Guest guest Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Hi, I'm a 26 year old female who thinks I could have a thyroid issue. 3 days before Christmas my husband lost his job. A week later I was sitting on the floor rearranging pictures when I started to get light- headed. What ensued after that (a day later) was an overall feeling of achiness and extreme temperature changes. I've had off and on vertigo my entire life and thought it was just another episode. It wasn't. My lightheadedness has lasted now for 2 weeks and the doctors have provided no relief. My other symptoms include, cold hands, eye floaters, sometimes blurred vision, anxiety when leaving the house, and emotional extremes. My lightheadness is the thing that concerns me the most. Has anyone ever had these crazy symtoms? My doc did a T4 AND T3 test but not a FREE T3 and T4 test. I'm seeking an appointment with a new doctor who might be able to provide more answers, but in the mean time, any advice is welcomed. Thank you advance, Lindsi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Hi Lindsi - I HIGHLY recommend you find yourself a good integrative m.d. or naturapath. I had thyroid issues related to my CFS that my OBGYN found that no other M.D. could figure out, or look any further for answers. I too had dizzy spells. They would last for several days though. It freaked me out because when I would come to a stop light it felt like the car was still moving. NOT fun! I also saw an endocrinologist who was as helpful as terd. Also, next time you get a lab done, ask for a full panel that will include antibodies. It's called and Anti-TPO. That will tell you if you have Hashimoto's which really changes the way that you should treat your TSH number. Best of luck. Take Care. -Wendi lindsi_holland <lindsi_holland Sunday, January 7, 2007 3:24:05 PM How can you be sure if it's your thyroid/adrenals? Hi, I'm a 26 year old female who thinks I could have a thyroid issue. 3 days before Christmas my husband lost his job. A week later I was sitting on the floor rearranging pictures when I started to get light- headed. What ensued after that (a day later) was an overall feeling of achiness and extreme temperature changes. I've had off and on vertigo my entire life and thought it was just another episode. It wasn't. My lightheadedness has lasted now for 2 weeks and the doctors have provided no relief. My other symptoms include, cold hands, eye floaters, sometimes blurred vision, anxiety when leaving the house, and emotional extremes. My lightheadness is the thing that concerns me the most. Has anyone ever had these crazy symtoms? My doc did a T4 AND T3 test but not a FREE T3 and T4 test. I'm seeking an appointment with a new doctor who might be able to provide more answers, but in the mean time, any advice is welcomed. Thank you advance, Lindsi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 What is Hashimoto? I too often come to a stop light and still think my car is moving. , Wendi Carrillo <tres_gatos87801 wrote: > > Hi Lindsi - > > I HIGHLY recommend you find yourself a good integrative m.d. or naturapath. I had thyroid issues related to my CFS that my OBGYN found that no other M.D. could figure out, or look any further for answers. I too had dizzy spells. They would last for several days though. It freaked me out because when I would come to a stop light it felt like the car was still moving. NOT fun! > > I also saw an endocrinologist who was as helpful as terd. Also, next time you get a lab done, ask for a full panel that will include antibodies. It's called and Anti-TPO. That will tell you if you have Hashimoto's which really changes the way that you should treat your TSH number. > > Best of luck. Take Care. > > -Wendi > > > > lindsi_holland <lindsi_holland > > Sunday, January 7, 2007 3:24:05 PM > How can you be sure if it's your thyroid/adrenals? > > Hi, I'm a 26 year old female who thinks I could have a thyroid issue. > 3 days before Christmas my husband lost his job. A week later I was > sitting on the floor rearranging pictures when I started to get light- > headed. What ensued after that (a day later) was an overall feeling of > achiness and extreme temperature changes. I've had off and on vertigo > my entire life and thought it was just another episode. It wasn't. My > lightheadedness has lasted now for 2 weeks and the doctors have > provided no relief. My other symptoms include, cold hands, eye > floaters, sometimes blurred vision, anxiety when leaving the house, > and emotional extremes. My lightheadness is the thing that concerns > me the most. Has anyone ever had these crazy symtoms? My doc did a T4 > AND T3 test but not a FREE T3 and T4 test. I'm seeking an appointment > with a new doctor who might be able to provide more answers, but in > the mean time, any advice is welcomed. > > Thank you advance, > > Lindsi > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 - Lindsi, Hi, I have had exactly the same symptoms. The blurred vision and floaters were very scary. I thought I was going blind and saw a neurological opthomologist. My healing was long and complicated. I have a goiter and my labs were near normal so I had to medicate myself by ordering armour online. I take 1 gram a day sometimes more, treating by the symptoms. I feel better but it's been a long journey including suppliments, exercise, meditation and more, Still not quite right, but getting there. Good news is my vision is better ( all floaters gone )- but this didn't occur until I took a trial of vermox . A stool specimen showed I had malabsorbiton from prolonged antibiotics which left me susceptable to bacterial and parasitic infections. After vermox and priobtics, my vison improved and floaters went away. I was told vermox does not cross the brain blood barrior but the opthomologist said a bacterial infection would have been helped by the vermox. While taking it , I had a lot of itching and discharge as well as " die off ( fever and aches) whcih told us that I did in fact have some kind of bug the vermox was killing off. I know the eye problems also have a thyroid connection and can't read the morning papaer or work on the computer without my aromur kicking in each morning. Dot -- In , " lindsi_holland " <lindsi_holland wrote: > > Hi, I'm a 26 year old female who thinks I could have a thyroid issue. > 3 days before Christmas my husband lost his job. A week later I was > sitting on the floor rearranging pictures when I started to get light- > headed. What ensued after that (a day later) was an overall feeling of > achiness and extreme temperature changes. I've had off and on vertigo > my entire life and thought it was just another episode. It wasn't. My > lightheadedness has lasted now for 2 weeks and the doctors have > provided no relief. My other symptoms include, cold hands, eye > floaters, sometimes blurred vision, anxiety when leaving the house, > and emotional extremes. My lightheadness is the thing that concerns > me the most. Has anyone ever had these crazy symtoms? My doc did a T4 > AND T3 test but not a FREE T3 and T4 test. I'm seeking an appointment > with a new doctor who might be able to provide more answers, but in > the mean time, any advice is welcomed. > > Thank you advance, > > Lindsi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 -- In , " lindsi_holland " <lindsi_holland wrote: > > Hi, I'm a 26 year old female who thinks I could have a thyroid issue. > 3 days before Christmas my husband lost his job. A week later I was > sitting on the floor rearranging pictures when I started to get light- > headed. What ensued after that (a day later) was an overall feeling of > achiness and extreme temperature changes. I've had off and on vertigo > my entire life and thought it was just another episode. It wasn't. My > lightheadedness has lasted now for 2 weeks and the doctors have > provided no relief. My other symptoms include, cold hands, eye > floaters, sometimes blurred vision, anxiety when leaving the house, > and emotional extremes. My lightheadness is the thing that concerns > me the most. Has anyone ever had these crazy symtoms? My doc did a T4 > AND T3 test but not a FREE T3 and T4 test. I'm seeking an appointment > with a new doctor who might be able to provide more answers, but in > the mean time, any advice is welcomed. > > Thank you advance, > > Lindsi > Lindsi, have you taken an antibiotic in the fluoroquinolone class lately? It sounds like you have all the symptoms of the side effects of one of the " quins " e.g.- cipro, levaquin, avelox ect. The're are about 12 different ones, but the ones i've named are the commonest ones prescribed. Very bad side effects are common, and could show up weeks or months after taking one, and could last fors many months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Hi Lindsi, It may be that you have TWO situaztions going on here. Your liver may be struggling, hence the floaters etc. so you use milk thistle to check this, but also do the Barnes Test for the Thyroid. Use Iodine if you are hypothyroid. It may also be advisable to take, say Olive Leaf extract, just in case there is a parasite knockingabout. regards Mike thebigyeast <endofcherrylane wrote: -- In , " lindsi_holland " <lindsi_holland wrote: > > Hi, I'm a 26 year old female who thinks I could have a thyroid issue. 3 days before Christmas my husband lost his job. A week later I was sitting on the floor rearranging pictures when I started to get light- headed. What ensued after that (a day later) was an overall feeling of achiness and extreme temperature changes. I've had off and on vertigo my entire life and thought it was just another episode. It wasn't. My lightheadedness has lasted now for 2 weeks and the doctors have > provided no relief. My other symptoms include, cold hands, eye > floaters, sometimes blurred vision, anxiety when leaving the house, and emotional extremes. My lightheadness is the thing that concerns me the most. Has anyone ever had these crazy symtoms? My doc did a T4 AND T3 test but not a FREE T3 and T4 test. I'm seeking an appointment with a new doctor who might be able to provide more answers, but in the mean time, any advice is welcomed. > Thank you advance, > Lindsi > Lindsi, have you taken an antibiotic in the fluoroquinolone class lately? It sounds like you have all the symptoms of the side effects of one of the " quins " e.g.- cipro, levaquin, avelox ect. The're are about 12 different ones, but the ones i've named are the commonest ones prescribed. Very bad side effects are common, and could show up weeks or months after taking one, and could last foras many months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Lindsi, I have had all your symptoms. For me, the underlying cause was chronic sinusitis and damage to my inner ear. For the sinuses I eventually needed to have surgery (in 1999) to open and enlarge the blocked drainage ducts. But after so many years stuck in the infection/ antibiotic cycle I had developed chronic vertigo. The sinus surgery gave me my life back, but there is nothing other than head movement exercises to help with the vertigo attacks. My advice to you is to see an ENT doctor and maybe have a CT scan of your sinuses. I also beleived my issues to be from the thyroid and had all the tests done, and all came back normal. Then for years I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Anxiety disorder. I wish I could sue all the doctors who misdiagnosed me and said it was " all in my head " . Chronic sinusitis ruined my career, my reputation, caused people to end their friendship with me because I was in my 30's and always sick. Basically, it took away my life and its taken me years to recoup these losses. I know this is a alternative and natural medicine forum, but I hope you will take my advice becasue for years I lived exactly like you are feeling and tried every herb, vitamin and alternative treatment I could find. Nadine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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