So now it's time to orgaize my thoughts and symptoms i want to be concise and not going into it thinking i already know my diagnosis (which i think is in-active thyroid)
so here's my symptoms
*Hair falling out (so much so it cloggs the drain after EVERY shower)
the only issue i have with this is that i have told pretty much every doctor i have seen in the last oh say 5 years that this is happening and they look at my massave mane of hair and skoff.. but really folks i use to only be able to put a rubber band around twice now it goes around several times
* Dry skin
I have oily skin now it's so dry i have a hard time wearing any kind of make up (not a huge tragedy but still it's something to add to the list)
* tired ALL THE TIME..
that doesn't really need an explination
* can't loose weight to save my life
i feel like i have put in some REAL effort on this front i do realize i am more than twice the size i should be and when Ben and i diet and are eating the SAME thing and he looses 10 pounds and i sometimes gain there is something seriously wrong.. (i do know men and women shouldn't for the sake of health and marriage compare weight loss issues but this is but one example)
*I feel like my mind is in a cloud allot of the time like i can't express myself clearly or i forget ALLOT..
too many examples to share
* ok here's the TMI, my monthly women issues are WAY out of control,
there not regular, too long, too heavy and my family wants to shoot me during a 10 day period of time each month.,. enough said
*night sweats..
but i'm cold during the day and espically after i eat.. weird i know!!
*Edit: i forgot one; all that hair that's falling out of my head.. it's growing on my chin!
i know lovely hua!
ok those are the main ones.. if anyone has any suggestions for lab tests i should insist on (im already insisting they test my thyroid, and am thinking about asking about hormone issues).. please share.. im hoping because i'm a few years older than the last time i went in and claim i was falling apart they won't just say "your only 30 it can't be your thyroid" or ,"your aren't as young as you use to be"... sheesh.. i am committed to feeling better.. and since we aren't moving anytime soon (that has been a BIG excuse of mine in the past) i can hopefully stick with this doctor (if i like her) and see some real results..
wish me luck
ta ta
3 comments:
I would also include whatever the tests are for PCOS and Graves. ~v
If they tell you you are too young to have thyroid issues, explain that your YOUNGER brother and sister both have thyroid issues. It allllll sounds like thyroid. It controls sooo much. You may have to insist on a private lab to do your tests - they might be better than doing it through your OBGYN. At least, that has been my experience.
just be pushy and persistent. keep telling them things about your body have changed, things are screwy, you have a genetic history of thyroid problems. my thyroid badness was found by my doctor, i didn't have to be pushy at all, but your description sounds like classic hypothyroidism.
don't let up on them. hypo is more common in older women, but gals our ages can have it, too. i have it. your sister has it. a 24-year-old girl in my ward has it.
you asked about testing. Wikipedia quote:
Diagnostic testing
To diagnose primary hypothyroidism, many doctors simply measure the amount of Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) being produced by the pituitary gland. High levels of TSH indicate that the thyroid is not producing sufficient levels of Thyroid hormone (mainly as thyroxine (T4) and smaller amounts of triiodothyronine (T3)). However, measuring just TSH fails to diagnose secondary and tertiary forms of hypothyroidism, thus leading to the following suggested blood testing if the TSH is normal and hypothyroidism is still suspected:
* free triiodothyronine (fT3)
* free levothyroxine (fT4)
* total T3
* total T4
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