Hyperthyroidism

[charlottezweb]

So some of you know that I've been feeling crappy since I was pregnant with my now 19 month old son but I didn't realize how crappy until recently. After some blood work, my personal diagnosis of hyperthyroidism was confirmed and I went on medication during the holidays. I'm on a beta blocker, propanolol, to calm the symptoms and PTU to try to stabilize my thyroid levels. I'll see how that's going in a few weeks after more blood work.

The thing is, I had no idea how sick I was. As if the racing, erratic heart beat (120 bpm anyone?), hot flashes, insomnia and irrational anger weren't fun on their own, evidently, judging by how I feel now, I was also incredibly depressed and unbalanced. Things seemed so hopeless even though I knew everything was fine in my life. I thought everyone else felt the same way--trapped and exhausted.

It's such a relief to feel like me again.

Comments

[crystlyte.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you've got identification and help. I'm hypo now, but was hyper (Graves disease) about 12 years ago. It can get pretty serious, so I'm really glad you caught it before something worse happpened to you.

[daveyfunsize.livejournal.com]

You and Piglet both have thyroid issues and I'm pretty sure my mom does too and its made me think I most likely do to.
and after reading about it I pretty much have every symptom and it would be the only explaination that includes every issue I have and would take care of all of them.
But I dont have health insurence so Im fucked.

[kmd.livejournal.com]

Wow. Very glad you got a clear(er) picture of what is happening. And how amazing is it to feel *healthy* after so long of coping without even knowing how sick you were. I'm glad for you.