I'll cry at the drop

of a hat, and when asks me why, I find myself saying " I don't know --

I really didn't mean to.. _____________ (insert issue here) isn't really a

big deal, so I don't know why I'm crying " . I was crying last night

because my weight has gone up a bit, and then started crying again when

his mom called to complain that we didn't have some pictures that she

wanted taken at our wedding last month.

*sigh*

*~*~*~*~*

Patti Spicer patti@...

" The silence is as important as the noise. What gets left out is

as important as what gets included "

--Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, author of " I've Known Rivers "

http://www.cyphergirl.com - My photography, cookbooks, thyroid info, and more!

[Guest guest]

> So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

> anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

As a child, I was completely NOT " high strung " ... I was very quiet,

patient, didn't worry or get nervous about anything. I was also somewhat

adventurous, had no fear of anything.

About the time I turned 15 and my hypoglycemia really started showing up,

I was starting to turn into a worrier. I became a very nervous person,

scared of everything. My doctors told me I had obsessive-compulsive

disorder. I'm calmed down somewhat now, but I still have what I refer to

as " irrational fears " -- my husband rides a touring motorcycle with me as

passenger, and I completely trust him. He is a firefighter, EMT, and a

VERY safe driver, and yet after nearly 3 years, I still get VERY scared

every time we go around a curve because I'm waiting for the bike to tip

over. I'll be going for my motorcycle license in October -- not because I

want to ride one on my own, but because I'm hoping that taking the class

and learning to ride will quell this fear some, because it really drives

me insane.

I can very easily get myself into a panic over small things. Lately I'm

finding that I have trouble controling my emotions -- I'll cry at the drop

of a hat, and when asks me why, I find myself saying " I don't know --

I really didn't mean to.. _____________ (insert issue here) isn't really a

big deal, so I don't know why I'm crying " . I was crying last night

because my weight has gone up a bit, and then started crying again when

his mom called to complain that we didn't have some pictures that she

wanted taken at our wedding last month.

*sigh*

*~*~*~*~*

Patti Spicer patti@...

" The silence is as important as the noise. What gets left out is

as important as what gets included "

--Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, author of " I've Known Rivers "

http://www.cyphergirl.com - My photography, cookbooks, thyroid info, and more!

[Guest guest]

> So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

> anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

As a child, I was completely NOT " high strung " ... I was very quiet,

patient, didn't worry or get nervous about anything. I was also somewhat

adventurous, had no fear of anything.

About the time I turned 15 and my hypoglycemia really started showing up,

I was starting to turn into a worrier. I became a very nervous person,

scared of everything. My doctors told me I had obsessive-compulsive

disorder. I'm calmed down somewhat now, but I still have what I refer to

as " irrational fears " -- my husband rides a touring motorcycle with me as

passenger, and I completely trust him. He is a firefighter, EMT, and a

VERY safe driver, and yet after nearly 3 years, I still get VERY scared

every time we go around a curve because I'm waiting for the bike to tip

over. I'll be going for my motorcycle license in October -- not because I

want to ride one on my own, but because I'm hoping that taking the class

and learning to ride will quell this fear some, because it really drives

me insane.

I can very easily get myself into a panic over small things. Lately I'm

finding that I have trouble controling my emotions -- I'll cry at the drop

of a hat, and when asks me why, I find myself saying " I don't know --

I really didn't mean to.. _____________ (insert issue here) isn't really a

big deal, so I don't know why I'm crying " . I was crying last night

because my weight has gone up a bit, and then started crying again when

his mom called to complain that we didn't have some pictures that she

wanted taken at our wedding last month.

*sigh*

*~*~*~*~*

Patti Spicer patti@...

" The silence is as important as the noise. What gets left out is

as important as what gets included "

--Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, author of " I've Known Rivers "

http://www.cyphergirl.com - My photography, cookbooks, thyroid info, and more!

[Guest guest]

> So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

> anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

Yes and yes.

When I was 8 I had terrible acne. The doctor said he had never seen a

child so young having such bad stress reactions. (my parents were

divorcing.)

I have always been high strung, emtional and sensitive, and there have

always been physical penalties attached with it.

Val

[Guest guest]

> So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

> anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

Yes and yes.

When I was 8 I had terrible acne. The doctor said he had never seen a

child so young having such bad stress reactions. (my parents were

divorcing.)

I have always been high strung, emtional and sensitive, and there have

always been physical penalties attached with it.

Val

[Guest guest]

I was more of a quiet introvert who tended to bottle things up.... actually

I still have tendencies that way except that now it bursts out in rages. My

mother always used to tell me that I shouldn't bottle things up. It now

turns out that she was correct.

Katy.

Re: emotional lability

>Elaine,

>

>No, we haven't located a copy of the thyroid book yet, and hope to get to

>that next week.

>

>As to emotional swings, they are incredible. Elation one minute, crying

>uncontrollably the next. Part of this is facing the fact that she has a

>disease, and she's now beginning to cope with that information. And like

you

>and others have mentioned regarding people who develop autoimmune diseases,

>she's always been easily set off, high strung, or what you may call it.

>Before she was diagnosed most of this behavior was laughable, but now we

see

>the direct link and wonder just how long she may have had Graves' in a

milder

>form.

>

>Amy's Pam

>

>In a message dated 3/9/2002 10:18:10 PM Central Standard Time,

>daisyelaine@... writes:

>

>

>> Hi pam,

>> emotional lability is a very common symptom in GD. Have you gotten hold

of

>> Ridha Arem's book yet, The Thyroid Solution. It's at most libraries and

>> discusses the psychological changes in GD. These symptoms do improve when

>> thyroid hormone levels fall back into the normal range. But anecdotally,

>> many

>> of us have mentioned that we're more sensitive and some of us have a

>> tendency

>> to still have an occasional outburst even after we're treated.

High-strung

>> is

>> what my mom called me, although my husband would describe this

differently.

>>

>> Combined with the emotional lability of puberty I guess you could be

>> noticing

>> some interesting mood swings.

>>

>

>

>I want to be the kind of friend Jesus would call, at the end of the day,

just

>to talk about nothing.-Wayne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I was more of a quiet introvert who tended to bottle things up.... actually

I still have tendencies that way except that now it bursts out in rages. My

mother always used to tell me that I shouldn't bottle things up. It now

turns out that she was correct.

Katy.

Re: emotional lability

>Elaine,

>

>No, we haven't located a copy of the thyroid book yet, and hope to get to

>that next week.

>

>As to emotional swings, they are incredible. Elation one minute, crying

>uncontrollably the next. Part of this is facing the fact that she has a

>disease, and she's now beginning to cope with that information. And like

you

>and others have mentioned regarding people who develop autoimmune diseases,

>she's always been easily set off, high strung, or what you may call it.

>Before she was diagnosed most of this behavior was laughable, but now we

see

>the direct link and wonder just how long she may have had Graves' in a

milder

>form.

>

>Amy's Pam

>

>In a message dated 3/9/2002 10:18:10 PM Central Standard Time,

>daisyelaine@... writes:

>

>

>> Hi pam,

>> emotional lability is a very common symptom in GD. Have you gotten hold

of

>> Ridha Arem's book yet, The Thyroid Solution. It's at most libraries and

>> discusses the psychological changes in GD. These symptoms do improve when

>> thyroid hormone levels fall back into the normal range. But anecdotally,

>> many

>> of us have mentioned that we're more sensitive and some of us have a

>> tendency

>> to still have an occasional outburst even after we're treated.

High-strung

>> is

>> what my mom called me, although my husband would describe this

differently.

>>

>> Combined with the emotional lability of puberty I guess you could be

>> noticing

>> some interesting mood swings.

>>

>

>

>I want to be the kind of friend Jesus would call, at the end of the day,

just

>to talk about nothing.-Wayne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I was more of a quiet introvert who tended to bottle things up.... actually

I still have tendencies that way except that now it bursts out in rages. My

mother always used to tell me that I shouldn't bottle things up. It now

turns out that she was correct.

Katy.

Re: emotional lability

>Elaine,

>

>No, we haven't located a copy of the thyroid book yet, and hope to get to

>that next week.

>

>As to emotional swings, they are incredible. Elation one minute, crying

>uncontrollably the next. Part of this is facing the fact that she has a

>disease, and she's now beginning to cope with that information. And like

you

>and others have mentioned regarding people who develop autoimmune diseases,

>she's always been easily set off, high strung, or what you may call it.

>Before she was diagnosed most of this behavior was laughable, but now we

see

>the direct link and wonder just how long she may have had Graves' in a

milder

>form.

>

>Amy's Pam

>

>In a message dated 3/9/2002 10:18:10 PM Central Standard Time,

>daisyelaine@... writes:

>

>

>> Hi pam,

>> emotional lability is a very common symptom in GD. Have you gotten hold

of

>> Ridha Arem's book yet, The Thyroid Solution. It's at most libraries and

>> discusses the psychological changes in GD. These symptoms do improve when

>> thyroid hormone levels fall back into the normal range. But anecdotally,

>> many

>> of us have mentioned that we're more sensitive and some of us have a

>> tendency

>> to still have an occasional outburst even after we're treated.

High-strung

>> is

>> what my mom called me, although my husband would describe this

differently.

>>

>> Combined with the emotional lability of puberty I guess you could be

>> noticing

>> some interesting mood swings.

>>

>

>

>I want to be the kind of friend Jesus would call, at the end of the day,

just

>to talk about nothing.-Wayne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi . I've always been VERY emotional. I always got my feelings

hurt easily as a child. I was always very easy going, though, until about

high school, then I turned into a control freak. As an adult, I got mad

easily. My boyfriend described me as having " flash fires " . I got ballistic

really easily, but as soon as I got it all out, it was over for me-like

nothing was wrong at all. I never have been able to hold a grudge, no matter

what someone did to me. I wasn't a worrier as a child, but my daughter is.

She's also a control freak and worries about everything. I tell her all the

time that she needs to relax and just let things happen or she's likely to

end up in the same shape as me. Believe it or not, she really listens when

I tell her that!

Holly

Re: emotional lability

>Elaine,

>

>No, we haven't located a copy of the thyroid book yet, and hope to get to

>that next week.

>

>As to emotional swings, they are incredible. Elation one minute, crying

>uncontrollably the next. Part of this is facing the fact that she has a

>disease, and she's now beginning to cope with that information. And like

you

>and others have mentioned regarding people who develop autoimmune diseases,

>she's always been easily set off, high strung, or what you may call it.

>Before she was diagnosed most of this behavior was laughable, but now we

see

>the direct link and wonder just how long she may have had Graves' in a

milder

>form.

>

>Amy's Pam

>

>In a message dated 3/9/2002 10:18:10 PM Central Standard Time,

>daisyelaine@... writes:

>

>

>> Hi pam,

>> emotional lability is a very common symptom in GD. Have you gotten hold

of

>> Ridha Arem's book yet, The Thyroid Solution. It's at most libraries and

>> discusses the psychological changes in GD. These symptoms do improve when

>> thyroid hormone levels fall back into the normal range. But anecdotally,

>> many

>> of us have mentioned that we're more sensitive and some of us have a

>> tendency

>> to still have an occasional outburst even after we're treated.

High-strung

>> is

>> what my mom called me, although my husband would describe this

differently.

>>

>> Combined with the emotional lability of puberty I guess you could be

>> noticing

>> some interesting mood swings.

>>

>

>

>I want to be the kind of friend Jesus would call, at the end of the day,

just

>to talk about nothing.-Wayne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi . I've always been VERY emotional. I always got my feelings

hurt easily as a child. I was always very easy going, though, until about

high school, then I turned into a control freak. As an adult, I got mad

easily. My boyfriend described me as having " flash fires " . I got ballistic

really easily, but as soon as I got it all out, it was over for me-like

nothing was wrong at all. I never have been able to hold a grudge, no matter

what someone did to me. I wasn't a worrier as a child, but my daughter is.

She's also a control freak and worries about everything. I tell her all the

time that she needs to relax and just let things happen or she's likely to

end up in the same shape as me. Believe it or not, she really listens when

I tell her that!

Holly

Re: emotional lability

>Elaine,

>

>No, we haven't located a copy of the thyroid book yet, and hope to get to

>that next week.

>

>As to emotional swings, they are incredible. Elation one minute, crying

>uncontrollably the next. Part of this is facing the fact that she has a

>disease, and she's now beginning to cope with that information. And like

you

>and others have mentioned regarding people who develop autoimmune diseases,

>she's always been easily set off, high strung, or what you may call it.

>Before she was diagnosed most of this behavior was laughable, but now we

see

>the direct link and wonder just how long she may have had Graves' in a

milder

>form.

>

>Amy's Pam

>

>In a message dated 3/9/2002 10:18:10 PM Central Standard Time,

>daisyelaine@... writes:

>

>

>> Hi pam,

>> emotional lability is a very common symptom in GD. Have you gotten hold

of

>> Ridha Arem's book yet, The Thyroid Solution. It's at most libraries and

>> discusses the psychological changes in GD. These symptoms do improve when

>> thyroid hormone levels fall back into the normal range. But anecdotally,

>> many

>> of us have mentioned that we're more sensitive and some of us have a

>> tendency

>> to still have an occasional outburst even after we're treated.

High-strung

>> is

>> what my mom called me, although my husband would describe this

differently.

>>

>> Combined with the emotional lability of puberty I guess you could be

>> noticing

>> some interesting mood swings.

>>

>

>

>I want to be the kind of friend Jesus would call, at the end of the day,

just

>to talk about nothing.-Wayne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi . I've always been VERY emotional. I always got my feelings

hurt easily as a child. I was always very easy going, though, until about

high school, then I turned into a control freak. As an adult, I got mad

easily. My boyfriend described me as having " flash fires " . I got ballistic

really easily, but as soon as I got it all out, it was over for me-like

nothing was wrong at all. I never have been able to hold a grudge, no matter

what someone did to me. I wasn't a worrier as a child, but my daughter is.

She's also a control freak and worries about everything. I tell her all the

time that she needs to relax and just let things happen or she's likely to

end up in the same shape as me. Believe it or not, she really listens when

I tell her that!

Holly

Re: emotional lability

>Elaine,

>

>No, we haven't located a copy of the thyroid book yet, and hope to get to

>that next week.

>

>As to emotional swings, they are incredible. Elation one minute, crying

>uncontrollably the next. Part of this is facing the fact that she has a

>disease, and she's now beginning to cope with that information. And like

you

>and others have mentioned regarding people who develop autoimmune diseases,

>she's always been easily set off, high strung, or what you may call it.

>Before she was diagnosed most of this behavior was laughable, but now we

see

>the direct link and wonder just how long she may have had Graves' in a

milder

>form.

>

>Amy's Pam

>

>In a message dated 3/9/2002 10:18:10 PM Central Standard Time,

>daisyelaine@... writes:

>

>

>> Hi pam,

>> emotional lability is a very common symptom in GD. Have you gotten hold

of

>> Ridha Arem's book yet, The Thyroid Solution. It's at most libraries and

>> discusses the psychological changes in GD. These symptoms do improve when

>> thyroid hormone levels fall back into the normal range. But anecdotally,

>> many

>> of us have mentioned that we're more sensitive and some of us have a

>> tendency

>> to still have an occasional outburst even after we're treated.

High-strung

>> is

>> what my mom called me, although my husband would describe this

differently.

>>

>> Combined with the emotional lability of puberty I guess you could be

>> noticing

>> some interesting mood swings.

>>

>

>

>I want to be the kind of friend Jesus would call, at the end of the day,

just

>to talk about nothing.-Wayne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

This reminds me...I was always afraid of things, too. I'd get these flashes

as a child of what horrible thing could happen to me when I was doing

something-like walking down the steps from the pool deck with wet feet and

imagining myself falling and cutting my head open. It worried me that I did

that, but dad said I was just cautious. Sound psychotic to me! When I was

hypo, I had this unreasonable fear of everything. I'd be riding with my

boyfriend who is an excellent driver, and I'd panic if it looked to me

(because it really just looked that way to me!) that he wasn't going to stop

in time or didn't see someone pulling out or something. It was totally

unreasonable. Luckily that went away when the hypo did! It's amazing the

effect your thyroid has on your mind!

Holly

Re: emotional lability - also a poll

> So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

> anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

As a child, I was completely NOT " high strung " ... I was very quiet,

patient, didn't worry or get nervous about anything. I was also somewhat

adventurous, had no fear of anything.

About the time I turned 15 and my hypoglycemia really started showing up,

I was starting to turn into a worrier. I became a very nervous person,

scared of everything. My doctors told me I had obsessive-compulsive

disorder. I'm calmed down somewhat now, but I still have what I refer to

as " irrational fears " -- my husband rides a touring motorcycle with me as

passenger, and I completely trust him. He is a firefighter, EMT, and a

VERY safe driver, and yet after nearly 3 years, I still get VERY scared

every time we go around a curve because I'm waiting for the bike to tip

over. I'll be going for my motorcycle license in October -- not because I

want to ride one on my own, but because I'm hoping that taking the class

and learning to ride will quell this fear some, because it really drives

me insane.

I can very easily get myself into a panic over small things. Lately I'm

finding that I have trouble controling my emotions -- I'll cry at the drop

of a hat, and when asks me why, I find myself saying " I don't know --

I really didn't mean to.. _____________ (insert issue here) isn't really a

big deal, so I don't know why I'm crying " . I was crying last night

because my weight has gone up a bit, and then started crying again when

his mom called to complain that we didn't have some pictures that she

wanted taken at our wedding last month.

*sigh*

*~*~*~*~*

Patti Spicer patti@...

" The silence is as important as the noise. What gets left out is

as important as what gets included "

--Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, author of " I've Known Rivers "

http://www.cyphergirl.com <http://www.cyphergirl.com> - My photography,

cookbooks, thyroid info, and more!

[Guest guest]

This reminds me...I was always afraid of things, too. I'd get these flashes

as a child of what horrible thing could happen to me when I was doing

something-like walking down the steps from the pool deck with wet feet and

imagining myself falling and cutting my head open. It worried me that I did

that, but dad said I was just cautious. Sound psychotic to me! When I was

hypo, I had this unreasonable fear of everything. I'd be riding with my

boyfriend who is an excellent driver, and I'd panic if it looked to me

(because it really just looked that way to me!) that he wasn't going to stop

in time or didn't see someone pulling out or something. It was totally

unreasonable. Luckily that went away when the hypo did! It's amazing the

effect your thyroid has on your mind!

Holly

Re: emotional lability - also a poll

> So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

> anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

As a child, I was completely NOT " high strung " ... I was very quiet,

patient, didn't worry or get nervous about anything. I was also somewhat

adventurous, had no fear of anything.

About the time I turned 15 and my hypoglycemia really started showing up,

I was starting to turn into a worrier. I became a very nervous person,

scared of everything. My doctors told me I had obsessive-compulsive

disorder. I'm calmed down somewhat now, but I still have what I refer to

as " irrational fears " -- my husband rides a touring motorcycle with me as

passenger, and I completely trust him. He is a firefighter, EMT, and a

VERY safe driver, and yet after nearly 3 years, I still get VERY scared

every time we go around a curve because I'm waiting for the bike to tip

over. I'll be going for my motorcycle license in October -- not because I

want to ride one on my own, but because I'm hoping that taking the class

and learning to ride will quell this fear some, because it really drives

me insane.

I can very easily get myself into a panic over small things. Lately I'm

finding that I have trouble controling my emotions -- I'll cry at the drop

of a hat, and when asks me why, I find myself saying " I don't know --

I really didn't mean to.. _____________ (insert issue here) isn't really a

big deal, so I don't know why I'm crying " . I was crying last night

because my weight has gone up a bit, and then started crying again when

his mom called to complain that we didn't have some pictures that she

wanted taken at our wedding last month.

*sigh*

*~*~*~*~*

Patti Spicer patti@...

" The silence is as important as the noise. What gets left out is

as important as what gets included "

--Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, author of " I've Known Rivers "

http://www.cyphergirl.com <http://www.cyphergirl.com> - My photography,

cookbooks, thyroid info, and more!

[Guest guest]

This reminds me...I was always afraid of things, too. I'd get these flashes

as a child of what horrible thing could happen to me when I was doing

something-like walking down the steps from the pool deck with wet feet and

imagining myself falling and cutting my head open. It worried me that I did

that, but dad said I was just cautious. Sound psychotic to me! When I was

hypo, I had this unreasonable fear of everything. I'd be riding with my

boyfriend who is an excellent driver, and I'd panic if it looked to me

(because it really just looked that way to me!) that he wasn't going to stop

in time or didn't see someone pulling out or something. It was totally

unreasonable. Luckily that went away when the hypo did! It's amazing the

effect your thyroid has on your mind!

Holly

Re: emotional lability - also a poll

> So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

> anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

As a child, I was completely NOT " high strung " ... I was very quiet,

patient, didn't worry or get nervous about anything. I was also somewhat

adventurous, had no fear of anything.

About the time I turned 15 and my hypoglycemia really started showing up,

I was starting to turn into a worrier. I became a very nervous person,

scared of everything. My doctors told me I had obsessive-compulsive

disorder. I'm calmed down somewhat now, but I still have what I refer to

as " irrational fears " -- my husband rides a touring motorcycle with me as

passenger, and I completely trust him. He is a firefighter, EMT, and a

VERY safe driver, and yet after nearly 3 years, I still get VERY scared

every time we go around a curve because I'm waiting for the bike to tip

over. I'll be going for my motorcycle license in October -- not because I

want to ride one on my own, but because I'm hoping that taking the class

and learning to ride will quell this fear some, because it really drives

me insane.

I can very easily get myself into a panic over small things. Lately I'm

finding that I have trouble controling my emotions -- I'll cry at the drop

of a hat, and when asks me why, I find myself saying " I don't know --

I really didn't mean to.. _____________ (insert issue here) isn't really a

big deal, so I don't know why I'm crying " . I was crying last night

because my weight has gone up a bit, and then started crying again when

his mom called to complain that we didn't have some pictures that she

wanted taken at our wedding last month.

*sigh*

*~*~*~*~*

Patti Spicer patti@...

" The silence is as important as the noise. What gets left out is

as important as what gets included "

--Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, author of " I've Known Rivers "

http://www.cyphergirl.com <http://www.cyphergirl.com> - My photography,

cookbooks, thyroid info, and more!

[Guest guest]

I remember as a child of anger spells. I would just flip

out. It has carried over to today? I remember having to be

in control of most of the friends I had. Things had to be

done my way, etc. My eyes were very sensitive to lights

during the middle of the nights when I would get up and

wander around the house. My dad would be up sometimes and

when he turned the lights on, I had to cover my eyes as

though I was in pain.

[Guest guest]

> This reminds me...I was always afraid of things, too. I'd get these flashes

> as a child of what horrible thing could happen to me when I was doing

> something-like walking down the steps from the pool deck with wet feet and

> imagining myself falling and cutting my head open.

Holly,

Weird! I do this too, I still do it. My husband says my imagination

takes everything to the most horrific outcome imaginable. My mind is

very graphic too, I can supply myself with all the visuals of things

as they " happen " in my mind. My hubby says I should write horror

novels. I have never thought of that as a GD thing though, maybe it

is...who knows?

Val

[Guest guest]

> This reminds me...I was always afraid of things, too. I'd get these flashes

> as a child of what horrible thing could happen to me when I was doing

> something-like walking down the steps from the pool deck with wet feet and

> imagining myself falling and cutting my head open.

Holly,

Weird! I do this too, I still do it. My husband says my imagination

takes everything to the most horrific outcome imaginable. My mind is

very graphic too, I can supply myself with all the visuals of things

as they " happen " in my mind. My hubby says I should write horror

novels. I have never thought of that as a GD thing though, maybe it

is...who knows?

Val

[Guest guest]

> This reminds me...I was always afraid of things, too. I'd get these flashes

> as a child of what horrible thing could happen to me when I was doing

> something-like walking down the steps from the pool deck with wet feet and

> imagining myself falling and cutting my head open.

Holly,

Weird! I do this too, I still do it. My husband says my imagination

takes everything to the most horrific outcome imaginable. My mind is

very graphic too, I can supply myself with all the visuals of things

as they " happen " in my mind. My hubby says I should write horror

novels. I have never thought of that as a GD thing though, maybe it

is...who knows?

Val

[Guest guest]

I was " high-strung " too but not really a worrier or anxious. I was very

temperamental and excitable and impulsively bold (I'd have to lock my son in

his room forever if he did 1/4 of the things I did). I cringe when I think

about it.

I didn't get anxious or become a worrier till I grew-up.

Take care,

> Hmmm, Elaine and Amy's Pam, what you've said has made me think. I was

> certainly " high strung " as a child, had anxiety about everything and

> anything, got upset at the drop of a hat, etc. Seems like there are others

> here for whom this was also true. Make me wonder if whatever DNA makes us

> genetically predisposed to having GD are also some of the genes that make

> one a " high strung " person, or perhaps vice versa. Interesting. I was

always

> that way and only as I got older learned to control some of this. With a

> family history of thyroid disease, I had my thyroid tested periodically,

so

> I know I didn't have GD until very recently.

>

> I'm curious if there is a connection. My oldest son is an exact copy of

me.

> He is " high strung " , very sensitive, worries about everything - exactly

like

> I was. Now I know that any of my kids will have a risk of developing a

> thyroid disease, but it will be interesting to see if he would develop GD.

> If I had to bet (and this isn't a bet I want to win), I would be willing

to

> put money on that he would be the one to develop GD of any of my kids do.

>

> So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

> anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

>

>

[Guest guest]

I was " high-strung " too but not really a worrier or anxious. I was very

temperamental and excitable and impulsively bold (I'd have to lock my son in

his room forever if he did 1/4 of the things I did). I cringe when I think

about it.

I didn't get anxious or become a worrier till I grew-up.

Take care,

> Hmmm, Elaine and Amy's Pam, what you've said has made me think. I was

> certainly " high strung " as a child, had anxiety about everything and

> anything, got upset at the drop of a hat, etc. Seems like there are others

> here for whom this was also true. Make me wonder if whatever DNA makes us

> genetically predisposed to having GD are also some of the genes that make

> one a " high strung " person, or perhaps vice versa. Interesting. I was

always

> that way and only as I got older learned to control some of this. With a

> family history of thyroid disease, I had my thyroid tested periodically,

so

> I know I didn't have GD until very recently.

>

> I'm curious if there is a connection. My oldest son is an exact copy of

me.

> He is " high strung " , very sensitive, worries about everything - exactly

like

> I was. Now I know that any of my kids will have a risk of developing a

> thyroid disease, but it will be interesting to see if he would develop GD.

> If I had to bet (and this isn't a bet I want to win), I would be willing

to

> put money on that he would be the one to develop GD of any of my kids do.

>

> So, how about a really unscientific poll - how many other people here were

> anxious, " high strung " children and are you still that way as an adult?

>

>