Callin on all ANXIETY sufferers, speak up, and be heard!!!!

[Jennifer1987]

Unfortunitly many people on this site who suffer from either hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism have anxiety as a symptom! Me included!

I can truely say that for me the thyroid has make a major impact on my life, negitively... Every aspect has been effected by being hypothyroid.. My college especially...Many people have commedted on how much Iv changed, Im more depressed and well like a zombie..... I hate being this person as I was such a happy go lucky type person... I miss who I was and hate what Im becoming... And this all happened over night too..like a slap across thye face!

Now I know that the physical symptoms are horrible believe me, but the mental symptoms have to be the worst to go through in my opinion... A lot of people have been told they have 'normal' levels so therefore should b ok!! But the reality of it is we're not mentally 'fine'.... not the people we were... Im tearing up even typing this now cause Im such a different person as a result!

Tell your story and share experiences and feelings in a hope that it gives those who have lost all positivity a new reason to be HOPEFULL!

So Iv decided to post this poll and I hope people will post there stories, bad experiences and even good outcomes... I want to know that there is hope for us who are still being tortured by anxiety/depression.

So the question:
How long after you reached YOUR normal level did it take for the anxiety/depression and any other mental symptom to resplve????

[Diana6769]

My husband was prescribed alprazolam (zanex) in may 2011 for anxiety about an upcoming surgery. In June 2011, he was prescribed clonazepam (klonopin) because he could not sleep at all for days at a time. He was living in a drug induced hell. Our whole family has been living in a nightmare for two months. The class of drug in both his prescription from the same dr. Is benzodiazepine. It can cause thyroid abnormalities. An abnormal thyroid can produce symptoms that "mimic mental insanity". His dr. Didn't realize this nor did two different hospital ER's.  I have been married to him for 25 yrs. and I knew he was not insane. I knew it was the pills. To ER's tried to have him committed. If I hadn't researched his pills he would probably not be alive. Nobody knew about the effects of these pill. That amazes me. Please don't trust your doctors. Look up any medicine you are prescribed before taking it or giving it to someone you love. PLEASE look up the side effects of all medication that contain benzodiazepine. My husband is still not the same. Effects of this drug can last for months and sometimes years after stopping it.  The list of side effecfs are unbelievable. PLEASE research before taking this poison.

[glori5]

And the anxiety is there even when youre a born-again, Bible believing/practicing Christian, but at least youre not alone it. You doubt your salvation, and fellow believers doubt it as well sometimes, but praise the Lord, when the anxiety lets up for a few hours or longer, and you can see what it is, you realize that God is not condemning you for your anxiety. He may encourage you to find help for it, or even provide it before you realize that it is what you need. That's where I'm at right now.

Can some of you also tell us what routes you took to find help, or are you like me still coming to realize how much anxiety is part of our thyroid life

[Jennifer1987]

Ya I know its tough!!! It got to the point where I couldnt enjoy anything, I couldn even watck tv! I hated going to sleep cause I would lie awake till all hours, thinking about things, it was a vicous circle of what ifs and my life is over at the age of 21... I was so close to dropping out of college, I just couldnt concentrate and the anxiety was sky high.. I was so restless in class.. I wanted to crawl under a rock a die.... Il admit it, I did have suicidal thoughts.. Thought about the less painful way etc...MADNESS!! I think I was depressed to.. Would never do anything to hurt myself, just thoughts... When I went in to deregister my lectures sat me down and discussed it with me and my options... Luckily I saw sense and struggled through, barely, Im convinced I fail one exam but I could have done a lot worse... Dont know how I survived this long. I never used anti depressants and anxiety meds....Even though my doc offered them to me....even handed me a precreption for some, never fillked it....And like you I dumped my boyfriend but regretted it soooo much..Thankfully he understood and we got back.... Your not the only one who quits, I do to...well I try at least....


Im not making any sense now and I could go on forever typing all my experiences.... Im just so glad that there are people who what Im going through....... there is so many things that have been affected in my life by the thyroid, Im thinking its the devel, in disguise ????

[queenbliss36]

Wow, your telling my story . I had my first hospitalized panic attack last year but I really noticed my anxiety when my boyfriend and I moved in together...oh no, I went on a pill to sleep and tolerate working. I eventually quit(everything), my boyfriend, work, stressfull events. Thats my motto now, when I get sick, I quit. Its so bad ,when im stressed I cant go out,i'm so short and mean to the world.  I see a therapist once a week to balance life, school, homework. It helps but it gets boring just planning every week. I feel like I lost it but as I research and investigate my missing gland, the synthentic hormone can not do me like the real thing. I am now in search of a natural supplement for my treatment.  I try and stay positive but how can I work when my TSH levels control my destiny? I am in school to start my own business because I cant work a traditonal 40 hr job.

[Jennifer1987]

I totally see where you are coming from, at the start it was like the anxiety just controlled my life... 24/7 having horrible and scary thoughts... It was just plain awful and life consuming.... Thats what Iv learned about it, Id rather have the pains 10 times worse than have anxiety at least my mind will would be able to shut down from time to time... My own experience has made me appricate the small things in life, thoes little moments that made you smile or laugh just for a split second!... There the thoughts I want to be thinking about not the upsetting ones... Life throws hard times our way every now and then and I truely think its how we handle them and cope is what makes us better! I have just finished my finals today, phew..I worried a lot about them but going into my second one I said f**k it, Im not going to let these make me worse.Low and behold I got through them.... Anxiety is torture, the electric chair is more appealing some rimes LOL.....

[MKlacza]

It will be 1 year next month for my TT! I cant believe I got this far. When I had my TT I had a 5 week old and 2 year old and here I am!!!!!!!  I went through my ups and downs even on my meds. Its getting balanced, getting stable that helps us gravitate away from these nasty symptoms. So... I'm starting to level out after all these long and trying months. I get my bouts here and there, but nothing like the past. Listen.. anxiety is a way of life regardless of thyroid issues. Having no thyroid, half a thyroid or just issues all together with the thyroid makes anxiety even worse, but I have come to learn how to cope with the attacks and learn their calling. Thats the key, knowing how to deal with them... So when I do sense one coming on, I dont feed into it like I use to. The more you dwell on it or wait for its arrival, the worse it will be. I'm one of those attackees that landed my butt in the ER a million times due to anxiety or panick attacks. Just ask my hubby.. everytime he took me to the ER, he was saying.. Michelle... this is just anxiety!! I wanted to kill him with my bare hands because he didnt know the severity of THE JUST ANXIETY!!! Anyways.. they literally controlled my life. If got one in the evening, then I feared the evening because I thought it was sure to come... I even became afraid of my own home because thats where they happend all the time. This is no way to live. We are all very proactive in our health when it comes to our Thyroids.. become an advocate for the ANXIETY too and help yourself to keep them away! If you put your mind to it, it will happen. It did for me!! Its not easy by any means, but its worth a shot!!

MK

[Jennifer1987]

Ya same here, its decreased since I started meds!!! Its a really slow process though!

[dai3symae]

I started having anxiety attacks a few months before I was dx'd.  Since I've been on meds I feel much less anxiety.

[Jennifer1987]

I think so, Iv never had anxiety issues before all this... Just hit me hard and sudden.. As far as I know if it was an anxiety disorder it would have been progressing over time... I just woke one morning feeling really bad!!! intrusive thoughts, the works! I would add though that I would be a worrier, about exams and little things but I would class it as normal worry that everyone experiences!!! And since I started eltroxin it was improved, Im not as bad as before... So im just hoping it is the thyroid.... Do you suffer from anxiety?

[aristille]

how bad is your anxiety ? is your thyroid the cause of it for sure ?

[stella5349]

About 2 mths for me after I reached my optimum level - but within 48 hrs I was calmer and clear thinking again.

Good Luck everyone.