Help Needed...someone:
I've not had a moment to continue to keep up with the list for some time.
So, please excuse me for asking what may be a basic question, or one that has
been repeated often.
I'm a hypo female, age 54...just starting to miss periods due to menopause.
I've been diagnosed hypo with usual tests for about the last 15 years.
Until diagnosis, I believe I was suffering hypo issues, and possibly due to my
pregnancy 6 years earlier.
My GP of many years says my levels are normal every year...I am tested only
annually. I was prescribed Synthroid 125 MCG at that time, to take once a
day in the morning at least one hour before eating. NO changes or adjustments
have ever been made to this med.
All the while, I have continued to spiral downward. I began having weight
gain, and high blood pressure issues. GERD...I am currently one two blood
pressure meds, plus Protonix for the GERD. I have never been tested for Adrenal
Function. I do have a mildly stressful job; and sometimes, the marriage
causes stress, too.
In the past 5 years, my weight has soared and keeps climbing. Don't get me
wrong..I do eat incorrectly...mainly because I feel so miserable, am so
fatigued and ache most of the time I feel I don't have the energy to even 'think'
about what to make for a meal..and grab whatever is easiest. I am truly in a
fog, most days. I find I don't accomplish a lot during a day in my office,
unless I'm really down to the wire on deadline. It's that 'I don't care
anymore...I'm too fatigued' feeling. I have lost pleasure in a lot of
things...I'm too tired.
I have read about the connection between thyroid and heart...and have
experienced chest uncomfortableness on a few occasions...nothing significant. But
did give me pause!
I have been invited to participate in the insurance's Metabolic Syndrome
plan. However, they will test for things other than adrenal and thyroid. I
would like to know exactly which tests I should ask for (actually, forcefully
suggest, would be a better thought) when I make an appointment to see the
clinic in September. I have wondered about the T3-T4 thing...as I think the
conversion thing is something I may have difficulty with. I've never been tested
for adrenal function, or thyroiditis, or Wilson's. It's all so confusing,
esp. when you feel like you're in such a fog.
Any help is appreciated. I really need a 'game plan'..as in "You need to do
this: 1), 2), 3)..." Thanks.
R Hayward
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