Posted by Squiggles on September 9, 2002, at 15:51:23
In reply to Re: Tired of illness » Squiggles, posted by IsoM on September 9, 2002, at 15:29:42
You're very kind judy1;
I may just be going through a slump - it has
been hot. Basically, there have been too
many disappointments and i never know if
i truly am bipolar.About the thyroid - I had stopped taking it
because i kept getting diarrhea, not sleeping,
and constantly nervous and severe anxiety;
problem is i did that for a yr. and got very
hypothyroidic - my ankles very swollen etc.
So i called a nurse (yes, they are angels imho)
and she said go the emergency right away;You know we are overwhelmed here with medical
probs. so an intern saw me because my dr. could
not, and he didn't really listen i think, and
gave me a very high dose, which made hungry like
a wolf, sleepless, panicky, terrified, and constantly
diarrhetic, and could not breathe, etc.I went to a clinic and the dr. (i saw what he wrote)
"overcorrection of thyroid" or something; anyway,
the Synthroid was high to begin with, then i had none,
and then with this high dose, it just about gave me
a heart attack.Gradually, my dr. lowered it from 0.175 to 0.112
-- thank God --I am slightly hypo now, but i don't care, and my
dr. says if anything higher gives me those heart
blocks don't do it - so i don't care if i am hypo.Just a bit low because of so many failures in my
life. My Ph.D. gone for 5 marks for example, and
my job, etc. I did have a small victory (getting
off XANAX) - thanks to Ray Nimmo and my courage
to hunt the net, but i don't really have much strength
left to take on more challenges.anyway, thanks for the kind words;
Squiggles
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