Hypothyroidism Support Group

Hello

when i was new born I was tested for hypothroidism. The blood came back negative. through out my life I have always bee prone to weight gain and mood swings beyond my control. I can remember being very unhappy my entire life for no reason. I had much troubles with painful woman cycles through out my life and had a hystorecotmy finally at age 36.

I still have an extreme weight issude. My hair is dry and brittle. i have depression and aniexitety that medication does not cure. I have bad fatigue and aches and pians all over my body. I was diagnossed with fibromyalgia in 2006. I have some pretty bad spinal issues with degenerative dik disease etc... so I have a lot of pain from that any ways. my legs and ankles swell profusely. I get bad migraine headaches. My skin is very dry. I get pretty bad acne on my face. and the list goes on. I have always thought it was hypothroidism. I have seen my doctor numerous times and had a gazillion blood tests come back normal. I went to an endochronologist who also repeated blood work but pretty much made me feel like I am just a hypochondriac. I tend to go to the doctors more so that the average person and have way more medical complaints than the average person. All the docs say that it is not hypothroidism because the blood is ok. Then I was looking through some of my medical records and at one point my doctor did say that the thyroid was enlarged in the record. Then recently I had a blood test come back abnormal for hypothyroidism but instead of treating it the doctor sent me back for another blood test which came back normal.

If I truely have fibromyalgia then fine but right now I am so fatigued, have so much anxiety, and of course the issues with my back that I am not working. I am gaining weight regularly to the point that i am now considered obese. I look at food and gain weight. I also have suffered with the whole constipation issue my whole life. i take anit depressants with no relief what so ever and now have to go to behavioral health for services because my doctor said she could not help me any more as the meds she has given me through the years dont work.

I have even had a sonogram done on the thyroid that was normal so no goiter or anything. But when i do the symptom checklist it all points to thyroid. It always has and none of the treatment i get for all these sypmptoms work and none of the doc I have seen are willing to go further with treatment for thyroid.

so I am a medical mess and a hypochondriac. about 13 years ago a family memebr came to me out of the blue and gave me a book. She said I think you suffer from hypothyroidism. the book was on the subject and after readinging it I was convinced that it was written all about me.

What can i do to get help whent he tests come back normal?

I was on a support group earlier for fibro and got a responce from someone on there. Shesaid you sound exactly like me. she went on to tell me her story and then told me she is hypothroid. the whole time she had this issue. I think i have been suffering my whole life with this but cant get any one to hear me with out them thinking I am just a hypochondriac.

Any suggestions out there??
Posted on 09/09/09, 06:09 pm