[darkeyes]

My ultrasound revealed several,and will be going for the next test called scintigraphy,as soon as I see my specialist.
Has anyone dealt with this before? For years my docs would tell me I wasn't hypothyroid,though I had every symptom,it wasn't till I was feeling really bad that the doc said your tests came back,out of the norm range,and have been on synthroid for about 3 yrs.,symptoms started to return again,last Dec.,same crap, "your tests are within normal range". Grrrrrrrrrrr! evidently either the docs aren't up on this stuff or the lab that runs the tests.
Cause it is known and written in many doc journals/books and websites from well known universities, that "normal range" is not for everyone,and plus it just doesn't happen 1,2,3, it is over time this could have been going on,having symptoms but never taken seriously,doc would say "I think you are suffering with depression,there is nothing wrong with you,then they hand out AD's,but that never was the answer,obviously,for this to all have come to be felt and then seeen in the ultrasound.
Oh another good answer to my symptoms that docs will use, "oh, you are peri-menopausal,blah!blah!
Sorry for my ramblings, but I am nervous and dissappointed with the past docs I've seen,some even specialists.
Another thing, I never had high blood pressure,in fact use to be low, well now,it's high and they put me on meds for that.
I just read,hypothyroidism and some other thyroid diseases can cause the diastolic number to increase, and that just started to happen with me. Grrrrrrrrrrr!
So now I'm slightly blown away,just got through with bladder infection,now on meds for sinus infection,and the mysterious on and off low grade fever is back,this fever thing has been on and off since January.
Maybe thyroiditis? I read as it gets inflamed the fever will start,interesting cause I am finding some tenderness,very slight,but enough to make me a wreck.
I'm sure the nonstop stress from 2000 to now,caregiver to mom,losing dad,we had moved 2001,dad died 2002,took mom up north and she had to sell her home,she has ao many health issues,hospitalizations, and dementia to boot . . . yeah,that's some of my stress.
Prolonged stress can screw up one's immune system and other stuff, I guess I am a victim.
My cousin's doc use to say his thyroid was normal,years go by a new doc finds nodules,etc. turned out he had thyroid cancer,and had the thyroid removed.
I'm growing weary of docs saying nothings wrong,brush you off, and then you get a good doc that hits on something all the other docs said, "nothing wrong with you,you have depression or peri-menopause".
Thanks for allowing me to vent, I feel so crappy right now.

Roe

darkeyes, frequently women's complaints are brushed off. as are elderly patient's problems.

i'll try to get in touch with my ER doc friend...it's hard, as he works 12 hr shifts and then sleeps and ask him about this.....

sounds like you have a thyroid problem to me. and i'd try to get another opinion......i had a doctor pat me on the head and tell me that the bleeding from my cervix was just depression......well, my tubes had prolapsed into my vagina and i was in a horrible mess. i had to go to a medical school doctor to get taken care of. so, i know that "depression" is a big cop-out for doctors.

he wouldn't know if you are in peri-menopause without signifcant symptoms or if he took a blood test.

i'm sorry that you've had so much to deal with. that certainly has you stressed out......but tender thyroid glands should be checked thoroughly......please take care of yourself.....love, pat

[Danialla]

Hi darkeyes, I had thyroid nodules for quite sometime I think. When I was young I would get regular physicals, and the Drs would always feel my thyroid and then order a T3 & T4 (thyroid function tests) and nothing would ever come of it..........

When I had my first hospitalization (at 16) for depression, and any subsquent hospitalizations after that, the T3 & T4 were always done......with no obvious problems as far as I know.........

Enter the med Lamictal.......that med made me so sore, I had headaches and my neck and throat area felt so sore and stiff. I went to the Dr to make sure it was nothing else and guess what..........he did the standard T3 & T4 after he felt my thyroid, but he also did a CAT scan!! The tests showed I had a multinodular thyroid and after a month of additional tests we decided to take the thyroid out.

It was the easiest surgery, and recovery time was 2 weeks tops!

I would like to say that having the thyroid out and being regulated on the levoxyl has helped my depression, but alas it has not............although I know that nodulas can screw with the thyroid and consequently your moods.

Don't worry about the noduals or any of the tests they will be doing for that matter, all the tests are all really easy.

[January]

(((((((( Roe )))))))))))

I have Hashimoto's Disease.

I hope you feel better soon.

Hugs,

Jan

[lenjan]

DE, I have been trying to tell drs. since I was 15 y/o (I'm now 41) that I have a thyroid problem. Every female in my immediate family -- mom and all 3 sisters -- are hypothyroid. I would get tested, and they would say, "oh, it's low, but it's LOW NORMAL" and pat me on the head and send me home, as you've described.

My pdoc, when he did the bloodwork that found the aplastic anemia last year, did thryoid function tests too. At last, it came back SO low that there was no denying it was abnormal. Synthroid got it back up pretty quick, but I had such trouble being compliant with it that I quit it. We'll see what my new internist says about that when I see him on the 1st.

I can't say having a regulated thyroid helped my depression either, but I do SO relate to drs. blowing you off. I hope things get better for you.

Love, Candy

[January]

Eeeeeeeeeek, Candy! Take your synthroid! It's really important!

Hugs,

Jan

[lenjan]

My psych meds are really important. Everything else is negotiable.

But, if it's really that big of a deal, I'll ask about it. I have an appt. with a new doc in a couple of weeks.

Didn't mean to make this about me, Roe, sorry! I hope you find a listening ear and some relief from the medical community at large.

Candy

[darkeyes]

I had the ultrasounds,and even the results here at home to bring to the endocrinologist in 2 weeks.
This physician's assistant,is the one who felt the nodules and sent me for the test,the doc that she works with,never felt it,she would tell me everything is fine but to get back if fevers keep coming back,cause I had elevated monocytes (one of the types of wbc's) in January,but now that was within normal range. I thought I was feeling some sensitivity before,but think it was from the ultrasound pressure and tension I'm having.
Maybe this tightness is what has been behind the gagging spasms I've been getting when I get stressed, no nausea just gagging,then it stops.
Whatever,on the 29th I see the specialist' assoc.endocrinologist,the one I wanted to see isn't available till Oct. but like the receptionist said, "I don't think you want to wait that long,huh?"
Heck no, I don't. I may even see if one of the endocrinologists my mom goes to for her diabetes can see me sooner than Aug 29th. Y'all know the waiting is the hardest part.
Sorry,gang,for this long winded couple of posts,I get chatty even more than normal when I'm nervous about health stuff.
Thanks again.

[darkeyes]

Danialla,
I've been on Lamictal for about 3 yrs? But I had this thyroid problem way before taking it,and had been given synthroid for hypothyroidism.
I'm on a low dose of Lamictal, 150mg per day,synthroid only 25mcg (wish they increase it) and multi vitamins.
The PA said that maybe the endocrinologist will put me on a different type of thryoid med. and things should eventually work out fine. If feeling alive agin turns out to have thyroid removed I'll deal with it,but if I am not going to feel alive again,and hair continues to thin,a still having problems caused by this, then I can't see the point. But I'll try anything first,if it looks good.
Thanks for your reply.

[darkeyes]

candy, no problem,that's okay,I don't mind any added experiences, sharing them can help.
In the begining synthroid seemed to boost the efficacy of my psyc.meds. even my pdoc noticed the positive change.
It would be so great if the majority of docs would LISTEN to their patients.
I often wonder if they see on your records that one is seeing a pdoc and on meds,that they sort of pacify us or think we are hypochondriac. Maybe the next GP or specialist I see I will not tell them I am bipolar and on meds,if I do it will be said after they evaluate my health issue, and/or if they want to prescribe a med.
To think I just said that,when up till this incident,I always felt to let a new doc know everything so the care they give you can be more thorough. Now I'm not feeling sure anymore.
Well, on the 29th I'll hear more,maybe I can see another doc sooner.
Thanks for the reply.

[January]

You know, Roe, you're right. Sometimes they see that we go to a pdoc and write everything off as "nerves". Ack! It makes me so mad.

Hugs,

Jan

[FaithisAlive]

Hi darkeyes, I am new here and was browsing when I stumbled on yor post here. I have hypothyroidism... I had nodules on my thyroid that were shrunken with iodine treatment, whcih of course made the gland become inactive.

However, I still have symptoms even though i am on synthroid. The reason, fibromyalgia.It has many of the same symptoms as hypothyroiodism and is almost ALWAY overlookd so much that people end up feeling disregarded by doctors.

We often get told there is nothing wrong... no reason for what we are experiencing. See, fibromyalgia has many other symptoms besides depression and low energy and tenderness. Widespread pain.. flu-like aches and pains... cognitive difficulties.. and many many more... maybe you should check into it just to be sure.

I hope you find relief soon... wishing you the best!

[darkeyes]

My aunt has fibro,years ago the docs told her in so many words nothing is wrong with her,she also has thyroid problems,which can contribute to fibro.
But the damn docs said she was nuts.
Finally she found a group that DXed with the very DXes her former ones thought she was being hypochondriac.
Oh,it is so discouraging.

[January]

I have fibro, chronic fatigue, ankylosing spondyloses, etc. It all runs together.

Jan

[Sarah116]

Nope

[darkeyes]

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[darkeyes]

Yep,you are right,so much of that runs together and so much is caused from improper functiong thyroids.
I've had all those tests,cfs,lymes,mono,fibro,ra,and of course thyroid,etc. All within normal range, I say, "bull dinkies"!! I thhink the standards need to be reavaluated or the the technicians,cause why is it after all this suffering,you get one doc or pa that seems to be on the ball,wish I had one that was on the ball,years ago,and I had seen different specialists, with so many physical problems. Damn, I wasted 10yrs of my life with those morons.
Vented,and thanks for allowing me this venting time.