can someone help me PLEASE????

February 21, 2000

Hello everyone, I have been lurking on this list for quite some time, and

dont always pay attention to all the posts. I have a real problem and dont

know what to do or where to start. Last June I was diagnosed with

hypothyroidism. In October we got the dosage right to 75mg of Synthriod.

Before the hypothryroidism, I was a ver active person, cheerleader at school,

playing soccer, swimming, I was in very good physical shape. Then Last year

I started to pack on the pounds, for no reason, I was still excerising,

eating right, etc, and I kept gaining weight. So I was diagnosd, and

basically my dr told me that by taking the pills I would be back to normal

within a year. Well, I am getting progressivly worse, although my blood

tests say otherwise. And I dont know if all this stuff is realted, but I am

guessing it is because blood tests showed that the only thing wrong with me

is that I am hypothyriod. My skin is awful, its dry and ver sensitive, never

used to be that way. I am growing hair in places Ive never grown hair

before, which is rather embarrasing when I get intimate with my boyfriend.

My periods have pretty much stopped, but now Im on the pill to get my periods

( does this mean I'll never have kids??) All my joints hurt, I was on some

meds for that but it never helped. I had never had any of these problems

before. I am only 18.... and I am starting to go crazy. I feel like my

body belongs to someone else, and it is starting mto make me very depressed

to the point where I stopped going to work, I dont hang out with my friends

anymore... and my doctor says oh yea give it a year... but things arent

getting better they are getting worse! PLease if anyone has any suggestions

or adivece, or has experienced any of this, could you please contact me? I

am going out of my mind! TIA.

nne

February 21, 2000

Hi nn,

Sorry to hear you're going through such a tough time. I'm 42 and have been

hypothyroid for almost 30 years now. Several months ago, after basically

going through similar symptoms which you're experiencing, I started doing

some research and found several articles and information on Shomon's,

Thyroid Guide website -- http://thyroid.about.com. The information which

caught my attention was regarding adding T3 to the T4 medication. I went

to my doctor and he prescribed Thyrolar (which has both T3 and T4 hormones)

whereas synthroid only has T4. Since then, I no longer feel brain fog,

depression, no more joint or body aches, and my hair and nails are no

longer brittle and dry.

There are other medication options (please refer to the website so that you

can read about the alternatives) but I would suggest you read up on it and

see if you think this would benefit you.

Good luck and my prayers are with you. Ann

At 04:22 PM 2/21/00 EST, you wrote:

>From: Maeday17@...

>

>Hello everyone, I have been lurking on this list for quite some time, and

>dont always pay attention to all the posts. I have a real problem and dont

>know what to do or where to start. Last June I was diagnosed with

>hypothyroidism. In October we got the dosage right to 75mg of Synthriod.

>Before the hypothryroidism, I was a ver active person, cheerleader at

school,

>playing soccer, swimming, I was in very good physical shape. Then Last year

>I started to pack on the pounds, for no reason, I was still excerising,

>eating right, etc, and I kept gaining weight. So I was diagnosd, and

>basically my dr told me that by taking the pills I would be back to normal

>within a year. Well, I am getting progressivly worse, although my blood

>tests say otherwise. And I dont know if all this stuff is realted, but I am

>guessing it is because blood tests showed that the only thing wrong with me

>is that I am hypothyriod. My skin is awful, its dry and ver sensitive,

never

>used to be that way. I am growing hair in places Ive never grown hair

>before, which is rather embarrasing when I get intimate with my boyfriend.

>My periods have pretty much stopped, but now Im on the pill to get my

periods

>( does this mean I'll never have kids??) All my joints hurt, I was on some

>meds for that but it never helped. I had never had any of these problems

>before. I am only 18.... and I am starting to go crazy. I feel like my

>body belongs to someone else, and it is starting mto make me very depressed

>to the point where I stopped going to work, I dont hang out with my friends

>anymore... and my doctor says oh yea give it a year... but things arent

>getting better they are getting worse! PLease if anyone has any suggestions

>or adivece, or has experienced any of this, could you please contact me? I

>am going out of my mind! TIA.

>

>nne

>

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February 21, 2000

Hi, Its , hang in ok, this seems to be a normal thing that a lot of us

sufferers feel , I didnt realise until I started a local group for us as I

felt like I was going mad, I think theres a lot of reasons but our bodys go

into a slow down and I think its takes a lot of fine tunning to get the

levels right,yes you will have Children, my friend is having her baby any

day and has been ill years now is fine, healthy baby and she is well, keep

to your Doctors advice, go back if your not happy, sometimes we need

slightly more or less and bllod tests are good but we must also go how we

feel, remember that you will be well , I have cried a million tears in the

past over this Thyroid, my friend wrote a book called tears behind closed

doors, its a best seller here in England and I asked her why she called it

that and she said she did all her crying at home in case people would think

her mad, today she is healthy and a picture of health, if you want E mail me