Question:
Thursday I got my pain Rx’s and a drug called Levothyroxine . Called and the Dr. said all of the symptoms I’ve had such as fatigue, sore muscles, confusion, memory problems etc. were because I was hypothyroid. Does anyone have or know about this? Thanks, Jackie
Response:
I don’t know about your med’s but I can tell you about your thyroid. A general doctor can run a blood test to see if it is working ok. After all my back surgeries, I also have a lump on the side of my thyroid and I’m on the side of hypothyroid. Go see a doctor and if it is hypo, medication can solve this problem. Jack can give more info, he’s great. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Thursday I got my pain Rx’s and a drug called Levothyroxine > . Called and the Dr. said all of the symptoms I’ve had such > as fatigue, sore muscles, confusion, memory problems etc. > were because I was hypothyroid. Does anyone have or know > about this? > Thanks, > Jackie
Response:
Hi Jackie, I’ve been hypothyroid for about 13 years. It is very often a genectic thing, running in families and women far more than men. Often it is an autoimmune disease in which your body basically attacks itself, in the case of this, the thyroid specifically. There are basic thyroid tests, most importantly a TSH(Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) that can tell the doc if your thyroid is not functioning. I have Hasimoto’s thyroiditis, which is the name of the auto-immune thyroid disease which is most common. Mine developed about a few months after the birth of my first son so the signs of fatigue and difficulty losing weight weren’t apparent since I just figured it was post partum related. Anyway, those symptoms could be thryoid but you must have the proper tests run as Jack said. If you take the meds and are NOT hypo, you could become HYPERthyroid which has more serious health complications. Check for family history and see your family doc. About.com has a pretty good thyroid newsletter with tons of links. The guide to the newsletter is very prompt about responding to email so here is the address for her if you’d like it.. and the website http://thyroid.miningco.com/ Hope this helps and good luck! Sue * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
Response:
THANKS SUE!! for the info. I was tested and I have the same kind as you. My question or concern is all I keep reading is that when you start taking the levothroxine, you put on weight. Did you ? I know that since I started taking the drug and he started me on a low dose(.50) 3 days ago (and from what I read you don’t start feeling a difference for at least a week or two, but I honestly believe it had been going on so long, my body was starved for the hormone and is already responding (this of course being my own non medical training:-), the confusion I had is gone, I Have 1/2 the appetite I had,and I feel like I’m starting to wake up some. I knew I had way to many symptoms such as so exhausted all the time, confusion, bad memory which was getting worse and I was thinking Alzheimer’s at 45, balance was bad, ached, just felt awful, could not lose an ounce of weight which I still thought was from quitting smoking but that had been over 3 years ago, my skin was so pale and so sickly. How much did you have /did you put on weight and all the rest. Thanks for the info. I will check out the site you gave. Jackie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi Jackie, > I’ve been hypothyroid for about 13 years. It is very often a > genectic thing, running in families and women far more than > men. > Often it is an autoimmune disease in which your body > basically attacks itself, in the case of this, the thyroid > specifically. There are basic thyroid tests, most > importantly a TSH(Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) that can tell > the doc if your thyroid is not functioning. > I have Hasimoto’s thyroiditis, which is the name of the > auto-immune thyroid disease which is most common. > Mine developed about a few months after the birth of my > first son so the signs of fatigue and difficulty losing > weight weren’t apparent since I just figured it was post > partum related. > Anyway, those symptoms could be thryoid but you must have > the proper tests run as Jack said. If you take the meds and > are NOT hypo, you could become HYPERthyroid which has more > serious health complications. > Check for family history and see your family doc. > About.com has a pretty good thyroid newsletter with tons of > links. The guide to the newsletter is very prompt about > responding to email so here is the address for her if you’d > like it.. > and the website > http://thyroid.miningco.com/ > Hope this helps and good luck! > Sue > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * > The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!