[Anonymous]

#1047506

Hi Crybaby
You cry as much as you want unless it makes your eyes sore. Iam sorry to hear that you feel so emotional. A lot of us feel like that I think. Try and think of something *really* happy, and walk away if you feel like you cana’t handle a conversation with someone. It doen’t matter what they think. You can say later when you feel calmer that you were not in the right space then. (Have you considered anti-depressants for a little while, I have and this has helped me, but speak to your doctor about this on Thursday.)
I hope you feel better soon. Let us know how you get on Thursday.
Hazel

[Anonymous]

#1142295

HELP!!! I had surgery last Wednesday 3/22/00 and although I have noticed some of my symptoms are not quite as bad…the emotional side of all this crap is getting worse. I still feel like I don’t want to get off this computer chair or off the couch and I feel sooooooo angry all the time. Not really about anything in particular just feel real mean inside. I am having periods of time throughout the day where all the sudden I feel like I can’t keep my eyes open but I can’t lay down and take a nap either. I thought maybe I was just resting too much and tried taking walks but that’s not helping either. I either get real mad at the drop of a hat or want to cry for no reason.
I did take your advise and call the doctor to see why I wasn’t put on any meds right away and he told me that because they left “some” of the thyroid that I wouldn’t necessarily need them right away…I had to get a blood test today and he wants to see me Mon. but he only tested calcium and phosphorus. Anyone know why? I didn’t get to talk to them just gave the blood. I know why they tested for the calcium but not the other. I have read so much about treatment and tests and so on but I can’t seem to find much about what actually happens after the surgery…My poor husband and step-children…I can seem to get out of this attitude. Any replies would be welcome.
Thanks,
Missy

[Anonymous]

#1142296

Hi Missy,
I am a post surgery warrior. I had mine Aug. 99. I was feeling great until about 2 weeks ago. I found out last week that the pharmacy gave me the wrong medication and the bad thing is I am very hyper again and we don’t even know what drug I took for 30 days.

For the most part my recovery was textbook. I felt just like they said I would. However, they started me on .75 mcg Synthroid the day after surgery. So although I went hypo it wasn’t extreme and it wasn’t for very long.

Hope his helps. Email me if you like we can chat further.
Take Care
Pam

[Anonymous]

#1142297

I am still adjusting to synthetic thyroid and still on Inderal as my “calming agent”, but I have been on a roller coaster lately. It appears from the board this is semi-normal? I can be fine, then just really sad all of a sudden, takes me a while to get out of it, then almost manic. This is all in a days time. I feel my thought processes are not truly “right”.
I take the thyroid in the AM on an empty stomach and wait about 30 minutes to eat and take the Inderal. I read here to give it a year, but sometimes feel a day of this is too much more. I wouldn’t know whether to ask for an anti-depressant or an anti-anxiety. Just hate to add more fuel to the fire. Any suggestions? Still suffering insomnia, yet could fall asleep in mid afternoon a the blink of an eye if I was allowed too. Help!

[Anonymous]

#1142298

Hi Bballmom,

I think that the advice you read here about waiting a year is AFTER you’ve arrived at an optimum dose of synthetic hormone — then you need to make sure you get checked once a year. But as you are figuring out your dose, the waiting period is more like 6 weeks. That’s the time period my doctor likes to wait before testing to find out how my body is responding to my new dose. It is true that, at the beginning of a new dose, you can feel up and then down and then normal, even during one day. It also seems that, if you are more on the hypothyroid end of the scale, your doctor may soon wean you off the Inderal. That may be causing some of the tired feelings. One more thing — while taking the two drugs, if it were me, I would separate them by at least a couple of hours. I don’t have any concrete evidence that one affects the other, but separating them would just erase any possibility that they could.

Patience, and you WILL get there! Promise!

-Ski
NGDF Assistant Online Facilitator

[Anonymous]

#1142299

Ski – thanks for the prompt answer. I go back to doctor next week. We have tried a couple times to decrease Inderal with not so good results, so he wants to wait until the thyroid level is “normal” then get me off inderal, that way we know what to blame for how I am feeling. I get my blood checked every 4 weeks right now, so I am just being impatient for feeling good. It has been two weeks since my last increase – not enough time to even out. Seemed like it was easier to mask the hyper symptoms than the hypo, but I know that is just a faulty memory, as I felt really bad when hyper too. Thanks for being there.

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