thyroid problems

[the_lar]

i am a man of 42 years old first had thyroid problems when i was 25 the last 12 months have been horrible feel a lot better  now. is there any men who have had thyroid problems or is it just women.

[craigdog]

I'm a healthy 45 year old male with a few auto immune exceptions, one of them being hypo thyroid.  I was diagnosed 3 years ago and was able to medicate back to health after a few terrible months.  My levels are off again and battling through another recovery.  My main symptoms have been depression, jealousy, and insomnia.  I'm 7 weeks into some of the worst thoughts of my life, but slowly coming out of it.  I retest on Monday and fully expect an increase in synthroid on Tuesday.  I would assume men with auto immune history get this disease more ofter, although I have no scientific evidence to prove that.  Good luck!

[gimel]

Hypothyroidism is much more prevalent among women than men, but there are lots of us that also have the problem.  What kind of symptoms are you having?  What med are you taking and what dosage?  If you would also please post your thyroid test results and their reference ranges shown on the lab report, then members can assess the adequacy of your testing and treatment.