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in reply to: Still experiencing symptoms…but labs are normal? #1067785

I, too, would like to hear other people’s experiences about this. I was experiencing symptoms that were very much like my initial symptoms and my labs were completely normal. My doctor was prepared to start backing off of the dose of methimazole to see how I would respond but my symptoms (irritability, sleeplessness, heat intolerance) were way out of wack. I was under a huge amount of stress at the time and I told her I couldn’t determine if the stress was making me feel that way or my thyroid. She recommended that I maintain my dosage and knowing that the stress would decrease in the coming weeks, we would just wait it out and see what happens. Well, I went hypo while waiting it out, but my hyper symptoms went away when the stress went away. I’m still trying to understand how it all works.

At my next visit, my symptoms were gone and I was hypo so we backed the dosage down to try to bring things back in line. Since then, I’ve been having symptoms again and generally not feeling all that great but I’m not due for another set of labs until mid Nov.

[mykena]

in reply to: New Here and Very Thankful #1067942

Thank you for the compliment! Now, if I could just see it, too. Mine has not arrived yet. ” title=”Sad” />

Yes, I think Oprah should do a show on Thyroid diseases. One of the most amazing (not necessarily in a good way) things to me is the way it wreaks havoc on your emotions and clarity of mind. I think that’s been the hardest part for me. In fact, it wasn’t until I noticed that my reactions to my children were out of line that I "knew" something was really wrong. I’m just glad I had enough control to recognize I was not being fair to them.

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in reply to: New Here and Very Thankful #1067939

There will be a story/section titled "Make Me a Ten" in Oprah Magazine. I have not seen it yet myself so I am very anxious to see what they wrote.

On another note, after reading comments about the conference and based on how good this forum has been for me just this week, my husband and I decided that I should definitely attend the conference. So, I will be there after all. I am looking forward to meeting everyone.

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