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I'm kinda of concerned...
I am 16 and recently I went to the doctor, lets say probably over a month ago... b.c I was having pretty bad anxiety and I wanted to get something done about it.
Well the doctor was going to put me on a small dose of Zoloft to help... but she wanted me to take a blood test before getting put on the medicine.
I got a call from the doctor a few days later and she told my mom that my blood tests came back and I had an underactive thyroid. So she made out a prescription for me to take a small dose of hypothyroid medicine (Levothyroxin - generic for Synthroid). I have to take one pill that is 25MCG every morning after I wake up and cannot eat for an hour after I take it.
Well after I found out about it the day my doctor called... I immediately went online and looked up underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) and I seen that I had been having some of the symptoms it listed. But the symptoms are so small that I figure it wasn't anything serious.
Before finding out about my underactive thyroid I had gained about 8 lbs and figured it was just from my unhealthy eating and lack of excercise. But also... just a few months before when I was out of school for the summer I ate unhealthy and didn't have much excercise... and I didn't gain any weight but maybe a couple pounds.
Well after I found out about my thyroid I noticed how my hair is very dry, I feel weak and unengergized at times, I have been having on going skin problems (dryness, acne), I've had mood problems and depression, intolerance to cold/heat, I was gaining at least a few lbs a week, and overall I just feel like I'm starting puberty all over again. I use to be 150 lbs and I am now 165 within 2 months. I did get up to 170 but I have been regulating how much I eat... and I get full very easily so I have lost about 5 lbs luckily. I honestly don't know if my medicine is working... and my mom got laid off of work not to long ago and lost her health insurance, I did have an apptment though but we forgot about it.
I mean I feel fine overall it's not like I feel sick.. and the symptoms I have aren't that bad. I'm just hoping this doesn't get worse. I've seen some people's forums talking about how they don't have periods anymore, where they have no energy, and pain. I mean I'm only 16 I don't want to end up infertile, weak, and I don't wanna have pain the rest of my life... it scares me. I have no idea how serious this is. Ugh... I have early symptoms of hypothyroidism, and I would like to know if maybe taking the right medicine and dose could help beat this.
I use to be 200 lbs and I worked pretty hard to lose 50 lbs about 2 years ago and now I'm starting to gain it back... which is pretty devistating. I would like to start excercising and go on a diet again, but I'm afraid that since I have an underactive thyroid that it will make it so that it's really hard to lose the weight.
Well I was just wanting to see somebody elses input about all of this. So if you could give me some advice that'd be great.
Well the doctor was going to put me on a small dose of Zoloft to help... but she wanted me to take a blood test before getting put on the medicine.
I got a call from the doctor a few days later and she told my mom that my blood tests came back and I had an underactive thyroid. So she made out a prescription for me to take a small dose of hypothyroid medicine (Levothyroxin - generic for Synthroid). I have to take one pill that is 25MCG every morning after I wake up and cannot eat for an hour after I take it.
Well after I found out about it the day my doctor called... I immediately went online and looked up underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) and I seen that I had been having some of the symptoms it listed. But the symptoms are so small that I figure it wasn't anything serious.
Before finding out about my underactive thyroid I had gained about 8 lbs and figured it was just from my unhealthy eating and lack of excercise. But also... just a few months before when I was out of school for the summer I ate unhealthy and didn't have much excercise... and I didn't gain any weight but maybe a couple pounds.
Well after I found out about my thyroid I noticed how my hair is very dry, I feel weak and unengergized at times, I have been having on going skin problems (dryness, acne), I've had mood problems and depression, intolerance to cold/heat, I was gaining at least a few lbs a week, and overall I just feel like I'm starting puberty all over again. I use to be 150 lbs and I am now 165 within 2 months. I did get up to 170 but I have been regulating how much I eat... and I get full very easily so I have lost about 5 lbs luckily. I honestly don't know if my medicine is working... and my mom got laid off of work not to long ago and lost her health insurance, I did have an apptment though but we forgot about it.
I mean I feel fine overall it's not like I feel sick.. and the symptoms I have aren't that bad. I'm just hoping this doesn't get worse. I've seen some people's forums talking about how they don't have periods anymore, where they have no energy, and pain. I mean I'm only 16 I don't want to end up infertile, weak, and I don't wanna have pain the rest of my life... it scares me. I have no idea how serious this is. Ugh... I have early symptoms of hypothyroidism, and I would like to know if maybe taking the right medicine and dose could help beat this.
I use to be 200 lbs and I worked pretty hard to lose 50 lbs about 2 years ago and now I'm starting to gain it back... which is pretty devistating. I would like to start excercising and go on a diet again, but I'm afraid that since I have an underactive thyroid that it will make it so that it's really hard to lose the weight.
Well I was just wanting to see somebody elses input about all of this. So if you could give me some advice that'd be great.
sorry to hear that you're close to the diabetic range.
i dont know anything at all about diabetes, so you'd have to maybe try a diabetic forum? or google? at least you're not diabetic yet, hopefully you wont be!!
its good that your doc is helping you, i had a couple doctors that wouldnt listen to me and just told me to take one dose (which was 4 times too high for me) even though i was heaps sick from it.
im not sure if 7 days will be long enough for the dose to affect you, although i guess your doc would know! for me i need to be on a dose for at least 10 days (usually 2 weeks for a test though...)
if you're not losing weight even if you're dieting and are still constipated, the 50mcg might help you.its heaps good your doc is concerned about your heart too! (mine didnt believe me when i was getting palpitations).
ive read a lot of posts on here about generic vs brand name (synthroid), and there are a lot of people who say they've had trouble on generic. but if you can't afford it i dunno, i guess its better than nothing!!
good luck, hope you're feeling ok and let me know how you go!
i dont know anything at all about diabetes, so you'd have to maybe try a diabetic forum? or google? at least you're not diabetic yet, hopefully you wont be!!
its good that your doc is helping you, i had a couple doctors that wouldnt listen to me and just told me to take one dose (which was 4 times too high for me) even though i was heaps sick from it.
im not sure if 7 days will be long enough for the dose to affect you, although i guess your doc would know! for me i need to be on a dose for at least 10 days (usually 2 weeks for a test though...)
if you're not losing weight even if you're dieting and are still constipated, the 50mcg might help you.its heaps good your doc is concerned about your heart too! (mine didnt believe me when i was getting palpitations).
ive read a lot of posts on here about generic vs brand name (synthroid), and there are a lot of people who say they've had trouble on generic. but if you can't afford it i dunno, i guess its better than nothing!!
good luck, hope you're feeling ok and let me know how you go!
Well I went to the doctor today..
The doctor told me that my blood sugar was in the high range of where they'd like it to be. She said it was in the healthy range, but i was right at the edge of going into the diabetic range i guess.. so that's just great. I use to have really good sugar between 60-70.. and she said it was 99 i guess. I know my thyroid has got to be causing this, and she gave me a weird look when i said that and she was like 'well your metabolism does change over time'. But doesn't an underactive thyroid cause you to not digest a lot of the food you eat, so then it just deposits in your body? Also, when I took that blood test last I weighed around 156, how often do you hear of a person that is 5'5 156 lbs on the edge of getting diabetes? I mean to me, that right there shows something isn't normal.
I know that lately i've eaten more sweets then what I should, i guess b.c i gave up on dieting since i wasnt getting any weight loss from it. But i use to eat sweets like that before and didnt gain any weight, didn't have any health problems from it. This was after I lost weight, my metabolism seemed to change and I could pretty much eat anything i wanted and was fine. Then it did a complete and total flip. The diabetes thing scares me, it runs really bad in both sides of my family. But the doctor is having me go on a diabetic diet.
She gave me a 7 day sample for 50 MCG of Synthroid. She wants me to try and see if i get any heart problems from it, i hope i don't, the medicine i'm on i don't feel like it's doing much for me... She also told me that the medicine I'm taking is hard to regulate I guess. But my mom wants the generic stuff since we don't have health insurance.. but we should be able to get health insurance if she tries to get it.
I gotta go take a blood test tomorrow for my sugar. The doc wants me to take another test after i take this synthroid stuff i guess. So I guess I'll see how that goes. The doctor also acted confused, b.c i told her some of the stuff that was going on and she said that im having the opposite of what should be going on. She said the medicine I'm taking should make that all go away and it hasn't. Only thing I've noticed is it makes me have energy. Other than that I'm still gaining weight and still constipated all the time. I've also gained even MORE weight since last time, I weigh 177 now. So bah.
I guess I'll just have to be patient and see how things go over time. lol
The doctor told me that my blood sugar was in the high range of where they'd like it to be. She said it was in the healthy range, but i was right at the edge of going into the diabetic range i guess.. so that's just great. I use to have really good sugar between 60-70.. and she said it was 99 i guess. I know my thyroid has got to be causing this, and she gave me a weird look when i said that and she was like 'well your metabolism does change over time'. But doesn't an underactive thyroid cause you to not digest a lot of the food you eat, so then it just deposits in your body? Also, when I took that blood test last I weighed around 156, how often do you hear of a person that is 5'5 156 lbs on the edge of getting diabetes? I mean to me, that right there shows something isn't normal.
I know that lately i've eaten more sweets then what I should, i guess b.c i gave up on dieting since i wasnt getting any weight loss from it. But i use to eat sweets like that before and didnt gain any weight, didn't have any health problems from it. This was after I lost weight, my metabolism seemed to change and I could pretty much eat anything i wanted and was fine. Then it did a complete and total flip. The diabetes thing scares me, it runs really bad in both sides of my family. But the doctor is having me go on a diabetic diet.
She gave me a 7 day sample for 50 MCG of Synthroid. She wants me to try and see if i get any heart problems from it, i hope i don't, the medicine i'm on i don't feel like it's doing much for me... She also told me that the medicine I'm taking is hard to regulate I guess. But my mom wants the generic stuff since we don't have health insurance.. but we should be able to get health insurance if she tries to get it.
I gotta go take a blood test tomorrow for my sugar. The doc wants me to take another test after i take this synthroid stuff i guess. So I guess I'll see how that goes. The doctor also acted confused, b.c i told her some of the stuff that was going on and she said that im having the opposite of what should be going on. She said the medicine I'm taking should make that all go away and it hasn't. Only thing I've noticed is it makes me have energy. Other than that I'm still gaining weight and still constipated all the time. I've also gained even MORE weight since last time, I weigh 177 now. So bah.
I guess I'll just have to be patient and see how things go over time. lol
wow! indiana thats cool. australia is a great place to live, im lucky coz im near the beach and there's beautiful weather at the moment, but im hoping to spend some time living in america! went there last year and loved it!
your school must be huge!!! here you pretty much get to see your friends a lot at school. wow i cant believe that girl had so much trouble making friends... i never had to change schools so wouldnt really know if its difficult here, but we had new people turn up and people always wanted to get to know them so i think it's pretty easy.
dont worry too much about your thyroid, and it is something you can control. although we have thyroid problems, i reckon we should be able to feel normal. im feeling pretty good now, although its taken me a year of adjusting my dose!!
i know what you mean about just wanting to be a normal person. i feel like that a lot. but then i think, everyone has problems, and it could be worse i guess (although i dont think that when im hypo and depressed!). i also agree that having thyroid problems has helped me, it's made me more understanding of other people, and made me realise whats important to me in life.
i think i sort of understand what you mean about your friends, mine dont understand at all. when i was really sick, i was too sick to hang out with them, and i think they thought i didnt want to. i tried to explain what i was going through, but they just didnt care, and didnt even want to listen to try and understand. it didnt help that one of them told the others she had the same thing as me (which she didnt) and that i was fine and i'd be better in a few months. but there were a couple of my friends that stuck by me, and im lucky to have them. i still see all my friends now, yours will still be there for you, all you'll have to do is give them a call!
anyways, enough of my complaining...
let me know how your doctors visit goes!!
your school must be huge!!! here you pretty much get to see your friends a lot at school. wow i cant believe that girl had so much trouble making friends... i never had to change schools so wouldnt really know if its difficult here, but we had new people turn up and people always wanted to get to know them so i think it's pretty easy.
dont worry too much about your thyroid, and it is something you can control. although we have thyroid problems, i reckon we should be able to feel normal. im feeling pretty good now, although its taken me a year of adjusting my dose!!
i know what you mean about just wanting to be a normal person. i feel like that a lot. but then i think, everyone has problems, and it could be worse i guess (although i dont think that when im hypo and depressed!). i also agree that having thyroid problems has helped me, it's made me more understanding of other people, and made me realise whats important to me in life.
i think i sort of understand what you mean about your friends, mine dont understand at all. when i was really sick, i was too sick to hang out with them, and i think they thought i didnt want to. i tried to explain what i was going through, but they just didnt care, and didnt even want to listen to try and understand. it didnt help that one of them told the others she had the same thing as me (which she didnt) and that i was fine and i'd be better in a few months. but there were a couple of my friends that stuck by me, and im lucky to have them. i still see all my friends now, yours will still be there for you, all you'll have to do is give them a call!
anyways, enough of my complaining...
let me know how your doctors visit goes!!
Ah, yikes... sorry about that. My internet was being funny. So that kind of posted too many times. =S!
I did notice that after so long of being on the medicine my anxiety went away, b.c I would be nervous/anxious A LOT of the time. The depression comes and goes I guess, it is better than what it was. I know that being distant from my friends, leaving school, and gaining weight and everything has taken a tole on me though. I guess there are times I look at it and think.. why can't I be like a normal teenager? Like why can't I handle going to school? Why can't I have confidence in myself? I am getting better though, being out of school makes it easier, simply b.c at school I always compared myself. I also feel like at times nobody around me understands how I'm feeling or what's going on so I feel like they don't listen to me and just snub me. They probably feel like I'm just saying bad things about myself and wish I'd quit it. But it's not all about that.. sometimes I guess I say bad things about myself b.c there are things underneath it that are making me say that. It is nice to come here and vent though.
I also kind of think that this thyroid thing will help me, just simply b.c it's something I can't control. So I have to realize that I can't help what's going on and the best thing for me to do is see that things could be worse and that I need to be thankful for that. Also I think it'll just help me accept myself and see beyond what's on the outside. I know one of my biggest factors is not worrying about what other people think of me. I just really miss my old self and I'd love to get that part of me back. Things might not have been perfect when I was being myself but at least I could put things aside and have a jolly time. I've had friends pretty upset and afraid that they were losing me, and that's really hurtful to see how all of this has affected me and the people I love.
Yeah I guess I didn't realize how long it is before the treatment starts to work. So I guess I have no other choice but to let it do its thing and chill out b.c getting worked up about it doesn't do good for anybody.
And about the brain fog, haha yeah once I started taking this medicine that went away. Actually, when I was out of my medicine for 3 days it got REALLY bad and I could barely read anything without getting a headache or things blurring up for me. So I know that it must have caused the concentration problems. I don't really know of being really forgetful though? I mean I do have an awful short term memory, but I can remember long term things very well.
The thing about going back to school, I can't really do. If I did I'd have to start my whole Sophmore year over. So there's no way I'm doing that. But I think I'll be fine doing homeschooling, being at school just wasn't healthy for me from the getgo anyways. Also the school was so big I barely got to see my friends, so it just sucked.
That's pretty cool that your from Australia I've always thought it was seemed neat there. I'm from Indiana in the US, it's pretty frikkin boring here, nothing but corn and bean fields. I've always wanted to check out Australia though, I think the accents are so neat. I also find New Zealand nice too. Personally, I don't care for America. Too many people here are arrogant greedy snoots. My boyfriend has a friend from New Zealand and the people there just seem so nice. I've also watched a show where a girl from the states had to go there for a year, b.c her dad was a doctor. She had recently moved to a different state in the US and she didn't have any friends for months until she joined a sport, everybody just acted like they were better than her. So she was terrified to start school in New Zealand. But the first day she went to school in NZ a whole group of girls came up to her and befriended her and were friends with her the whole time. They just seemed really accepting. You'd NEVER see that here in the states lets just say that.
Well I think I've blabbed plenty, lol. Incase you can't tell I'm a bit of a talker also. =P
I also kind of think that this thyroid thing will help me, just simply b.c it's something I can't control. So I have to realize that I can't help what's going on and the best thing for me to do is see that things could be worse and that I need to be thankful for that. Also I think it'll just help me accept myself and see beyond what's on the outside. I know one of my biggest factors is not worrying about what other people think of me. I just really miss my old self and I'd love to get that part of me back. Things might not have been perfect when I was being myself but at least I could put things aside and have a jolly time. I've had friends pretty upset and afraid that they were losing me, and that's really hurtful to see how all of this has affected me and the people I love.
Yeah I guess I didn't realize how long it is before the treatment starts to work. So I guess I have no other choice but to let it do its thing and chill out b.c getting worked up about it doesn't do good for anybody.
And about the brain fog, haha yeah once I started taking this medicine that went away. Actually, when I was out of my medicine for 3 days it got REALLY bad and I could barely read anything without getting a headache or things blurring up for me. So I know that it must have caused the concentration problems. I don't really know of being really forgetful though? I mean I do have an awful short term memory, but I can remember long term things very well.
The thing about going back to school, I can't really do. If I did I'd have to start my whole Sophmore year over. So there's no way I'm doing that. But I think I'll be fine doing homeschooling, being at school just wasn't healthy for me from the getgo anyways. Also the school was so big I barely got to see my friends, so it just sucked.
That's pretty cool that your from Australia I've always thought it was seemed neat there. I'm from Indiana in the US, it's pretty frikkin boring here, nothing but corn and bean fields. I've always wanted to check out Australia though, I think the accents are so neat. I also find New Zealand nice too. Personally, I don't care for America. Too many people here are arrogant greedy snoots. My boyfriend has a friend from New Zealand and the people there just seem so nice. I've also watched a show where a girl from the states had to go there for a year, b.c her dad was a doctor. She had recently moved to a different state in the US and she didn't have any friends for months until she joined a sport, everybody just acted like they were better than her. So she was terrified to start school in New Zealand. But the first day she went to school in NZ a whole group of girls came up to her and befriended her and were friends with her the whole time. They just seemed really accepting. You'd NEVER see that here in the states lets just say that.
Well I think I've blabbed plenty, lol. Incase you can't tell I'm a bit of a talker also. =P
I did notice that after so long of being on the medicine my anxiety went away, b.c I would be nervous/anxious A LOT of the time. The depression comes and goes I guess, it is better than what it was. I know that being distant from my friends, leaving school, and gaining weight and everything has taken a tole on me though. I guess there are times I look at it and think.. why can't I be like a normal teenager? Like why can't I handle going to school? Why can't I have confidence in myself? I am getting better though, being out of school makes it easier, simply b.c at school I always compared myself. I also feel like at times nobody around me understands how I'm feeling or what's going on so I feel like they don't listen to me and just snub me. They probably feel like I'm just saying bad things about myself and wish I'd quit it. But it's not all about that.. sometimes I guess I say bad things about myself b.c there are things underneath it that are making me say that. It is nice to come here and vent though.
I also kind of think that this thyroid thing will help me, just simply b.c it's something I can't control. So I have to realize that I can't help what's going on and the best thing for me to do is see that things could be worse and that I need to be thankful for that. Also I think it'll just help me accept myself and see beyond what's on the outside. I know one of my biggest factors is not worrying about what other people think of me. I just really miss my old self and I'd love to get that part of me back. Things might not have been perfect when I was being myself but at least I could put things aside and have a jolly time. I've had friends pretty upset and afraid that they were losing me, and that's really hurtful to see how all of this has affected me and the people I love.
Yeah I guess I didn't realize how long it is before the treatment starts to work. So I guess I have no other choice but to let it do its thing and chill out b.c getting worked up about it doesn't do good for anybody.
And about the brain fog, haha yeah once I started taking this medicine that went away. Actually, when I was out of my medicine for 3 days it got REALLY bad and I could barely read anything without getting a headache or things blurring up for me. So I know that it must have caused the concentration problems. I don't really know of being really forgetful though? I mean I do have an awful short term memory, but I can remember long term things very well.
The thing about going back to school, I can't really do. If I did I'd have to start my whole Sophmore year over. So there's no way I'm doing that. But I think I'll be fine doing homeschooling, being at school just wasn't healthy for me from the getgo anyways. Also the school was so big I barely got to see my friends, so it just sucked.
That's pretty cool that your from Australia I've always thought it was seemed neat there. I'm from Indiana in the US, it's pretty frikkin boring here, nothing but corn and bean fields. I've always wanted to check out Australia though, I think the accents are so neat. I also find New Zealand nice too. Personally, I don't care for America. Too many people here are arrogant greedy snoots. My boyfriend has a friend from New Zealand and the people there just seem so nice. I've also watched a show where a girl from the states had to go there for a year, b.c her dad was a doctor. She had recently moved to a different state in the US and she didn't have any friends for months until she joined a sport, everybody just acted like they were better than her. So she was terrified to start school in New Zealand. But the first day she went to school in NZ a whole group of girls came up to her and befriended her and were friends with her the whole time. They just seemed really accepting. You'd NEVER see that here in the states lets just say that.
Well I think I've blabbed plenty, lol. Incase you can't tell I'm a bit of a talker also. =P
I also kind of think that this thyroid thing will help me, just simply b.c it's something I can't control. So I have to realize that I can't help what's going on and the best thing for me to do is see that things could be worse and that I need to be thankful for that. Also I think it'll just help me accept myself and see beyond what's on the outside. I know one of my biggest factors is not worrying about what other people think of me. I just really miss my old self and I'd love to get that part of me back. Things might not have been perfect when I was being myself but at least I could put things aside and have a jolly time. I've had friends pretty upset and afraid that they were losing me, and that's really hurtful to see how all of this has affected me and the people I love.
Yeah I guess I didn't realize how long it is before the treatment starts to work. So I guess I have no other choice but to let it do its thing and chill out b.c getting worked up about it doesn't do good for anybody.
And about the brain fog, haha yeah once I started taking this medicine that went away. Actually, when I was out of my medicine for 3 days it got REALLY bad and I could barely read anything without getting a headache or things blurring up for me. So I know that it must have caused the concentration problems. I don't really know of being really forgetful though? I mean I do have an awful short term memory, but I can remember long term things very well.
The thing about going back to school, I can't really do. If I did I'd have to start my whole Sophmore year over. So there's no way I'm doing that. But I think I'll be fine doing homeschooling, being at school just wasn't healthy for me from the getgo anyways. Also the school was so big I barely got to see my friends, so it just sucked.
That's pretty cool that your from Australia I've always thought it was seemed neat there. I'm from Indiana in the US, it's pretty frikkin boring here, nothing but corn and bean fields. I've always wanted to check out Australia though, I think the accents are so neat. I also find New Zealand nice too. Personally, I don't care for America. Too many people here are arrogant greedy snoots. My boyfriend has a friend from New Zealand and the people there just seem so nice. I've also watched a show where a girl from the states had to go there for a year, b.c her dad was a doctor. She had recently moved to a different state in the US and she didn't have any friends for months until she joined a sport, everybody just acted like they were better than her. So she was terrified to start school in New Zealand. But the first day she went to school in NZ a whole group of girls came up to her and befriended her and were friends with her the whole time. They just seemed really accepting. You'd NEVER see that here in the states lets just say that.
Well I think I've blabbed plenty, lol. Incase you can't tell I'm a bit of a talker also. =P
I did notice that after so long of being on the medicine my anxiety went away, b.c I would be nervous/anxious A LOT of the time. The depression comes and goes I guess, it is better than what it was. I know that being distant from my friends, leaving school, and gaining weight and everything has taken a tole on me though. I guess there are times I look at it and think.. why can't I be like a normal teenager? Like why can't I handle going to school? Why can't I have confidence in myself? I am getting better though, being out of school makes it easier, simply b.c at school I always compared myself. I also feel like at times nobody around me understands how I'm feeling or what's going on so I feel like they don't listen to me and just snub me. They probably feel like I'm just saying bad things about myself and wish I'd quit it. But it's not all about that.. sometimes I guess I say bad things about myself b.c there are things underneath it that are making me say that. It is nice to come here and vent though.
I also kind of think that this thyroid thing will help me, just simply b.c it's something I can't control. So I have to realize that I can't help what's going on and the best thing for me to do is see that things could be worse and that I need to be thankful for that. Also I think it'll just help me accept myself and see beyond what's on the outside. I know one of my biggest factors is not worrying about what other people think of me. I just really miss my old self and I'd love to get that part of me back. Things might not have been perfect when I was being myself but at least I could put things aside and have a jolly time. I've had friends pretty upset and afraid that they were losing me, and that's really hurtful to see how all of this has affected me and the people I love.
Yeah I guess I didn't realize how long it is before the treatment starts to work. So I guess I have no other choice but to let it do its thing and chill out b.c getting worked up about it doesn't do good for anybody.
And about the brain fog, haha yeah once I started taking this medicine that went away. Actually, when I was out of my medicine for 3 days it got REALLY bad and I could barely read anything without getting a headache or things blurring up for me. So I know that it must have caused the concentration problems. I don't really know of being really forgetful though? I mean I do have an awful short term memory, but I can remember long term things very well.
The thing about going back to school, I can't really do. If I did I'd have to start my whole Sophmore year over. So there's no way I'm doing that. But I think I'll be fine doing homeschooling, being at school just wasn't healthy for me from the getgo anyways. Also the school was so big I barely got to see my friends, so it just sucked.
That's pretty cool that your from Australia I've always thought it was seemed neat there. I'm from Indiana in the US, it's pretty frikkin boring here, nothing but corn and bean fields. I've always wanted to check out Australia though, I think the accents are so neat. I also find New Zealand nice too. Personally, I don't care for America. Too many people here are arrogant greedy snoots. My boyfriend has a friend from New Zealand and the people there just seem so nice. I've also watched a show where a girl from the states had to go there for a year, b.c her dad was a doctor. She had recently moved to a different state in the US and she didn't have any friends for months until she joined a sport, everybody just acted like they were better than her. So she was terrified to start school in New Zealand. But the first day she went to school in NZ a whole group of girls came up to her and befriended her and were friends with her the whole time. They just seemed really accepting. You'd NEVER see that here in the states lets just say that.
Well I think I've blabbed plenty, lol. Incase you can't tell I'm a bit of a talker also. =P
I also kind of think that this thyroid thing will help me, just simply b.c it's something I can't control. So I have to realize that I can't help what's going on and the best thing for me to do is see that things could be worse and that I need to be thankful for that. Also I think it'll just help me accept myself and see beyond what's on the outside. I know one of my biggest factors is not worrying about what other people think of me. I just really miss my old self and I'd love to get that part of me back. Things might not have been perfect when I was being myself but at least I could put things aside and have a jolly time. I've had friends pretty upset and afraid that they were losing me, and that's really hurtful to see how all of this has affected me and the people I love.
Yeah I guess I didn't realize how long it is before the treatment starts to work. So I guess I have no other choice but to let it do its thing and chill out b.c getting worked up about it doesn't do good for anybody.
And about the brain fog, haha yeah once I started taking this medicine that went away. Actually, when I was out of my medicine for 3 days it got REALLY bad and I could barely read anything without getting a headache or things blurring up for me. So I know that it must have caused the concentration problems. I don't really know of being really forgetful though? I mean I do have an awful short term memory, but I can remember long term things very well.
The thing about going back to school, I can't really do. If I did I'd have to start my whole Sophmore year over. So there's no way I'm doing that. But I think I'll be fine doing homeschooling, being at school just wasn't healthy for me from the getgo anyways. Also the school was so big I barely got to see my friends, so it just sucked.
That's pretty cool that your from Australia I've always thought it was seemed neat there. I'm from Indiana in the US, it's pretty frikkin boring here, nothing but corn and bean fields. I've always wanted to check out Australia though, I think the accents are so neat. I also find New Zealand nice too. Personally, I don't care for America. Too many people here are arrogant greedy snoots. My boyfriend has a friend from New Zealand and the people there just seem so nice. I've also watched a show where a girl from the states had to go there for a year, b.c her dad was a doctor. She had recently moved to a different state in the US and she didn't have any friends for months until she joined a sport, everybody just acted like they were better than her. So she was terrified to start school in New Zealand. But the first day she went to school in NZ a whole group of girls came up to her and befriended her and were friends with her the whole time. They just seemed really accepting. You'd NEVER see that here in the states lets just say that.
Well I think I've blabbed plenty, lol. Incase you can't tell I'm a bit of a talker also. =P
i feel so sorry for you, to have such bad depression for so long really is terrible. its possible that the depression could have been from thyroid (as it is a symptom), and i know for me it went away when i got to the right dosage.
i understand about hiding it all and getting distant from your friends though, after my dad died i didnt even tell anyone for a year, and if anyone asked me i used to run away!!
i used to make heaps of jokes too but when my thyroid got worse a lot of the time i just didnt feel like talking. its different now though, i feel like talking all the time!! in the last job i had, i was like "i cant believe they pay me to talk to people all day!!".
im not an insecure person, but when im hypo, i get insecure and worry about everything - what ive said to people, what they think of me etc etc...
thyroid can give you "brain fog" which could be why you couldn't concentrate in school. i know im not as smart as i used to be, and really really forgetful. i think the brain fog can go away though, with treatment of the thyroid.
try not to worry too much, because as your treatment starts to work, hopefully you will start to feel better, more happy, more confident and able to concentrate! you never know, you might even want to go back to school, its never too late! and there's nothing wrong with taking time off to recover from being sick (i dont know what its like over there, im from australia, but we have places where you can do your final years of school with older people at a college type thing, we dont have homeschooling, but if it works for you thats great!)
has your depression improved since you have been taking the thyroid medicine?
im glad to help you (i hope its helping anyway), no worries!!
i understand about hiding it all and getting distant from your friends though, after my dad died i didnt even tell anyone for a year, and if anyone asked me i used to run away!!
i used to make heaps of jokes too but when my thyroid got worse a lot of the time i just didnt feel like talking. its different now though, i feel like talking all the time!! in the last job i had, i was like "i cant believe they pay me to talk to people all day!!".
im not an insecure person, but when im hypo, i get insecure and worry about everything - what ive said to people, what they think of me etc etc...
thyroid can give you "brain fog" which could be why you couldn't concentrate in school. i know im not as smart as i used to be, and really really forgetful. i think the brain fog can go away though, with treatment of the thyroid.
try not to worry too much, because as your treatment starts to work, hopefully you will start to feel better, more happy, more confident and able to concentrate! you never know, you might even want to go back to school, its never too late! and there's nothing wrong with taking time off to recover from being sick (i dont know what its like over there, im from australia, but we have places where you can do your final years of school with older people at a college type thing, we dont have homeschooling, but if it works for you thats great!)
has your depression improved since you have been taking the thyroid medicine?
im glad to help you (i hope its helping anyway), no worries!!
Yeah, that's funny how you mention the depression. I've literally had depression since i was 8 yrs old.
I use to cry ALL the time even being as young as I was, I was very depressed. I always thought it was just from me being insecure and things at home. But yeah I have actually attempted suicide a couple of times b.c of it, and that's not the type of person I am. That happened when I was 13 and 14, things at school just got really bad for me, I was just so insecure, and that was around the time when my skin was really bad and my weight got out of control. I just constantly felt crappy and I felt so lonely. I would get distant from my friends and I didn't tell them about what was going on, I just hid everything from them. It just got to the point where I was constantly in a battle with myself that I was just so sick of feeling miserable that I felt like what's the point of living anymore if I constantly have to feel this way? But I know what you mean by being so use to it. I would never do that now, just simply b.c I wouldn't want to hurt my family or friends.
So that really makes me wonder if my thyroid caused it. And you say that your depression got really bad before you found out about your thyroid, same thing seemed to happen to me. It got to the point where I just couldn't handle school anymore, I've struggled in school my whole life b.c of my depression. I use to be an honor roll student. When I went into highschool I just gave up. I stopped taking my homework home. I felt like I seriously had ADD, b.c I could not concentrate on any of my work. It got to where if I tried to do my work it was so hard for me to concentrate that I'd get migranes. So I pretty much just started failing my classes, or just barely passing them.
I've just always been very insecure. I guess it was just all the years of being made fun of and everything, I just constantly picked at myself, and when I went to school it got out of control and I just stopped caring about my well being. I use to be so outgoing and bubbly. But it was like I wouldn't come out of my shell anymore and couldn't be myself. I'm still struggling with that. I just pretty much stopped talking at school and kept to myself all the time. When I use to be the girl giggling and cracking jokes, making people laugh.
I left school right before I went to the doctor, and I'm going to be going into homeschooling soon.
But after I left school my anxiety got really bad. Which is quite weird, b.c you'd think leaving school would have made it go away. Well instead it got really really bad. So I could only imagine if I were in school at that time. But a couple weeks after is when I went to the doctor for my anxiety/depression and took the blood test. I couldn't even understand what was wrong with me, my boyfriend was confused to, b.c he didn't think anything bad was going on for me to be so depressed. I just felt very crappy. I just had this sick feeling in my stomach all the time like my nerves were all a mess and I got pretty bad insomnia. I'd go a couple days without hardly sleeping, if I did it was only for a few hours and I tossed and turned half the time. I literally thought I was going to have a nervous break down, I had all the symptoms to have one. So wow, I wonder if I've had this for a while. Who knows..
I don't really know what blood tests were taken. My mom still hasn't got the results from the doctor, go figure. But I'll get them next Wednesday.
But I really appreciate your advice with all of this, it's helped out a lot.
Thank you. =]
I use to cry ALL the time even being as young as I was, I was very depressed. I always thought it was just from me being insecure and things at home. But yeah I have actually attempted suicide a couple of times b.c of it, and that's not the type of person I am. That happened when I was 13 and 14, things at school just got really bad for me, I was just so insecure, and that was around the time when my skin was really bad and my weight got out of control. I just constantly felt crappy and I felt so lonely. I would get distant from my friends and I didn't tell them about what was going on, I just hid everything from them. It just got to the point where I was constantly in a battle with myself that I was just so sick of feeling miserable that I felt like what's the point of living anymore if I constantly have to feel this way? But I know what you mean by being so use to it. I would never do that now, just simply b.c I wouldn't want to hurt my family or friends.
So that really makes me wonder if my thyroid caused it. And you say that your depression got really bad before you found out about your thyroid, same thing seemed to happen to me. It got to the point where I just couldn't handle school anymore, I've struggled in school my whole life b.c of my depression. I use to be an honor roll student. When I went into highschool I just gave up. I stopped taking my homework home. I felt like I seriously had ADD, b.c I could not concentrate on any of my work. It got to where if I tried to do my work it was so hard for me to concentrate that I'd get migranes. So I pretty much just started failing my classes, or just barely passing them.
I've just always been very insecure. I guess it was just all the years of being made fun of and everything, I just constantly picked at myself, and when I went to school it got out of control and I just stopped caring about my well being. I use to be so outgoing and bubbly. But it was like I wouldn't come out of my shell anymore and couldn't be myself. I'm still struggling with that. I just pretty much stopped talking at school and kept to myself all the time. When I use to be the girl giggling and cracking jokes, making people laugh.
I left school right before I went to the doctor, and I'm going to be going into homeschooling soon.
But after I left school my anxiety got really bad. Which is quite weird, b.c you'd think leaving school would have made it go away. Well instead it got really really bad. So I could only imagine if I were in school at that time. But a couple weeks after is when I went to the doctor for my anxiety/depression and took the blood test. I couldn't even understand what was wrong with me, my boyfriend was confused to, b.c he didn't think anything bad was going on for me to be so depressed. I just felt very crappy. I just had this sick feeling in my stomach all the time like my nerves were all a mess and I got pretty bad insomnia. I'd go a couple days without hardly sleeping, if I did it was only for a few hours and I tossed and turned half the time. I literally thought I was going to have a nervous break down, I had all the symptoms to have one. So wow, I wonder if I've had this for a while. Who knows..
I don't really know what blood tests were taken. My mom still hasn't got the results from the doctor, go figure. But I'll get them next Wednesday.
But I really appreciate your advice with all of this, it's helped out a lot.
Thank you. =]
oh i also meant to say, i know its hard but try to be patient. the weight will come off. the medicine takes a fair while to work too. it took me a year on meds before i started to feel better, but now i feel pretty close to great! i totally understand about not having control over your body, its really frustrating, but hang in there, you WILL get better!
sounds like most of your problems could have been from thyroid. i know exactly what you mean about feeling like your calves were ready to have a muscle spasm. mine used to feel exactly like that at the gym - even our instructor noticed and gave me special stretches to help!! and feeling cold is really common for hypo people. i think heavy periods can be a symptom of hypo too. and weight gain.
oh oops i forgot to mention one really major symptom i had when i was hypo - i was majorly depressed. i used to cry nearly everyday. looking back , i was depressed for years and years but was just used to it. i hardly ever felt happy. it got really bad just before i was diagnosed, i seriously wanted to die or commit suicide (but couldnt do that to my family). im so glad i didnt now!! my doctors even tried to tell me the cause of my medical problems was depression (??? i was so angry!!). the depression went away as soon as i started feeling better from the medicine.
im not sure how you lost the 50lbs, i guess that would be something to ask the doctor. i have hashimotos thyroiditis, and had times when i would go hyperthyroid and lose weight (called hashimotos attacks), and i know there were times when i would feel normal and good too. in the end my old boss was really horrible to me and stressed me out totally causing a massive hashimotos attack and they diagnosed me. (i should be grateful to that horrible man! i could have been hypo for another 5years without being diagnosed if i hadn't got so sick!) did your doctor test your thyroid antibodies?
i dont know when it started for me either, originally i thought it started after i had mono 7 years ago, but then i thought it started at puberty (recently my boobs got bigger yay!!! i think they never developed to what they were sposed to be. and i never had normal periods - always light and clotted), but the other day my mum said that when you're hypo, the skin at the base of your fingernails can grow over the white bits at the bottom of your nails. i never had those white bits, so maybe i was hypo from birth?
but i find its best not to worry too much about when i started being hypo, cos it makes me really angry that the doctors didnt notice, even though my mum has had thyroid problems for years. i try to concentrate on getting better, and be glad that they found it now instead of in 10 years!!
thats great you've got an appointment with the doctor, i hope it goes well. i'd suggest writing down everything you want to discuss, coz i know when i get in there i forget everything i wanted to say!! and also write down anything important they tell you, and any test results you get. let me know how you go!
oh oops i forgot to mention one really major symptom i had when i was hypo - i was majorly depressed. i used to cry nearly everyday. looking back , i was depressed for years and years but was just used to it. i hardly ever felt happy. it got really bad just before i was diagnosed, i seriously wanted to die or commit suicide (but couldnt do that to my family). im so glad i didnt now!! my doctors even tried to tell me the cause of my medical problems was depression (??? i was so angry!!). the depression went away as soon as i started feeling better from the medicine.
im not sure how you lost the 50lbs, i guess that would be something to ask the doctor. i have hashimotos thyroiditis, and had times when i would go hyperthyroid and lose weight (called hashimotos attacks), and i know there were times when i would feel normal and good too. in the end my old boss was really horrible to me and stressed me out totally causing a massive hashimotos attack and they diagnosed me. (i should be grateful to that horrible man! i could have been hypo for another 5years without being diagnosed if i hadn't got so sick!) did your doctor test your thyroid antibodies?
i dont know when it started for me either, originally i thought it started after i had mono 7 years ago, but then i thought it started at puberty (recently my boobs got bigger yay!!! i think they never developed to what they were sposed to be. and i never had normal periods - always light and clotted), but the other day my mum said that when you're hypo, the skin at the base of your fingernails can grow over the white bits at the bottom of your nails. i never had those white bits, so maybe i was hypo from birth?
but i find its best not to worry too much about when i started being hypo, cos it makes me really angry that the doctors didnt notice, even though my mum has had thyroid problems for years. i try to concentrate on getting better, and be glad that they found it now instead of in 10 years!!
thats great you've got an appointment with the doctor, i hope it goes well. i'd suggest writing down everything you want to discuss, coz i know when i get in there i forget everything i wanted to say!! and also write down anything important they tell you, and any test results you get. let me know how you go!
My mom made me an apptment this coming Wednesday.
Hmm... ugh. Yeah I haven't had any headaches, nausea, or diahrea in days. So I dunno what that means? I guess I should just leave it up to the doctor. I guess it just sucks not having control over my own body. Not being able to control my weight and control what's going on really sucks. So I guess I figure if I can control my medicine and figure out the right dose on my own maybe I'll start losing weight and won't have these problems and I'll feel better.
I went down 3 lbs though. I dunno if that means anything...
I really don't know how early this all started?
I would like to know how long this is going on and why it happened.
I guess I'll have to just talk to the doctor about it.
See.. since the symptoms seem to just come off as being normal, it's hard to tell if this has been going on for a while, or just recently happened.
I know you mention that you use to be cold all the time no matter what.
Now that's funny.. b.c my friends always complained during the summer about how hot it was, but I felt perfectly comfortable. It'd be 85 degrees out and if a breeze came along I'd start feeling cold. I could wear hoodies during the summer and be fine. I also didn't sweat very often or much. All summer I barely ever got into the pool b.c it just felt too cold for me, when the pool was over 80 degrees. I use to lose weight really easily though...
Now before I lost the weight.. I had horrible skin, actually I got horrible skin when I was just 10-11(I hadn't even started my period yet), but I've always had very heavy periods even when I first started(at 12), my cheeks were so puffy and people always teased me about it, my eyesight went bad when I was 12(before that I had really good eyesight), I had horrible cramps in my legs and feet when I excercized or even walked, it was almost like I was about ready to have a muscle spasm in my calves/feet.. but see it's hard to tell whether this was caused by my weight or my weight and these problems were caused by something else. I remember feeling really slumpy and tired, I always thought that was just caused from me being fat and lazy. Every year since I was 8 I gained at least 10-15 lbs. When I was 8 I weighed 130, when I was 9 I weighed 140, when I was 10 I weighed 155, 11 over 160, 12/ 170-175, 13/ 180-185, 14 nearly 200 lbs (196-198 lbs). When I was 14... I was in a fitness class and they worked us pretty good and I also had PE class, so I was working out more then 5 times a week.. during the school week I didn't eat very much.. but on the weekends I would eat more. When we got weighed at the end of the semester in Fitness I stepped on the scale and I had gained 8 lbs more than before I was in the class. The teacher was shocked and told me that it was probably just muscle.
I have no clue if this had anything to do with my thyroid or not.
If it was... how did I lose 50 lbs over a year ago?
Hmm... ugh. Yeah I haven't had any headaches, nausea, or diahrea in days. So I dunno what that means? I guess I should just leave it up to the doctor. I guess it just sucks not having control over my own body. Not being able to control my weight and control what's going on really sucks. So I guess I figure if I can control my medicine and figure out the right dose on my own maybe I'll start losing weight and won't have these problems and I'll feel better.
I went down 3 lbs though. I dunno if that means anything...
I really don't know how early this all started?
I would like to know how long this is going on and why it happened.
I guess I'll have to just talk to the doctor about it.
See.. since the symptoms seem to just come off as being normal, it's hard to tell if this has been going on for a while, or just recently happened.
I know you mention that you use to be cold all the time no matter what.
Now that's funny.. b.c my friends always complained during the summer about how hot it was, but I felt perfectly comfortable. It'd be 85 degrees out and if a breeze came along I'd start feeling cold. I could wear hoodies during the summer and be fine. I also didn't sweat very often or much. All summer I barely ever got into the pool b.c it just felt too cold for me, when the pool was over 80 degrees. I use to lose weight really easily though...
Now before I lost the weight.. I had horrible skin, actually I got horrible skin when I was just 10-11(I hadn't even started my period yet), but I've always had very heavy periods even when I first started(at 12), my cheeks were so puffy and people always teased me about it, my eyesight went bad when I was 12(before that I had really good eyesight), I had horrible cramps in my legs and feet when I excercized or even walked, it was almost like I was about ready to have a muscle spasm in my calves/feet.. but see it's hard to tell whether this was caused by my weight or my weight and these problems were caused by something else. I remember feeling really slumpy and tired, I always thought that was just caused from me being fat and lazy. Every year since I was 8 I gained at least 10-15 lbs. When I was 8 I weighed 130, when I was 9 I weighed 140, when I was 10 I weighed 155, 11 over 160, 12/ 170-175, 13/ 180-185, 14 nearly 200 lbs (196-198 lbs). When I was 14... I was in a fitness class and they worked us pretty good and I also had PE class, so I was working out more then 5 times a week.. during the school week I didn't eat very much.. but on the weekends I would eat more. When we got weighed at the end of the semester in Fitness I stepped on the scale and I had gained 8 lbs more than before I was in the class. The teacher was shocked and told me that it was probably just muscle.
I have no clue if this had anything to do with my thyroid or not.
If it was... how did I lose 50 lbs over a year ago?
hi!
you're puppy sounds so cute!
i reckon you should definately see the doctor about your dosage. when i get heart palpitations it means i am on too much. i also get headaches and nausea and diarrhea if im on too much medicine too. i get nausea if the dose is way too high, so maybe you should reduce and see the doc.
not sure what's going on if you cant lose weight + palpitations, that's one you'll have to ask your doc about sorry!!
constipation can be caused by foods too, so with my dose it's not the only thing i base it on...
and i get palpitations if i eat chocolate, coffee or coke (had to stop eating them for 2 weeks for the palpitations to stop!)
im not really sure about what foods we can and can't eat (im like allergic to nearly everything so dont have much trouble with that), but i think that cabbage and soy are some to avoid. other people on this site know more about the foods than me, so you could post another question about that, or google it i guess.
before i was on the medicine, i had heaps of symptoms, i'll try and list as many as i can, although im sure there are still some that i thought were normal but actually arent!:
tired all the time - used to sleep every lunchtime at work + on the bus to and from work
low metabolism - used to eat hardly anything (eg. only brekky, lunch and dinner no snacks. eg for lunch a piece of bread and an apple) and not lose weight
cold all the time, even in summer.
was hardly ever hungry (unless i excersized), and only ate because otherwise i'd get crazy stomach pain from an empty stomach.
didnt sweat much
really really bad constipation (all i used to eat was veggies)
bad hair and fingernails (fingernails split and went kind of flat)
brain fog - cant think (not as smart as i used to be), and cant remember anything - even important things. this hasnt gone away for me yet.
my eyesight went funny - like it was bad (my eyes aren't perfect, but my vision would go more blurry at times)
cant hear very well (or not as well as other people)
felt nauseous on the bus to and from work
got heaps of cramps when i excersized
couldn't excersize to the level i used to before i was sick (eg. couldnt run as fast or as far), although excersize every day made me feel a million times better
got sick really often, like got every bug and virus and flu that was going round
had a scratchy throat all the time (not sure if this happens for everyone though. one doctor i used to see would always look in my throat and scream, he thought it was infected but i knew it wasnt)
always had swollen and sore glands in my neck (dont think this happens for everyone though).
clotted periods
slow heart rate (like about 50)
got a few grey hairs (!!!!)
that's all i can think of for now, thyroid affects so much of our bodies, and im not sure but maybe the symptoms are different for everyone. i thought all these things were normal, i had been like that for so long, and i wasnt even as bad as most other people when they are diagnosed! oh yeah i also had hashimotos attacks, where i would get really sick and get a fever that wouldnt come down and go hyper.
hope this helps you and you get everything sorted out!
dont be scared of telling your doctor, they are there to help you. what they will probably do is just test your tsh and see if you dosage is too high or low (my endo also tested my t4s and t3s so he could tell, because although my tsh was in the normal range i felt hypo, and my t4 was low). you will need to be on one dose for 2 weeks or longer to get a tsh test that will mean anything though (so then you know what dosage = what tsh for you)
a good thing might be to write all your symptoms down when you were on the dosage your doc recommended, and explain what you did and what symptoms you have now.
good luck! and go see the doc!!!
you're puppy sounds so cute!
i reckon you should definately see the doctor about your dosage. when i get heart palpitations it means i am on too much. i also get headaches and nausea and diarrhea if im on too much medicine too. i get nausea if the dose is way too high, so maybe you should reduce and see the doc.
not sure what's going on if you cant lose weight + palpitations, that's one you'll have to ask your doc about sorry!!
constipation can be caused by foods too, so with my dose it's not the only thing i base it on...
and i get palpitations if i eat chocolate, coffee or coke (had to stop eating them for 2 weeks for the palpitations to stop!)
im not really sure about what foods we can and can't eat (im like allergic to nearly everything so dont have much trouble with that), but i think that cabbage and soy are some to avoid. other people on this site know more about the foods than me, so you could post another question about that, or google it i guess.
before i was on the medicine, i had heaps of symptoms, i'll try and list as many as i can, although im sure there are still some that i thought were normal but actually arent!:
tired all the time - used to sleep every lunchtime at work + on the bus to and from work
low metabolism - used to eat hardly anything (eg. only brekky, lunch and dinner no snacks. eg for lunch a piece of bread and an apple) and not lose weight
cold all the time, even in summer.
was hardly ever hungry (unless i excersized), and only ate because otherwise i'd get crazy stomach pain from an empty stomach.
didnt sweat much
really really bad constipation (all i used to eat was veggies)
bad hair and fingernails (fingernails split and went kind of flat)
brain fog - cant think (not as smart as i used to be), and cant remember anything - even important things. this hasnt gone away for me yet.
my eyesight went funny - like it was bad (my eyes aren't perfect, but my vision would go more blurry at times)
cant hear very well (or not as well as other people)
felt nauseous on the bus to and from work
got heaps of cramps when i excersized
couldn't excersize to the level i used to before i was sick (eg. couldnt run as fast or as far), although excersize every day made me feel a million times better
got sick really often, like got every bug and virus and flu that was going round
had a scratchy throat all the time (not sure if this happens for everyone though. one doctor i used to see would always look in my throat and scream, he thought it was infected but i knew it wasnt)
always had swollen and sore glands in my neck (dont think this happens for everyone though).
clotted periods
slow heart rate (like about 50)
got a few grey hairs (!!!!)
that's all i can think of for now, thyroid affects so much of our bodies, and im not sure but maybe the symptoms are different for everyone. i thought all these things were normal, i had been like that for so long, and i wasnt even as bad as most other people when they are diagnosed! oh yeah i also had hashimotos attacks, where i would get really sick and get a fever that wouldnt come down and go hyper.
hope this helps you and you get everything sorted out!
dont be scared of telling your doctor, they are there to help you. what they will probably do is just test your tsh and see if you dosage is too high or low (my endo also tested my t4s and t3s so he could tell, because although my tsh was in the normal range i felt hypo, and my t4 was low). you will need to be on one dose for 2 weeks or longer to get a tsh test that will mean anything though (so then you know what dosage = what tsh for you)
a good thing might be to write all your symptoms down when you were on the dosage your doc recommended, and explain what you did and what symptoms you have now.
good luck! and go see the doc!!!
Please don't change your dose without a doctor's supervision--it will affect the way your doctor reads your blood test results. This is very important! The formula for dosage based on body weight is for people who have had their thyroids surgically removed. They have no thyroid, thus no thyroid function whatsoever. If your thyroid is underactive, your doctor will determine the dose that's best for you based on your blood test results.
Please don't change your dose without a doctor's supervision--it will affect the way your doctor reads your blood test results. This is very important! The formula for dosage based on body weight is for people who have had their thyroids surgically removed. They have no thyroid, thus no thyroid function whatsoever. If your thyroid is underactive, your doctor will determine the dose that's best for you based on your blood test results.
Sorry I haven't gotten back to you in so long.
I guess they were remodeling the site? lol
So I couldn't get onto it, it wouldn't load and said error and ****.
But I'm doing good, my mom just got me a puppy for a surprise... so that cheers me up a quite a bit. =] She is a Chinese Shar-pei... I don't know if you've ever seen one, but they are all wrinkly and cute.
I named her Azyia (pronounced, Asia).. but she is a fiesty little sweetheart. =P
How have you been?
I started taking a pill and 3/4, my mom is freaking out about me doing the dosing on my own, but I tried explaining it to her.. I tried telling her that the medicine I take isn't like taking regular medicine from the doctor, it's quite a bit different. I just told her I've researched a lot about it and I talk to people in forums to help me. Her and my grandma think I should be talking to the doctor about it, I know I should.. I'm just kind of afraid the doctor is gonna take me down on my dose and I'm gonna feel crappy again..
There for a while it seemed like the medicine was helping when I was taking a pill and 1/2 but I started getting really constipated again, and was gaining weight and what not so I upped it like 6 grams. I was noticing a bit of a change with the constipation, I seemed to be getting diahrea and stomach problems when I would eat at times, get headaches and nausea too... so that was kinda weird. One day I could barely eat around dinner time, I just felt really odd, had a headache, just nauseous, and I felt like if I ate I was going to seriously throw up, also when I went to eat I just felt really weak. At the moment I don't have problems with feeling weak and tired, but my weight is startnig to get out of control, and it won't come off for nothing. I use to be able to lose weight very easily, so this is weird to me. I've been having heart palpatations a lot though... but nothing else seems to be going on besides that.
I honestly want off of this medicine and to try another one, I've gained even more weight and it's really bringing me down. Last time I was at the Doctor I had already put on some pounds before I went but I was around 156, that was at the end of november. It hasn't even been 2 months and now I weigh 174... I've tried excercising and eating healthy and it did nothing for me. I did it for 2 weeks and didn't lose a single pound, I ended up gaining a few. It's just really frustrating and nobody around me seems to understand how I feel b.c they aren't going through it.
I'm finally getting my skin cleared, but it got really bad just recently as I found out about all of this. I've heard of some people getting cystic acne when they have hypothyroidism... I wonder if that's what was/is happening with me.
Before you got put on medicine and had your thyroid regulated, what kind of symptoms did you have? And did you have any side effects from the medicine?
Also.. I've heard that it's not good to eat certain foods when your hypothyroid, if that's true what foods should I not be eating?
I guess they were remodeling the site? lol
So I couldn't get onto it, it wouldn't load and said error and ****.
But I'm doing good, my mom just got me a puppy for a surprise... so that cheers me up a quite a bit. =] She is a Chinese Shar-pei... I don't know if you've ever seen one, but they are all wrinkly and cute.
I named her Azyia (pronounced, Asia).. but she is a fiesty little sweetheart. =P
How have you been?
I started taking a pill and 3/4, my mom is freaking out about me doing the dosing on my own, but I tried explaining it to her.. I tried telling her that the medicine I take isn't like taking regular medicine from the doctor, it's quite a bit different. I just told her I've researched a lot about it and I talk to people in forums to help me. Her and my grandma think I should be talking to the doctor about it, I know I should.. I'm just kind of afraid the doctor is gonna take me down on my dose and I'm gonna feel crappy again..
There for a while it seemed like the medicine was helping when I was taking a pill and 1/2 but I started getting really constipated again, and was gaining weight and what not so I upped it like 6 grams. I was noticing a bit of a change with the constipation, I seemed to be getting diahrea and stomach problems when I would eat at times, get headaches and nausea too... so that was kinda weird. One day I could barely eat around dinner time, I just felt really odd, had a headache, just nauseous, and I felt like if I ate I was going to seriously throw up, also when I went to eat I just felt really weak. At the moment I don't have problems with feeling weak and tired, but my weight is startnig to get out of control, and it won't come off for nothing. I use to be able to lose weight very easily, so this is weird to me. I've been having heart palpatations a lot though... but nothing else seems to be going on besides that.
I honestly want off of this medicine and to try another one, I've gained even more weight and it's really bringing me down. Last time I was at the Doctor I had already put on some pounds before I went but I was around 156, that was at the end of november. It hasn't even been 2 months and now I weigh 174... I've tried excercising and eating healthy and it did nothing for me. I did it for 2 weeks and didn't lose a single pound, I ended up gaining a few. It's just really frustrating and nobody around me seems to understand how I feel b.c they aren't going through it.
I'm finally getting my skin cleared, but it got really bad just recently as I found out about all of this. I've heard of some people getting cystic acne when they have hypothyroidism... I wonder if that's what was/is happening with me.
Before you got put on medicine and had your thyroid regulated, what kind of symptoms did you have? And did you have any side effects from the medicine?
Also.. I've heard that it's not good to eat certain foods when your hypothyroid, if that's true what foods should I not be eating?
its good you're starting to feel better!
hypothyroidism does definately cause constipation and bloating, so maybe your medicine is starting to work. (too much medicine will cause diarrhea in some people (like me!) - watch out for that)
i think what they meant about 6 weeks is that maybe that's when they check their tsh? to tell if their dose needs changing?? coz i think once you find the right dose, you can stay on it for as long as it feels right and your tsh is ok.
it is difficult explaining to the doc about changing dosages.... i have been to sooo many different doctors and the one i go to now is cool and lets me change it if i want. i guess you should tell her, when i told mine i explained that i didnt feel good so i looked up the symptoms of hypothyroid and hyperthyroid symptoms and changed my dose because i didnt want to wait that long. its good to work with your doctor, so then you can also work with your blood test results!
anyways, its great to hear you're feeling a bit better!
hypothyroidism does definately cause constipation and bloating, so maybe your medicine is starting to work. (too much medicine will cause diarrhea in some people (like me!) - watch out for that)
i think what they meant about 6 weeks is that maybe that's when they check their tsh? to tell if their dose needs changing?? coz i think once you find the right dose, you can stay on it for as long as it feels right and your tsh is ok.
it is difficult explaining to the doc about changing dosages.... i have been to sooo many different doctors and the one i go to now is cool and lets me change it if i want. i guess you should tell her, when i told mine i explained that i didnt feel good so i looked up the symptoms of hypothyroid and hyperthyroid symptoms and changed my dose because i didnt want to wait that long. its good to work with your doctor, so then you can also work with your blood test results!
anyways, its great to hear you're feeling a bit better!
- Water pills are just suppose to help you not retain water. A lot of times when you retain a lot of water you'll feel lousy and slumpy. They just kinda help with that and give you more energy.
Oooh alright I see... well I know I've had pretty bad bloating problems though. But it seems to have gone down and no more constipation. Green tea helps a lot with that. And maybe my medicine is finally starting to regulate?... don't really know. I feel better though. So if the medicine doesn't make me retain water I don't quite understand why my weight jumped up like that. Hmm.. oh well. I guess I'll just be patient and wait for my medicine to regulate and then go from there.
Somebody told me in a forum that every 6 weeks your suppose to change your dose?
That's kinda weird... is that true? Because that just sounds like a mess to have to keep changing the dose every month. How does your body ever get use to that?
My doctor doesn't know I've been taking a pill and a half. I know I should have probably talked to her first and what not but it was going over a month and the dose she had me take just didn't seem to be enough. Now that I'm taking a pill and a half it seems much better. I've been taking a pill and a half for over a week now, and no complications. I'm afraid to tell the doc about going up on my medication... I don't want her to get upset with me. lol
I was just trying to listen to my body, and I was getting sick of feeling blah all the time.
Somebody told me in a forum that every 6 weeks your suppose to change your dose?
That's kinda weird... is that true? Because that just sounds like a mess to have to keep changing the dose every month. How does your body ever get use to that?
My doctor doesn't know I've been taking a pill and a half. I know I should have probably talked to her first and what not but it was going over a month and the dose she had me take just didn't seem to be enough. Now that I'm taking a pill and a half it seems much better. I've been taking a pill and a half for over a week now, and no complications. I'm afraid to tell the doc about going up on my medication... I don't want her to get upset with me. lol
I was just trying to listen to my body, and I was getting sick of feeling blah all the time.
i dont know what water pills are, but i asked the doc whether it was bad to drink so much water and they didnt really know, just told me to drink less (which i tried for a day but got dehydrated and just went back to drinking what i was thirsty for), but i find that when my levels get normal i dont need to drink so much and only drink a normal amount.
i dont know if the medicine makes you retain water, it just makes me really bloated coz im allergic to the lactose, which makes me drink more water...
that sux the docs not there today! i hate waiting too...
dont worry about the 5lbs, you'll lose the weight easily when you get right
i dont know if the medicine makes you retain water, it just makes me really bloated coz im allergic to the lactose, which makes me drink more water...
that sux the docs not there today! i hate waiting too...
dont worry about the 5lbs, you'll lose the weight easily when you get right
well i just had her call.. and the doctor isn't there today. sooo i guess i'll have to wait once more. lol
okay.. well i didn't figure it was a huge deal. but i thought it was kinda weird that before i got this thyroid problem i was always going up and down and up down on the scale every day. but yeah i would say it's probably water... b.c i use to drink tons of water, and i still do. it was kinda weird... last night i got on the scale and i gained 5 lbs. so that kind of got me down.. b.c i had finally lost some. but since you say that the medicine seems to make you retain water.. i'd say that's what happened. b.c i drank a big cup of water and i had several green teas yesterday.
yeah i don't really know how much 12.5 mcg more would affect me, i haven't had any problems so far.
since the medicine makes you retain water... would it be okay to possibly take a water pill to regulate that?
but yeah.. i'm going to get up and go tell my mom to call the doc right now. lol
so i'll get on here and post them once i get them.
yeah i don't really know how much 12.5 mcg more would affect me, i haven't had any problems so far.
since the medicine makes you retain water... would it be okay to possibly take a water pill to regulate that?
but yeah.. i'm going to get up and go tell my mom to call the doc right now. lol
so i'll get on here and post them once i get them.
i find my weight goes up and down during the day too!
i thought it must be normal coz ive never asked anyone about it.
although i did mention to my mum one day when i put on like 8lbs in a day or two - and it was exactly 10days after i had decreased my dosage - the day that i went hypo. (my dosage takes exactly 10days to hit me - cant explain it but i notice it!). some of it was fat, but my mum reckoned most of it was water retention (??? i think that means my body storing water).
every day my weight goes up 2-4lbs from morning to night then back down again the next morning, except when im hyper - then it stays the same all day. but i think my weight going up has a lot to do with the medicine making me bloated (and so i get heaps thirsty and drink heaps of water). im reallly allergic to dairy and the only pills i can get here have lactose (dairy) in them.
anyways, i dont think the difference in weight during the day is anything to worry about, as long as its still the same in the morning!
oh yeah i dont know what my weight did before i was hypothyroid, dont think i hardly ever weighed myself then!
yeah its tempting to take more medicine to lose weight, but as i said before, be careful coz too much can give you a heart attack, and it will be easy to lose weight when your dosage is right.
the medicine isnt supposed to affect people until about 2 weeks after they take it (i think it gets stored in the body) - for me its 10days, probably different for everyone. if i get palpitations straight away (or a couple days) after increasing my dose it means its way too much for me. im pretty close to normal now, and changing my medication by a little doesnt affect me at all till 10days later, so yeah, i know its hard, but if i were you i'd wait 2 weeks and see what happens - otherwise you might be really sick for 2 weeks in 2 weeks!! now i only increase/decrease by 3mcg/week to adjust my dosage - but im really sensitive to the medication and dont have much body fat so everyones different. a difference of 12.5mcg/day would be wayyyy too much for me, so i am worried about it being too much for you!
dont forget to ring your doctor, those results are really important - they will tell if you need more medication or not.
hope everythings ok!!
i thought it must be normal coz ive never asked anyone about it.
although i did mention to my mum one day when i put on like 8lbs in a day or two - and it was exactly 10days after i had decreased my dosage - the day that i went hypo. (my dosage takes exactly 10days to hit me - cant explain it but i notice it!). some of it was fat, but my mum reckoned most of it was water retention (??? i think that means my body storing water).
every day my weight goes up 2-4lbs from morning to night then back down again the next morning, except when im hyper - then it stays the same all day. but i think my weight going up has a lot to do with the medicine making me bloated (and so i get heaps thirsty and drink heaps of water). im reallly allergic to dairy and the only pills i can get here have lactose (dairy) in them.
anyways, i dont think the difference in weight during the day is anything to worry about, as long as its still the same in the morning!
oh yeah i dont know what my weight did before i was hypothyroid, dont think i hardly ever weighed myself then!
yeah its tempting to take more medicine to lose weight, but as i said before, be careful coz too much can give you a heart attack, and it will be easy to lose weight when your dosage is right.
the medicine isnt supposed to affect people until about 2 weeks after they take it (i think it gets stored in the body) - for me its 10days, probably different for everyone. if i get palpitations straight away (or a couple days) after increasing my dose it means its way too much for me. im pretty close to normal now, and changing my medication by a little doesnt affect me at all till 10days later, so yeah, i know its hard, but if i were you i'd wait 2 weeks and see what happens - otherwise you might be really sick for 2 weeks in 2 weeks!! now i only increase/decrease by 3mcg/week to adjust my dosage - but im really sensitive to the medication and dont have much body fat so everyones different. a difference of 12.5mcg/day would be wayyyy too much for me, so i am worried about it being too much for you!
dont forget to ring your doctor, those results are really important - they will tell if you need more medication or not.
hope everythings ok!!
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