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[Guest guest]

Hugs kelli and family I know you'll find great people here hugs to you and

your family.signed angel

[Guest guest]

, I am 3 yrs. post-op. for the gastric bypass also. But my problem

wasn't the surgery, I had at torn rotator cuff/bone spur last May that

developed into RSD. I am on duragesic also. If you want to e-mail me we can

talk? Donna

" Lake " wrote:

> Hi everyone, I found this board a little while back, but I don't

> think I've introduced myself yet. I'm 34 and have been suffering

> from chronic intractable pain caused by muscle spasms in my gluteus

> medius, gluteus minimus, piraformis, and rectus abdominis muscles

> since I had my gastric bypass surgery in April of 2002.

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Hello all,

I am a resident of Wylie, TX and for the past 4 years have suffered

from hypothyroidism. After going to countless doctors and constantly

jumping from hypo to hyper as a result of medication, I have yet to

find something that works for me. I have always been on Synthroid but

find that even when my levels are " normal " I still suffer from anxiety.

I originally started seeing Dr. Addington in Irving but since

I moved to Wylie the drive has been too far. My general practitioner

Dr Joy Touchstone (not going to see her again) tested my TSH and found

it was .03 so she told me to stop taking my Synthroid for 3 days a

week. This landed me in the ER as my TSH jumped from .03 to 7 in just a

few weeks. I just started seeing Dr. Qing Jia. I noticed she is not

listed on your doctors list but was wondering if anyone has had any

experience with her.

Does anyone else suffer from anxiety, and if so, do you suggest anti-

anxiety meds or things like yoga, exercise, diet changes, etc. And did

you find that when your thyroid is " normal " that your anxiety goes away?

I look forward to getting to know you all.

Jen

[Guest guest]

Welcome Jen.

Have you been screened for Hashi’s?

I definitely have had problems with

anxiety. My doctor found that not only was I hypothyroid but I had low

adrenal function (or adrenal fatigue), low ferritin, and I also was very low in

my B vitamins. I think once all of the pieces of the puzzle were addressed,

my anxiety got much better.

When I went hyperthyroid because of not

addressing the adrenal fatigue and low ferritin, my anxiety was through the

roof.

Kim in No Texas

From: Texas_Thyroid_Groups [mailto:Texas_Thyroid_Groups ] On Behalf Of sunflowerbeeinc

Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 4:13 PM

To: Texas_Thyroid_Groups

Subject:

New Here

Hello all,

I am a resident of Wylie, TX and for the past 4 years have suffered

from hypothyroidism. After going to countless doctors and constantly

jumping from hypo to hyper as a result of medication, I have yet to

find something that works for me. I have always been on Synthroid but

find that even when my levels are " normal " I still suffer from

anxiety.

I originally started seeing Dr. Addington in Irving but since

I moved to Wylie the drive has been too far. My general practitioner

Dr Joy Touchstone (not going to see her again) tested my TSH and found

it was .03 so she told me to stop taking my Synthroid for 3 days a

week. This landed me in the ER as my TSH jumped from .03 to 7 in just a

few weeks. I just started seeing Dr. Qing Jia. I noticed she is not

listed on your doctors list but was wondering if anyone has had any

experience with her.

Does anyone else suffer from anxiety, and if so, do you suggest anti-

anxiety meds or things like yoga, exercise, diet changes, etc. And did

you find that when your thyroid is " normal " that your anxiety goes

away?

I look forward to getting to know you all.

Jen

[Guest guest]

Jen,

I have suffered from terrible anxiety and panic attacks for many years, even before I knew that I was hypothyroid. Once I added in B100 and B12 and B6 supplements, it started to get better. I was not able to tolerate any thyroid meds (armour or synthroid) until I got my vitamin B levels up and my adrenal fatigue was addressed. Once those things were addressed, I was able to tolerate Armour and now have little to no anxiety. I did try anti-depressants for many years, which never seemed to work. Klonopin has helped in the past but not so much anymore..probably because my body is so used to it. I only take it now for restless legs and keep it in stock just in case of a panic attack, which does happen about once a year.

Also, my thyroid has always been in the normal levels...doesn't matter what the numbers say. What's important is how you feel. And, yoga, exercise, meditation, or just plain getting a facial...anything that relaxes you can help.

Good luck! The first step is finding a good doc who will run the right tests.

Hello all,I am a resident of Wylie, TX and for the past 4 years have sufferedfrom hypothyroidism. After going to countless doctors and constantly

jumping from hypo to hyper as a result of medication, I have yet tofind something that works for me. I have always been on Synthroid butfind that even when my levels are " normal " I still suffer from anxiety.

I originally started seeing Dr. Addington in Irving but sinceI moved to Wylie the drive has been too far. My general practitionerDr Joy Touchstone (not going to see her again) tested my TSH and found

it was .03 so she told me to stop taking my Synthroid for 3 days aweek. This landed me in the ER as my TSH jumped from .03 to 7 in just afew weeks. I just started seeing Dr. Qing Jia. I noticed she is notlisted on your doctors list but was wondering if anyone has had any

experience with her.Does anyone else suffer from anxiety, and if so, do you suggest anti-anxiety meds or things like yoga, exercise, diet changes, etc. And didyou find that when your thyroid is " normal " that your anxiety goes away?

I look forward to getting to know you all.Jen------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

What kinds of symptoms were you having when you couldn't tolerate

your thyroid meds?

My last labs indicated that my TSH was 7.0 and my doc gave me 25 mcg

of Synthroid. It's only been 2 and a half weeks and I still feel

lousy and have high anxiety. I called her and she said I need to wait

6 weeks so she can retest before she will try anything new. It's

going to be a long 4 more weeks...

Thanks for all your help!

Jen

>

> Jen,

>

> I have suffered from terrible anxiety and panic attacks for many

years, even before I knew that I was hypothyroid. Once I added in B100 and B12

and B6 supplements, it started to get better. I was not able to tolerate any

thyroid meds (armour or synthroid) until I got my vitamin B levels up and my

adrenal fatigue was addressed. Once those things were addressed, I was able to

tolerate Armour and now have little to no anxiety. I did try anti-depressants

for many years, which never seemed to work.

Klonopin has helped in the past but not so much anymore..probably because my

body is so used to it. I only take it now for restless legs and keep it in

stock just in case of a panic attack, which does happen about once a year.

Also, my thyroid has always been in the normal levels...doesn't

matter what the numbers say. What's important is how you feel. And, yoga,

exercise, meditation, or just plain getting a facial...anything that relaxes you

can help.

>

> Good luck! The first step is finding a good doc who will run the

right tests.

>

[Guest guest]

She prescribed 25 mcg of Synthroid. I've only been to her once so I

will wait and see how things go but definitely once I get to know

more about her style I will write a review about her.

Thanks for your help!

Jen

>

> Which thyroid meds does Dr. Jia prescribe? Our list in " Files "

maintained by the moderator only lists docs who prescribe Armour or

synthetic T3. You can write her up on the Database, along with any

other docs you have seen for thyroid.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I just relocated back to Dallas from Houston and was seeing a GP

while I was there. She thought my anxiety was all in my head and

didn't think it had anything to do with my thyroid so she wrote a

prescription for Paxil and sent me on my merry way. I didn't fill it

at the time because I wanted to wait it out. My anxiety did disappear

for a while after we took a vacation but as soon as we came back and

something stressful came up, it's like it triggered it again. Now I'm

that I'm recently hypo again I'm not sure if it is because of that or

something else (my docs have only ever tested my TSH). I know I need

to rule out all the other things first. But now I'm debating whether

or not to try an antianxiety medication or wait it out again...

Before this most recent hypo incident my TSH was 0.5 and my TPO was

96 while I was on 50 mcg of Synthroid. I'm not exactly sure what the

TPO of 96 means in that case... can anyone help? Those levels were in

March. My doc told me at the time that I was hyper and that I needed

to get my levels back up so she said to stop taking Synthroid 3

straight days a week. That is what sent me back to hypo in only 2

weeks and now I'm trying to move back down again.

Jen

>

> I, too suffer from off-the-scale anxiety, but just like some of the

other gals I also have adrenal problems and have not previously been

able to tolerate thyroid meds. Candidly, my anxiety has been so bad

that I've felt suicidal at times. I wake up every single morning

between 3 and 5 a.m. with heart pounding panic attacks. The only

thing that helped me was Librax, but I can not stay on it for very

long at a time as it is a benzodiazapine. My best girlfriend swares

by the drug Ativan.

>

> Over the past 5 years my adrenals pretty much began to shut down

until I was considered having 's Disease. I'm currently on a

full replacement dose of hydrocortisone. Unfortunatley, this has not

helped the anxiety.

>

> I finally found a new doctor here in Houston but I'm hesitant to

recommend her yet. I've been seeing her for 6 months and she doesn't

take insurance. I'm one of those patients that has 'functional

hypothyroidism' which means I have a pretty good TSH (1.6), mid-range

of Free T4 (could be better, but I can't tolerate T4 meds yet) and in

the basement way below range Free T3 and no antibodies to speak of.

It seems I don't convert T4 to T3 well which could be any number of

things we're currently addressing. So far my Ferritin is around 100,

B12 deficiency addressed, increasing iodine, and so on.

>

> I just began this week to take a compounded sustained release T3 in

5 microgram (that's microgram, not milligram) dose. We're going to

keep testing my levels, going by symptoms, add more T3, a little T4

if needed and pray for the best. Like you, I'm hopeful once we get

adequate thyroid meds my anxiety will ease.

[Guest guest]

Mostly the jitters, anxiety, pounding heartbeat and I think headache, plus fatigue. That was at 1/8 grain too. Trying out vitamin B was really a last resort, or last idea, that my nutritionist had. It helped but it took addressing my adrenals to really be able to take any thyroid hormone. I am upping the dose very slowy. Taking about 6 weeks to go up 1/2 grain. So far so good.

Hi ,What kinds of symptoms were you having when you couldn't tolerateyour thyroid meds?

My last labs indicated that my TSH was 7.0 and my doc gave me 25 mcgof Synthroid. It's only been 2 and a half weeks and I still feellousy and have high anxiety. I called her and she said I need to wait

6 weeks so she can retest before she will try anything new. It'sgoing to be a long 4 more weeks...Thanks for all your help!Jen>> Jen,>> I have suffered from terrible anxiety and panic attacks for manyyears, even before I knew that I was hypothyroid. Once I added in B100 and B12 and B6 supplements, it started to get better. I was not able to tolerate any thyroid meds (armour or synthroid) until I got my vitamin B levels up and my adrenal fatigue was addressed. Once those things were addressed, I was able to tolerate Armour and now have little to no anxiety. I did try anti-depressants for many years, which never seemed to work.

Klonopin has helped in the past but not so much anymore..probably because my body is so used to it. I only take it now for restless legs and keep it in stock just in case of a panic attack, which does happen about once a year.

Also, my thyroid has always been in the normal levels...doesn'tmatter what the numbers say. What's important is how you feel. And, yoga, exercise, meditation, or just plain getting a facial...anything that relaxes you can help.

>> Good luck! The first step is finding a good doc who will run theright tests.>

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[Guest guest]

My doctor found the deficiency via a blood

test. He has prescribed Metanx for it.

The reason I ask about Hashi’s is that

I wonder if you are having periods of time where your kicks in and causes you

to go hyperthyroid. The following s is from: http://thyroid.about.com/cs/hypothyroidism/a/hashivshypo.htm

Hashimoto's

typically involves a slow but steady destruction of the gland that eventually

results in the thyroid's inability to produce sufficient thyroid hormone -- the

condition known as hypothyroidism. Along the way, however, there can be periods

where the thyroid sputters back to life, even causing temporary

hyperthyroidism, then a return to hypothyroidism. This cycling back and forth

between hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism is characteristic of Hashimoto's

disease. So, for example, periods of anxiety/insomnia/diarrhea/weight loss may

be followed by periods of depression/fatigue/constipation/weight gain.

You

really owe it to yourself to find a doctor who can properly take care of you.

Kim

in No Texas

From: Texas_Thyroid_Groups [mailto:Texas_Thyroid_Groups ] On Behalf Of sunflowerbeeinc

Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:37

PM

To: Texas_Thyroid_Groups

Subject:

Re: New Here

Hi Kim,

Unfortunately, I have had some pretty careless doctors so far so they

have not tested me for Hashimoto's or for adrenal function, vitamin

deficiency, etc.

I've been reading about vitamin B and anxiety; do you take a vitamin

B complex? And how did your doc determine that you were low on

vitamin B?

Thanks so much!

Jen