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[vanadium71]

i am new here.  anyone who has hypert?  the docs have been dx me with generalized anxiety disorder for the past 2-3 years.  basically, saying i am crazy and have anxiety.  i have always believed that there is something "physical" wrong with me causing these anxiety symptoms.  i have a nodule on my thyroid and have to go for us tomorrow.  any info, s/s will be appreciated.  thank
scared in ohio

[Dee603]

I completely understand how you feel. I often think women are seen as being neurotic and that we are all drama queens. I have been dealing with hyperthyroid since late January of this year. I'm not sure I had much anxiety, but I was very sick for some time. I went to the emergency room in June and was treated poorly. I tried to explain to the er department that I had been off my ptu for 2 weeks due to having a thyroid scan. I had severe stomach pain, nausea, and diahrea. The doctor patted my arm and told me that I probably had the flu and that it can be very intagious. He rushed me out of the er and I had nothing done besides my vitals. My blood pressure was high, my pulse rate was extremely high and I had severe stomach pain. I ended up being in bed for over two weeks. It bothered me for some time that I was treated like someone who was making up symptoms. I wrote a letter to the hospital director and complained about how poorly I was treated. I'm glad that I did, it not only made me feel better, but it made the hospital aware of poorly some patients get treated. Within 2 weeks, I got scheduled for my biopsy (which is tomorrow) and I am finally seeing an endocrinologist in early October. I've never been one to make waves, but we know our own bodies and we know when something is wrong. If it wasn't for this forum, I'm sure I'd still lost in the shuffle within the healthcare system. If you don't get the results you need from your doctor, find another one until someone listens. I wish you the best

[vanadium71]

i have been on xanax for the past seven months, d/t anxiety.  funny thing is that when i went to gp on friday, the 19th, and told him of the nodule, he wouldn't give me any more xanax.  he gave me buspar, which hasn't worked and i called him to tell him and he still wouldn't give me any xanax, doesn't want me to become dependent upon it, i only took it at night, b/c that is when my anxiety sypmtpms were the worst.  lately, i haven't been hungry, it could be my nerves, but the last several days have been hell.  waking up with "it is so hard to describe", the intensity of the anxiety.  anyway, i am going this morning for us.  i can't take it, i just want to be hospitalized and figure out what is wrong with me.  i don't even know what feeling  normal is anymore.  i really appreciate everyone's input.  thanks

[LittleEd]

Before I went to see my third endocrinologist, some of the folks on this forum were the only ones who understood my problem and all that goes with it. It's funny how there are so many symptoms that even the doctors don't understand. "Anxiety" sounds mild compared to what I've been through. If you have a multi-nodular thyroid there IS something physically wrong--and any doctor should realize that. Duhhhhh? I have Graves' disease and have been having SERIOUS anxiety attacks for the past month--and I didn't even have those earlier in the treatment, way back when in the good ol' days. I have been on a certain drug for a few days now--waiting to do the RAI--and it really seems to be helping. The newest endo is concerned that I'm abusing Xanax and so prescribed me another drug and told me to just use Xanax in an emergency.

Are you taking any thing for the anxiety?

[mirabella45]

YEAP  I am hyper..been thru the same thing..I actually thought I was going CRAZY.
nope just thyroid...Ive been on methimazole for about 3 weeks..feel alot better

[selmaS]

U r welcome!! Good luck, I know what u mean about work...I was working close to 70 hrs a wk....and felt like this, plus I have 2 other dxs that may overlapp w/symptoms so it's been hard to know what symptom is a result of which dx.

keep in touch
"selma"

[vanadium71]

hi
that is basically what i have been told, it is "all in my head" when i didn't really have anything to be anxious about.  my doc doesn't listen well, in and out in 2 minutes.  i just feel like i am running on "high"  , no appetite, dizziness, i can feel the nodule,  just cloudy thinking.  i have called off work the last 4 days, just don't feel that i can do my job appropriately.  i have noticed my skin being flushed on more than one occassion.  i also have been on betal blocker for several years d/t heart palps.  i am starting to think it has been my thyroid all along.  i do know i am tired of living life this way.  i really want to feel normal again
thanks for posting
Susie

[selmaS]

I too am going for U/S Fri.....this is my 2nd 1 and they found nodules. they were too sm in April, so this is a 6 month ck. If In remembeer correctly,it depends on the sz if they will do a biopsy.....hopefully mine has not grown.
What other symptoms do u have? I have had heart palps which most say is anxiety, but I don't know what I am anxious about! Most drs try and say it's all in ur head...get a second opinion....until u r listened to!

Good luck
Godspeed
"selma"