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30th October 2009, 10:50 AM
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Need advice on coping
Hello All,
Here is my story, Dec 2006 I got sick, thought it was a cold, finally by Feb 2007 I was on my rescue inhailers and nebulizer to get through the day. I have Reactive Airway Disease but hadn't had any symptoms in about 2 years prior to this. I finally went to the doctor, thinking I had a respitory problem.
I was also suffering from chronic fatique and weight gain of over 20 pounds and I don't normally gain weight. The doctor found that I had a goiter and sent me to a number of doctors from there. For 8 months I was like this, then one day I woke up and everything was back to normal , I felt great. Within a week I dropped the 20 pounds, my energy was even better than before, no headaches, weird rashes, aches or pains. Doctor said it most have been a Thyroiditist attack. Oh, meanwhile I had a throat swallow test, good.
A number of blood draws for T3 and T4, just within normal standards and a biopsy of my nodules, all negative. Then in Feb 2008 it started all over again. Within days I had ballooned up 15 pounds, my hair started to fall out, headaches were back, as were the aches and pains. It took everything I had to get out of bed in the morning. Now I had heart palpatations and tremors at night. It lasted 3-4 months and I saw a number of doctors that stated that my T's were normal so it wasn't related to my thyroid.
Then again same thing, I woke up one morning and felt great, but this time I was now jittery and I couldn't sleep at night but only a few hours, the heart palpitations continued and I was still having tremors at night though. I have been like this since, back and forth. I may have a down time from 2 weeks to months and then just the opposite will happen. Oh, I also went from a consistand low blood pressure of 98/52 to into the 140-180 over 100 range. I have a history of thyroid disorders in my family along with fibromyalagia, both sides. I have to keep two sizes of clothes cause I never know what I am going to weigh at any given moment. I bounce between 126 and 148.
I eat organically with most food grown on my property. I am very active and work out 4 times a week. I am leaving out a lot of information but what gets me is I saw a new Endocrinologist today and he told me that since my T3 is normal it's not related to my thyroid and it was all in my head and I was bipolar. HELP!
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31st October 2009, 09:19 AM
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