Well Changing Times! I was put on a thyroid medication a few years ago. Because of being a little overweight, complaining of body aches, and not having much energy! I'm not sure the pills done much. I believe changing my diet and sleeping habits a little have helped me more than the medication. Thanks for the news!never knew the title of the problem. lol
I, too, have thyroid issues. I was diagnosed in '97 with thyroid cancer. I have been on pills, obviously, ever since. I know if my thyroid is off b/c my anxiety gets really bad. I had changed calcium brands and that affected my pills.
Originally posted by IBelieve: [qb]I, too, have thyroid issues. I was diagnosed in '97 with thyroid cancer. I have been on pills, obviously, ever since. I know if my thyroid is off b/c my anxiety gets really bad. I had changed calcium brands and that affected my pills.
Anyway, thanks for starting this topic up![/qb]
Yeah......calcium pills mess up your thyroid. Hashimotos Thyroiditis is actually a autoimmune disease where your body attacks your thyroid..youd need a blood test to test for antibodies.
I have Graves Disease that is the opposite of Hashimotos (sp?) My anxiety was awful when my thyroid was bad. I had it removed in 2002. I did develop anxiety again last summer. My endocronolgist said that once you teach your body how to react with anxiety it will take that path when you get stressed. So my thyroid levels were normal and yet I had anxiety. I did the program and am feeling great!!! I still have to use everything I was taught in the program and it really works!
I'll join this thread--I have Graves Disease also and anxiety has been my absolutely most uncomfortable symptom. I'm currently taking antithyroid meds and working on getting to a maintenance dose.
It is really tough when your anxiety is caused by something physical, because you have to get that physical thing out of the way before you can start to make progress on ridding yourself of anxiety. And every time I feel anxiety I wonder if it's just anxiety or my thyroid acting up again.
Hello, I am glad that you are opening up this thread because so many of us with thyroid disease have anxiety too. I am a 47 year old female and I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism three years ago. After about a year into therapy, I developed extreme anxiety and was not able to tolerate thyroid meds since then. I am currently taking less then 50 mcg T4 a day. I also have hashimoto. Anxiety is my worse symptom of all.
I agree, anxiety was my worst symptom with my thyroid problem also. This program helped me so much. They told me after my thyroid surgery to find some form of meditation or relaxation to calm myself down. It took a complete set back before I bought the program. I still have my moments, but am able to control them. I also have been on lexapro and that seems to help also.
My mom has hypothyroidism, and she's having trouble getting regulated on her medication. She is on l-thyroxine .112 mg once a day. The doctor just increased her dosage because her TSH was high. I thought that you needed to be on this med twice a day for it to work. Is that the case with other hypothyroid sufferers?
Hi !! I'm 45, and was diagnosed with Hashimoto's several years ago. I'm now on Synthroid, and am feeling good on it. I never really felt "bad", but did have symptoms such as hair loss, and extreme tiredness, and it was enough to send me off for a blood test. The thing about Hashi's is that you can have a normal thyroid function, and so it doesn't give the doctor a red flag to do other testing, and then you don't get the antibody test, which is the only test that can tell you if you have the autoimmune response called Hashimoto's thyroiditis. This is highly treatable, but requires daily medication, and some monitoring. Be sure you're happy with your endocrinologist. That will make all the difference.
Posts: 11 | Location: New York | Registered: June 22, 2005
Wow ppl, I didn't know that tyroid problems can cause anxiety to be elevated. At 46, I am heading for the second surgery. My last one was the size of an orange and showed so many "Cold Cells" which indicated active cancerous cells. Only when they removed that entire section, there was no cancer, "Amen", but now I have to have the other side removed, and it is causing me to lose my voice, shortness of breath, etc.,, the weird part about it was that nothing shows up in any blood work. Hmmm? Anyway, thank you for this bit of info. The things that can trigger us are probable the worst part of the anxiety!! So now we can just tell ourselves this is a physical symptom, which w/proper care can go away. One less thing to worry about huh?
Posts: 3 | Location: North Carolina | Registered: June 22, 2005
Hi Deb Some people do take thyroid meds twice a day. I do, because I have problem tolerating it as a single dose. If she is on T4 only, and has no problem tolerating it, it is best to take it in the morning on an empty stomach, and at least an hour before her breakfast. Avoiding calcium and iron close to her meds. People who take T3 usually are taking it twice a day because T3 is short lasting and it gives them more energy throughout the day. This is the best website on the issue if you don't know about it allready http://thyroid.about.com/ There is a forum where you can get all the info that you need.
I was diagnosed w/Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma 16 yrs ago ('89) so I'm really happy to find this forum... I have been having problems w/"energy drain" late in the afternoon, yet my endo dr says I am a little high in my T4 levels?!? I don't understand. I may try a split dosage on my Synthroid...
Posts: 1 | Location: Texas | Registered: September 12, 2005
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