I didn't realize it is all so complex!

[Guest guest]

In 1989 I was told that I was hypothyroid and to take 150 somethings

of levothyroxine. No explanation except that I would lose the weight

I had gained, my hair and skin would improve and I wouldn't sleep all

the time. I was relieved at this as I had just given up work as I

thought I was stressed out. In 1994 I was living in Spain and the

local GP (in a tiny rustic, rural, mountain village) sent me to an

endocrinologist in the city and after many tests told me that I had

Hashimoto's disease. I was seen every 4 months and blood tests taken

regularly. I was at this time extremely mentally ill and seeing a

psychiatrist so my thyroid was of little importance to me. On

returning to England in 2003 because of poverty and hardship, I once

again became ill with social phobias, depression, anxiety etc.... I

was back on antidepressants and seeing a psychiatrist. The worse I

felt the more pills I was given.

This August I decided that enough is enough and that I needed my

health sorted out. As long as I can remember I have had pains here,

there and everywhere, at least 45 years since school days when I also

had slight depressions.

Anyway to cut it short I started research on the web for my euphoric

moods that I get, this led me to bipolar depression and a link to

hashimoto's disease.

Reading all the case histories and symptoms that others get, I

identify completely, not just a few but loads of them.

What do I do now? I still take the levothyroxine and have a blood test

every year and it is always 'ok'.(not that it ever meant anything to

me!) Could I really feel better? Could the dreadful flushes

disappear, could swallowing become easier, muscle and bone aches

vanish? Should I have seen an endocrinologist here in England for a

proper diagnosis?

Any advise please

thanks