Thyroid Issues? - Wimberley,TX

I have hypothyroid due to pregnancy...BIG BUMMER! This has some of the symptoms you described but also includes memory loss, balance issues (aka. get off balance when you walk or get up from sitting...ppl are teasing me b/c they think I'm drunk). Extreme cold hands & feet...ALWAYS feel shivering cold, extreme weight gain & the inability to lose weight. You can look up on websites like WebMD that give you symptoms of Hypo & Hyper. If in doubt...get tested. If left untreated it can get worse. It can also cause heart problems & cohlesteral issues. hope this helps!

B.,
Yes I have. Do you live near Dallas? If so, I can recommend a great endocrinologist. You need to see one right away.
I can also give you nutritional info that will help if you are interested.
Victoria

yep, go get checked immediately. good news is if you do have it a pill a day will make all the difference in the world.

good luck,
dh

I to have a thryroid disorder, it sounds like you have an under active thyroid, the same as I do. Although I have never fallen asleep in my car, I have experience great fatigue. Once I was off of my medicine for about 6 months or a little longer and my thyroid was so out of wack that when I finally went to the doctore they couldn't believe I was still functioning. Did you know that it can cause death as well? I had lots of swelling, hair loss, dry skin, so very tired I couldn't hardly get out of the bed, weight gain, menstral cycle every 2 wks. I was bad and didn't even realize it. I knew I didn't feel good but wow, I was bad. I hope this helps you a little bit and if you haven't been tested please do so, it can cause lots of problems within your body. Keep us posted on how things go for you!

Last year I felt the same symptoms, but didn't think anything about it until I had my yearly exam with my gyno. He felt my neck and I guess my glands were swollen, so he had my blood drawn and it turned I had Hypo thyroidism. He prescribed Synthroid. I was on the medication for a few months. It's a good idea to have your blood tested especially knowing your family history. I hope this helps!
Take Care,
A. E

About 8 years ago my hair became frizzier than normal, I was having a constant - and I mean constant- heavy period (four months) and I was exhausted to the point of ....well I don't know what. I was also cold all the time and I am Never cold. Anyway, after a bunch of tests I found out it was hypothyroidism. The meds are no big deal, but in the past few years I have found that there are some things that happen that the meds cant help or that they cause. My hair is still thinning. This is caused by the disease and the meds. My teeth have also darkened. This is the meds. It also causes your teeth to be more brittle. I never had pain or headaches, but it can be any variety of symptoms. Good Luck. Other than cosmetic things and the week teeth I wouldn't know I have it now.

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism about 6 years ago and I thought I was going crazy. That is the main reason I went to the doctor. I could go to sleep when I got home from work on Friday and sleep til Monday morning. I was having crazy random thoughts. I thought I was depressed. I finally went to the doctor and they did some simple blood work on me and come to find out I had low TSH. The best thing I could say to you is to go to your doctor or find an endocrinologist and tell them your symptoms and ask for a blood workup.

N., LA

If you are not going through menopause, then I highly suggest seeing an Endocrynologist. My mother has hypo-thyroid and one time she got off her meds to try an all natural way, she almost killed herself. If you are having these symptoms, I would really recommend you seeing one soon. The thyroid is not something to mess around with. It definitely won't hurt to check because you surely want to find out what is causing you these problems. Good Luck to you and hope you get to feeling better soon.

get checked also check out your hormone levels for pre manoapuse.. or other stuff..

Go have your thyroid tested. Sounds like you are hypothyroid (underactive) like I am. The weekend before I was diagnosed, I thought I had the flu or something and I spent the ENTIRE weekend in bed. I would walk down our 7 steps to the kitchen and feel like I had run a marathon. Ask your doctor to test your thyroid hormone levels. If you are put on medication, it will take about 2 weeks before you start to fee semi-normal again. You should be back to yourself in about a month.

http://www.safemenopausesolutions.com/thyroid.html

the above link has symptoms of an off balance thyroid. i have the symptoms. my dry cracked feet healed up when i took a low dose thyroid. if i go to a "regular" doctor they say my thyroid is fine. if i go to a "radical" doctor they say my thyroid is still in the norm but barely. so the low dose really helps. i am always cold, my temp is usually 96.8 instead of 98.6. so when i feel like i have a fever the temp reads 98.6. the main streem doctors wont recognize my thyroid level being off although they do recognize that it is odd that my temp is off. i also have insulin resistance. again the main streem doctors do not recognize this but they do realize something is off because they tested me for diabeties which was negative. the point is if they tell you its normal. go to a doctor that does continuing education because they are discovering new things all the time. i am in victoria, tx but will give you my dr. information if you like. perhaps he knows of one closer to you. good luck.

My mom, aunt, 2 sisters and 1 cousin have all had surgery for thyroid and it finally hit me! For 2 yrs, I had same symptoms as you but ignore them for awhile and last year started going to a dr. I use Dr. Schwartz in SA. It has taken lots of time & money with initial visits to get the amount of Synthroid regulated. Educate yourself and ask questions. I found one site and book I liked: Stop the Thyroid Madness. They are on the web and facebook. I had to order the book directly from them. Some of their info is extreme but you have to find what you can deal with. I don't live close to a big city but considering trying to find a different doctor that might have a different approach and use other medications. Once you are on thyroid meds, it is for life. But definitely do your research, get treated and back to enjoying your life!

Best thing you can do is get your thyroid tested. Many of these issues can be addressed by an endocrinologist, if needed.

You may have another problem that may need checking. Call your doctor and tell him or her how you feel. Do this as soon as possible. Your med may need to be changed. Degress or increase. I had thyroid disease for the past 40 yrs and i am doing find. I take my med like i should.

Please go to the doctor for bloodwork. If your kids were having these problems, you'd jump on it. Take care of their mommy.

Yep, sounds like it could be thyroid. You can also experience memory loss, weight gain, cold flashes, and a feeling of just not with it or a lost, spacey feeling.

My thyroid issues were discovered at age 11. I complained to my mom about having a sore throat. She noticed my lower neck had a lump in it. It took a year of testing until I was finally diagnosed with Hashimoto's. Our family physician kept reading the test results and saying my TSH and the other hormone (can't remember the exact name, it's a T3 test) was normal. But, my thyroid was huge. He finally sent the results to an endocrinologist, who read my levels for what they should be for a child and they were off. The endo. diagnosed my thyroid problems as being due to an intolerance to iodine. (I have to watch my iodine intake, little iodized salt, etc)

I should have been huge because of the hypothyroid, but I was skin and bones as a child. The doc also discovered I had a goiter on my thyroid which kept my metabolism pumping all the time, never slowed down. I ate like a horse, but was very physically active too.

I have been on meds since I was 12 (40 now) and will always be. Periodically my thyroid "trips out" and I have to adjust my dosage.