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From: Alice.theCamel on 6 Apr 2008 13:43
I just don't understand why despite being told my thyroid is in the
normal range on last test (0.43) and that all my antibody test are
normal, so no graves, that i still feel dreadful.

I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism 3 months ago now, was on
Propylthiouracil for 2 months, then it made me really ill, stopped it
and now on carbimazil 10mg a day, due to be retested this week.

Has anyone else found that despite being told everything is now
'normal' they still feel so bad. I am totally wiped out still,
everything aches, find it hard to get breath, agitated, my heart still
pounds,headaches, just awful. I feel like my body is on the verge of
collapse, surely I should be better now the meds have fixed the
thyroid problem???

I am under so much pressure to get back to work ,and desperate to just
have some scrap of a life again, not struggle just to get round the
house and look after my daughter and myself.

I think i might join a depression group aswell today, sorry to drone
on just so fed up and getting desperate :o(
From: Herman Family on 6 Apr 2008 21:31

"Alice.theCamel" <alice.camel76(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:26e09884-3d18-448e-b99f-1e1fa6976103(a)d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>I just don't understand why despite being told my thyroid
>is in the
> normal range on last test (0.43) and that all my antibody
> test are
> normal, so no graves, that i still feel dreadful.
>
> I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism 3 months ago now, was
> on
> Propylthiouracil for 2 months, then it made me really ill,
> stopped it
> and now on carbimazil 10mg a day, due to be retested this
> week.
>
> Has anyone else found that despite being told everything
> is now
> 'normal' they still feel so bad. I am totally wiped out
> still,
> everything aches, find it hard to get breath, agitated, my
> heart still
> pounds,headaches, just awful. I feel like my body is on
> the verge of
> collapse, surely I should be better now the meds have
> fixed the
> thyroid problem???
>
> I am under so much pressure to get back to work ,and
> desperate to just
> have some scrap of a life again, not struggle just to get
> round the
> house and look after my daughter and myself.
>
> I think i might join a depression group aswell today,
> sorry to drone
> on just so fed up and getting desperate :o(

Alice,

Yes, this isn't uncommon. The problem is that once the
thyroid goes out of whack it takes everything else with it.
0.43 is on the low side of normal for the tsh. It is better
if the tsh is about 1, which would mean a little higher
carbimazil.

Right now, you are still a bit hyper even though the
test is (barely) in the normal range.

Michael



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