Thyroid problems.....?

Pia · 03-03-2006, 23:46

So sorry to start yet another health related thread... but this is something i've been so curious about for a while so i figure i might learn something from you guys...

I had a bit of post natal depression (i'm not ashamed of that

) after having my son, and everytime i went to my docs about this he always mentioned something about it possibly being a thyroid problem.. though always went for the depression route and put me on the prozac. I noticed he always looked down my throat when he was saying it could be a thyroid problem..

Anyway lately i've been noticing it feels quite swollen in my throat when i swallow but it doesn't hurt, just perhaps feels a little tighter. Sometimes it's worse than other times. I'm always tired and find it hard to get out of bed on a morning but my mind is overactive on a night( which makes me think just stress or depression anyway).
It's the tiredness though and the tight throat that makes me wonder if this could be a thyroid problem. I have nothing else wrong apart from feeling a bit groggy a lot.
Googling the symptoms etc confused me a bit so thanks for any repiles i might recieve here

03-03-2006, 23:49

Thyroid is a gland that excretes the hormone thyrotoxin(not sure about this name though) that I believe regulates the metabolism.So when its underactive you feel tired etc

Edit good old wilki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid

Pia · 03-03-2006, 23:52

Metabolism... so it could also be the reason i've put weight on?

03-03-2006, 23:54

if underactive yes

Angua · 04-03-2006, 08:52

Neighbour had Graves Disease which gave her depression, caused problems with her eyesight and made relaxing difficult. Caused by an "overactive" thyroid amongst other things (now she has had it removed things are on a much more even keel, she doesn't need the glasses any more either). Which may be why the Dr checked down your throat when you went in with PND just to rule it out of their disagnosis.

budwieser · 04-03-2006, 13:41

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Thyroid is a gland that excretes the hormone thyrotoxin(not sure about this name though) that I believe regulates the metabolism.So when its underactive you feel tired etc

Edit good old wilki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid

I think you`re thinking of Thyroxin mate.

I have to take it everyday.

marky · 04-03-2006, 13:57

Just ask the Doctor for a blood test, to see if you have a thyroid problem,
If so It will take a few months and blood tests to get the dosage just right.
Ps. my wife is on 100mcg a day and feels great now

Pia · 04-03-2006, 14:06

Thanks guys, i'll see my doc on Monday, no doubt he'll fob me off with depression again though!

brows · 02-06-2009, 13:43

Hey,

Does any member here have more information about thyroid problems and other thyroid disease issues?

Salu · 02-06-2009, 14:08

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Pages/bodymap.aspx

This is a good place to start.

03-06-2009, 04:15

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Originally Posted by Pia

Metabolism... so it could also be the reason i've put weight on?

That is a slow T3 thyroid if your putting weight on. Your thyroid goes from T1 right up to T5. Your best having something to eat as soon as you wake up in the morning, this will ramp your T3 thyroid in to gear for the whole morning. You need food to get your metabolic rate going.

Pia · 03-06-2009, 11:51

Wow i didn't even remember starting this thread!

I think my putting weight on was probably to do with lack of exercise and spending too much time on CF

. Still haven't shifted it and am currently at my heaviest ever

.

Gary L · 03-06-2009, 14:51

I know someone with an underactive thyroid. she gets confused and forgetful. she blames it all on that.

Salu · 04-06-2009, 15:14

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Originally Posted by Pia

Wow i didn't even remember starting this thread!

I think my putting weight on was probably to do with lack of exercise and spending too much time on CF

. Still haven't shifted it and am currently at my heaviest ever

.

Out of interest; did you get to the bottom of your problem?

Pia · 05-06-2009, 11:08

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Originally Posted by Salu

Out of interest; did you get to the bottom of your problem?

No, the doctor wouldn't entertain my idea that it could be anything but depression, so i was given a few different types of anti depressant over the years, none of which i took religiously because i'm bad at remembering! (That's why i've never taken the pill)