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September 15, 2007

I'm so glad I found this group. I've been miserable for the past

several years. When I think back, I'm pretty sure it goes back decades

and has just been slowly getting worse and worse.

I was dx seven years or so ago with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. I

received no treatment b/c my symptoms seemed to be on the " hyper " side

of things - racing thoughts, always hot, heart palpatations.

Last year I had a terribly infected cyst under my earlobe - it was

miserable - treated with two courses of antibiotics and withing a

couple of weeks had a total " crash " with Adrenal Crisis symptoms. It

seemed that my thyroid finally went " hypo " at that time which is what

ultimately happens in Hashi's.

Tried several things. Quit smoking in March and had a total adrenal

crash. I don't ever want to go through that again. Wound up with a

doc who is treating me over the phone/internet with Armour Thyroid and

steroids (for the adrenals) which I am now successfully weaning off.

I'd heard such bad things about synthroid and I couldn't find anyone to

prescribe the Armour. My symptoms, although better, seemed to persist

and we decided it's most likely yeast overload. I still have hypo

symptoms and a very low temperature (94.5 this morning!) but my blood

tests show a good level of thyroid hormone. I have always had all the

yeast symptoms and have tried to stick to an anti-fungal diet - but not

too strictly. The hormone type symptoms and yeast overload symptoms

have so much in common!

I have also long suspected gluten intolerance and now eat no wheat at

all. I eat very little carbs (rice and potatoe once in a while) and no

sugar.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to wean off the coffee and alcohol

but I have drastically decreased my intake. Each change I make does

seem to render an improvement but I'm still pretty sick.

My doc prescribed Diflucan which I started today although I'm a little

nervous about it. I'm starting very slowly and have been doing pretty

well all day except for right after lunch when I felt like I was having

a real die-off effect.

My major complaints are: constant fatigue, weight gain, bloated belly

and midriff section - I can actually feel it get " tight " with water

sometimes - aching joints - depression/anxiety and personality change.

Has anybody ever gotten through this misery? Any words of

encouragement/advice would be very much appreciated.

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