Re: What is going on with my body?

[Guest guest]

From: The_Thyroid_Support_Group [mailto:The_Thyroid_Support_Group ] On Behalf Of SimplisticJesus I am so freaked out am I gonna die? I do notwant to die but i have this dread and i have had itfor a while. I try to do all i can but it is eitherwrong and ended up not being good for me or I do itand it does not help. I want to know what is wrongwith me aswell and why it is messed up and lord forhow long!

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, I think there are a lot of us who can relate to the way you are feeling. I've been feeling really lousy for at least three to four years, but I have had these mortality feelings since the first of the year when things really started to crescendo. I even had a nightmare that I was in a doctor's office and the doctor looked at me and said, "It's a lot worse than we thought." I immediately awoke with dread and fear of death.

My emotions are like a roller coaster, mirroring the good days and bad days.

The PA at the endocrinologist has said she no longer can increase my meds since my levels (which I posted earlier in the week) are considered well within normal range and the nodules on my thyroid have shrunk dramatically. This is good news, but I'm having symptoms that are not going away, specifically muscle spasms at night and "pins and needles" (paraesthesia) all the time, plus my hypo symptoms creep in from time to time.

My PA all along has suspected possible tumors on the pituitary. When I saw her last week, she suggested it might be time to visit a neurologist. My GP gave me a recommendation, and I have an appointment on July 12th. I'm so tired of trying to fight this on my own, but I am nervous about what they might find . . . although I know it should bring relief. The doctor I will see seems to specialize in all the areas that concern me. I know it sounds silly to be afraid to learn what's wrong and relieved to discover what's wrong -- but I want my body and life back!

Good luck to you . . . I hope you find the help that you need to give you peace of mind.

the teawife

[Guest guest]

From: The_Thyroid_Support_Group [mailto:The_Thyroid_Support_Group ] On Behalf Of SimplisticJesus I am so freaked out am I gonna die? I do notwant to die but i have this dread and i have had itfor a while. I try to do all i can but it is eitherwrong and ended up not being good for me or I do itand it does not help. I want to know what is wrongwith me aswell and why it is messed up and lord forhow long!

------------------------------------

, I think there are a lot of us who can relate to the way you are feeling. I've been feeling really lousy for at least three to four years, but I have had these mortality feelings since the first of the year when things really started to crescendo. I even had a nightmare that I was in a doctor's office and the doctor looked at me and said, "It's a lot worse than we thought." I immediately awoke with dread and fear of death.

My emotions are like a roller coaster, mirroring the good days and bad days.

The PA at the endocrinologist has said she no longer can increase my meds since my levels (which I posted earlier in the week) are considered well within normal range and the nodules on my thyroid have shrunk dramatically. This is good news, but I'm having symptoms that are not going away, specifically muscle spasms at night and "pins and needles" (paraesthesia) all the time, plus my hypo symptoms creep in from time to time.

My PA all along has suspected possible tumors on the pituitary. When I saw her last week, she suggested it might be time to visit a neurologist. My GP gave me a recommendation, and I have an appointment on July 12th. I'm so tired of trying to fight this on my own, but I am nervous about what they might find . . . although I know it should bring relief. The doctor I will see seems to specialize in all the areas that concern me. I know it sounds silly to be afraid to learn what's wrong and relieved to discover what's wrong -- but I want my body and life back!

Good luck to you . . . I hope you find the help that you need to give you peace of mind.

the teawife

[Guest guest]

Dear , I have lots of empathy for your

situation. I am 28 with lots of health problems too

and it is so depressing! I'm so so sorry for

everything you have gone through. It's hard to remain

hopeful when many things have gone wrong and when

there have been terrible disappointments. It is true

too that the majority of doctors are more ignorant

than helpful. It is crucial for us to take our health

in our own hands. It's great that your intuition has

helped you. I encourage you to listen . . . also do as

much research as possible! This group is very helpful

too . . . it sounds like many of your symptoms could

very well be due to hypothyroidism so I encourage you

to get on the right hormones. I was raised with only

natural medicine and was always against taking

medication but I realized that thyroid problems are

very serious and sometimes natural things aren't

strong enough. From the research I have done, most

people feel better on a thyroid med that contains both

T4 and T3 (drlowe.com is a good place to start).

Synthroid only contains T4, so that is something to

check out . . . also if possible have a doctor check

your adrenals because they are very inter-related with

the thyroid and sometimes recovery is only possible

when both are treated. Also the side effects from

thyroid meds are usually temporary as your body is

adjusting and while you are getting on the right

dosage-- it can be a long process towards recovery

(I've been on treatment for 7 months now and so far

I'm a bit worse than before I started, but I still

believe in it --from everything that I've learned --

and that eventually I will feel better than I ever

did)

My best to you,

Marlena

--- simplistic_fantasia

wrote:

> My name is I live in ga i am 26 I

> was told a week ago

> i have hypothyroidism. After almost a year of

> feeling ill. They

> removed my gallbladder because they said that was

> what was wrong with

> me. I felt better for a few weeks then it all

> started again. I went

> around a around with different dr who would say

> basically i was nuts

> or it was just my anxiety. I knew there was

> something wrong with my

> body. So i keep pushing. I was diagnosed with

> polycystic ovarian

> syndrome when i was 19. I do not know if there is a

> link or not. Then

> my legs started bothering me. they told me i had

> sciatica and gave me

> shots in the rear that hurt so bad. but the pain cam

> back. I have low

> body temp. which 97.6 have always been normal for me

> and when it gets

> to 98.6 i feel like i have a fever. I am tired all

> the time. I got a

> divorce because of all this. My ex husband told me I

> was lazy fat

> ect. I started to believe I was just lazy and fat. I

> would not eat

> sometimes and still gain weight. I got to be 230

> when i went to the

> dr 2 years ago about my legs and he said basicaly I

> was to fat and it

> was my circulation, he also checked my cholesterol

> but i had eatin

> that morning it was 235 and all the bad was over bad

> and the good not

> good enough even though everyone tol dme not to go

> by that I started

> changing the way i eat. reduced fat this fat free

> that soy protien

> drank more h20 started walking. I am down to 197

> now. And I started

> getting sick in my stomach after I ate stomach would

> blow up

> (bloated) gassy ect pain in upper left abdominol

> region they keep

> giving me anti biodics too many i think said i had a

> upper respitory

> infection then then i went to a different dr who did

> a nuclear

> medicine test on my gallbladder and it was not

> functioning right so I

> had it removed in jan 2005 that was so awful for me

> as I do not like

> dr or hospitals and all that I have not been to the

> dr so much in my

> life! I use to never get sick colds nothing rarely

> and if i did I did

> not goto dr my body took care of it on its own. I

> feel like my body

> has let me down. Well a feww weeks after surgury The

> pain i felt in

> the left abdominal region upper where your ribs are

> under left breast

> came back sometimes it is fine then other times it

> looks like to me

> like it swells up to me and is tender. I continued

> to have the chills

> hot flashs aches pains no energy sleepy all the time

> I thought i was

> dying honestly I thought there was something in my

> body so bad and no

> one would catch it. Then I went back to the dr

> because of my legs

> they hurt more and in my calfs in the back and my

> feet are cold all

> the time real cold and some other parts of my body

> too. I had been to

> the dr so many times (no insurance) and it has cost

> me and my new

> husband so much to hear them say they do not see

> anything or I am

> just depressed or its my anxienty I started to

> believe i was going

> nuts. and my new husband was tired of coming home

> and i was so tired

> I had not done anything all day and my saying

> everyday I did not feel

> well I mean ladies I would cry and i still do I was

> a wreck well i

> still am . I feel like this is going to kill me or I

> am going to have

> a hrt attack or stoke I do not know, I have been so

> sick for so long

> and my symptoms were so wierd like my hair started

> falling out so

> bad! I had such thick thick nice beutiful hair and

> now it is thinning

> in the front you can tell and all over it is so

> thin! Anyway he

> thought I was nuts too I asked for the thyroid test!

> just like i

> asked for the gallbladder test! I mean if I have not

> learned anything

> it was to trust myself! well before i got it back i

> ended up at the

> er becuse my legs hurt so bad! and when i got there

> my blood pressure

> was 137/96 which they said was high I freaked out

> becuase my bp has

> always been 120/80 when it has been checked! they

> said pain and at

> night your blood pressure rises but I was just

> freaked out! they drew

> by blood and told me my thyroid was messed up I do

> not know the right

> way to right this but either normal is 4 or that is

> what i was or 12

> is normal or that was me which ever way indicates

> hypothyroid. he

> said they one that says its in your body was fine

> but the other was

> off or the other way around i can't remember. But me

> gave me

> synthroid 100mg. But i knew i had a drs appt in a

> few days with my

> new dr so i filled it but did not take it incase my

> other dr wanted

> me to take something else. well i went o my re dr

> june 24th i also

> had him check to see if I had an ulcer becuz of the

> pain under left

> breast area and he checked my cholesterol as well. I

> was so scared to

> get my cholesterol checked again. I had tried so

> hard to get it down.

> Anyway no ulcer, cholesterol was 198 but my

> triglcerides were 287 and

> bad cholesterol was 109 good was 30 I freaked out.

> but he did not put

> me on meds for cholesterol. he told me to take the

> 100 mg i was

> perscribed to " jump start " my system then switch to

> the 75mg he

> priscribed then go back in 6 weeks to have my blood

> checked again to

> see if my levels are better. I started taking the

> 100 mg last

> saturday june 25 in the morning empty stomach. I did

> not notice

> anything to begin with but i had bad insomnia but i

> have batteled

> with in somnia for years so i wrote it off. I had a

> headache everyday

> but my sinuses have been bothering me and the lack

> of sleep so i

> wrote it off again but it continued then i got

> diareha which could be

> from my gallbladder removal thing i have had

> sensitive bowel sense i

> had them removed then sometimes it feels like my hrt

> is beating fast

> or harder then normal i can look down and see my

> shirt move but that

> happens to me all the time. I check my hrt rate all

> the time. 80 is

> about normal for me resting. well last night I

> stayed up again til

> 4a.m i mean in my head i knew i should be tired but

> I just could not

> sleep i tossed and turned then I finally went to

> sleep but all my

> rest has been restless i wake up almost every hr or

> a few minutes

> later thinking it has been hrs LOL took my meds

> tired to sleep

> somemore and was restless they finally wen to sleep

> had to get up a

> few hrs later though so I am exhausted but i am wide

> awake go figure.

> I knew i was sappose to get energy but I mean i have

> energy to stay

> up all night but i do not feel like running around

> or plantig a

> garden or nothing so i do not know. I called the dr

> after they opened

> just to ask and she said the dr said for me to stop

> the 100 and goto

> the 75 tommorow. she asked me to count my hrt beats

> while she watched

> her watch for 30 sec it was 38 so she said it was

> perfect. I do not

> know I have only been on the meds for 7 days and i

> feel like crap!

> nothing has happened and the funny thing is all the

> " bad side

> effects " from the synthroid are really regular

> symptoms i have anyway

> so LOL to that how do you know anyway. I think I

> should have started

> on like 50 then went up if i needed too but to late

> now. and they

> will not be back til wed cuz of 4th of july if there

> is a problem so

> once again i am on my own to over anylize everything

> LOL oh i am

> ramblin but I needed to get this off my chest no one

> understand what

> i am going through they do not know how scared I am.

> And all the

> things I have read on the internet fill me with more

> dread and worry.

> And then I see all these people who get on these

> meds and lose all

> this weight, feel energy, all back to normal. And i

> feel that will

> never be me, as this whole experience has serious;y

> changed me I use

> to never worry so much about my health but after so

> many bad dr and

> misdiagnoses I do not trust any dr. I do not want to

> take these meds

> as they are poisions to me. I am confused scared and

> angery with my

> body I already have polycystic ovarian syndrome and

> all its gross

> wierd side effects that put me in line for ovarian

> cancer, hrt

> problems, stroke ect. I can not concieve a child.

> now I feel like i

> am 90 all my aches and pains and complaits i am cold

> then i am hot

> then they ask me if i am depressed i ask them would

> you be? I am 26 i

> should be so healthy and full of life!!! I know it

> will take someone

> special to read all this complaining and boo hooing

> so thank you and

> please write to me.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Dear , I have lots of empathy for your

situation. I am 28 with lots of health problems too

and it is so depressing! I'm so so sorry for

everything you have gone through. It's hard to remain

hopeful when many things have gone wrong and when

there have been terrible disappointments. It is true

too that the majority of doctors are more ignorant

than helpful. It is crucial for us to take our health

in our own hands. It's great that your intuition has

helped you. I encourage you to listen . . . also do as

much research as possible! This group is very helpful

too . . . it sounds like many of your symptoms could

very well be due to hypothyroidism so I encourage you

to get on the right hormones. I was raised with only

natural medicine and was always against taking

medication but I realized that thyroid problems are

very serious and sometimes natural things aren't

strong enough. From the research I have done, most

people feel better on a thyroid med that contains both

T4 and T3 (drlowe.com is a good place to start).

Synthroid only contains T4, so that is something to

check out . . . also if possible have a doctor check

your adrenals because they are very inter-related with

the thyroid and sometimes recovery is only possible

when both are treated. Also the side effects from

thyroid meds are usually temporary as your body is

adjusting and while you are getting on the right

dosage-- it can be a long process towards recovery

(I've been on treatment for 7 months now and so far

I'm a bit worse than before I started, but I still

believe in it --from everything that I've learned --

and that eventually I will feel better than I ever

did)

My best to you,

Marlena

--- simplistic_fantasia

wrote:

> My name is I live in ga i am 26 I

> was told a week ago

> i have hypothyroidism. After almost a year of

> feeling ill. They

> removed my gallbladder because they said that was

> what was wrong with

> me. I felt better for a few weeks then it all

> started again. I went

> around a around with different dr who would say

> basically i was nuts

> or it was just my anxiety. I knew there was

> something wrong with my

> body. So i keep pushing. I was diagnosed with

> polycystic ovarian

> syndrome when i was 19. I do not know if there is a

> link or not. Then

> my legs started bothering me. they told me i had

> sciatica and gave me

> shots in the rear that hurt so bad. but the pain cam

> back. I have low

> body temp. which 97.6 have always been normal for me

> and when it gets

> to 98.6 i feel like i have a fever. I am tired all

> the time. I got a

> divorce because of all this. My ex husband told me I

> was lazy fat

> ect. I started to believe I was just lazy and fat. I

> would not eat

> sometimes and still gain weight. I got to be 230

> when i went to the

> dr 2 years ago about my legs and he said basicaly I

> was to fat and it

> was my circulation, he also checked my cholesterol

> but i had eatin

> that morning it was 235 and all the bad was over bad

> and the good not

> good enough even though everyone tol dme not to go

> by that I started

> changing the way i eat. reduced fat this fat free

> that soy protien

> drank more h20 started walking. I am down to 197

> now. And I started

> getting sick in my stomach after I ate stomach would

> blow up

> (bloated) gassy ect pain in upper left abdominol

> region they keep

> giving me anti biodics too many i think said i had a

> upper respitory

> infection then then i went to a different dr who did

> a nuclear

> medicine test on my gallbladder and it was not

> functioning right so I

> had it removed in jan 2005 that was so awful for me

> as I do not like

> dr or hospitals and all that I have not been to the

> dr so much in my

> life! I use to never get sick colds nothing rarely

> and if i did I did

> not goto dr my body took care of it on its own. I

> feel like my body

> has let me down. Well a feww weeks after surgury The

> pain i felt in

> the left abdominal region upper where your ribs are

> under left breast

> came back sometimes it is fine then other times it

> looks like to me

> like it swells up to me and is tender. I continued

> to have the chills

> hot flashs aches pains no energy sleepy all the time

> I thought i was

> dying honestly I thought there was something in my

> body so bad and no

> one would catch it. Then I went back to the dr

> because of my legs

> they hurt more and in my calfs in the back and my

> feet are cold all

> the time real cold and some other parts of my body

> too. I had been to

> the dr so many times (no insurance) and it has cost

> me and my new

> husband so much to hear them say they do not see

> anything or I am

> just depressed or its my anxienty I started to

> believe i was going

> nuts. and my new husband was tired of coming home

> and i was so tired

> I had not done anything all day and my saying

> everyday I did not feel

> well I mean ladies I would cry and i still do I was

> a wreck well i

> still am . I feel like this is going to kill me or I

> am going to have

> a hrt attack or stoke I do not know, I have been so

> sick for so long

> and my symptoms were so wierd like my hair started

> falling out so

> bad! I had such thick thick nice beutiful hair and

> now it is thinning

> in the front you can tell and all over it is so

> thin! Anyway he

> thought I was nuts too I asked for the thyroid test!

> just like i

> asked for the gallbladder test! I mean if I have not

> learned anything

> it was to trust myself! well before i got it back i

> ended up at the

> er becuse my legs hurt so bad! and when i got there

> my blood pressure

> was 137/96 which they said was high I freaked out

> becuase my bp has

> always been 120/80 when it has been checked! they

> said pain and at

> night your blood pressure rises but I was just

> freaked out! they drew

> by blood and told me my thyroid was messed up I do

> not know the right

> way to right this but either normal is 4 or that is

> what i was or 12

> is normal or that was me which ever way indicates

> hypothyroid. he

> said they one that says its in your body was fine

> but the other was

> off or the other way around i can't remember. But me

> gave me

> synthroid 100mg. But i knew i had a drs appt in a

> few days with my

> new dr so i filled it but did not take it incase my

> other dr wanted

> me to take something else. well i went o my re dr

> june 24th i also

> had him check to see if I had an ulcer becuz of the

> pain under left

> breast area and he checked my cholesterol as well. I

> was so scared to

> get my cholesterol checked again. I had tried so

> hard to get it down.

> Anyway no ulcer, cholesterol was 198 but my

> triglcerides were 287 and

> bad cholesterol was 109 good was 30 I freaked out.

> but he did not put

> me on meds for cholesterol. he told me to take the

> 100 mg i was

> perscribed to " jump start " my system then switch to

> the 75mg he

> priscribed then go back in 6 weeks to have my blood

> checked again to

> see if my levels are better. I started taking the

> 100 mg last

> saturday june 25 in the morning empty stomach. I did

> not notice

> anything to begin with but i had bad insomnia but i

> have batteled

> with in somnia for years so i wrote it off. I had a

> headache everyday

> but my sinuses have been bothering me and the lack

> of sleep so i

> wrote it off again but it continued then i got

> diareha which could be

> from my gallbladder removal thing i have had

> sensitive bowel sense i

> had them removed then sometimes it feels like my hrt

> is beating fast

> or harder then normal i can look down and see my

> shirt move but that

> happens to me all the time. I check my hrt rate all

> the time. 80 is

> about normal for me resting. well last night I

> stayed up again til

> 4a.m i mean in my head i knew i should be tired but

> I just could not

> sleep i tossed and turned then I finally went to

> sleep but all my

> rest has been restless i wake up almost every hr or

> a few minutes

> later thinking it has been hrs LOL took my meds

> tired to sleep

> somemore and was restless they finally wen to sleep

> had to get up a

> few hrs later though so I am exhausted but i am wide

> awake go figure.

> I knew i was sappose to get energy but I mean i have

> energy to stay

> up all night but i do not feel like running around

> or plantig a

> garden or nothing so i do not know. I called the dr

> after they opened

> just to ask and she said the dr said for me to stop

> the 100 and goto

> the 75 tommorow. she asked me to count my hrt beats

> while she watched

> her watch for 30 sec it was 38 so she said it was

> perfect. I do not

> know I have only been on the meds for 7 days and i

> feel like crap!

> nothing has happened and the funny thing is all the

> " bad side

> effects " from the synthroid are really regular

> symptoms i have anyway

> so LOL to that how do you know anyway. I think I

> should have started

> on like 50 then went up if i needed too but to late

> now. and they

> will not be back til wed cuz of 4th of july if there

> is a problem so

> once again i am on my own to over anylize everything

> LOL oh i am

> ramblin but I needed to get this off my chest no one

> understand what

> i am going through they do not know how scared I am.

> And all the

> things I have read on the internet fill me with more

> dread and worry.

> And then I see all these people who get on these

> meds and lose all

> this weight, feel energy, all back to normal. And i

> feel that will

> never be me, as this whole experience has serious;y

> changed me I use

> to never worry so much about my health but after so

> many bad dr and

> misdiagnoses I do not trust any dr. I do not want to

> take these meds

> as they are poisions to me. I am confused scared and

> angery with my

> body I already have polycystic ovarian syndrome and

> all its gross

> wierd side effects that put me in line for ovarian

> cancer, hrt

> problems, stroke ect. I can not concieve a child.

> now I feel like i

> am 90 all my aches and pains and complaits i am cold

> then i am hot

> then they ask me if i am depressed i ask them would

> you be? I am 26 i

> should be so healthy and full of life!!! I know it

> will take someone

> special to read all this complaining and boo hooing

> so thank you and

> please write to me.

>

>

>

____________________________________________________

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[Guest guest]

Dear , I have lots of empathy for your

situation. I am 28 with lots of health problems too

and it is so depressing! I'm so so sorry for

everything you have gone through. It's hard to remain

hopeful when many things have gone wrong and when

there have been terrible disappointments. It is true

too that the majority of doctors are more ignorant

than helpful. It is crucial for us to take our health

in our own hands. It's great that your intuition has

helped you. I encourage you to listen . . . also do as

much research as possible! This group is very helpful

too . . . it sounds like many of your symptoms could

very well be due to hypothyroidism so I encourage you

to get on the right hormones. I was raised with only

natural medicine and was always against taking

medication but I realized that thyroid problems are

very serious and sometimes natural things aren't

strong enough. From the research I have done, most

people feel better on a thyroid med that contains both

T4 and T3 (drlowe.com is a good place to start).

Synthroid only contains T4, so that is something to

check out . . . also if possible have a doctor check

your adrenals because they are very inter-related with

the thyroid and sometimes recovery is only possible

when both are treated. Also the side effects from

thyroid meds are usually temporary as your body is

adjusting and while you are getting on the right

dosage-- it can be a long process towards recovery

(I've been on treatment for 7 months now and so far

I'm a bit worse than before I started, but I still

believe in it --from everything that I've learned --

and that eventually I will feel better than I ever

did)

My best to you,

Marlena

--- simplistic_fantasia

wrote:

> My name is I live in ga i am 26 I

> was told a week ago

> i have hypothyroidism. After almost a year of

> feeling ill. They

> removed my gallbladder because they said that was

> what was wrong with

> me. I felt better for a few weeks then it all

> started again. I went

> around a around with different dr who would say

> basically i was nuts

> or it was just my anxiety. I knew there was

> something wrong with my

> body. So i keep pushing. I was diagnosed with

> polycystic ovarian

> syndrome when i was 19. I do not know if there is a

> link or not. Then

> my legs started bothering me. they told me i had

> sciatica and gave me

> shots in the rear that hurt so bad. but the pain cam

> back. I have low

> body temp. which 97.6 have always been normal for me

> and when it gets

> to 98.6 i feel like i have a fever. I am tired all

> the time. I got a

> divorce because of all this. My ex husband told me I

> was lazy fat

> ect. I started to believe I was just lazy and fat. I

> would not eat

> sometimes and still gain weight. I got to be 230

> when i went to the

> dr 2 years ago about my legs and he said basicaly I

> was to fat and it

> was my circulation, he also checked my cholesterol

> but i had eatin

> that morning it was 235 and all the bad was over bad

> and the good not

> good enough even though everyone tol dme not to go

> by that I started

> changing the way i eat. reduced fat this fat free

> that soy protien

> drank more h20 started walking. I am down to 197

> now. And I started

> getting sick in my stomach after I ate stomach would

> blow up

> (bloated) gassy ect pain in upper left abdominol

> region they keep

> giving me anti biodics too many i think said i had a

> upper respitory

> infection then then i went to a different dr who did

> a nuclear

> medicine test on my gallbladder and it was not

> functioning right so I

> had it removed in jan 2005 that was so awful for me

> as I do not like

> dr or hospitals and all that I have not been to the

> dr so much in my

> life! I use to never get sick colds nothing rarely

> and if i did I did

> not goto dr my body took care of it on its own. I

> feel like my body

> has let me down. Well a feww weeks after surgury The

> pain i felt in

> the left abdominal region upper where your ribs are

> under left breast

> came back sometimes it is fine then other times it

> looks like to me

> like it swells up to me and is tender. I continued

> to have the chills

> hot flashs aches pains no energy sleepy all the time

> I thought i was

> dying honestly I thought there was something in my

> body so bad and no

> one would catch it. Then I went back to the dr

> because of my legs

> they hurt more and in my calfs in the back and my

> feet are cold all

> the time real cold and some other parts of my body

> too. I had been to

> the dr so many times (no insurance) and it has cost

> me and my new

> husband so much to hear them say they do not see

> anything or I am

> just depressed or its my anxienty I started to

> believe i was going

> nuts. and my new husband was tired of coming home

> and i was so tired

> I had not done anything all day and my saying

> everyday I did not feel

> well I mean ladies I would cry and i still do I was

> a wreck well i

> still am . I feel like this is going to kill me or I

> am going to have

> a hrt attack or stoke I do not know, I have been so

> sick for so long

> and my symptoms were so wierd like my hair started

> falling out so

> bad! I had such thick thick nice beutiful hair and

> now it is thinning

> in the front you can tell and all over it is so

> thin! Anyway he

> thought I was nuts too I asked for the thyroid test!

> just like i

> asked for the gallbladder test! I mean if I have not

> learned anything

> it was to trust myself! well before i got it back i

> ended up at the

> er becuse my legs hurt so bad! and when i got there

> my blood pressure

> was 137/96 which they said was high I freaked out

> becuase my bp has

> always been 120/80 when it has been checked! they

> said pain and at

> night your blood pressure rises but I was just

> freaked out! they drew

> by blood and told me my thyroid was messed up I do

> not know the right

> way to right this but either normal is 4 or that is

> what i was or 12

> is normal or that was me which ever way indicates

> hypothyroid. he

> said they one that says its in your body was fine

> but the other was

> off or the other way around i can't remember. But me

> gave me

> synthroid 100mg. But i knew i had a drs appt in a

> few days with my

> new dr so i filled it but did not take it incase my

> other dr wanted

> me to take something else. well i went o my re dr

> june 24th i also

> had him check to see if I had an ulcer becuz of the

> pain under left

> breast area and he checked my cholesterol as well. I

> was so scared to

> get my cholesterol checked again. I had tried so

> hard to get it down.

> Anyway no ulcer, cholesterol was 198 but my

> triglcerides were 287 and

> bad cholesterol was 109 good was 30 I freaked out.

> but he did not put

> me on meds for cholesterol. he told me to take the

> 100 mg i was

> perscribed to " jump start " my system then switch to

> the 75mg he

> priscribed then go back in 6 weeks to have my blood

> checked again to

> see if my levels are better. I started taking the

> 100 mg last

> saturday june 25 in the morning empty stomach. I did

> not notice

> anything to begin with but i had bad insomnia but i

> have batteled

> with in somnia for years so i wrote it off. I had a

> headache everyday

> but my sinuses have been bothering me and the lack

> of sleep so i

> wrote it off again but it continued then i got

> diareha which could be

> from my gallbladder removal thing i have had

> sensitive bowel sense i

> had them removed then sometimes it feels like my hrt

> is beating fast

> or harder then normal i can look down and see my

> shirt move but that

> happens to me all the time. I check my hrt rate all

> the time. 80 is

> about normal for me resting. well last night I

> stayed up again til

> 4a.m i mean in my head i knew i should be tired but

> I just could not

> sleep i tossed and turned then I finally went to

> sleep but all my

> rest has been restless i wake up almost every hr or

> a few minutes

> later thinking it has been hrs LOL took my meds

> tired to sleep

> somemore and was restless they finally wen to sleep

> had to get up a

> few hrs later though so I am exhausted but i am wide

> awake go figure.

> I knew i was sappose to get energy but I mean i have

> energy to stay

> up all night but i do not feel like running around

> or plantig a

> garden or nothing so i do not know. I called the dr

> after they opened

> just to ask and she said the dr said for me to stop

> the 100 and goto

> the 75 tommorow. she asked me to count my hrt beats

> while she watched

> her watch for 30 sec it was 38 so she said it was

> perfect. I do not

> know I have only been on the meds for 7 days and i

> feel like crap!

> nothing has happened and the funny thing is all the

> " bad side

> effects " from the synthroid are really regular

> symptoms i have anyway

> so LOL to that how do you know anyway. I think I

> should have started

> on like 50 then went up if i needed too but to late

> now. and they

> will not be back til wed cuz of 4th of july if there

> is a problem so

> once again i am on my own to over anylize everything

> LOL oh i am

> ramblin but I needed to get this off my chest no one

> understand what

> i am going through they do not know how scared I am.

> And all the

> things I have read on the internet fill me with more

> dread and worry.

> And then I see all these people who get on these

> meds and lose all

> this weight, feel energy, all back to normal. And i

> feel that will

> never be me, as this whole experience has serious;y

> changed me I use

> to never worry so much about my health but after so

> many bad dr and

> misdiagnoses I do not trust any dr. I do not want to

> take these meds

> as they are poisions to me. I am confused scared and

> angery with my

> body I already have polycystic ovarian syndrome and

> all its gross

> wierd side effects that put me in line for ovarian

> cancer, hrt

> problems, stroke ect. I can not concieve a child.

> now I feel like i

> am 90 all my aches and pains and complaits i am cold

> then i am hot

> then they ask me if i am depressed i ask them would

> you be? I am 26 i

> should be so healthy and full of life!!! I know it

> will take someone

> special to read all this complaining and boo hooing

> so thank you and

> please write to me.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Yes gastric and acid reflux are one and the same

thing, and it causes heartburn. I had an endoscopy to

check that there was no ulcer. I was given a fibre

supplement to speed my digestion and this helped a

lot.

Anxiety can make it seem like your heart is thumping

too strongly; I think most HypoT people find it hard

to deal with extreme stress.

There are just so many symptoms associated with

hypothyroidism........ cramps, muscle twitching,

allergies, tinnitus (ringing and other sounds in the

ears), visual disturbances, constipation, indigestion,

fatigue, pain almost anywhere, headaches, swollen

joints and limbs, dry skin, hair loss, dental problems

etc etc etc. And of course there is the dreadful

anxiety caused by not knowing what is happening and

why your body seems to be falling apart.

It does take a little while to adjust to the hormone

replacement. In about 6 weeks time you should be able

to judge if you are feeling any better. Why not make a

list of your worst symptoms and rate them 1 -10 for

severity. Maybe look at them once a week and rate them

again. If they start to improve you will be able to

see it clearly on your chart. Positive feedback will

help to ease your anxiety.

--- Simplistic wrote:

> gastric reflux is that the same as acid reflux?

> I have the worse heart burn I have not been

> diagnosed

> with acid reflux but i know that is what it is the

> acid comes up in my mouth sometimes i feel like

> puking. also did it swell up under your rib? not a

> lot

> but yu could feel it? mine seems to be worse when i

> am

> upset. but there is not ulcer i guess he checked my

> blood for that. also my neck hurts like the muscles

> or

> something in the front and down at the bottom of my

> neck there are these lumps not huge i notice them

> they

> came up about 2 weeks ago, i thought they were

> muscles

> or something LOL but the pain in my neck in the

> front

> i thought was my jugular veins I thought I was going

> to have a stroke LOL i could feel my pulse alot

> stronger probab;y just my aniexty anyone else have

> the

> pain in the legs? I think it is my nerves sometimes

> my

> muscles jump, in my arms too but they hurt like on

> the

> side of my thigh if you push i wanna cry and now in

> my

> calfs it feels like a pulled muscle or when you get

> a

> charlie horse they way it feels the next day. okay

> well thank you for writing to me

>

>

>

>

> --- wrote:

>

> > Dear ,

> > The pain under your rib might be associated with

> the

> > gastric reflux you are suffering.

> > Just before I was diagnosed as hypothyroid I was

> > admitted to hospital in such severe pain (under

> the

> > left rib) that my GP thought I had a perforated

> > stomach. Of course it was nothing as severe as

> that;

> > my digestion had slowed down so much that my

> stomach

> > wasn't emptying efficiently and the lining of my

> > stomach and oesophagus were severely inflamed. I

> was

> > in hospital for a week and not allowed to eat

> until

> > it

> > had all healed. I still have a twinge now and

> again

> > but it is only a twinge.

> > When you have been taking the Thyroxine for about

> a

> > month your digestive process should start to speed

> > up.

> > I remember feeling scared too. I thought I was

> > losing

> > my mind. But things do get better! After a month

> or

> > so

> > on replacement thyroid hormone you should start to

> > think more clearly.

> > Your body is not your enemy, although it might

> feel

> > like that right now. The noises in your ears will

> > go.

> > You will warm up. Your digestion will get back to

> > normal. Try not to be too afraid.

> > None of us know exactly how you are feeling right

> > now,

> > but we have all been through our own 'hell'. It

> does

> > get better , it really does.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > --- Simplistic

> > wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > I wish you knew how freaked out by everything

> you

> > > guys

> > > write to me lol I am insane i think. Now i

> wonder

> > if

> > > i

> > > am like you guys brain tumors, gonna have

> siezure

> > i

> > > am

> > > sooooooooooo freaked out and to make it worse i

> am

> > > home alone. I get real scared and i think it

> maKES

> > > IT

> > > WORSE! JUst tell me if my symptoms are the more

> > > serious or not! the cold feeet hands well really

> > > body

> > > then i get soooooooo hot i feel like i am having

> a

> > > hot

> > > flash. pain under left rib that is intense

> > > sometimes,

> > > hair falling out alot to me anyway, my legs ache

> > so

> > > bad sometimes lately i feel like I am swelling

> but

> > > it

> > > is summer i geuss, he did the reflez thing on my

> > > knee

> > > and it jumped when he hit thats good right? the

> > > pounding headaches! i can feel my pulse in my

> head

> > > sometimes! increased hrt rate sometimes.

> insomnia,

> > > bouts of constipation,diareha. acid reflux,ears

> > are

> > > all funny sometimes i feel like i hear noises in

> > my

> > > ears but if i stick my finger in there there is

> > like

> > > waxy wet stuff. this enzyme thing lemme throw

> > > something out there. I was tested for tb a few

> > years

> > > ago i had a postive skin test, now that does not

> > > mean

> > > that you have tb just means you have been around

> > > someone with it my chest xray was negative and

> > still

> > > is. anyway the health department told me to take

> > > these

> > > meds the had to check my liver first though cuz

> > the

> > > meds mess with your liver. my enzymes were fine.

> > so

> > > i

> > > started taking it well after taking it for a few

> > > weeks

> > > i started getting sick, i mean i would close my

> > eyes

> > > and it was like i was drunk so I called they

> said

> > no

> > > don't stop taking them well forget that i

> stopped

> > > and

> > > good thing i did becuz when they checked my

> liver

> > > enzymes again they were way to low. would that

> > have

> > > anything to do with messing up my thyroid?

> > > just asking i am desperate at this point to know

> > why

> > > mine is messed up

> > > thank you jennifer

> > > --- Jeannie

> > > wrote:

> > >

> > > > ,

> > > > Welcome to our elite little group. I'm sorry

> it

> > > is

> > > > necessary for you to be here, but everyone

> here

> > is

> > > > very kind and helpful and I feel that I have

> > made

> > > > many friends with this group. Believe me and

> > > > everyone else when we tell you that " YOU ARE

> NOT

> > > > CRAZY! " Yes, thyroid disease will make you

> feel

> > > > like you are going crazy and add to that the

> > fact

> > > > that our doctors want to make us think it is

> all

> > > in

> > > > our heads -- it is a wonder any of us are

> sane.

> > I

> > > > hope you have found a doctor that will listen

> to

> > > > you. I had one and he retired, much to my

> > regret

> > > > and I am still looking for Dr. Right. The one

> I

> > > am

> > > > using now is OK, but I'm still not totally

> > > > comfortable with him. I had to have half of

> my

>

=== message truncated ===

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Yes gastric and acid reflux are one and the same

thing, and it causes heartburn. I had an endoscopy to

check that there was no ulcer. I was given a fibre

supplement to speed my digestion and this helped a

lot.

Anxiety can make it seem like your heart is thumping

too strongly; I think most HypoT people find it hard

to deal with extreme stress.

There are just so many symptoms associated with

hypothyroidism........ cramps, muscle twitching,

allergies, tinnitus (ringing and other sounds in the

ears), visual disturbances, constipation, indigestion,

fatigue, pain almost anywhere, headaches, swollen

joints and limbs, dry skin, hair loss, dental problems

etc etc etc. And of course there is the dreadful

anxiety caused by not knowing what is happening and

why your body seems to be falling apart.

It does take a little while to adjust to the hormone

replacement. In about 6 weeks time you should be able

to judge if you are feeling any better. Why not make a

list of your worst symptoms and rate them 1 -10 for

severity. Maybe look at them once a week and rate them

again. If they start to improve you will be able to

see it clearly on your chart. Positive feedback will

help to ease your anxiety.

--- Simplistic wrote:

> gastric reflux is that the same as acid reflux?

> I have the worse heart burn I have not been

> diagnosed

> with acid reflux but i know that is what it is the

> acid comes up in my mouth sometimes i feel like

> puking. also did it swell up under your rib? not a

> lot

> but yu could feel it? mine seems to be worse when i

> am

> upset. but there is not ulcer i guess he checked my

> blood for that. also my neck hurts like the muscles

> or

> something in the front and down at the bottom of my

> neck there are these lumps not huge i notice them

> they

> came up about 2 weeks ago, i thought they were

> muscles

> or something LOL but the pain in my neck in the

> front

> i thought was my jugular veins I thought I was going

> to have a stroke LOL i could feel my pulse alot

> stronger probab;y just my aniexty anyone else have

> the

> pain in the legs? I think it is my nerves sometimes

> my

> muscles jump, in my arms too but they hurt like on

> the

> side of my thigh if you push i wanna cry and now in

> my

> calfs it feels like a pulled muscle or when you get

> a

> charlie horse they way it feels the next day. okay

> well thank you for writing to me

>

>

>

>

> --- wrote:

>

> > Dear ,

> > The pain under your rib might be associated with

> the

> > gastric reflux you are suffering.

> > Just before I was diagnosed as hypothyroid I was

> > admitted to hospital in such severe pain (under

> the

> > left rib) that my GP thought I had a perforated

> > stomach. Of course it was nothing as severe as

> that;

> > my digestion had slowed down so much that my

> stomach

> > wasn't emptying efficiently and the lining of my

> > stomach and oesophagus were severely inflamed. I

> was

> > in hospital for a week and not allowed to eat

> until

> > it

> > had all healed. I still have a twinge now and

> again

> > but it is only a twinge.

> > When you have been taking the Thyroxine for about

> a

> > month your digestive process should start to speed

> > up.

> > I remember feeling scared too. I thought I was

> > losing

> > my mind. But things do get better! After a month

> or

> > so

> > on replacement thyroid hormone you should start to

> > think more clearly.

> > Your body is not your enemy, although it might

> feel

> > like that right now. The noises in your ears will

> > go.

> > You will warm up. Your digestion will get back to

> > normal. Try not to be too afraid.

> > None of us know exactly how you are feeling right

> > now,

> > but we have all been through our own 'hell'. It

> does

> > get better , it really does.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > --- Simplistic

> > wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > I wish you knew how freaked out by everything

> you

> > > guys

> > > write to me lol I am insane i think. Now i

> wonder

> > if

> > > i

> > > am like you guys brain tumors, gonna have

> siezure

> > i

> > > am

> > > sooooooooooo freaked out and to make it worse i

> am

> > > home alone. I get real scared and i think it

> maKES

> > > IT

> > > WORSE! JUst tell me if my symptoms are the more

> > > serious or not! the cold feeet hands well really

> > > body

> > > then i get soooooooo hot i feel like i am having

> a

> > > hot

> > > flash. pain under left rib that is intense

> > > sometimes,

> > > hair falling out alot to me anyway, my legs ache

> > so

> > > bad sometimes lately i feel like I am swelling

> but

> > > it

> > > is summer i geuss, he did the reflez thing on my

> > > knee

> > > and it jumped when he hit thats good right? the

> > > pounding headaches! i can feel my pulse in my

> head

> > > sometimes! increased hrt rate sometimes.

> insomnia,

> > > bouts of constipation,diareha. acid reflux,ears

> > are

> > > all funny sometimes i feel like i hear noises in

> > my

> > > ears but if i stick my finger in there there is

> > like

> > > waxy wet stuff. this enzyme thing lemme throw

> > > something out there. I was tested for tb a few

> > years

> > > ago i had a postive skin test, now that does not

> > > mean

> > > that you have tb just means you have been around

> > > someone with it my chest xray was negative and

> > still

> > > is. anyway the health department told me to take

> > > these

> > > meds the had to check my liver first though cuz

> > the

> > > meds mess with your liver. my enzymes were fine.

> > so

> > > i

> > > started taking it well after taking it for a few

> > > weeks

> > > i started getting sick, i mean i would close my

> > eyes

> > > and it was like i was drunk so I called they

> said

> > no

> > > don't stop taking them well forget that i

> stopped

> > > and

> > > good thing i did becuz when they checked my

> liver

> > > enzymes again they were way to low. would that

> > have

> > > anything to do with messing up my thyroid?

> > > just asking i am desperate at this point to know

> > why

> > > mine is messed up

> > > thank you jennifer

> > > --- Jeannie

> > > wrote:

> > >

> > > > ,

> > > > Welcome to our elite little group. I'm sorry

> it

> > > is

> > > > necessary for you to be here, but everyone

> here

> > is

> > > > very kind and helpful and I feel that I have

> > made

> > > > many friends with this group. Believe me and

> > > > everyone else when we tell you that " YOU ARE

> NOT

> > > > CRAZY! " Yes, thyroid disease will make you

> feel

> > > > like you are going crazy and add to that the

> > fact

> > > > that our doctors want to make us think it is

> all

> > > in

> > > > our heads -- it is a wonder any of us are

> sane.

> > I

> > > > hope you have found a doctor that will listen

> to

> > > > you. I had one and he retired, much to my

> > regret

> > > > and I am still looking for Dr. Right. The one

> I

> > > am

> > > > using now is OK, but I'm still not totally

> > > > comfortable with him. I had to have half of

> my

>

=== message truncated ===

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Yes gastric and acid reflux are one and the same

thing, and it causes heartburn. I had an endoscopy to

check that there was no ulcer. I was given a fibre

supplement to speed my digestion and this helped a

lot.

Anxiety can make it seem like your heart is thumping

too strongly; I think most HypoT people find it hard

to deal with extreme stress.

There are just so many symptoms associated with

hypothyroidism........ cramps, muscle twitching,

allergies, tinnitus (ringing and other sounds in the

ears), visual disturbances, constipation, indigestion,

fatigue, pain almost anywhere, headaches, swollen

joints and limbs, dry skin, hair loss, dental problems

etc etc etc. And of course there is the dreadful

anxiety caused by not knowing what is happening and

why your body seems to be falling apart.

It does take a little while to adjust to the hormone

replacement. In about 6 weeks time you should be able

to judge if you are feeling any better. Why not make a

list of your worst symptoms and rate them 1 -10 for

severity. Maybe look at them once a week and rate them

again. If they start to improve you will be able to

see it clearly on your chart. Positive feedback will

help to ease your anxiety.

--- Simplistic wrote:

> gastric reflux is that the same as acid reflux?

> I have the worse heart burn I have not been

> diagnosed

> with acid reflux but i know that is what it is the

> acid comes up in my mouth sometimes i feel like

> puking. also did it swell up under your rib? not a

> lot

> but yu could feel it? mine seems to be worse when i

> am

> upset. but there is not ulcer i guess he checked my

> blood for that. also my neck hurts like the muscles

> or

> something in the front and down at the bottom of my

> neck there are these lumps not huge i notice them

> they

> came up about 2 weeks ago, i thought they were

> muscles

> or something LOL but the pain in my neck in the

> front

> i thought was my jugular veins I thought I was going

> to have a stroke LOL i could feel my pulse alot

> stronger probab;y just my aniexty anyone else have

> the

> pain in the legs? I think it is my nerves sometimes

> my

> muscles jump, in my arms too but they hurt like on

> the

> side of my thigh if you push i wanna cry and now in

> my

> calfs it feels like a pulled muscle or when you get

> a

> charlie horse they way it feels the next day. okay

> well thank you for writing to me

>

>

>

>

> --- wrote:

>

> > Dear ,

> > The pain under your rib might be associated with

> the

> > gastric reflux you are suffering.

> > Just before I was diagnosed as hypothyroid I was

> > admitted to hospital in such severe pain (under

> the

> > left rib) that my GP thought I had a perforated

> > stomach. Of course it was nothing as severe as

> that;

> > my digestion had slowed down so much that my

> stomach

> > wasn't emptying efficiently and the lining of my

> > stomach and oesophagus were severely inflamed. I

> was

> > in hospital for a week and not allowed to eat

> until

> > it

> > had all healed. I still have a twinge now and

> again

> > but it is only a twinge.

> > When you have been taking the Thyroxine for about

> a

> > month your digestive process should start to speed

> > up.

> > I remember feeling scared too. I thought I was

> > losing

> > my mind. But things do get better! After a month

> or

> > so

> > on replacement thyroid hormone you should start to

> > think more clearly.

> > Your body is not your enemy, although it might

> feel

> > like that right now. The noises in your ears will

> > go.

> > You will warm up. Your digestion will get back to

> > normal. Try not to be too afraid.

> > None of us know exactly how you are feeling right

> > now,

> > but we have all been through our own 'hell'. It

> does

> > get better , it really does.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > --- Simplistic

> > wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > I wish you knew how freaked out by everything

> you

> > > guys

> > > write to me lol I am insane i think. Now i

> wonder

> > if

> > > i

> > > am like you guys brain tumors, gonna have

> siezure

> > i

> > > am

> > > sooooooooooo freaked out and to make it worse i

> am

> > > home alone. I get real scared and i think it

> maKES

> > > IT

> > > WORSE! JUst tell me if my symptoms are the more

> > > serious or not! the cold feeet hands well really

> > > body

> > > then i get soooooooo hot i feel like i am having

> a

> > > hot

> > > flash. pain under left rib that is intense

> > > sometimes,

> > > hair falling out alot to me anyway, my legs ache

> > so

> > > bad sometimes lately i feel like I am swelling

> but

> > > it

> > > is summer i geuss, he did the reflez thing on my

> > > knee

> > > and it jumped when he hit thats good right? the

> > > pounding headaches! i can feel my pulse in my

> head

> > > sometimes! increased hrt rate sometimes.

> insomnia,

> > > bouts of constipation,diareha. acid reflux,ears

> > are

> > > all funny sometimes i feel like i hear noises in

> > my

> > > ears but if i stick my finger in there there is

> > like

> > > waxy wet stuff. this enzyme thing lemme throw

> > > something out there. I was tested for tb a few

> > years

> > > ago i had a postive skin test, now that does not

> > > mean

> > > that you have tb just means you have been around

> > > someone with it my chest xray was negative and

> > still

> > > is. anyway the health department told me to take

> > > these

> > > meds the had to check my liver first though cuz

> > the

> > > meds mess with your liver. my enzymes were fine.

> > so

> > > i

> > > started taking it well after taking it for a few

> > > weeks

> > > i started getting sick, i mean i would close my

> > eyes

> > > and it was like i was drunk so I called they

> said

> > no

> > > don't stop taking them well forget that i

> stopped

> > > and

> > > good thing i did becuz when they checked my

> liver

> > > enzymes again they were way to low. would that

> > have

> > > anything to do with messing up my thyroid?

> > > just asking i am desperate at this point to know

> > why

> > > mine is messed up

> > > thank you jennifer

> > > --- Jeannie

> > > wrote:

> > >

> > > > ,

> > > > Welcome to our elite little group. I'm sorry

> it

> > > is

> > > > necessary for you to be here, but everyone

> here

> > is

> > > > very kind and helpful and I feel that I have

> > made

> > > > many friends with this group. Believe me and

> > > > everyone else when we tell you that " YOU ARE

> NOT

> > > > CRAZY! " Yes, thyroid disease will make you

> feel

> > > > like you are going crazy and add to that the

> > fact

> > > > that our doctors want to make us think it is

> all

> > > in

> > > > our heads -- it is a wonder any of us are

> sane.

> > I

> > > > hope you have found a doctor that will listen

> to

> > > > you. I had one and he retired, much to my

> > regret

> > > > and I am still looking for Dr. Right. The one

> I

> > > am

> > > > using now is OK, but I'm still not totally

> > > > comfortable with him. I had to have half of

> my

>

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