Thyroid.

Cher I do sympathise with you, it is awful to have things wrong with you and feel like you are getting nowhere to getting it sorted out. I was like that with my last GP but (touch wood) since changing doctors due to house move, they do seem a little bit more on the ball. At least now I have inhalers to help me breathe, before I struggled on for nearly a year without!
Keep on at them, that's the only thing to do or change practice.

Thank you for all your replies. I have felt shocking these last few days, my head feels like it is about to explode. Like I have a hangover but I haven't. I can't seem to shift it, it's all over my forehead and across my nose and around my ears. I feel like closing my eyes all the time and I have had to turn the brightness down on here a lot as it was hurting.

I'm seeing the doctor next Friday, not yesterday. I just want to feel better, I'm sick of it being either one thing or another.

I am borderline underactive, they tried me with the thyroxine but it makes me feel worse. For years it has gone on like this, I keep getting told my blood tests are normal and the levels are normal. I have now given up and if I have a bad day, I stay in or go to bed. You will find that as serious as thyroid disorders are, there is nothing done to research how to make us feel better.This government won't fund the research, they are too busy with the rest of the world to be bothered about people who suffer with their health here in this country.

Loads of treatments available abroad and in the USA. In UK you get Thyroxine, the cheapest of the cheap and that is your lot - one treatment available. I am now down to a blood test every six months, as that is what the Endocrine Clinic advised. I suspect its more that they don't want to spend the budget on me as it is about £15 a blood test. I have had the symptoms for years , nobody bothers and the least bothered are the hospitals.

I too have an underactive Thyroid (Hashimoto's) but when it was first discovered it was because my reading was too HIGH. I was told that it was quite common for the Thyroid to give a 'burst' of over production before plummeting??? Now I don't know if that is the correct scenario but I was tested 3 months later and the reading had dropped drastically which certainly 'proved' the theory in my case!!! I was also deficient in Vitamin B12 and have 3 monthly injections and now take a raft of other supplements. I have also been gluten free for over a year - brain fog gone, no longer cold all the time, sleeping better etc. Whichever way your next blood test goes, this is now quite a common problem for many so there is loads of info on the internet - good luck.

OH had Graves' disease which is an over active thyroid. He lost lots of weight and was very tired. He was treated with radioactive iodine which zapped his thyroid. This was painless, but he had to stay away from small children for a fortnight and we could not share a bed for two weeks either. Oh dear He now has to take Thyroxine because he has reduced thyroid function. Getting the dosage right seems to be a bit hit and miss and he has put on too much weight as a result which is annoying. Good luck Rubylady. It is very treatable, so try not to worry.

Even micrograms Marmark1 I am on 150 a day.

And yes thyroid problems can be sorted Rubylady so don't be too down-hearted.

Grams even

Me too,under active,I take 100 trams thyroxine. I'm fine with it though,touching wood.

Nonnie Know the feeling only too well

Thanks mini not sure if that was a senior moment or a typo! I most certainly do know the difference.

Hypothyroidism is an underactive thyroid! Hyperthyroidism is overactive! Just correcting a previous post

I think you will find that you have hypothyroidism - over active thyroid. If it were dangerously high I think you would have been referrred to an Endocrinologist straight away so it appears they simply think it needs to be monitored.

If you google it you will find far too much confusing stuff so unless you are confident that you can sort through the dross I suggest you don't.

As I don't have a thyroid most of my knowledge is about that but the doc did tell me that if I took too much thyroxin I would be in danger of developing osteoporosis and possibly a heart attack.

Talk to your doc about it tomorrow and ask him to explain how high it is and what the implications are. Sometimes it helps to take in a list of your worries so that you don't forget something important.

Yes rubylady. I had my thyroid out years ago and just take pills every day. It can be well controlled as long as you don't mind having blood tests. Good luck.

As far as I know there is under active thyroid and over active thyroid .I have the under variety and have been on tablets for 30 yrs and no problem , just a regular blood test to regulate dosage .Please dont worry it can easily be controlled .Take care .