[Closed] Anyone got an overactive thyroid?

Nope, under active here.
And diabetic too... 😐

I'm underactive. Please read as much as you can about this condition and do not rely on your physician. It's highly likely that they will just follow guidelines.

Thyroid treatment is woefully inadequate in the UK and I've had to go outside of the NHS.

You'll find out lots here but will need to register for their forums:

www.thyroiduk.org.uk

www.tpa-uk.org.uk

Agree with above , mother in law had it and treatment was awful.
It made things worse and they seem to be stabbing in the dark with treatment.

I've got BUPA cover so assuming the blood tests suggest that it's the case I might see if I can be referred to an endocrinologist through them; I know it's the same guy I'd see if I waited through the NHS but 30 mins rather than 15 give time to drill down to the nitty gritty, good links cinnamongirl.

Any firsthand experience still appreciated.

Just a suggestion - read up on the Endo cos many of them only specialise in diabetes.

A mate has confirmed high thyroid. What I notice is he'll wear just a T-shirt when I'm in a fleece, seems to generate lots of energy. Also he has hollow legs. But he's always had them.

Know a lot about it in cats. Treatment looks similar for people and looks to have reasonable results. Not as common as under active or hypo so check your doc has experience of it too!

Good luck

My Dad had it for years. It's called Graves' Disease. Treated by zapping the thyroid to make it underactive, and then bringing the thyroxine levels back up with medication. Dosage took a little trial and error, but once they got it right treatment was very effective.

My brother's overactive... FWIW the treatment recommended in Canada was exactly the same as the treatment here. It's certainly helped the attention span and irritability, though he's not convinced that's a positive thing- there's something about a twitching furious erratic scotsman that gets things done around the office.

That's the thing Northwind, I do get things done, however, never feeling relaxed or enjoying your kids because you're moving at 100mph and biting heads off over trivial things is a downside.

The links that CG sent through are very good. People on there have been very helpful. I had a thyroidectomy so on tablets but when dosage has been too high I've had those symptoms. Some of them also appear if under active too

Another underactive here 🙁

Grave's disease is a cause if hyperthyroidism it's not the only condition to cause it.

Interesting, I've been wondering lately if I've developed an underactive thyroid, is it something you can develop? Last few years I've been tired to the point of exhaustion pretty much constantly and struggled (a lot more than usual) to keep weight off.

Up until recently I've put it down to getting older (40) and having two young kids but have started to question this lately.

You may find these interesting:

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/any-endocrinologists-in-the-house-advice-on-hypothyroidism-required

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/underactive-thyroid-anyone-have-experience-of-this-please

tonyd - please check out those links that I posted earlier. Mine appeared over 3 years ago. E-mail in profile and happy to answer questions if I can.

As a matter of interest, yesterday I attended a Thyroid Support Group
meeting and everyone's story was different. Often other autoimmune conditions are involved and some have been suffering for decades.

I know it's the same guy I'd see if I waited through the NHS

I wouldn't count on that. Not many Endocrine docs do private work, at least not outside London.

Just a suggestion - read up on the Endo cos many of them only specialise in diabetes.

That's not wholly true. Specialist training is in Diabetes and Endocrine (which includes a certain amount of time doing tertiary endocrinology); most places separate out the clinics, so that if you present with diabetes you'll be seen in the diabetes clinic (the overwhelming majority of this isn't managed in secondary care anyway) and if you present to endocrinology (eg. thyroid) you'll be seen in the endocrine clinic.

Some (but by no means most) D&E consultants go down one path or the other but this is unusual outside tertiary centres. Not sure how helpful it is to compare people's experiences of treatment of hypothroidism and what you describe (hyperthroidism) as the treatment is quite different.

Andy

Not me, but my poor cat has recently been diagnosed.

She's getting on a bit and always been a bit of a chunker but about 12 mths ago started losing weight. She was eating twice as much and still losing it. We watched her disappear until one day I decided enough was enough. Vet said she hadn't seen levels so high. Couple of months of blood tests and finding the right level of drugs and things settled down. Now she is back to normal and because I hide the pills in her treats she actually enjoys them.

Amazing how she lost weight so quickly and was eating her body weight each day

Another under active here!

A mate has confirmed high thyroid. What I notice is he'll wear just a T-shirt when I'm in a fleece, seems to generate lots of energy. Also he has hollow legs. But he's always had them.

I was like this when I was <25, I could go out mid-snowstorm in a Tshirt and shorts happily and could eat several whole meals a day without gaining weight. >25 that all changed, strangely at the same time as I stopped regularly exercising lol. Even so I can't go out biking in long sleeves/legs, even in the snow - too hot in a nanosecond.