help needed pls

[balla]

i have a scalloped tongue, tightness in neck , electric shocks and pain in hands a fingers are bad. at gp this afternoon , on 75 lev a day for about last 6/7 week o forgeting dry skin bad on hands and legs. x

[JudyS]

I have no advice for you, but I have the same kind of problems, plus visual disturbances. I used to go to the chiropractor regularly which helped, but lately it no longer does anything useful.

I'll be reading the answers with interest!

BTW, what do you mean by 'scalloped tongue'? It describes mine perfectly (t's also geographic) but my dentist and I have always put it down to the fact that I had a lump removed from underneath it.

[shaws Administrator in reply to JudyS]

a scalloped tongue is a clinical symptom of hypo but GP's seem unaware of any clinical symptoms. This was posted the other day

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[anbuma]

I don't know what you mean by scalloped tongue either btu will google it and see.i have the tightness in neck and same electric shocks in fingers. my dr said its CTS-( a symptom of thyroid prob).i know I have thyroid prob but they wont recognize it.dr I saw today(notmy own)said i had no coating on my tongue and was probably iron deficient.i don't know why drs don't know where the thyroid gland is.

[shaws Administrator in reply to anbuma]

If you click on the link above you will see a tongue.

[balla]

on way to see gp , so will let you no what he has to say X back soon

[shaws Administrator]

Have you recently been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I note you say you have been on 75mcg of levothyroxine for 7 weeks but are still having problems.

They do sound like clinical symptoms. Can you get a print-out from your surgery of your latest thyroid gland blood test results and post them on a new question complete with the ranges and someone will comment upon them. If you have been recently diagnosed usually an increase is given about every 6 weeks till you feel much better. Did your GP say that you were now 'within range' and you would not have another 25mcg raised in levothyroxine?

It is a slow process I am afraid till you get to a level of thyroid gland hormone so that you feel well but it is possible with the help of a good GP.

[Hidden]

Hello, What I picked up in particular from your question was "electric shocks". The other symptoms you describe are certainly symptoms associated with hypothyroidism, but we have to consider what has caused that thyroid problem. I think there are probably many causes of thyroid dysfunction, but my daughter's experience has been years and years of searching until we finally found the cause this year. We now know that mould biotoxins can cause multi-symptom, multi-system problems if an individual has a susceptible genetic make-up, and this was the case with her.

You may want to check these links and these posts I wrote earlier in the year:

momsaware.org/symptoms-of-m...

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

The videos are well worth watching.

Let me know if I can send more information.

Jane x

[balla]

thank you all, got to have bloods done in morning , and gp sent me over to the hospital to have X-ray on my neck. he said he thinks i need to go up with meds , but until i have bloods and X-ray to stay on 75, said he will phone me wednesday when he gets results back. so will let you no, thank you for all your information jane, o yes my doctor said most of my symptoms are hypothyroidism x when i get results will put them on here for you,s to help me thanks

[shaws Administrator in reply to balla]

If you take your medication in the morning, don't take your medication until after your blood test as it can skew the results. Take it afterwards. If you take your meds at bedtime miss this dose and take after the blood tests.

[balla in reply to shaws]

take them in morning ,so will take it after bloods took , thank you for that.

[suez]

I have the same scalloped tongue and I believe that its due to fluid retention - the tongue is swollen and therefore the teeth leave indentations on it - can't remember where I read that though.