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Severe depression and anxiety...every since hypothyroidism?

I don't know whats going on with my mind and with "myself" but I felt into a deep depression and can't get out and everything about me has changed. I went to doctors and i'm on low thyroid meds and my levels are normal but still feel terrible and dead inside, like I have no feelings. I get these weird crazy thoughts. That something bad is always going to happen. And these crazy phobias..and its scary. I miss myself. And i feel there's no way out.
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4190741 tn?1370177832
Hi, I read your posting and just wanted to make a couple of comments...
I was diagnosed in the 90s with hypothyroidism, but depression followed
because I got use to the highs when my thyroid clicked into high gear and let me stay up all night without being tired or having to sleep.  My thyroid was cliking off and on, heart rate was 280 when I went to my first endo appointment and soon after my thyroid was killed with radiation and have been on levo since.  The first 10 years found me always with different
levels of levo, a few bottles of 200, a few bottles of 150, a few more bottles of 125 and now am stable at 125 levo tablet every day...To make a long story shorter, I thought I would take 2 tablets early in my recovery to maybe get that high that my sick thyroid had been giving me, and too much levo actually slowed me down more.....

It does take time to get healthy, please let your doctors know if you have any concerns or problems....You do not want to be dumb like me who thought I was smarter then the doctors who actually went to school and have a degree in medicine.....

M
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4430245 tn?1354476034
I know exactly how you feel. Two years ago, I was unrecongizable. I was so depressed and sad all the time. I couldn't even do my job. I had the crazy thoughts to like I was going to pass away soon or someone would do something to me. I would cry for no apparent reason. The list goes on. It was horrible, but with the right help and as long as you don't give up, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I still have a bad day from time to time but I'm much happier and optimistic. I thought I would never get here but here I am and you will do the same thing too. You just need help.
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Sorry about that. It seemed like your old Dr was trying to get your dose right.
Sometimes you really have to tweak this med to get it just right. I wonder how you would have done on 100 mcg?
Have you have thyroid scans? How were your antibodies?
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Well, I've been to several doctors..my endo was the worse. He kept me back and forth between 50 mcg and 75 mcg for a year and some change and then I left him and a doctor put me on 125 mcg and I had terrible side effects. He put me back on 75 mcg and I still didn't get better and now I'm with this doctor, he put me on 88 mcg and now 30 mg of natural thyroid. And no, I had  false positive RA and alot of more test and everything came back fine.
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It sounds like you have a really good endo Dr. They're trying their best to get you at the right dose.
I have no idea of your age but have you had any other kind of testing done? Maybe hormones and such?
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Well my endo, kept me on 50 mcg for 6/7 months. I was on 125 mcg for about 2 months and begin having chest tightness really bad, went back to 50 mcg, then 75 mcg and was on 88 mcg for about two months and now NP THYROID for a month
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It looks like your Dr has already adjusted your doses several times. How did you do at 125mcg?
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I was on levo for 14 months )50 mcg,125 mcg, 75 mcg, 88 mcg and I just switched to NP THYROID a month ago and I'm on 30 mg now.
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Can I ask what dose and what brand of medication you're on? Like I said, you may need a dose increase. This can be hard when your Dr is saying you're well within normal range. Hypothyroidism can be hard to treat because your levels might be fine with the dose you're on for some people. With others, it is not fine. I would recommend talking to your Dr about upping your meds just a tiny bit to see if that helps. If the dose gets to high you'll know it because you'll start having hyper symptoms. Some people do better on name brand meds. That's why I was asking what you were taking.
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I suffered from depression at 17- saw a psychiatrist and even went to a mental hospital for an evaluation. They both declared nothing was wrong with me and I just needed counseling. I had physical and mental symptoms so bad, and went to the E.R. and found out I had low thyroid and symptoms would go away on meds but never did. I thought I was depressed then but now I really am and anxiety started around the time of low thyroid disgnoses along with severe depression- I WAS HAPPY and full of life. I've been to doctors some say, I'm normal range and not normal range but still i feel terrible.
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No I'm not depressed because of being diagnosed.
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480448 tn?1426948538
Did you have any issues with depression before the thyroid issues came into play?  At any time in your life, did you have depression and/or anxiety issues?

This very well may not be related to the hypothyroidism, it could just be depression, or like maddie said, you may have some depression as a result of dealing with the thyroid issues.

I would ask the endo to do a full and thorough work up, checking other levels too...making sure the parathyroid levels are normal, check your adrenal glands, etc.  

It isn't uncommon for a person to have a concurrent diagnosis of another type of hormonal imbalance, along with the thyroid disorder, that can also cause depression type symptoms. .  Check into that, and also, ask for a referral to a psychiatrist.  You have to start addressing the depressive symptoms...even while you wait to look into this some more, medically.

Very best to you hon!
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1110049 tn?1409402144
Do you think, perhaps, that you are depressed because of your diagnosis?  Have you seen a doctor about your depressed thoughts?
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I was seeing and endo, now an DO...and still feel extremely tired and just awful. Doctors are telling me all my problems are steaming from depression/anxiety. But I didn't feel depression or anxiety until i got diagnosed.

Here's my results from March 2012
TSH -1.716 (FLAG REFERENCE RANGE) 0.350-4.500
FREE -T3 3.1 (FLAG REFERENCE RANGE) 2.3-4.2
FREE -T4 1.02 (FLAG REFERNCE RANGE) 0.80-1.80

July 2012
TSH- 1.019 (0.350-4.500)
FREE T4- 1.27 (0.80-1.80)
FREE T3- 2.5 (2.3-4.2)
Thyroglobulin Antibody- 20.0 (40.00)
Thyroid Peroxidase- 10.0 (35.0 iu/ml)

Here's from SEPT 2012
T4, Total 9.4 5.0 - 12.5 ug/dL
T3 Uptake Ratio 35.4 22.5 - 37.0 %
TSH 6.055 0.350 - 4.50 uIU/mL
Free T4 1.14 0.80 - 1.80 ng/dL
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Are you seeing an Endo Dr for your hypothyroidism? Did you have all the tests done? The tests are TSH, FT3, FT4 and antibodies. Many Drs only test TSH and it does not always tell the whole story. If you're still having these symptoms you may need a dose increase. Many Drs start you off on a very low dose and keep working up to the right one. You need to be monitored closely throughout all of this to make sure you're getting the right level in your system.
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