Can you put in words how you feel?

[Brucergoldberg]

I have people ask me all the time how i feel and Its hard to explain to them.   So I usually say

I feel like I drank 8 cups of coffee and then took a valium at the same time.   Or ill say " I feel like im plugged into an electrical socket or i have a battery outlet in the back of my head".

Or sometimes i will tell them that I feel like i drank way too much jack daniels the night before and smoked too much mother nature, however I do not drink nor smoke.

How do you best describe the feeling?

[kl42]

word

[Brucergoldberg]

YUP  i hear ya.   I tried nature throid.  Had a hard time tolerating the t3 in it.  when i got my wave of anxiety, the t3 made it worse.  It would be like doing expresso shots in the midst of anxiety attacks.   Not a good mix.

[Red_Star]

From the immortal words of Dr Egon (from Ghostbusters lol): "I feel like the floor of a taxi cab."

[kl42]

true its the worst

[snwbnemama]

My sister suffers from anxiety like that.  It is really awful.  She gets the headaches as well.  With my pushing her, she has finally got thyroid labs done and I'm hoping that if they treat her with thyroid meds, that some of that will be allieviated.  I'm sorry you have to deal with it, I know it's very hard.

[kl42]

have you tried a liver detox?

[kl42]

its like a physical anxiety.i know what you mean hard to explain that to a doctor.  

[kl42]

that's why i switched to natural thyroid after a year of feeling like that i had to try something else.

[Brucergoldberg]

I'd also like to make something perfectly clear.  The anxiety that I speak of is not the 'everyday life' anxiety.  You are grossly mistaken.

The anxiety I speak of is where you feel like you just did 15 shots of expresso.  You can't function nor think.  Your shirt is covered in sweat.  Your pulse shoots from 49 to 69, you feel very uncomfortable. You get a massive headache.  Then, just as it comes on, it leaves.  Everyday.  Each day.  11 am to about 1. Set your watch, don't be late.  Also plan on having diareah, that usually comes with it.

[Brucergoldberg]

Because I have done everything else but the most common thing which is synthroid.  I was the only person I  knew on a compound like that.  My rt3 was 45, I was literally having uncontrollable stomache attacks around the clock.  I lost 16 pounds in 4 months.  I could hardly function.  The straw that broke the camels back was me not being able to see my doctor because of her unorganized office practices.   Enough was enough and I had nothing to lose.  I met a friend who had his thyroid removed and was doing fabulous.  He told me about his doctor and this guy had great reviews.  So far he has been a good doctor to me.  I'm on 150 mcg synthroid
And I'm only on day 14.

The anxiety is unbearable.  Maybe it's just an adjustment period or something.

I don't post on here that much anymore.  I have exhausted this avenue and just come back time to time to see how folks are doing.

I don't honestly this group can help me.

[dgmootry]

I know how you feel, but I'm feeling alot better, I changed from Levoxyl to Armour, and I notice if I wait at least 2 hrs to eat I feel alot better, so what I do is I wake up at 5:30 and take my pill I leave a glass of water and my pills by my bed, thats the time I get up to let my dog out and use the restroom so it works, then I go back to bed and wake up at 7;30 then I can have coffee or tea and somthing to eat. I also noticed I tried taking some vitamins to close to taking my meds and that made me feel really bad, its all about timing everything, I still have problems though I retain water weight and sometimes my joints will crack very loud, I noticed today I really felt good, I think food we eat like Broccoli and cauliflower and cabbage are foods to eat not to often and also don't eat ruffage to close to taking your meds, I wait at least 4 hours before eating a bran muffin, whats awful these doctors don't tell you anything on how to take your meds, do your own investigating, I'm going to start writing down what I eat and when, for a while and how I felt that day, I might see a pattern on why I feel the way I do. I'm going to look into taking a brand called Thyroid by Erfin from Canada its also made from pig thyroid but I believe it has less fillers, from what I read. the Armour I'm taking now is different from the Armour before 2009 which now has different fillers, Good luck Bruce, good luck to everyone, debbie

[Barb135]

As we've discussed many times, I've had the ear ringing most of my life (I think it was caused  by head trauma i.e. being in the wrong place at the wrong time and a baseball bat between the eyes, when I was about 7 yrs old), so I don't know what to tell you about that.  I've just learned to live with it.

Anxiety often begets anxiety.......we get anxious, then worry about that, and get even more anxious..  It's a never ending circle.  

Pain?  Yeah, I have it every day....... the bottoms of my feet are extremely painful all the time, my knees ache, my fingers are stiff; it's all stuff I live with and I don't see it as thyroid related.  

When I describe how I feel, I either feel good, bad or in between; I either have energy or I don't - some days more than others; some days I crash earlier than others, some days I take a longer nap.

I guess I missed your recent switch to synthroid; we know that changing med/dosages often causes symptoms to return or worsen.  You gotta hang in the 4-6 weeks until it reaches potential in your body.

Why did you switch?

[Brucergoldberg]

you are right.  But unfortunately for me, my ear ringing, anxiety, back pains and thyroid pains all hit me at the same time.  After a zillion dollars in work ups, the anxiety, ear ringing are still there.  The throat pain is gone because the thyroid was removed and made into mulch somewhere.   Lets not forget about the last 12 days since i switched to synthroid the overwhelming feeling of agitation that i get every morning around 11-12 am.  

[Barb135]

I've never really thought much about putting the way I feel into words; shame on me?

Some days I get up and go all day long; I'm tired at night, go to bed and sleep well.  Other days I really need a nap; most days I take one, whether I really feel like "have" to have it or not, because it refreshes me and I don't hit the late afternoon slump so badly. Even then, I go to bed and sleep well.

Every day is a new experience and when I get up in the morning, I never really know how it's going to go....... that's life... the way I feel depends on what happens throughout my day.  Some things wear me down, some things lift me up.

If anyone is looking for the same feeling every day, there's going to be disappointment, because not every day will be the same, even if you don't have a thyroid issue.  

It's not all thyroid related............