Thank you for the input. I gave my chart to the psychologist so I dont have the lab to look at. When the bloodwork was done, I do remember that a full thyroid panel box was checked on the requisition form but the numbers are all jargon to me at this point. I hope to get this all fixed very soon because I know my kids will appreciate when the heater doesn't have to be set to inferno degrees. I guess I've not really been aware of the mood swings but people around me say I cry really easy over little things that most people wouldn't cry over. Thank you again for the info.
See if your GP (or the psych) can order more thorough thyroid testing, even before you get to the endo. Tests should include FT3, FT4, TSH, AntiTPO. An ultrasound of the lump in your neck would also probably be a good idea. If you go to the endo armed with these results likely the treatment / management can progress more quickly.
Just a TSH and your symptoms don't tell anything much, except that there is a problem. Defining the problem needs some more testing and investigation.
Hope this helps.
TSH is a pituitary hormone that is affected by many variables. Metabolism and other body functions are dependent on the levels of the actual, biologically active thyroid hormones, free T3 and free T4 (FT3 and FT4, not total T3 and total T4). A low TSH doesn't mean you are hyper, unless accompanied by hyper symptoms, which you don't have. Your hypo symptoms are likely due to low FT3 and FT4 levels. Whenever that occurs with low TSH, doctors usually start evaluating pituitary function. Along with that you need to insist that they also test for FT3 and FT4, right away.
In my opinion the very best way to treat a hypo patient is to test and adjust the levels of FT3 and F4 with whatever type of medication is required to alleviate symptoms, without being constrained by resultant TSH levels. Frequently this requires that FT3 is adjusted into the upper part of its range and FT4 is adjusted to at least the midpoint of its range. Ft3 is the most important because it is about four times as active as FT4, plus FT3 correlates best with hypo symptoms.