I found out few days ago that I have hypothyroidism disease after going to emergency room last week for heart palpitations (rapid heart beating) and swollen feet. The disease in short is: Inadequate levels of thyroid hormone in the body. It caused many symptoms that I’ve long thought to be normal such as brain fog, increased sensitivity to heat and cold (very cold hands/feet even during hot day), dry puffy skin (like nintendo’s kirby), fatigue, shortness of breath, anxiety, paleness, weak bowel movements, etc and most importantly lack of focus which is often misdiagnosed as ADD. This explains why I’m unable to work on projects for longer than few hours. Check wikipedia page for a longer list of signs and symptoms
Either changing body hormones or 1+ year of long sitting playing World of Warcraft triggered some of the serious symptoms. If latter is in fact what affected me, I’m glad it happened or otherwise I’ll never find out about this disease. For more info on this disease:
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/…
I’m taking medicines right now but Thyroid medicine will take 4-6 weeks to kick in. Any of you experiencing some form of Thyroid disease too?
Hi. I have been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism about 2 months ago and have been on treatment since.
I had gained weight, lots of fatigue, poor memory, inability to concentrate and everything else.
I am presently trying out this treament called : Craniosacral healing which is supposed to treat endocrine disorders among other things. Its too soon to tell if it is working, but it is natural and alternate so I beleive its worth it. I am based in Mumbai, India and there are only practitioners here but I am sure you will be able to find someone in your country if you would like to try it out.
The website address is :http://quantaworld.com/cranio.htm
http://craniosacralbalancing.com/e...
I hope this helps.
Salty taste in the mouth can be caused by too much synthroid. If the thyroid returns to normal activity while taking synthroid it would most definitely cause a salty taste. Thyroid = iodine. Iodine=salt.
It’s possible the blood pressure would also rise, along with a fast pulse. Hope this helps.
Hi Adam,
Like yourself, I am also an artist/photographer/pixel freak and I was ALSO just recently diagnosed with Hypothyroidism and my doctor ALSO prescribed ½ tablet of Levothyroxin daily. Talk about a lot of similarities huh?
Originally I found this thread because I was googling on feeling worse after beginning medication. I’ve been on it for a few weeks now but haven’t noticed any difference other than the weight gain has stopped and the puffiness went away. But I still feel just as fatigued if not MORE fatigued. You should see the state of my apartment *sighs*.
I went to the doctors originally because my feet had started to get really puffy and happened to mention gaining weight really quickly over the past years.
I’m sure you are just as freaked as I am from reading all the stuff on the net about how mere Levothyroxin doesn’t help, and how people have been going on Armour instead and how it’s finally helped. I’m so worried that my path will follow the same as others: years of futile medication only to fight my way to getting better medication. We shall see.
Oh and I forgot another similarity – I also play WoW haha! :D
I suffer from ‘Sheenhan’s syndrome; which means that I longer have a pituitary gland. I am am meditation for all thyroid, adrenal, etc related conditions. What I was wondering has anybody with a similar condition noticed that when the weather changes dramatically like yesterday going from 17 to 44 degrees in a day that I am very ill and have to spend a whole day in bed. It is flu like symptoms, I ache all over mainly in the joints I fell like a have been hit b a truck, I am very fatigued and have headaches, no over symptoms so I know it is not a cold. I usually feel better the next day sometimes it takes two days!
I have mentioned this to my doctors but they look at me bemused! I have a kept a dairy of these effects and it is always linked with the weather.
Mariane,
I don’t think I have Sheenan’s because I’ve never had a child, but I have the same weather related symptoms adrenal and thyroid issues…the docs are baffled…could you elaborate on your illness?
I’m 52, over weight and have been leading a totally irresponsible life style (drinking, eating & smoking) most of my life. I’m a month into taking Synthroid for a hypothyroid condition. I constantly have a salty taste in my mouth (too much Iodine? I take 50 m). I have quit smoking and radically changed my diet to natural organic food – whole grains, lots of vegetables and fruits, no more milk – soy products instead. I’m very motivated and will do whatever it takes! What is this Master Cleanse I keep reading about? I don’t have alot of faith in my doctor – he’s alot like the rest in that he is into disease care, not health care. I don’t believe in treating the symptom when you haven’t tried to treat the cause. Would appreciate any input here or at my email addy – go2mikestewart@yahoo.com Thanks
I am 15 years old, and got told january of this year that i had hypothyroidism. I have been taking medication since then, but i don’t feel at all different. I’m constantly tired, i’m always cold, i have joint aches and i have a goitre thingy. I have to go for regular blood tests and my levels changed drastically so they changed my meds, but i still don’t feel at all different :/
I am hypothyroid and on Armour. I do take kelp too. I got my thyroid levels correct first and then I did a few iodine patch tests to see if it picked up a deficiency. It showed I was deficient, so I started the kelp. Many people do fine with a little bit of iodine, then there are others that don’t. I started out by taking powdered kelp, but the problem with powdered kelp is that there are no dosages. Plus, iodine deficiency is a symptom, not a cause. There are other, more pressing headaches associated with hypothyroidism. Metabolism, for starters, which can play hell with your immune system, and also your mental health. If you look at a nurses’ guide, you’ll see that thyroid issues can lead to some chemical difficulties in brain/body day-to-day functioning.
I’m 33, and on .50mg thyroxine. I started to look 10-12 years older. After that i changed my diet to natural food – whole grains, lots of vegetables and fruits, no soy products. After eating more natural food, i am depressed and looking more older, people keep on asking me why? I’m very motivated and will do whatever it takes! What is this Master Cleanse I keep reading about? Can i do this even i am a hypothyroid?
I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism several years back. I can say it has not been a fun road at all. I have at times not been on any medication and I can tell when I am not. About a year ago I was tested again to start back on my medication and my TSH results came back positive 169!!!! I had never heard of it getting this high before. I thought no wonder I feel like poo all the time!!! My doctor told me that she didn’t know how I even got out of bed to come into her office or to do anything for that fact. I told her I get out of bed everyday because I have to, that’s how. My doctor currently is a Nurse Practitioner. She don’t quite understand what to do with the testing other than the normal TSH and she don’t take insurance so I can’t afford the other testing that should be done. I was going to a family physician and I did a ton of research on the stopthemaddness.com site and even printed it all off for him. I took the information into his office and asked to be placed on Armour. He looked at me like I was crazy!!! He asked me why would I want to be placed on that old medication? It don’t really work anyway, he said. I told him about the site and handed him all the papers from it and asked him if he would keep it and read it. He never said yes or no. He told me to go to the lab on my way out and get more blood tests. I took my papers and went to the lab. I asked the lady there what tests he ordered and she said just the TSH and I was livid!!!! I explained to her what I had told the doctor and she said she was hypothyroid as well. I showed her the tests that the site recommended you get to clearly define the levels and she said she would do the tests for me no matter what he said. I thanked her. About a week later she called me with the results. There was several things that was tested that were way out of whack! I asked her if she could explain them to me and she said she didn’t know what they were. I asked well what did the Doctor say and she said he just looked them over and told her to mail them to me. I asked her if he wanted to see me about them and she said no, just that he was calling me in the Armour and he wasn’t happy about it and for me to come back in 3 months for another check up. I couldn’t believe it!!! That was about 3 years ago and I still live with those same levels, I’m sure, because I feel it. I now take Synthroid because my current Nurse Practitioner won’t prescribe Armour. I am going to start the Master Cleanse and hope it fixes my problems.
Hypothyroidism is the most under-diagnosed disease in the world. The well known TSH test is useless, for a great info and to get past all the BS our Dr’s spew, check out http://stopthethyroidmadness.com
hi Adam,
I also have hypothyroidism as i’ve recently found, and i have found that all Medications have not only sugar which is horrible for the body but it also leeches out Iodine from the thyroid gland and effecting eveything else in your body.
Soy as i also recently found out depleted my system horribly and i had no idea i was allergic to it. All processed breads leech out the iodine in your body and they add soy and sugars and on and on it goes into the food chain. In fact It is said not that most of the people on the planet are quickly becoming Iodine Deficient. So, i agree with Jon, a master cleanse will remove a lot of the crap inside you, also try taking a couple of drops per day to start of Lugols Iodine one of the best out there. Then look into taking some ORGANIC Virgin Coconut Oil, not machine pressed. you may like Tropical Traditions its all Natural and great stuff. in a week i have gone from 10% energy up to 80%, this works. Good luck!
Also.. Estrogenics are added to pretty much everything in the food chain apart from au natural foods. Peole have way too much Estrogen in their systems causing thyroid problems and obesity. check out
http://amazon.com/Anti-Estrogenic-...
this is an Excellent Book
I have been on levothyroxine for about 2 years for an underactive thyroid. I am 50ish and otherwise healthy. For the last 3 days I have had a persistent salty taste in my mouth. Has anyone been able to get rid of this by changing their medication? It is no fun. I don’t see it listed on drug websites as a side effect. Thank you.
Hi KW…
This is an ooold thread but I just wanted to let you know that I have had Hyperhyroid almost all of my life apparently. I was never really over-weight until about 15 years ago I started putting on the poundage. My mid section is big and my moobs are big. I also sweat alot especialy in the heat or if I’m doing anything cardiovascular.. tredmill, physical lifting around work, sexual activities, etc. These are the most recent symptoms. At night I could never sleep because I thought I was going to pass out it was like my body was shutting down. When I lay down on the couch to watch tv I get up feeling dizzy and seeing doule. I am 37 yrs old.
When I was in highschool probably even before that I could never keep up with my gym class and I was in pretty good shape and a healthy kid. I used to do martial arts to make up for gym credit and my cardio was fine but I still sweat alot and man I was tired after with heavy breathing. I used to think it was asthma but now I think all of that was underlying symptoms of some kind of Hyperthyroid.
My new doctor has been in the business for over 20 years and could detect it just by looking at me. Flushed face, sweating, and receading eyebrows. I am also big in my mid-section and chest. We did some blood work and found that I was low on testosterone and several other conditions in my blood lead to Hyperthyroid.
So now I am on Levothyroxine and the very day after I started I am getting super salty tastes. I made an egg sandwich and all I tasted was salt (made with cage free chicken eggs, wheat toast, and craft american cheese). I did a drop of lemon on my tounge and it was sour a little but more nasty salty than sour. I havent tasted much other foods but this is just a starting point I am sure.
KW.. or anybody else..after you got off your meds did the symptoms pass, or have you been to the doctor about it? I am curious now. I found this post in a Google search.
Thanks!
Hypothyroidism is something you can be born with…my son was diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism when he was one week old.
I am really interested in why I have a dry mouth and salty taste. I am on desiccated thyroid and struggling to get past the fatigue, joint aches, digestive issues and now this. Anyone else have this and does it go away.