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It does seem a horrible illness that takes many forms and makes you fell less than well a lot of the time. Doctors dont seem to be too bothered about checking for it, wild hair and irritable skin, feeling very tired are usual, and eating things like broccolli and sprouts actually slow down the way your thyroxine works.
They are called antigens and can be googled for side effects.
I know at her worst, my daughter did feel she was losing her mind.mood swings and tummy upsets.
Before there was any treatment a lot of sufferers were confined to lunatic assylums and old cartoons of bedlam show prisoners with bulging eyes and goitres.
It does take about 6 weeks for meds to start taking effect and are best taken about half an hour before food for best effect, so if you forget a pill you might not feel so good weeks later. Things take longer to heal and colds take twice as long to recover from.
Funny thing the human body ! Take care.

Benefits, well you never have to pay prescription charges again !

No, you dont want to get pregnant lol xx

Nite nite xx

Thank you Daisy x nunite

must,nt forget me pill in the morning lol

Ray x

Noooo, you are experiencing common symptoms. Dont worry!

Once you start taking the thyroxine, these symptoms will disappear after a few weeks.

Your Gp will recheck your blood. (the test is called a thyroid function test)
You may find that the dose may need to be adjusted to suit you so be patient.
Hope this has helped to explain a few concerns

Daisy x

Going to log off now, as my eyes are hurting, will check this,
thread tomorrow,please leave your views/experiance of
this subject

Thanks again

Ray

Thank you Daisy, Shimms I appreciate your views
it helps to know that I was not going off my rocker
imagining all these ailments lol

Ray x

It sounds like your thyroid has slowed your metabolsim right down so that your blood flow around your body has also slowd down.(particularly to the extremities like your arms and legs.). This would explain the shrinking back of your veins and also the numbness/ itching. Blood cells carry oxygen to these areas normally. But now it is taking loger to get this oxygen to the cells in your hands and legs.

Daisy, roflol ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I get numbness Ray, am flat veined. With Reynards(sp) my fingers turn white, can't pass a freezer ...

Not a problem with the cold but have noticed that I will often interupt people
mid speech so I can tell them what I was going to say before I forget
and I dont mean to be rude to them
also the itching of the hands feels like it is in the bones because
you can never ease it
and numbness in arms and legs,,my veins have dissapeared as well
very tired fall asleep but am wide awake again in ten minutes

Ray

Sorry. You two will have to share that cork! i only have one lol !!!!!!!

Quite possibly CR. But I dont think its related to your thyroid.

Do you feel the cold?

I was being polite saying an hour Shimms
cant even digest my favourite anymore,,,peanuts lol

Ray

Passes Shimms a cork !!!!!!!! xx

DD I had stomach ulcers 12 years ago so that may of interupted
my gasses in the stomach ?

Ray

I agree Daisy.

Me, I'm sure I have a gluten intolerance which might be part of your problem Ray, not sure if its related to the thyroid yet, gosh ... horrid, can be minutes ... forgive me, not being crude either.

Thank you Caz

No one in my family apart from ex wife who had overactive

Ray x

CR
Irritable bowel is not a symptom of low thyroid function. it is a completely seperate condition.
However an overactive thyroid can cause diarrhoea because digestion of food is speeded up.

Hello Ray,

I know from family history, that it is hereditary,

Good luck,

Caz xx

Hi Shimms.
Hair loss is a common symptom of low thyroid function.
Not everyone has the same symptoms and other medical conditions and thier treatments /side effects often mask the symptoms xx

Is irritable bowel a sympton of it then Shimms ?
I dont mean to be crude but things like pulses
can go through me in an hour sometimes,,,,

Ray