discomfort feeling around neck area and fatique.

[kameron]

Hi all.I'll be brief. Ive written once before but just thought id update as im getting my head around it a little more Feeling pretty bad since mid oct 2013 after good year with (Graves diesease) hyperthyroidsim. was working like a gun all year, eating, sleeping well, responding well to therapy good energy then one weekend in october 2013 i crashed with exhastion into a hole , couldnt get out of bed . so fatiqued , Been batteling ever since. dragging myself out of bed , so depressed about living ,what went wrong i thought . went back to doc . said you better check why i feel like its all tense around neck like a slight restriction or like a sensation which is very difficult to explain , its very hard to pinpoint were just all over plus hurting ears , as well as feeling i dont have energy, got blood work done tests were now into normal range , t4 t3 tsh b12 have been now for a wile . plus ultra sound done last week .doctor and specialist who did my last ultrasound a year ago said thyroid in normal size with still a 3mm nodule present. Told me thyroid ultrsound much better in size than 12 months before. Had endoctrologist do uptake radiation scan of thyroid last marchrch 2013 report came back no hot or cold nodules and thyroid size in normal range . my Resting heart rate is sitting nice and steady at 64 to 70 bpm for 6 months all going good.,

. I reckon at times i felt better when my levels 12 months previously were thru the roof. puffy feet, screaming heart rate and shaking like a leaf than i do now..there was hope then and i could work with it but this time im totally lost. its like there is no reason

My question is this. Do you think it could be something else . My ultrasound specialist and doctor said its unlikley a thyroid my size and in its condition could cause such ear aches, and neck and throat discomfort, and fatique and croaky voice. or is it a goiter

i can except the fatique. sort of.as ive over worked physically for twenty years with only a day here and there off . always working under extreme stress as well as being a chronic people pleaser.

Hey everyone im sorry ive dumped all of this.i promise ill post some more positive stuff when it comes to.

i look forward to hearing your r experiences and hope . much appreciate you all . Kameron.

male 49

[Hennerton]

My only thought re the lack of energy is this: I read somewhere on this site that people with Graves have a body which finds it hard to manage on normal levels, because the body is geared to expecting more. Not sure how true it is but I wonder if the docs are keeping you too low in range and maybe a reduction or alteration in medication might be in order. Are you on Carbimazole only or block and replace? If you post latest blood tests, someone using either method should be able to comment.

Do not know about the neck issue but it may be part of being kept too low.

For myself I could never settle properly on Carbimazole and no one ever suggested any alternatives, so I ended up with thyroidectomy. And that's another story...

[kameron in reply to Hennerton]

Hi hennerton. I like what you said about needing higher levels to feel normal. .I didn't know that a thyroid could feel funny wile hypo. I thought enlargment and pain only came from hyper. Thanks for that. All the best. Kameron

[Jackie]

Hi I think it would be the thyroid. However, if voice very bad, as mine is and cannot swallow like me, important to see a ENT who specialises in this, I did, They always do a scope, special one, PO, not drugs etc, easy. Just to make sure nothing nasty. Re thyroid, it sound like that, can be Hypo, Hyper etc, but with nodules vital to have fine needle biopsy, radiologist under an ultra sound.Simple, just a precaution. I expect it is just one of the thyroid problems, amongst many!

Best wishes,

Jackie

[kameron in reply to Jackie]

Thanks Jackie. Yes I'll organise today with doctor to get referral for camera down the throat etc. They won't do biopsy of nodule cause it's still so small. 3mm. Once 1cm then they will. They said just wait. . Yes I'm beginning to think it's thyroid related fatigue as well. Even though everything is saying good. My head also runs a million miles an hour with any new symptom. I'm sure it must get better. Thanks for your reply. Kameron

[Jackie in reply to kameron]

Hi It is only the top of the throat, not at all like a gastroscopy. Just a small catheter,{ tube.}. no sedation or anything needed.

Jackie