To the women on the list: Please don't assume that all your problems are strickly related to your thyroid disease. Just because you might be only 32 or 35 or 40 or whatever age, don't assume that it can't be menopause. Hormanal changes start to happen in the 30s. I'm seeing a lot of familiar symptoms mentioned on this list. What follows is a list of symptoms put together by the women on the menopaus list. You'll see many things here that several of you have mentioned. I really have to wonder where the line is between thyroid problems and hormonal changes. These symptoms can be experienced in any combination of any, all or none. For what it's worth: 1. Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy feeling 2. Bouts of rapid heart beat 3. Irritability 4. Mood swings, sudden tears 5. Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats) 6. Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods, flooding; phantom periods 7. Loss of libido 8. Dry vagina (see note) 9. Crashing fatigue 10. Anxiety, feeling ill at ease 11. Feelings of dread, apprehension, doom (see note) 12. Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion 13. Disturbing memory lapses 14. Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence (see note) 15. Itchy, crawly skin (see note) 16. Aching, sore joints, muscles and tendons (see note) 17. Increased tension in muscles 18. Breast tenderness 19. Headache change: increase or decrease 20. Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain, nausea 21. Sudden bouts of bloat 22. Depression (see note) 23. Exacerbation of existing conditions 24. Increase in allergies 25. Weight gain (see note) 26. Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase in facial hair 27. Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance 28. Changes in body odor 29. Electric shock sensation under the skin and in the head (see note) 30. Tingling in the extremities, (see note) 31. Gum problems, increased bleeding 32. Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth 33. Osteoporosis (after several years) 34. Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier Judy