Can't stop crying

[leftbehind]

Has anyone had a problem with crying very easily, then unable to stop crying. I have never been one to cry, hardly ever in my life. Since I had my thyroid removed because of Graves, I am crying daily feeling anguish. It seems to come.on when I'm going hyper. I am now taking 45 NP Thyroid, and 15 mcg T3. This is lowered from 60 NP, and 20 mcg T3. I was feeling mentally strong and stopped crying, but the labs showed me way high on T3 and I was having racing heart and hot flushes. So it was reduced and now I'm a basket case again.

My question is maybe there is something else wrong? I haven't read here of anyone feeling so depressed and crying alot? My GP has added the T3, this is my first experience with it...I feel much more physically calm with it, but emotionally bummed.

I will totally appreciate any help with this as I'm so tired of crying in anguish.

[Nanaedake]

Have you had Vit D, B12, folate and ferritin tested? Do you take omega 3 supplements? They might help but you need vitamins tested too.

You need to keep thyroid hormone balanced because fluctuating up and down may make you feel emotional.

[Ell17]

Adrenal issues can also leave one feeling as they are on an emotional tightrope (crying jags, etc.)

[Lora7again]

I rarely cry and I am quite tough person but when my TSH was 9 and my consultant said it was ok I burst into tears because I felt so ill. He then he offered me counseling and my tears turned to anger and I told him I was never coming back because he was making me ill by prescribing too much PTU

[BadHare]

You poor lamb!

Have you checked over your intake of micronutrient cofactors to make sure they’re optimal? It only takes one deficiency to throw a spanner in the works & stop your hormones from working effectively. Check over your food intake too. It’s hard when you’re so poorly but take care to eat well & avoid processed foods. Graves is autoimmune so possibly reactive foods aren’t good, & going gluten or dairy free might help you.

My friend had RAI for graves which made her dreadfully poorly. I think after functioning with the energy of three people for years it was a nasty horrible shock to be cold, tired & undermedicatedly hypo. Your body will take some time to adjust, but hopefully you’ll get there.

[Lora7again in reply to BadHare]

I tried gluten free for a year and it made no difference. I don't actually like bread and rarely eat it but I know gluten is in other foods.

[mado in reply to Lora7again]

Being gluten free will only show obvious benefits after one year of not having gluten I think. And it doesn’t work if you have gluten ever. It’s hard but it has been good for me. I am now dairy free too

[Snowwhite21]

Also cry allot when I am in an underfunction

[milkwoman]

You are under medicated. Go back to 60mg NP.

[HashiFedUp]

Could be completely unrelated but I was like that on the combination pill which contains estrogen. Made my thyroid worse too so now on mini pill progesterone only. Helps a lot. I’m guessing if your thyroid replacement isn’t right yet that’ll also make you feel jolly pissed off and emotional. Hang in there and go to the GP if it’s really bad in case you are developing depression. Better to catch it early than wait until It’s really bad x

[leftbehind in reply to HashiFedUp]

Thank you. I'm still being overdosed and underdosed. My GP put me on T3 and it started out very well and then I went very hyper now I'm down to NP 30 and T3 15 mcg daily split dose morning and late afternoon. I had a result of my T3 being 7. 9, lab top range is 4. 8. GP said to reduce T3 to 5 mcg, and NP to 15 mg. I thought this was way too much reduction all at once. I have reduced the dosage of T3 to 10 mcg, and maintain the NP at 30. Last lab showed the T3 has lowered to 4. 4 in 1 month. My GP has expelled me from the clinic! I'm feeling much better at 4. 4 and wanted to go over the labs with the doctor but I was not allowed to do that before being expelled for not cooperating. I really feel if I have dumped the dosages down that low all at once I would have gotten very sick.

[leftbehind in reply to leftbehind]

There was a recall on NP Thyroid by Acella, the 60's were 115% higher in T3 than then they were supposed to be. So I get 90 pills at a time that's three month supply, the doctor lowered the NP thyroid to 30 so I was cutting the same recalled pills in half. This was a horrible thing that happened because my doctor kicked me out of the clinic and that's when my blood pressure shot up systolic 198.now they tried to say I went to the hospital because I was depressed and suicidal, and they never addressed the high blood pressure or the thyroid issue.I think the doctors know each other and they are covering up the mistake that happened because that's when the doctor wanted to reduce all my medication 15 mcg. NP ONLY! It's a good thing I did not do that because I miss one BC pill and that cost is blood pressure spike oh, so if I dumped everything down to np15 I could easily had a stroke or heart attack and died maybe he wanted me to die.he was inappropriate in texting me for 6 months while he was married.this whole thing is so upsetting and I can't find a female counselor who will take Medicare and that would probably understand a lot better than a male counselor.