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my Dr treated me for hypothyroidism with synthroidit was awful awful awful. so i started hormone replacement and i do feel 85% better, i am still having menopause issues but not as extreme. do any of you also have a high thyroid number ?if so have you been treated for hypothyroidism ? did it make a difference ?
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Gypsy014 corinne62311
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yes I have super high thyroid numbers as well as high high antibodies..so hashimotos... I feel crappy all the time worse yes since peri.. I tried the thyroid meds yrs ago and was awful super dizzy felt like I was in a bubble..tried less and felt same..im very sensitive to any meds anyways and since peri even more so! so I just do diet and push on best as I can ..i caner take hrt so no idea how Id feel on that im sure id react badly to it also who knows ..since peri everything that was pre existing is so much worse!
Gypsy014 corinne62311
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How did you feel/react when you took the synthroid?
corinne62311 Gypsy014
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for the first two weeks i felt a little better, but then all of a sudden i felt bi polar, like it amplified all my symptoms of menopause . i would wake up with a terrible sense of doom, i was buzzing like i was on too much caffeine, my toenails started to fall off, i had nightmares, huge health anxiety. crying all the time.
i was taking an anti anxiety med as well i wasnt sure which med caused the issues so i quit them both. last month my dr wanted me to take synthroid again, i took two doses if it and ended up at the hospital i went off it immediately it takes 7-10 days to leave your system those were the worst 10 days off my life so far .
i will never take those again. i think knowing that these issues can be caused by menopause has helped me emmensly as my dr didnt know what was making me feel awful which added to my anxiety.
Gypsy014 corinne62311
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yes to all of those symptoms.. I swear I wanted to jump our of my own skin .. and the panic anxiety attacks were absolutely the worst with the doom feeling i never want to relive those days.. and as soon as I start to feel that odd weird going in that direction I get panicky .. peri has definitely made all this s I much worse.. and the joint pain is were im at now really really bad.. hoping this part subsides for me soon.. yeah I wont take that synthroid either it made me feel horrible!sweaty shaky Climbed the walls.. and your right it doesnt leave your system for days..
Gigi368 corinne62311
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Mine are low! TSH is only 1.2, I'd have to go look at my other numbers (T4, T3 etc) I have Thyroid eye disease so I'm being put thru the wringer with tests for Graves, Hashimoto's, Cushings and some others, I go in a couple weeks for a cosyntropin test which will be interesting bc I don't do well with steroids. Hearing about the thyroid meds has me terrified bc like you I'm sensitive to meds and would rather not take them! I'm not sure if meno is the factor in my case but living sick isn't living and I'm tired of not feeling human!
corinne62311 Gigi368
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I know exactly how you feel. this cant be my new life now can it? I am so scared to take any more/different meds.should I just count my lucky stars that HRT is sort of working.
I don't know I get so depressed now
Gigi368 corinne62311
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I can't take hormones bc of a family history of breast cancer and my own issues with fibroid tumors which caused me to have a hysterectomy in my early 30s but kept my ovaries, now I wish those were gone too and I'd have went thru meno at a young age all at once! I'm at the point I don't know what symptoms belong to what health issue. And to top it off I unexpectedly lost my dog last Saturday. Long story short, I thought he hurt his leg, he was lame in his hind end, took him to the emergency vet and come to find out he had spleen cancer and it burst and he was bleeding internally slowly which was causing the weakness and lameness. No cure. He only had days left, but never gave any indication he had any pain. That triggered my anxiety 10000 fold.
I'm done adulting. Getting old isn't for me 😑
corinne62311 Gigi368
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oh no thats just awful i am sending u a virtual hug.