Thyroid Sufferers

Deb45 · Post by **Deb45** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:05 pm

Hi,

My mom has hypothyroidism, and she's having trouble getting regulated on her medication. She is on l-thyroxine .112 mg once a day. The doctor just increased her dosage because her TSH was high. I thought that you needed to be on this med twice a day for it to work. Is that the case with other hypothyroid sufferers?

readywillingable · Post by **readywillingable** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:01 pm

Hi !!
I'm 45, and was diagnosed with Hashimoto's several years ago. I'm now on Synthroid, and am feeling good on it. I never really felt "bad", but did have symptoms such as hair loss, and extreme tiredness, and it was enough to send me off for a blood test. The thing about Hashi's is that you can have a normal thyroid function, and so it doesn't give the doctor a red flag to do other testing, and then you don't get the antibody test, which is the only test that can tell you if you have the autoimmune response called Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
This is highly treatable, but requires daily medication, and some monitoring. Be sure you're happy with your endocrinologist. That will make all the difference.

Deborah46 · Post by **Deborah46** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:10 am

Wow ppl, I didn't know that tyroid problems can cause anxiety to be elevated. At 46, I am heading for the second surgery. My last one was the size of an orange and showed so many "Cold Cells" which indicated active cancerous cells. Only when they removed that entire section, there was no cancer, "Amen", but now I have to have the other side removed, and it is causing me to lose my voice, shortness of breath, etc.,, the weird part about it was that nothing shows up in any blood work. Hmmm? Anyway, thank you for this bit of info. The things that can trigger us are probable the worst part of the anxiety!! So now we can just tell ourselves this is a physical symptom, which w/proper care can go away. One less thing to worry about huh? :p

sonic · Post by **sonic** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:16 pm

Hi Deb
Some people do take thyroid meds twice a day. I do, because I have problem tolerating it as a single dose. If she is on T4 only, and has no problem tolerating it, it is best to take it in the morning on an empty stomach, and at least an hour before her breakfast. Avoiding calcium and iron close to her meds.
People who take T3 usually are taking it twice a day because T3 is short lasting and it gives them more energy throughout the day. This is the best website on the issue if you don't know about it allready <A HREF="http://thyroid.about.com/" TARGET=_blank>http://thyroid.about.com/</A> There is a forum where you can get all the info that you need.

endurovet · Post by **endurovet** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:28 am

I was diagnosed w/Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma 16 yrs ago ('89) so I'm really happy to find this forum...
I have been having problems w/"energy drain" late in the afternoon, yet my endo dr says I am a little high in my T4 levels?!? I don't understand. I may try a split dosage on my Synthroid...

The Original WayneC · Post by **The Original WayneC** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:21 am

You might want to check into bioidentical hormone therapy. Not every endo is for this approach so I suggest a good web search for info. Your late afternoon drain may be a symptom of "Syndrome X" which is helped by progesterone therapy. My wife & I both take it. It also helps with anxiety.

klrskyz · Post by **klrskyz** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:42 am

I have Hashimotos Thyroiditis, too. I'm 54 now, and have been taking synthroid since I was 27. It would've been nice to have had a doctor that didn't blow me off when I was a teenager with this. Actually, it wasn't diagnosed until my gynecologist noticed that I had a goiter! ~~ The reason I'm writing is to say that if you are not satisfied with your doctor's answers to your questions, please look for another doctor! I couldn't tell you how many times over the years that I was blown off by different physicians. What a difference the synthroid made.

Meaghan · Post by **Meaghan** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:13 pm

Hi, I am a 30yr old female. I was just diagnoised with hypothyroid, I am on synthroid 1.25 mcg. I don't notice anything, I am extremely tired and lack motivation to do much. The only thing I notice is that my pierods are very light now, which is nice..lol. Does anyone know about Armour, its made from a horses thyroid, I have heard great things about it. Aolt of dr won't write a script.

goddess sparkle · Post by **goddess sparkle** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:06 pm

hi, i'm 23. i had thyroid cancer and had a total thyroidectomy on feb 13, 2004. i later had radiation therapy and now take synthroid. i really hate the fact that have NO energy at all ever. i used to get through the day with soda or coffee but now that i'm off it i realize how tired i really am. i also have mild sleep apnea which makes it worse! i had no idea that thyroid problems and anxiety affected each other or had anything to do with the other. anyone have anymore info on this? thanks.

goddess sparkle · Post by **goddess sparkle** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:04 am

I really hope that this thread opens up again and more people write because after doing good for such a long time I'm starting to get anxiety again more frequently. I get my results again today to see if my cancer is back and I'm freaking. I had abnormal labs that I repeated and I will find out soon. I'm scared.