Question for those knowledgeable about thyroid issues.

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I am supposed to go to the endo I was recommended on Monday.

While I do not hold out much hope for good on the T front,......especially after

speaking to a local member hear via e-mail, I would like to know what I should

look for in terms of proper thyroid testing.

I have family history of thyroid issues on both sides of the family BTW.

My grandmother was hypothyroid and had to take synthroid for many years before

she passed away. My biological father was the other way around and was

hyper,.....took him a long time to be diagnosed.

Taken from another site for hyper:

Symptoms

•Difficulty concentrating *

•Fatigue *

•Frequent bowel movements *

•Goiter (visibly enlarged thyroid gland) or thyroid nodules ?

•Heat intolerance *

•Increased appetite

•Increased sweating *

•Irregular menstrual periods in women

•Nervousness *

•Restlessness *

•Weight loss (rarely, weight gain)

Other symptoms that can occur with this disease:

•Breast development in men *

•Clammy skin *

•Diarrhea *

•Hair loss

•Hand tremor *(at times)

•Weakness *

•High blood pressure *

•Itching - overall

•Lack of menstrual periods in women

•Nausea and vomiting

•Pounding, rapid, or irregular pulse *

•Protruding eyes (exophthalmos)

•Rapid, forceful, or irregular heartbeat (palpitations)

•Skin blushing or flushing *

•Sleeping difficulty *

I am dealing with a sinus infection right now, and taking Zithromax so the last

few days don't mean much. Fever has only been up to 101.4 but I have been

sweating profusely off and on. Anyway I put an asterisk next to the symptoms I

get lately,......seems like quite a few to me.

My pulse has been running high lately as well, but it is not of a dangerous

rhythm. Sinus tach pretty much that comes and goes.

That area of my throat seems large to me, but the docs always just say that I

have a large adam's apple and that they feel nothing of concern.

I have said before that I think I am getting a small amount of gyno, but it

could just be fat build-up from my low T. I AM slowly losing weight, and my

appetite is nothing like it used to be.

All I have ever had done is the standard TSH a number of times, and Free T4 one

time last December. Both were normal,.....1.69, and 1.3 respectively.

I know that there are many other things to test, and if nothing else possibly I

can get this endo to do the proper thyroid testing even if she does crapola for

my Low T.

Sorry for another very long post, but I know some of you here have been through

a lot, and know a lot about the thyroid. Thanks!