Hi,

After having a blood test in March, I have been diagnosed with a Thyroid disorder (I’m 24). Yesterday I had more blood taken, so they can run more tests. I’ve been reading about Thyroid disorders online, and have found that most of the ‘health related’ issues that have plagued me, are also Thyroid disorder-related symptoms.

Here are my symptoms:

Stuttering; not being able to finish sentences
Feeling very nervious & jittery
Feeling tired; wanting to sleep a lot
Not wanting to do any physical activities
Increased heat rate
Heart palpitations
Difficulty concentrating
Mild depression & sadness
Hair loss
Irritability
Low sex drive
Irregular menstrual periods followed by SEVERE cramps

Has anyone else experienced any of these symptoms? Is there anything to do to make myself feel better? I see my doctor again in 3 weeks, so what should I expect treatment to be? I’ve been afraid I might die. I HATE feeling this way, I just want to feel good again. HELP!!

<3Mia
I have also read that some people have died as a result of their disorder turning into thyroid cancer. I think that’s what scares me a little. But regardless….I just feel horrible and is there any cure for this illness? <3Mia

my friend is a 38 year old male who loses his breath while slepping and is always tired. Please give me a synopsis of this condition.

my friend told me her mother had this.
it has something to do with sleeping. it causes much pain but I don’t think its deadly.

Know what I’m talking about?

My boyfriend, 23yrs old, says hateful things in his sleep and when he is awakened he has horrible outbursts of anger. He screams and throws things, he slams doors. Sometimes he doesn’t remember doing or saying these things and sometimes he does. He always apologizes and says he isn’t in control. His family says he’s done this all his life.

I’ve learned to just deal with the fact that I am "over emotional" and get overwhelmed very easily, even by small tasks like driving to a new place I have never been or meeting somebody for the first time. I have anxiety about EVERYTHING, things I don’t need to worry about, I worry that I won’t be able to have children (even though there is absolutely no reason for me to do so), I worry that I will fail school and then I go into a state of panic even though there is no reason for me to, if things don’t go exactly as expected I start crying and hyperventilating and worrying about all of the possible outcomes. I seriously feel crazy, and I drive everyone around me crazy. Does anyone else have this? I have also had trouble sleeping, muscle aches, unexplained dizziness, unexplained headaches, and unexplained fatigue. I have has MRI’s and blood tests and nothing can explain my symptoms until now…
James K: I know what I do is silly, I cannot control it, sometimes I even think bad things are going to happen like if I am cutting up food I imagine that I am going to mess up and cut my hand off and avoid knives all together. Sometimes I am able to talk myself out of it but that doesn’t stop the anxiety from my day to day life it only helps for that one problem on any given moment of a day, I have no way of controlling how I feel.

Would they just watch you? I’ve had trouble sleeping forever and want to get a study done, but I just don’t want to sit there most of the night being awake. No matter what medicines I take, my brain almost always overrides them. I know I have a lot on my mind, but I am getting sick of being up. I don’t have tons of energy and feel sleepy until I get to bed where I wake up.

It was suggested to me by a friend that I could be bipolar, but I’d rather not go to a specialist because I don’t like making a big deal out of these things, and honestly it just doesn’t make sense in my head that I’d have something like that.

I suppose there are times I feel manic. My thoughts race, I can’t stay still for more than a minute, I get an urge to leave the room and go somewhere else only to return again straight after I’ve left… and then sometimes I feel so crushingly low it verges on suicidal. The latter happens quite often… everything seems really pointless; even my (beloved) girlfriend just completely disappears, and I want to sleep forever. Next day I could be totally content.

The past few nights I have been waking up with a portion of my tshirt damp from sweating. Usually it is only around the neck area. I am 31 yrs old, fairly good health. I do suffer from anxiety/panic disorder. I am wondering could this be subconcious anxiousness from the major things going on in my life right now: getting married in a month, just got a new puppy, buying a house, mom having biopsy on breast, me having a suspicious mole removed leading to 7 stitches and a deep incision…… My mind is in a million different directions. I am not the type to ignore physical symptoms but I see a host of drs regularly for stomach issues, pinched nerve, asthma. I had a chest xray about 5 months ago along with an EKG which were OK. My apt is rather warm at times and I cannot control the heat - maybe I am overcompensating when I sleep with a down comforter and sweat pants? Any ideas? Serious replies only. Thanks !