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Originally Posted by Michah
I have goiter babe........genetic condition.......am on Eutroxig(thyroxine) to try to bring it down. I am seeing an Endo at the end of march to try and get an official diagnosis as I also have symptoms of adrenal fatigue.......
Who knows??!!! This is the sickest I have ever been in my life.......even the bipolar has taken a back seat although I do see my psychologist for regular deposits in the mental bank.
Some question from my medical ranks that bipolar may be caused by thyroid problems.......man, the stuff I have read would make your hair stand on end.......scary stuff.(you probably already know it!)
So I try to have the patience of Job while my body tries to pull itself apart.......my skin is the only thing holding me together.......and wait to see what the powers that be say.........
I am standing on the event horizon.........I have a feeling that my life is going to get very tricky soon.......some really good......some really bad.
We shall see.......  |
I'm so sorry that you are struggling so much with your thyroid problem
. This disease can really mess us up real hard. I was lucky enough to have found it when it started about a year and a half ago and that the med I take for it has worked pretty well.
I have read really scary stuff about it too. For example, I have read that, when someone shows signs of bipolar, they have to be tested for thyroid problems since this can mimic all the symptoms of bipolar. Were you tested when bipolar was first dx'ed?
I know you feel pretty ill right now but as you say, you need to be patient in order to this illness to be controlled. Once it gets controlled -when they find the correct amount of med you need to take- everything gets in order and you feel so much better. I wish you get to this point as soon as possible. Have you and your Endo thought about getting your thyroid removed? Is that an option? In my case my thyroid isn't working at all since I had Hashimoto's disease, a disease where my own body attacks the thyroid and makes it useless. That's why I now have hypothyroidism and need to take this med for life.
Good luck with you app with your Endo. You'll see you will find a solution to this problem soon!
