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Hi all

Just been to the doctors for the results of last weeks blood test,
He has told me I have an underactive Thyroid, so it does rather explain some of the symptons that I have been feeling,
he asked if there was any family history of Thyroid, but there is
none, He has prescribed me with tablets for the condition,
I have googled this subject, but wonder if any of you have any
first hand knowledge/facts on this condition ?.

Many thanks

Ray

Hi Ray

I have...

I'll answer what I can hun, how you feeling?

Sluggish lol Hi Shimms x

Ray x

Big indicator Ray, poor you

Do get what I call 'matchstick' eyes, awake and then asleep.
Lethargy, no energy to do anything.

BINGO, Shimms lol

Ray x

Your tablets should help you, what amount of Thyroxin do you have to take a day.

Two blood tests a year too to monitor it, I'm norti ... terrified of needles, am well overdue (not saying how long here lol!), have to go have another one,promised my Doctor.

Start tomorrow morning with 1 tablet then check after 6 weeks

Ray x

You on Thyroxin?

Knew I'd once put up a thread about this, it's at the top of Chat Ray ... found it and nudged it for you hun.

Still here to talk to.

How's your memory Ray ...

Once thought I was saying one thing, wasn't ... that was the key to it all ... tis why I always say I'm dippy.

Yes noticed that sometimes I would totally forget what I was saying
normally mid sentence lol

Ray x

well you learn something new every day...I didnt know guys got this ...

Hello Ray ,

I have no experiance of Thyroid problems myself but oddly enough one of my daughters had a blood test yesterday to cheak that hers is working properly....we await the result .

I hope the tablets you have work ok and that your soon back to your " normal " self.

Amanda xx

~~~~~ to Shimmer : )

~~ waves to Amanda 2003

Is she losing lots of hair Amanda, it was when I mentioned that during conversation that I was sent for a test; tis very very hard to diagnose it. xxx

No, tis new to me too Hayley. When I was diagnosed I was asked if there was a history of it in my family, told it ran down the female side of the family so warned every female I could think of.

Men do get it ... wish I'd known, I have a son, brothers, nephews ... xxx

Ray, it does getter once the medication is inside you.

Found a good web addy from the BBC,not too complicated, gives the symptoms. We have hypothyroidism.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/thyroid1.shtml

Mine aren't working at the moment tis why I am zonked, have to have the blood test, every box is ticked because I'm so frightened lol!

Hi Ray
Nice to see you again
Hope your tabs do the trick for you mate

Sorry all,just had dinner
I had a friend who had it and he was in his early twenties
his eyes used to bulge, like a madman

Ray

One thing that does drive me crazy is the internal itch I get in my hands
and fingers Horrible having an itch you cant releive through scratching

Ray

Rashy itchy things are a pain , sometimes a steroid creams helps.

My daughter met her half sister for the first time at Christmas after 30 years, and they soon discovered they both had thyroid trouble, so we can conclude it is passed down .?

Hi Mo, Lyndsey

It is hereditary Lyndsey, the doctor told me. xxx

I get itchy legs Ray, can't believe I'm saying that on a public board, am very ladylike lol! Tis horrid itching.

Your friend sounds like he has hyperthyroidism, tis an overactive thyroid. My friend has the same with her eyes, bless her.

Why wouldn't guys get this Hayley, they have thyroid glands too, its what controls the pace of our bodies...

My friend has it, and since she had her diagnosis she has taken on a new lease of life...before treatment she was so sluggish

my lovcely OH had it and it is an insidious thing that takes a long time to recognise - it made him a different and difficult person to live with - once diagnosed though and with Thyroxine he was soon back to his old self!!!!