Thyroid problems

Hi Anne,

              I sympathise with you and your symptoms because it sounds similar to myself, my doctor has just prescribed veno and my blood is showing borderline, I actually told her of the effects I felt and they agreed to treat me for underactive thyroid. I have been on the medication for a weel now and the fog has lifted and woke me up. I still feel the cold badly and ache in my legs but it must be having some effect. I am confused about the whole issue of the thyroid and only just looking into it. I really do hooe you start to feel better soon and maybe keep asking your doctor to start treatment for thyroidism. you can still have the effects of this with showing normal blood....... thats what I read on here x

Let us know how it goes 

Best of luck 

Dawn 

Hi, Anne;

do you know what tests you have had done and what the results were?

I've just had my tsh checked, which is the standard test; it came back as normal at 1.68 which is totally average but this is a test of the brain telling the thyroid to produce more hormones and not a test of what the thyroid is actually doing so you are doing the right thing to get more tests..have a good read about the kind of tests that you need on the internet as it might be useful to get check for thyroid antibodies to rule out an auto-immune thyroid disease which straight-forward tests for thyroid hormones t4 and t3 might not pick up.good luck.

Hi Anne, Post your two sets of results and tell us what dose of Levo or NDT the doctor has put you on if any. Did they change your dose after the first tests?

It is very important that you get hold of all of the test results so that you can track you own progress and compare each set of results with how you feel. You must read, read, read about this condition because many doctors and Endos don't really understand the endocrinological system.

Hello Anne ,Im like you don't know what my thyroids doing ,I've sufferered from high anxiety now for 8/9 yrs after an illness ,where I lost over 4 stone in weight in 4 months ,Im just having private thyroids done ,can't wait no longer for NHS ,I have autoimmune since being unwell ,through being malnourished I to in past 4 yrs developed Mdds ( balance ) ,I've also got tinnitus .I had a neck tumor Salivar gland removed 2 yrs ago ,that came up out of the blue .Hormones ? I'm at a complete loss 

   I get palps and lightheaded ,only had that since all my health took a knock ,Im now on Losatan BP in past 3 yrs ,again out of the blue ,Like you said it's getting worse as time as gone by ,not better .

  I've sufferered Prudental neuralgia for those yrs from that weight loss .

  I do hope you get your answers ,I've learnt thyroid prevalent after the age of 50 yrs ,meno yrs ,one female cousin had thyroid cancer ,now on meds ,my eldest sister had low thyroid ,but hers got sorted ,tiredness was hers as was my cousins .Hormones got to love them hey ,joys they cause females .

  Good luck