i cant deal with my thyroid anymore!!!

[lcpltinkersgrl]

ok im 21 years old and i was diagnosed with hyperthyroid over a yr ago and was given a radioactive iodine treatment. i never had any problems until lately, im tired, i am losing hair in the shower like crazy, im depressed and they tried to diagnose me with panic attacks which i know isnt my problem so i won't take the depression meds or the xanax....i also get these really bad headaches and feel like im in a fog...i have an appt with a specialist on the 9th of dec but my reg doc says my levels are fine but they split my dose half morning anf half night and im on 112 mg of synthoid and my symptoms changed and i no longer have the chest pains and dizziness i had! i feel like im going crazy and just want to cry my eyes out has anyone felt like this i feel like im crazy please help i pretty much have over half the hypo symptoms


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[AR-10]

The best thing you could is get copies of your tests.

You can be hypothyroid and your test results can come back "within normal limits". Sometimes (often), as long as the test result is not flagged "high" or "low", the doctor will say the results are fine.

So you need to see the results for yourself. You need to learn what is a good test result and what is a bad test result.

Then you will know if the doctor is treating you correctly or not. Because in your situation a lot of times the answer is "not".

And the answer to your question "has anyone felt like this" is YES, many of us have felt the same way. You're not going crazy. Your suffering the emotional effects of your hormones being out of balance. You are suffering physically, too.

Hope you get the answers you need and are feeling better soon.

[barrettsark]

I,m going through the same thing right now.  In Oct my TSH was at 56 and I was really depressed and starting to have anxiety that I have never had before.  All I wanted to do is cry and I had really bad thoughts.  They upped my synthroid dose from 112 to 137 and in a month I went from TSH of 56 to 0.33 and my symptoms got worst.  More anxiety and now I'm not sleeping.  Very jittery Still want to cry all the time and just feel like I'm never going to be normal again.

The doctors also offered my xanax and Lexapro.  The zanax made me walk around in a fog even worst them I was.  But I think the Lexapro is helping a bit.  My anxiety is worst at night.  How about you?