Help Anyone With Thyroid Trouble?

cardtart_2

I hope I'm in the right place for this.
Last week I was diagnosed as having an underactive thyroid after having main symptoms of,tiredness,weight gain and mood swings etc.Doctor put me on thyroxin,Last night I felt very breathless and as if my heart was fluttering.Would anyone else suffering with thyroid problems be able to advise me of how they cope with it and any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation.

Bordera

Cardtart I'm sending you a PM.

elvis_bloggs

cardtart wrote:

I hope I'm in the right place for this.
Last week I was diagnosed as having an underactive thyroid after having main symptoms of,tiredness,weight gain and mood swings etc.Doctor put me on thyroxin,Last night I felt very breathless and as if my heart was fluttering.Would anyone else suffering with thyroid problems be able to advise me of how they cope with it and any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation.

My ex is an underactive thyroid sufferer, your dosage may need altering, this is common to someone starting on thyroxine tablets, you should be having regular check-ups for about a year until the dosage is well and truly established, my advice is go and see your doc and tell him your symptoms, sounds like palpitations.

trafalgar_2

cardtart wrote:

I hope I'm in the right place for this.
Last week I was diagnosed as having an underactive thyroid after having main symptoms of,tiredness,weight gain and mood swings etc.Doctor put me on thyroxin,Last night I felt very breathless and as if my heart was fluttering.Would anyone else suffering with thyroid problems be able to advise me of how they cope with it and any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation.

Sorry cardtart,
I realise your only asking for advice from people who have the same condition as yourself,although I do ,I would never advice on any symptoms you may be having regarding breathlessness etc ,except to say re-visit your gp as any symptoms may or may not be related to that condition /medication...............and ONLY your doctor can tell you that.

elvis_bloggs

trafalgar wrote:

Sorry cardtart,
I realise your only asking for advice from people who have the same condition as yourself,although I do ,I would never advice on any symptoms you may be having regarding breathlessness etc ,except to say re-visit your gp as any symptoms may or may not be related to that condition /medication...............and ONLY your doctor can tell you that.

Ooo errr.. scuse me but she did ask.!!!!

Sheel

trafalgar wrote:

Sorry cardtart,
I realise your only asking for advice from people who have the same condition as yourself,although I do ,I would never advice on any symptoms you may be having regarding breathlessness etc ,except to say re-visit your gp as any symptoms may or may not be related to that condition /medication...............and ONLY your doctor can tell you that.

Ditto

How many of us have got underactive thyroids? Must be fairly common

trafalgar_2

elvis_bloggs wrote:

Ooo errr.. scuse me but she did ask.!!!!

and you still said 'go see your doc'..................I just said it sooner:D

Bordera

Apparently 1 in 3 women, but much less common for men.

Don't get me started on the different care given to male and female suffers :mad:

Ditto too. See the doc.

elvis_bloggs

Sheel wrote:

How many of us have got underactive thyroids? Must be fairly common

It is very common, especially among women, in fact it is so common that they use synthetic Thyroxine now, not enough sheep to take it from...or was that pigs.

Sheel

Bordera wrote:

Apparently 1 in 3 women, but much less common for men.

I only found out as my brother had been diagnosed with it and I had similar symptoms to him so went to the Docs for a test which confirmed I had it too

Bordera

elvis_bloggs wrote:

It is very common, especially among women, in fact it is so common that they use synthetic Thyroxine now, not enough sheep to take it from...or was that pigs.

I thought it was horses..........or is that HRT