r/thyroidhealth

I don’t want an alarm system since sometimes I sleep in. I just want a pill bottle that is connected to an app which records what time each day I opened the bottle to take my medication. I can then cross reference it with the time I woke up which is recovered by my Kira ring, and what time I ate my breakfast.

I am struggling a lot right now. I have been having lots of health issues and symptoms lately and ended up going to the ER for Shortness of breath. They found that my TSH is 0.01. I have been waiting to see the endocrinologist but struggling so much in the meantime. I am a bigger gal, but I have never had endurance issues like going up stairs or talking. Right now climbing a flight of stairs has me panting like I just finished a marathon and talking to my patients at work has me sounding the same. Anyone else experience this? I am feeling really down about it because my brain is telling me it's just because of my weight and my husband keeps pushing that I start GLP1 because of it. I don't think that's why I feel like this and I've tried to tell him that.
Any similar experiences you can share with such a low tsh like that?

Hi, I have a question about the anxiety symptom… I feel like “anxiety” is soooo general.

For me it’s like being on the verge of a sad cry or angry outburst but not often crossing the line.

Obsessively worrying about every detail of every little thing to the pint of total distraction and not sleeping as a result.

Convincing myself I have an undiagnosed disease growing in my body.

Worrying about every detail of my family’s medical issues no matter how minor.

I ask not to be nosey but to consider whether these feelings I’m having are hyper-related or depression from lack of sleep. I have not yet started medication.

I was wondering if anyone had any similar experiences to me with their Thyroid nodule RFA procedure or if you’re a medical professional who has an ideas of what could be happening. I am feeling awful, it’s been over 2 weeks and I’ve already had a checkup with the Dr. who performed the procedure and an ENT. I was put under general anesthesia for the procedure because of the size of my nodule and because my Dr said he needed me completely still for the procedure. The whole reason I went with an RFA Is because I didn’t want to be put under and I didn’t want to lose thyroid function and have to take a pill my whole life, but I was convinced that going under was for the best if I wanted this done right. But I woke up with a bunch of complications I never would’ve expected. I woke up with a raspy voice and the ultrasound confirmed vocal cord paralysis on one side, the Dr said it could be from a few possibilities, could be anesthesia, could be swelling or could be nerve damage. The Dr confirmed nerve damage the next day as my voice didn’t improve, i followed up with the Dr. and there was nothing flagged by Dr after a week and I followed up with an ENT & they also confirmed vocal cord is not moving. This is already stressful, but on top of this, I am in so much pain. The ENT did their scope and found no signs of internal issues to my throat after I complained about pain swallowing & told me this is inflammation and to take ibuprofen and I’ll get better. I had unbearable pain swallowing as soon as my steroid tapered off and it felt like swallowing razors. Finally yesterday I felt a bit better after ibuprofen but had acid reflux and threw up in my mouth and with only one vocal cord working it’s nearly impossible to cough to get it out and I cried after. It really scared me. I then went to bed after feeling decent(ish) all day and then a horrible neck stiffness took over one side of my neck and I tossed and turned and couldn’t get the pain to subside with OTC meds. Today I woke up to my nodule that I thought was looking fine this whole time swollen and tight. I already called my Dr. but haven’t gotten a response. All of this is just so overwhelming and I want to feel like myself again. I went into this procedure completely healthy and feeling good and leaving this with no voice, unable to eat, and terrible pain and stiffness & the only resolution I’ve been getting is “take ibuprofen” 17 days out. Also I am a type 1 diabetic, I was put on steroids already and blood sugars spiked like crazy so I think that’s why I wasn’t put back on steroids.

I'm scheduled for a biopsy on a TI-RADS 4 nodule on my thyroid. I'm not gonna pretend like I'm not terrified of getting a needle in my neck 😅 what should I expect?