Hi :)
My thyroid's out of whack. I didn't see it coming - but it can be kind of insidious. I know it will sort. I know the meds will work but it'll take a few weeks. Since I've been told about it I've been experiencing 'classic' symptoms. Would I have noticed them if I hadn't been told? I didn't exactly rush to the doc because I was feeling any of them. I'm feeling colder than usual. (Mind you - it's been snowing here) I've been forgetting things and mislaying things but that's not so new. My concentration is definitely 'off'.
I still can't work out what's SjS and what's thyroid. I thought maybe I was 'flaring' - or it was just the colder weather. My knees are sorer, the fatigue is worse - in my case - not wanting to sleep - but physically coming to a grinding halt cos my leg muscles scream that they won't do any more. My hands and fingers are really hurting.
I'll be interested to see how much the pain levels subside when I get my thyroid regulated again.Of course by then - the weather will have improved too! Maybe its all just S.A.D.!
Take care - Scottie :)
Hi Scottie,
Oh girl, I'm in the same boat with you, trying to figure out if the egg or the chicken was first. The endo keeps saying "I'm stable", while I still have issues that are classic thyroid, and she says that my TSH is around .65 so she wasn't changing a thing. It's too bad that I can't get FT3/FT4's done, they are better indicators of how the thyroid is actually doing. Have you had them done?
Fibro also has some of the same symptoms, and I can't remember if you also suffer from this as it would explain your aches and pains; but then again, so would the changing of the weather. I know that I'm hurting a bit more these days, but I figured it had to do with the temperature hanging around 25-38 at night and 35-50 during the daytime.
Have you had your vitamin B levels checked lately? I know some folks claim that you'll have a lot more aches and pains when your levels are lower - if I could remember to have it done I would! :D
Take care and let us know if the med adjustment works!
Patze
There are so many things it could be.......I gave up trying to figure mine out! ;) But I do wish you pain free days ahead when the meds kick in and the weather evens out.
I hope you feel better soon!
Hang in there Scottie, there be better days a coming. At least that's what I'm hoping for, so I'll throw in a plea for you too.
Our weather has been on a see-saw for the past couple weeks. It can't seem to make up it's mind what it wants to do. One day it's beautiful with moderate temps in 50's, then that night they drop to the 30's. The next day we have rain that turns to sleet. Then the wind picks up and in comes some snow. Today it was raining mixed with snow again. It's no wonder we are all in so much pain.
I can't decide which I hate more, the heat or the cold. I think it's a equal feeling for both.
Take care, stay warm and rest if you can.
Hugs, Pooh
My thyroid caused me all kinds of trouble too; too low and too high - too much synthroid. Now for my thyroid watch for hair loss and the skin on my feet. The skin on my feet becomes so dry that the skin cracks on them. I know that when that happens my thyroid is too low. I have found that the fatigue and confusion can happen with thyroid too high or too low. Believe it or not when my thryoid was too high I felt much worse and was totally confused. I also had trouble with balance.
Tuckerdog
I hope you feel better soon. You are such a big help to everyone here and I hope your thyroid gets regulated soon.
Anna
This is something that I just can't understand, no mater how much research I do. I froze most of the summer and now I feel like I am living in a walk in freezer.
Thyroid checks out fine and the doctor says "oh everyone get the chills" and I tell him that I don't know anyone that wears sweaters in 80 degree temperatures. I was told by a physical therapist that people with fibro are often cold, is that the culprit? Two days ago I was so cold that I was thinking about going to the ER, so you know it was bad!
Is there such a thing as a Temperaturologist? I am already seeing a Rheumatologist, Otolaryngologist, Urologist, Podiatrist, Nuerologist, and I saw a Endocrinologist. Getting answers to our illness is a full time job :o
Oh, I forgot the Gastroenterologist.
That's what I need a temperaturologist. I could replace both of our refrigerator/freezer units along with the ice maker and keep everything at premium coolness. First I get cold, then the tremors, naesau etc. Thinking about layering up for bed tonight - and I already wear a very heavy gown. May go with the fuzzy sleeper plus the heavy gown. And double layer my socks. Can't even get warm in a tub full of hot water any more. It feels cold when I get in. Of course it doesn't help that the heat pumps that they use in the South do not work like the furnaces we had up North. They just can't handle the job of properly heating the home. So it's pretty cold in the house right now. It's nice (HA!) to have the burning and the coldness going on at the same time from the neuropathy.
Surprised to hear that your heat pump isn't keeping you warm, I am in the Cleveland area and ares work great until it's in the teens for three or four days, then we switch to the furnace.