Hyperthyroidism Support Group
Hyperthyroidism (or "overactive thyroid gland") is the clinical syndrome featuring weight loss (often accompanied by a ravenous appetite), fatigue, weakness, hyperactivity, irritability, apathy, depression, polyuria, and sweating. Additional symptoms may include palpitations and arrhythmias (notably atrial fibrillation), dyspnea, loss of libido, nausea, vomiting, and...
1-4give me 4 being angry.im not a agressive person but iv spent 8 years trying to get my 8 year old daughter help for all the symptoms of hashimoto's,doctors telling me she's fine-its normal 4 kids to get constipated.me saying its not freaking normal to have to give a baby supositries and for her to be costipated and sore all her life !!!my mother spent years unable to wake up-weighing 22 stone-being so sore she could hardly move.she moved to australia and within a week she had a diagnoses of hashimoto's.all my hair fell out -i eat 4 cakes of chocolate a week an stay thin-i cant stop moving and then i go into hypersomnia so bad once i slept 4 3 months waking to go to the toilet and eat toast every 2 days.im hypothyroid i think.il get me sorted soon but for now iv changed doctors and been threatening them to get the right tests done.i havnt been able to hold down a full time job all my life-the fear of hypersomnia and now because my girls always sick.mum had 7 children -all ADD ADHD epileptic dyslexic-our life has been hell ,two sibling suicides.and something in my heart is screaming at me that if we had of been listened to and tested and balenced up that life would hav been a whole different deal.a mothers desperation has me agressive and fighting for our lives.i dont want to luisten to bullsh-t anymore.thanku for listening.
I only know the feelings too well of ADD/ADHD issues. I suspect one of my son's to have slight thyroid issues with hypO. When I can afford it, I will order labs and see. Unfortunately our current insurance is not good.
I also know about having Insomnia as I have issues at times during the night. Then I know my thyroid levels of the Free T3 and the Free T4 are off. These only have to be slightly off for me to problems.
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