halliebeth, thank you for replying as a person that has both.......I am DEFINATELY not saying you cannot have both.......I hope i did not give that impression.....

My gripe is that because I have a long mental health history and because Dx as bipolar in 2007, my thyroid concern was not taken seriously, until now of course......

I was terrified to go to the hospital on Sunday because I thought it was "all in my mind" and I was just having a 2 week long panic attack.......thank god I took the risk and went......I had been on thyroxine for goiter......from start to finish I have been feeling physically unwell for 4 years. I have had goiter for 3 years dx by a surgeon but nothing was done about it because the blood was within range and, (without confirmation-just a strong feeling!) because of my mental health history. My feelings of being unwell was just put down to that.

I don't want anyone to have any of it as I am sure you know.......I just know the sheer terror and trauma of not being listened to even though I have 20000 warning bells going off.........I felt powerless, vulnerable and unimportant and like i was dying.......

I am getting the right help now........hopefeuuly endocrinologist i see at end of march is a good, caring diagnostician and doesn't look at me like a psych patient with a file too heavy to lift, but a 35 year old mother who wants to have her bloody life back and eat a meal once in a while without feeling like it is going to come straight back up......

Sorry, everyone......I am extremely upset........my son had to see me strapped to those machines. I wonder if it could have all been avoided......