Guest guest Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I can't say that anything from the past has bothered me more since starting Synthroid, but I can vouch for the mood swings, especially during the first several weeks I was taking it (doesn't seem to be as bad now, but then, I'm back to being exhausted now, so maybe I'm just too tired to be moody right now. I would be fine one minute, then a thought would hit me or something I'd see on TV or just for no reason at all, I'd start bawling. Cried all afternoon one day, just because I felt so tired and wanted so badly to get up and do something but couldn't. Feels like it did when I had mono, suffered for a very long time (a couple years, even) before I actually felt alive again, and even then, I'd have setbacks, which I strongly think now were the beginnings of hypothyroidism. Have you had your levels checked since August? Maybe it's time for a dose change. Perhaps you just need to see a psychiatrist and work through your past problems. Sometimes it helps just to talk to someone and work through hidden angers or problems you dealt with mentally or logically, but that just didn't work out for you emotionally. Just know you're not alone, ever. *hugs* Mood swings I'm wondering if anybody else here experiences suddenmood swings.I started taking T3 in August. I'm delighted with theresult. I had a lovely weekend with several friends,eating out, going to the cinema and walking along thecoast. I can walk about 4–5 miles now and I’mgradually building up my fitness and stamina. I don'toften need to nap in the afternoon, and I'm copingwith and enjoying my job.But............There have been a number of horrible things going onin my life over the last fifteen years and suddenlyI'm experiencing so much anger at the injustice of itall. I can honestly say that I didn't feel anger whenall this stuff was happening; now it is real and verypowerful. Of course the anger over 20 lost years isnormal and, I think a positive response; I'm not goingto beat myself up over that, but this afternoon I satdown and cried.Usually I can remind myself that all this stuff ispast and gone, and right now I'm right back in thepresent, but earlier today there was stored pain andresentment powering up to the surface. I have dealtwith all this stuff on an intellectual level but I'minterested in the dormant emotional response thatseems to have been freed up since my hormone levelshave been restored to what must be approaching optimumlevels. Today I felt the force of these buriedfeelings storming into my consciousness like ahurricane.Has anyone else experienced this? __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Actually I think that this is a really healthy process. I'd rather be aware and experiencing this stuff than go back to the 'frozen' state of being that I lived in for so long. I'm convinced that the physical slowing down makes it impossible to be in touch with painful and powerful feelings. I wonder how many people are in therapy because all of their 'stuff' is buried but eating away at them from inside because they are not well enough to access it. We all know how much our brain function is impaired by hypothyroidism; emotional processing is dependant on ability to think. When I was very hypo I certainly felt that I had lost a mind body connection, which is why I think the physical sensation of being 'back in my body' was so powerful the first day I took T3. I am interested that you say that " maybe I'm just too tired to be moody right now " . Fatigue does deaden the experience of living. And thanks for replying, I’m glad to have this arena for ‘thinking out loud’ and bouncing ideas around. Like many others I used to feel very isolated --- wrote: > I can't say that anything from the past has bothered > me more since starting Synthroid, but I can vouch > for the mood swings, especially during the first > several weeks I was taking it (doesn't seem to be as > bad now, but then, I'm back to being exhausted now, > so maybe I'm just too tired to be moody right now. > I would be fine one minute, then a thought would hit > me or something I'd see on TV or just for no reason > at all, I'd start bawling. Cried all afternoon one > day, just because I felt so tired and wanted so > badly to get up and do something but couldn't. > Feels like it did when I had mono, suffered for a > very long time (a couple years, even) before I > actually felt alive again, and even then, I'd have > setbacks, which I strongly think now were the > beginnings of hypothyroidism. > > Have you had your levels checked since August? > Maybe it's time for a dose change. > > Perhaps you just need to see a psychiatrist and work > through your past problems. Sometimes it helps just > to talk to someone and work through hidden angers or > problems you dealt with mentally or logically, but > that just didn't work out for you emotionally. > > Just know you're not alone, ever. *hugs* > > Mood swings > > > I'm wondering if anybody else here experiences > sudden > mood swings. > I started taking T3 in August. I'm delighted with > the > result. I had a lovely weekend with several > friends, > eating out, going to the cinema and walking along > the > coast. I can walk about 4-5 miles now and I'm > gradually building up my fitness and stamina. I > don't > often need to nap in the afternoon, and I'm coping > with and enjoying my job. > But............ > There have been a number of horrible things going > on > in my life over the last fifteen years and > suddenly > I'm experiencing so much anger at the injustice of > it > all. I can honestly say that I didn't feel anger > when > all this stuff was happening; now it is real and > very > powerful. Of course the anger over 20 lost years > is > normal and, I think a positive response; I'm not > going > to beat myself up over that, but this afternoon I > sat > down and cried. > Usually I can remind myself that all this stuff is > past and gone, and right now I'm right back in the > present, but earlier today there was stored pain > and > resentment powering up to the surface. I have > dealt > with all this stuff on an intellectual level but > I'm > interested in the dormant emotional response that > seems to have been freed up since my hormone > levels > have been restored to what must be approaching > optimum > levels. Today I felt the force of these buried > feelings storming into my consciousness like a > hurricane. > > > Has anyone else experienced this? > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Actually I think that this is a really healthy process. I'd rather be aware and experiencing this stuff than go back to the 'frozen' state of being that I lived in for so long. I'm convinced that the physical slowing down makes it impossible to be in touch with painful and powerful feelings. I wonder how many people are in therapy because all of their 'stuff' is buried but eating away at them from inside because they are not well enough to access it. We all know how much our brain function is impaired by hypothyroidism; emotional processing is dependant on ability to think. When I was very hypo I certainly felt that I had lost a mind body connection, which is why I think the physical sensation of being 'back in my body' was so powerful the first day I took T3. I am interested that you say that " maybe I'm just too tired to be moody right now " . Fatigue does deaden the experience of living. And thanks for replying, I’m glad to have this arena for ‘thinking out loud’ and bouncing ideas around. Like many others I used to feel very isolated --- wrote: > I can't say that anything from the past has bothered > me more since starting Synthroid, but I can vouch > for the mood swings, especially during the first > several weeks I was taking it (doesn't seem to be as > bad now, but then, I'm back to being exhausted now, > so maybe I'm just too tired to be moody right now. > I would be fine one minute, then a thought would hit > me or something I'd see on TV or just for no reason > at all, I'd start bawling. Cried all afternoon one > day, just because I felt so tired and wanted so > badly to get up and do something but couldn't. > Feels like it did when I had mono, suffered for a > very long time (a couple years, even) before I > actually felt alive again, and even then, I'd have > setbacks, which I strongly think now were the > beginnings of hypothyroidism. > > Have you had your levels checked since August? > Maybe it's time for a dose change. > > Perhaps you just need to see a psychiatrist and work > through your past problems. Sometimes it helps just > to talk to someone and work through hidden angers or > problems you dealt with mentally or logically, but > that just didn't work out for you emotionally. > > Just know you're not alone, ever. *hugs* > > Mood swings > > > I'm wondering if anybody else here experiences > sudden > mood swings. > I started taking T3 in August. I'm delighted with > the > result. I had a lovely weekend with several > friends, > eating out, going to the cinema and walking along > the > coast. I can walk about 4-5 miles now and I'm > gradually building up my fitness and stamina. I > don't > often need to nap in the afternoon, and I'm coping > with and enjoying my job. > But............ > There have been a number of horrible things going > on > in my life over the last fifteen years and > suddenly > I'm experiencing so much anger at the injustice of > it > all. I can honestly say that I didn't feel anger > when > all this stuff was happening; now it is real and > very > powerful. Of course the anger over 20 lost years > is > normal and, I think a positive response; I'm not > going > to beat myself up over that, but this afternoon I > sat > down and cried. > Usually I can remind myself that all this stuff is > past and gone, and right now I'm right back in the > present, but earlier today there was stored pain > and > resentment powering up to the surface. I have > dealt > with all this stuff on an intellectual level but > I'm > interested in the dormant emotional response that > seems to have been freed up since my hormone > levels > have been restored to what must be approaching > optimum > levels. Today I felt the force of these buried > feelings storming into my consciousness like a > hurricane. > > > Has anyone else experienced this? > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 i am amazed at how badly an out of whack thyroid can affect one's emotional state. it's just awful, isn't it? before my thyroidectomy i was flirting with a diagnosis of being bipolar. mood swings, suicidal thoughts, you name it. one day i was like an agorophobic, couldnt leave, next day couldnt stay lol. what an improvement when that unhealthy gland was gone though! don't get me wrong, i still experience the mood swings (i do see a pattern that goes along with med levels and other symptoms etc) here and there, but i am able to get a handle on things, you know? i get anxious, but can control myself where as before i was just unable to do so. i do find that when i have not been on enough synthroid i am a total cryer, i get mad, sad, happy, i cry. lol i'm so much fun to be around during pregnancy! my loved ones go into hiding! :-) > > Actually I think that this is a really healthy > process. I'd rather be aware and experiencing this > stuff than go back to the 'frozen' state of being that > I lived in for so long. I'm convinced that the > physical slowing down makes it impossible to be in > touch with painful and powerful feelings. I wonder how > many people are in therapy because all of their > 'stuff' is buried but eating away at them from inside > because they are not well enough to access it. > > > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 i am amazed at how badly an out of whack thyroid can affect one's emotional state. it's just awful, isn't it? before my thyroidectomy i was flirting with a diagnosis of being bipolar. mood swings, suicidal thoughts, you name it. one day i was like an agorophobic, couldnt leave, next day couldnt stay lol. what an improvement when that unhealthy gland was gone though! don't get me wrong, i still experience the mood swings (i do see a pattern that goes along with med levels and other symptoms etc) here and there, but i am able to get a handle on things, you know? i get anxious, but can control myself where as before i was just unable to do so. i do find that when i have not been on enough synthroid i am a total cryer, i get mad, sad, happy, i cry. lol i'm so much fun to be around during pregnancy! my loved ones go into hiding! :-) > > Actually I think that this is a really healthy > process. I'd rather be aware and experiencing this > stuff than go back to the 'frozen' state of being that > I lived in for so long. I'm convinced that the > physical slowing down makes it impossible to be in > touch with painful and powerful feelings. I wonder how > many people are in therapy because all of their > 'stuff' is buried but eating away at them from inside > because they are not well enough to access it. > > > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 You're telling my story, sister, except for the pregnancy part. Back in those days, I was never sick, not even so much as a cold, didn't even know what it was like to take an aspirin, except for maybe once every 5 yrs or so. It was sometime after I had a tubiligation that most of the fun began, with progesterone loss and such. I will never get used to anything about thyroid disease. Re: Mood swings > i am amazed at how badly an out of whack thyroid can affect one's > emotional state. it's just awful, isn't it? before my thyroidectomy > i was flirting with a diagnosis of being bipolar. mood swings, > suicidal thoughts, you name it. one day i was like an agorophobic, > couldnt leave, next day couldnt stay lol. what an improvement when > that unhealthy gland was gone though! don't get me wrong, i still > experience the mood swings (i do see a pattern that goes along with > med levels and other symptoms etc) here and there, but i am able to > get a handle on things, you know? i get anxious, but can control > myself where as before i was just unable to do so. i do find that > when i have not been on enough synthroid i am a total cryer, i get > mad, sad, happy, i cry. lol i'm so much fun to be around during > pregnancy! my loved ones go into hiding! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who cries and has those emotional rollercoasters! I totally felt like I was pregnant (even took several preg tests just to convince myself I wasn't!) and now to finally find that it was thyroid all along. Geez! Crazy hormones. Once I realized it's all hormones (pregnancy, thyroid) it made complete sense to have felt so out of sorts emotionally! Re: Mood swings i am amazed at how badly an out of whack thyroid can affect one's emotional state. it's just awful, isn't it? before my thyroidectomy i was flirting with a diagnosis of being bipolar. mood swings, suicidal thoughts, you name it. one day i was like an agorophobic, couldnt leave, next day couldnt stay lol. what an improvement when that unhealthy gland was gone though! don't get me wrong, i still experience the mood swings (i do see a pattern that goes along with med levels and other symptoms etc) here and there, but i am able to get a handle on things, you know? i get anxious, but can control myself where as before i was just unable to do so. i do find that when i have not been on enough synthroid i am a total cryer, i get mad, sad, happy, i cry. lol i'm so much fun to be around during pregnancy! my loved ones go into hiding! :-) >> Actually I think that this is a really healthy> process. I'd rather be aware and experiencing this> stuff than go back to the 'frozen' state of being that> I lived in for so long. I'm convinced that the> physical slowing down makes it impossible to be in> touch with painful and powerful feelings. I wonder how> many people are in therapy because all of their> 'stuff' is buried but eating away at them from inside> because they are not well enough to access it.>> > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > > http://mail.yahoo.com> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Ayla, I'm finding that just about every little nuisance I've experienced in the last several years has direct ties to being hypothyroid. LOL! It's so complicated, and so weird. The hot/cold swings (I'll be sweating hot sometimes, then freezing cold, for no apparent reason...makes sense now), the joint aches and pains, the heart palpitations, the weird somewhat painful feeling in my eyeballs as if the intraocular pressure were off...guess it was!!) I could go on for pages of weird, seemingly unrelated symptoms. Including mood swings and crying over nothing. I can't wait to get this all under control. I realize it's going to take a while, my mom even warned me of that, not to expect instant results because she's hypo, as well, and said it took a good year to get her where she needed to be, and that she even now still has times when she's run down...I believe she's fallen into that undertreated category, and now that I know more about the labs, I'm going to get her to get a copy of her's and go over them to find out! You just go ahead and cry when you feel like it, and remind yourself that it's not your fault, it's the crazy hormones. People don't say pregnant people are nuts because they're emotional...they say they're being hormonal and it's considered "normal." So don't you let any doctor or anyone else for that matter make you think you're less than normal *grin*. Re: Mood swings i am amazed at how badly an out of whack thyroid can affect one's emotional state. it's just awful, isn't it? before my thyroidectomy i was flirting with a diagnosis of being bipolar. mood swings, suicidal thoughts, you name it. one day i was like an agorophobic, couldnt leave, next day couldnt stay lol. what an improvement when that unhealthy gland was gone though! don't get me wrong, i still experience the mood swings (i do see a pattern that goes along with med levels and other symptoms etc) here and there, but i am able to get a handle on things, you know? i get anxious, but can control myself where as before i was just unable to do so. i do find that when i have not been on enough synthroid i am a total cryer, i get mad, sad, happy, i cry. lol i'm so much fun to be around during pregnancy! my loved ones go into hiding! :-) >> Actually I think that this is a really healthy> process. I'd rather be aware and experiencing this> stuff than go back to the 'frozen' state of being that> I lived in for so long. I'm convinced that the> physical slowing down makes it impossible to be in> touch with painful and powerful feelings. I wonder how> many people are in therapy because all of their> 'stuff' is buried but eating away at them from inside> because they are not well enough to access it.>> > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > > http://mail.yahoo.com> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Ayla, I'm finding that just about every little nuisance I've experienced in the last several years has direct ties to being hypothyroid. LOL! It's so complicated, and so weird. The hot/cold swings (I'll be sweating hot sometimes, then freezing cold, for no apparent reason...makes sense now), the joint aches and pains, the heart palpitations, the weird somewhat painful feeling in my eyeballs as if the intraocular pressure were off...guess it was!!) I could go on for pages of weird, seemingly unrelated symptoms. Including mood swings and crying over nothing. I can't wait to get this all under control. I realize it's going to take a while, my mom even warned me of that, not to expect instant results because she's hypo, as well, and said it took a good year to get her where she needed to be, and that she even now still has times when she's run down...I believe she's fallen into that undertreated category, and now that I know more about the labs, I'm going to get her to get a copy of her's and go over them to find out! You just go ahead and cry when you feel like it, and remind yourself that it's not your fault, it's the crazy hormones. People don't say pregnant people are nuts because they're emotional...they say they're being hormonal and it's considered "normal." So don't you let any doctor or anyone else for that matter make you think you're less than normal *grin*. Re: Mood swings i am amazed at how badly an out of whack thyroid can affect one's emotional state. it's just awful, isn't it? before my thyroidectomy i was flirting with a diagnosis of being bipolar. mood swings, suicidal thoughts, you name it. one day i was like an agorophobic, couldnt leave, next day couldnt stay lol. what an improvement when that unhealthy gland was gone though! don't get me wrong, i still experience the mood swings (i do see a pattern that goes along with med levels and other symptoms etc) here and there, but i am able to get a handle on things, you know? i get anxious, but can control myself where as before i was just unable to do so. i do find that when i have not been on enough synthroid i am a total cryer, i get mad, sad, happy, i cry. lol i'm so much fun to be around during pregnancy! my loved ones go into hiding! :-) >> Actually I think that this is a really healthy> process. I'd rather be aware and experiencing this> stuff than go back to the 'frozen' state of being that> I lived in for so long. I'm convinced that the> physical slowing down makes it impossible to be in> touch with painful and powerful feelings. I wonder how> many people are in therapy because all of their> 'stuff' is buried but eating away at them from inside> because they are not well enough to access it.>> > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > > http://mail.yahoo.com> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Oh, yes, I've experienced it, to say the very least. It started coming out of me, and once it did, it started coming out in spurts over let's say, a two yr period of time. I would get angry, cry, pray, reminisce, scream and cry, take it out and look at it, forgave, then did away with it, all one thing at a time and one day at a time. I could not feel for a very long time, but, when I finally did, it all came in tidal waves, sort of like all those hurricanes we've been seeing all over my part of the globe. Mood swings > I'm wondering if anybody else here experiences sudden > mood swings. > I started taking T3 in August. I'm delighted with the > result. I had a lovely weekend with several friends, > eating out, going to the cinema and walking along the > coast. I can walk about 4-5 miles now and I'm > gradually building up my fitness and stamina. I don't > often need to nap in the afternoon, and I'm coping > with and enjoying my job. > But............ > There have been a number of horrible things going on > in my life over the last fifteen years and suddenly > I'm experiencing so much anger at the injustice of it > all. I can honestly say that I didn't feel anger when > all this stuff was happening; now it is real and very > powerful. Of course the anger over 20 lost years is > normal and, I think a positive response; I'm not going > to beat myself up over that, but this afternoon I sat > down and cried. > Usually I can remind myself that all this stuff is > past and gone, and right now I'm right back in the > present, but earlier today there was stored pain and > resentment powering up to the surface. I have dealt > with all this stuff on an intellectual level but I'm > interested in the dormant emotional response that > seems to have been freed up since my hormone levels > have been restored to what must be approaching optimum > levels. Today I felt the force of these buried > feelings storming into my consciousness like a > hurricane. > > > Has anyone else experienced this? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Oh, yes, I've experienced it, to say the very least. It started coming out of me, and once it did, it started coming out in spurts over let's say, a two yr period of time. I would get angry, cry, pray, reminisce, scream and cry, take it out and look at it, forgave, then did away with it, all one thing at a time and one day at a time. I could not feel for a very long time, but, when I finally did, it all came in tidal waves, sort of like all those hurricanes we've been seeing all over my part of the globe. Mood swings > I'm wondering if anybody else here experiences sudden > mood swings. > I started taking T3 in August. I'm delighted with the > result. I had a lovely weekend with several friends, > eating out, going to the cinema and walking along the > coast. I can walk about 4-5 miles now and I'm > gradually building up my fitness and stamina. I don't > often need to nap in the afternoon, and I'm coping > with and enjoying my job. > But............ > There have been a number of horrible things going on > in my life over the last fifteen years and suddenly > I'm experiencing so much anger at the injustice of it > all. I can honestly say that I didn't feel anger when > all this stuff was happening; now it is real and very > powerful. Of course the anger over 20 lost years is > normal and, I think a positive response; I'm not going > to beat myself up over that, but this afternoon I sat > down and cried. > Usually I can remind myself that all this stuff is > past and gone, and right now I'm right back in the > present, but earlier today there was stored pain and > resentment powering up to the surface. I have dealt > with all this stuff on an intellectual level but I'm > interested in the dormant emotional response that > seems to have been freed up since my hormone levels > have been restored to what must be approaching optimum > levels. Today I felt the force of these buried > feelings storming into my consciousness like a > hurricane. > > > Has anyone else experienced this? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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