Welcome Leroy46. I guess most of us are in bed by now, I, however, happen to have a lot of insomnia, so here I am.

Give us a little synopsis of your back ground and any questions you may have. We have some very knowledgeable people here that can help.

normalparanot

Well I am married with 2 adult children and grandchildren. I am medically retired fro the Veterans Affairs although I am civilian. My wife has this condition as well go figure. I realized through out the years I must have gone through every symptom that comes along with this condition. it was so bad it landed me into the ER with 24 hr observation. I had never heard of hypothyroidism so when I was told that's was going on with my body I was stunned. I was very moody going through mood swings, and I am still not sure I am on the right dosage of medication. I have type 2 diabetes, and chronic pancreatitis. Sometimes I wonder if this condition caused this. Hope this helped.

excuse my typos I am typing in the dark. Long story.

I honestly don't know if it could cause what you have, but I wouldn't be surprised.It can cause so many things including heart problems. cd3764 and MButterfly and many others know more about consequences of this than I do.

Do you happen to have your last thyroid tests? I hope they did the Free T3 and Free T4 with it. If you could post them with their ranges, and TSH just for general principles we can tell a lot more. It could also be the type of thyroid med you are on, you might be allergic to it. Mood swings go with the territory with a host of symptoms because your body is adjusting to having more thyroid than normal. It takes 6 weeks for the Free T4 to stabilize. You would probably have "adjustment" symptoms for maybe a week after an adjustment on your dose, then symptoms again when you need more. And a lot of doctors start out giving too much or too little to begin with.

If possible, it might be helpful to post your serum calcium with ranges, also.

The meds you're on for the diabetes and pancreatitis could be inter-acting, too.

Welcome!

Sorry for the reason you're here but, glad you found us.

Unfortunately, our environment is rife with thyroid disease triggers so, it's hard to say why you and your wife developed hypothyroidism.

At this point, the best you can do is life a thyroid-friendly lifestyle which is really your standard healthy lifestyle.....and make sure your doctor is medicating you properly.

It's possible that your hypothyroidism caused your Type II diabetes. Undiagnosed/improperly treated hypothyroidism can cause elevated blood glucose levels. It can also cause elevated cholesterol and liver enzymes.

In fact, so many body systems are dependent on appropriate amounts of thyroid hormone that they are at risk if the patient isn't diagnosed/properly treated.

normalparanot has given you some great suggestions.....feel free to share as much or as little as you'd like.

We're all in this together.

Hi and Welcome Leroy46. Sorry you are dealing with this disease and all of the symptoms that go along with it. There is lots of good advice here and you will be able to learn a lot to help you be your own advocate with your doctors.

welcome! i'm new to this group today too :)