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Being synful and pushing 40.

So this year I turn forty, which meant that at new year I made a cliched resolution to try to get fit and lose weight. Well I told myself I wanted to get my...

So this year I turn forty, which meant that at new year I made a cliched resolut...

spindrift

•12 years ago

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Bad night - overmedicated?

I'm on T3 only and have been great on it. However, every time I try to go above 37.5mcg, I feel a bit worst ie achey joints, poundy heart and headache. So...

I'm on T3 only and have been great on it. However, every time I try to go above...

Numberone1

•12 years ago

4 Replies

Anyone know about anti-TSH receptor antibodies? Mine is 1.1 (normal 0-1)

Hi there, I am pregnant with underactive thyroid. I'm currently on 150 mcg levothyroxine. I had a hospital appointment a couple of weeks ago and they did a...

Hi there, I am pregnant with underactive thyroid. I'm currently on 150 mcg levo...

trilbywillow

•12 years ago

3 Replies

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VERY slow heartbeat / rate..

Has anyone a regular beat of less than 50 beats per min?? My girlfriends is 40 - 45 resting....she has NOT been diagnosed with any thyroid condition, though...

Has anyone a regular beat of less than 50 beats per min?? My girlfriends is 4...

adzie69

•12 years ago

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I have come up with a TSH reading of 10.48. Is it a case of Hypothyroidism, although I have none of the symptoms? Please help me out

rockingprad

•12 years ago

8 Replies

Problem with nails

My nails are so awful, the usual hypo ridges some even look like they might crack. I also have noticed a few dents in the middle of a couple of my nails. The...

My nails are so awful, the usual hypo ridges some even look like they might crac...

daisymoo

•12 years ago

12 Replies

Have you got any before and after piccies? Before treatment and after treatment?

Just (another) thought - after reading "Tears Behind Closed Doors", and seeing the photos in the book.

Just (another) thought - after reading "Tears Behind Closed Doors", and seeing t...

Issy

•12 years ago

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hmmm - I wonder... does this look like a hypothyroid person to you?

http://www.pink-floyd.org/barrett/syd_img/syd07012001c.jpg

Issy

•12 years ago

12 Replies

Does anyone take Aventis Cynomel?

I am taking T3 prescribed by my GP. However, one of the inactive ingredients causes me to have severe neck and jaw pain. For this reason I would like to try...

I am taking T3 prescribed by my GP. However, one of the inactive ingredients cau...

Barbaraj

•12 years ago

16 Replies

Is it ok to have low T4 if you're on T3 only?

I'm moving from a combination of T4 and T3 to (hopefully) T3 only. T3 is definitely working for me a lot better than T4 mentally and physically. My last T4...

I'm moving from a combination of T4 and T3 to (hopefully) T3 only. T3 is definit...

Totoro

•12 years ago

7 Replies

Blood test booked for 18th Feb, fingers crossed I get results to explain my symptoms

In August last year I was diagnosed with hyper thyroidism and put on carbimazole, was then overmedicated, so stopped medication. The endo believes it was viral...

In August last year I was diagnosed with hyper thyroidism and put on carbimazole...

-Butterfly-

•12 years ago

1 Reply

Constipation!!!

I can go weeks without having a poo! Does anyone else have this problem, I cannot go without taking something which then makes you unable to leave the house...

I can go weeks without having a poo! Does anyone else have this problem, I can...

dylansmum

•12 years ago

16 Replies

Myself and a fybromyagia friend, had to chuckle about how we should stand out side parliment dressed as a ?

This bloody desease gets me down sometimes, as most of you no, I am on here if im desperate. I went for a detox, spa and swim, ( suffered the next day) my...

This bloody desease gets me down sometimes, as most of you no, I am on here if i...

merissa

•12 years ago

6 Replies

Should I be feeling so unwell after starting Levothyroxine?

I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism on Monday, I was not feeling unwell I had started with carpel tunnel in my wrist and hand which prompted my GP to do some...

I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism on Monday, I was not feeling unwell I had s...

LG30

•12 years ago

11 Replies

Is anyone suffering from a low thyroid and severe low iron and if so I there a link between the two?

I was diagnosed in Jan 2009 with a low thyroid and put on levothyroxine. To date I have felt no better on the medication and for a period stopped taking it as...

I was diagnosed in Jan 2009 with a low thyroid and put on levothyroxine. To date...

magreene

•12 years ago

4 Replies

My antibodies are not working well doctor said to take 50 mg for the thyroid but I have many heart beets

Natashav

•12 years ago

3 Replies

Has anyone on levo found there hair changing colour?

I was diagnosed hpyo 6 years ago and my hair colour then was dark blonde. Of late people are asking me if I've dyed my hair because it is now an auburn...

I was diagnosed hpyo 6 years ago and my hair colour then was dark blonde. Of la...

hooper

•12 years ago

12 Replies

Harder to lose weight

Whats the thinking on whether it's harder to lose weight with an autoimmune illness/underactive thyroid please? It has been my only answer to this personal...

Whats the thinking on whether it's harder to lose weight with an autoimmune illn...

sidneymark70

•12 years ago

14 Replies

Recovering?

Hi there, Been quite unwell with anemia and possible heart problems. Am waiting for an Angiogram bur my iron levels are back to normal (for the moment). I...

Hi there, Been quite unwell with anemia and possible heart problems. Am wait...

LinDonaldson

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Advice for GP appointment 13th Feb - trying to reduce meds, but still very much symptomatic!

Hello All It's been quite a while since I posted here but still keep in touch by visiting this site often. I could do with some advice please in preparation...

Hello All It's been quite a while since I posted here but still keep in touch...

JAM21

•12 years ago

6 Replies

Headaches - is it side effect of Levothyroxine or part of hypothyroidism?

I was diagnosed in Nov 12 and put on Levothyroxine 25mg, still have symptoms (tiredness, dry skin, feeling cold, weight gain, complete brain fog . . .) My...

I was diagnosed in Nov 12 and put on Levothyroxine 25mg, still have symptoms (ti...

Woodhouse

•12 years ago

4 Replies

Thyroid side effects. .

Hi everyone well im new 2 this site. Iv just recently been diagnosed with under active thyroid virtually none is what the doctor told me..this was the...

Hi everyone well im new 2 this site. Iv just recently been diagnosed with under ...

mackey930

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Advice needed - GP thinks symptoms are down to stressful job rather than thyroid

Hi everyone - I found out in Aug 2012 after having blood tests for something else my T4 was 12.9 & TSH - 5.30. She advised testing every 6 mths. Since then...

Hi everyone - I found out in Aug 2012 after having blood tests for something els...

oakqueen

•12 years ago

14 Replies

Very quick update on Armour...

Well I decided to go ahead with the increase from 2.25 to 2.5 grains following my latest blood test results (TSH 0.02, fT4 14 and fT3 4.6), with my endo's...

Well I decided to go ahead with the increase from 2.25 to 2.5 grains following m...

Clarebear

•12 years ago

19 Replies

Endo Appointment

Well I went for my endo appointment on Thursday what a waste of time, they were only interested in why my TSH level seemed ok for years and then in the last 6...

Well I went for my endo appointment on Thursday what a waste of time, they were ...

mummytina

•12 years ago

4 Replies

19 years of blood test results

i know some of you on here have problems getting blood test results, but quite opposite I asked for mine for when I was seeing Dr P and they happily printed...

i know some of you on here have problems getting blood test results, but quite o...

Numberone1

•12 years ago

3 Replies

Appt with doc

After lots of advice on here plucked up the courage to go and see doctor again I had an 8 appt this morning.My doctors doubles up as a walk in clinic where you...

After lots of advice on here plucked up the courage to go and see doctor again I...

VanessaB

•12 years ago

1 Reply

If my Thyoid labs are normal, why do I feel so bad? (a link to Dr Rind's article)

http://www.drrind.com/therapies/thyroid-scale

nobodysdriving

•12 years ago

4 Replies

Sorry to post results again, should I have been medicated on these results? tar x GP says normal, im not convinced?

serum t3 6.70 pmol my throglobulin antibody is 675 serum 3 t4 24 pml TSH 0.01 thyroid p antibody 16 iul. does not support a diagnoses of Graves...

serum t3 6.70 pmol my throglobulin antibody is 675 serum 3 t4 24 pml TSH 0...

merissa

•12 years ago

2 Replies

90% microbe and 10% human - really? who's in control?

OK old news (new to me 'tho) but a recent post was interesting... http://www.ted.com/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate.html here's another...

OK old news (new to me 'tho) but a recent post was interesting... http://www.te...

Hidden

•12 years ago

3 Replies

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All posts for February 2013

Being synful and pushing 40.

Bad night - overmedicated?

Anyone know about anti-TSH receptor antibodies? Mine is 1.1 (normal 0-1)

VERY slow heartbeat / rate..

I have come up with a TSH reading of 10.48. Is it a case of Hypothyroidism, although I have none of the symptoms? Please help me out

Problem with nails

Have you got any before and after piccies? Before treatment and after treatment?

hmmm - I wonder... does this look like a hypothyroid person to you?

Does anyone take Aventis Cynomel?

Is it ok to have low T4 if you're on T3 only?

Blood test booked for 18th Feb, fingers crossed I get results to explain my symptoms

Constipation!!!

Myself and a fybromyagia friend, had to chuckle about how we should stand out side parliment dressed as a ?

Should I be feeling so unwell after starting Levothyroxine?

Is anyone suffering from a low thyroid and severe low iron and if so I there a link between the two?

My antibodies are not working well doctor said to take 50 mg for the thyroid but I have many heart beets

Has anyone on levo found there hair changing colour?

Harder to lose weight

Recovering?

Advice for GP appointment 13th Feb - trying to reduce meds, but still very much symptomatic!

Headaches - is it side effect of Levothyroxine or part of hypothyroidism?

Thyroid side effects. .

Advice needed - GP thinks symptoms are down to stressful job rather than thyroid

Very quick update on Armour...

Endo Appointment

19 years of blood test results

Appt with doc

If my Thyoid labs are normal, why do I feel so bad? (a link to Dr Rind's article)

Sorry to post results again, should I have been medicated on these results? tar x GP says normal, im not convinced?

90% microbe and 10% human - really? who's in control?

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