Hypothyroidism Support Group

Hypothyroidism is the disease state caused by insufficient production of thyrohormone by the thyroid gland. There are several distinct causes for chronic hypothyroidism, the most common being Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hypothyroidism following radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism. Advanced hypothyroidism may cause severe complications, the most serious one of which is...

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Hello everyone,

I am very happy to have found this site, I am a 46 year old male and was diagnosed with hypothyroidism about 4 years ago and have been on synthroid since. I don't take comfort in others misery, but is is nice to know that I am not alone. Ever since I was diagnosed and started taking synthroid, I have felt no better, but no worse either. The ironic thing about it is I quit smoking about 6 months before my symptoms got very noticeable, and felt worse than I ever have in my life. As I am typing this my eyes are very dry and burning, which seems to be a major complaint with this illness. I hope to show up here often and if I can be of any help to anyone, I will be glad to do what I can, and if anyone has any advice for me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Mark
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Howdy Mark,
I am new to hypothyroidism and they just upped my medication. I get so tired so easy and the fact that I have diabetes does not help either...So welcome
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welcome to the site. Hypo here and diabetic as well. These endo type diseases tend to go together. *hugs*
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Hi Mark, welcome (unfortunately?)...something like wish we could have met under different circumstance?!? Anyway, all kidding aside, I'm hypo and hypoparathyroid too. I have the eye problems you describe. I was diagnosed with occular rosacea (I have facial rosacea), so I don't know if the eye problems are really because of the rosacea or the thyroid or the parathyroids. I can no longer wear eye makeup (which for a female, stinks). Not all thyroid patients have the eye problems, I've found and it took me a long time before finding others with the same complaint as mine. The doctors have all told me it's not thyroid related!
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Has anyone else had this happen? I asked the Dr. if this could be autoimmunity related, and was told it didn't matter if it was, all that could be done was to treat the symptoms as they arose!!!
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i quit smoking in june and have just been on my firt month for hypothyroidism too.
it feels like i havent had a healthy day from giving up.
not that i ever want to go back to smoking but i know what you mean.
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Hi Welcome. another DS member shared this site with us. I think it's wonderful. It will answer a lot of your questions. http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.c...
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http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com
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My doctor tested me for thyroid antibodies. The consultant said that it does not mean that your thyroid condition is any worse. From what I have read it does seem to mean that you are more likely to develop other autoimmune conditions.
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I have just started to develop the dry eyes. Its hard to live with and seems to effect my sight a lot. Just diagnosed and because of low iron not on meds yet.
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Here's a thought: if your thyroid is not making enough thyroid hormone does it make sense to add foreign hormone (synthroid, etc) or to find out why it is not working properly? If you add synthroid the thyroid will eventually go to sleep and you will be on meds for the rest of your days.

maybe there are metals such as mercury in the thyroid (mercury inhibits iodine uptake).....maybe you are under long-term stress and have high amounts of cortisol (cortisol inhibits the conversion of T3 (inactive form) to T4 (the active form). interestingly synthroid is synthetic T3.

A few thoughts....please get in touch for further info about natural methods and treating underlying causes.
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Hello! Nice to meet you. I have dry eyes as well. Along with headaches, dry skin, hot flashes, hair falling out... You are definatly not alone.
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Hi, I am new here. I have the dry/itchy eyes. I have exopthalmia (bulging eyes). Do your eyes protrude? My dryness is caused from the protrusion and my eyes not closing completely when I sleep. The dryness causes the itching. Vicious cycle, lol. There is an ointment that you can put in the eye before going to bed that keeps the eyes from drying if you have this, I got it by prescription but don't remember the name. I am horrible at listening to doctors orders and have not been taking care of my eyes. I know, shame on me. Natural Tears helps during the day.
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That sounds like a classic symptom of Sjogren's Syndrome, check it out, another autoimmune disease.
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Hi Mark..hope this site helps you. I too have very dry eyes and never thought of my u/a thyroid!! Thanks!! They are always puffy and sometimes when reading the words jump about. Also other signs I have are loss of body hair, fatigue, weight gain, body feels puffed up, especially fingers..I'm always hot..some people lose weight and feel cold..everyone is different. Hope this helps..here if you want a chat..lol Beth
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