Underactive thyroid/Hypothyroidism

helen, 29 days

I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism July 09. One g.p started me on Thyroxine 100mc a day as my TSH level was 59 unbeknown to me at the time i should have been started on a lower dose. After being on this dose for 6 wks mt TSH level was down to 1.4 in my area normal range is 0.2-4.5. The g.p decided to keep me on the 100mc Thyroxine a day to see how i went. 2 wks later i started to feel awful symptoms as if i had gone Hyperthyroid. I spoke to another g.p and he said that i should have been started on a much lower dosage so he reduced me down to 75mc a day of Thyroxine and i had another blood test which showed my TSH level as 0.32 and T3 normal and T4 24. I had been over medicated. I now have to go for another blood test on Nov 11th but im still having awful symptoms. This really is a horrible illness to have and i cant help but feeling iff i had been started on a lower dose and then slowly built up then perhaps it would have turned out better.

Abdul, 5 months

My baby 19 months now diagnouse she's dont have thyriod glands by birth,doctor refer to take thyroxine 50,mcg daily life time. i m very worried about my baby how's manage its rest of life,

jane morton, 10 months

I have put myself on thyroxin i live in turkey so can get them over the counter. I feel less tiried more alert go to the toilet every day. I used to only go once a week if lucky. Now i'm worried if i have done the right thing. I dare not take myself off them because i have haeared that you can slow your metabolic rate down even more if you stop. help! any advice please

STACEY, about 1 year

i got tested for under active thyroid not sure if i have it or not find out on friday was just checking the net for information i was having problems with my weight and am always tired so the nurse did a blood test to check if i have under active thyroid

sammi, about 1 year

im 17 and just found out i have an underactive thyroid ive never heard of it before i had it i thought i was just anemic i was tired constantly and feeling down like i never had a good day i finally plucked up courage to go doctor and just started my tablets and feeling slightly better already but if you think you have any symtoms definatly go get your bloods tested its so good i feel normal again

sandy, about 1 year

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

Rachel, about 1 year

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

leila elliott, about 1 year

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,

mandy smith, about 1 year

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

ian, about 1 year

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

Helena, about 1 year

I beg to differ about synthetic levothyroxine as my son was taken off his very good Armourthyroid by Forest and made ill by levothyroxine. He now has Horners Syndrome and at one point even woke up not long after going onto 250mcg with bleeding into the eye and short term memory shot at. He is seeing a Neurologist now-after Specsavers referred him to an Eye Specialist who immediately referrde him on-he awaits MRI scan shortly- this is potentially very serious-and i for one am looking at Medical Negligence. I have osteoporosis through not being diagnosed for over 20 yrs in NHS my son was diagnosed outside of NHS as he was classed as Borderline but had been seriously ill with life threatening infections-so either you are or you are not-no grey areas. Ref ranges are supposed to be only a guideline but docs are using them as the be all and end all-cos they no longer know how to diagnose from symptoms,the art has been lost to science. I have now sent for Fibromyalgia Intensive starter pack from www.supernutrient.net you have to order via email or phone as they aint got their act together for Internationals yet! Dr Brice E Vickery is a Holistic Chiropracter/Applied Kinesiologist who patented his products and has no Pharmaceutical interests like the doctors have. It is the best Scientific sense i have ever seen as it takes into account the body's inability to utilze Proteins along with the Sulphur metabolism. I know it makes sense as i have just begun a Clinical Nutrition course and listening to my first Audio CD before the online CD's-it goes through all the functions of the body. The Proteins are the building blocks to life so if you cannot use them your cells die off basically-i know now my late mother who died supposedly of Motor Neurone disease in her 40's seven years after menopause onset,she would have had this wrong with her.Unfortunately 40years too late to save her but i can with myself and that of my son.

deirdre, about 1 year

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

Rosalind Appel, about 1 year

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.

patsy, about 1 year

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"

tina stanton, over 2 years

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

linda smith, over 2 years

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