i have had all the symtoms of underactive thyroid for 9 years when i was told that my blood test showed i that my thyroid was becoming underactive but at the time i was mooving from the midlands to devon and obviously it wasnt on my records here i did manage to have a blood test for it a few months ago but they said it was ok. ihave now insisted on another test but as i am taking a lot of medication ie atenolol disclofenac amias asperin dulsethiapin mebeverine etc i think this test will come back ok again and i have heard that some of this medication can overide the test has anyone else had this problem thanks sandy

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I was border line for under active thyroid when I was just 16 but I was never tested again untill lasy year when I was 26.I went to the doctors thinking I was having palpitations and I was freezing all the time even on hot summers days. I put my hair falling out down to just having a baby but 8 months on my hair was coming out even more.The weight issue is my biggest problem. Ive always been petite but now i just look like an umpa lumpa!!Now im on medication called thyroxine and hope to get back to normal. This site is very usefull as my doctor gave me no information. The receptionist just rand me to pick up prescrition as bloods were abnormal. Apparently I am very young to have this condition. Anyway thanks for such a helpful sight

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ive just been tested for my thyroid,but results come back in the normal range! i feel like ive not slept in days even though i have, im suffering from freezing cold hands and feet, ive noticed my hair is starting to fall out slightly, underactive thyroid runs in my family, from my auntie her son, and two of my sisters, should i go back and ask for another blood test,

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i found this site very helpful i will go to my doctors, because i was getting worried with the syptoms i have had thanks

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site was good , but it only says about women, underactive thyroid glands seem to run in my family, however it doesnt say if men can get one. which is what i wanted to know

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i have had all the symtoms for thyroide problems and all my blood test came back as border line not yet got it then i was having stomach problems and they had to give me 2 lots of anti biotics and then they found that i had it thank god they found it as i knew my self it was there but like the lady said her hands and pins and needles you think all sorts is wrong with you i was cold all the time voice going and coming all crocky my depression got worse and my shaking of my hands i could go on but you would get sick of me so i will leave it for now but keep going to your doc's if you have symtoms as i did and now im on levothyroxine good look

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I have had carpsal tunnel syndrom in the right wrist which was very severe (it involves pins and needles and numbness in the fingers and an excruitating paid in the arm) but I have been taking Glucosamine (a food supplement) and as long as I took Glucosamine every day I was pain-free, but low and behold, if I stopped for a few days, the pain was back with a vengance. However, since being diagnosed with underactive thyroid, I have learnt that one of the symptons is, you guessed it, carpsal tunnel syndrom. I thought I would leave off the Glucosamineas as I am now taking my thyroid pills and I wanted to see if it clear up and guess what, it has. So it wasn't RSI after all.

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I have been diagnosed with hypothyroid and want to know if the drug I take for Rheumatoid Arthritis - which is Methotrexate could have had anything to do with causing this problem? I was on prednisilone for 13 years and pleased to say am now completely free of this drug - but now have osteoporosis as a result . One wonders if the drugs taken for one illness can often cause another - Anyone who has any comments on this - I would love to hear from them The site is a real eye opener and explained a lot of things that have been happening to me of late. Now I understand why I have been feeling so "under the weather"

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I thought that this site was most informative to me and eased some worreys

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i have heard there are things that you can not use when you have under active thyriod glands such as eye drops etc where can i find this sort of information

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