I’m 23 now, and haven’t been to the doctors since then, except for an occasional physical for employment.

My symptoms have increased since then, and only now have I realized that they are symptoms of thyroid disease. My symptoms include,
I’m tired most of the time
I have a hard time falling asleep, staying asleep, or falling back asleep when I’ve woken in the middle of the night.
I get occasional ringing in my right ear
I have dry bumpy and/or scaly skin on my arms, parts of my back, my neck, sides of my thighs and on my buttocks.
I am depressed
I have a terrible time concentrating or staying on topic, as well as memory problems.
I am overweight and am having a really hard time gaining the bodily and emotional energy it requires to exercise
my toes are 80 percent of the time cold
I sweat 24/7 but only in my underarms, private areas and under my breasts
I used to have an increased menstrual flow, but now I’ve been so light, I can only see very little pink on toilet paper when I wipe, and some months I go without a period which is a huge change from how my periods used to be. But whether they’re light or heavy, I get terrible cramps in my ovarian area.
I am extremely irritable, and my emotions are all over the place one second happy the other sad…
I feel anxious and nervous, and can never stand still for long
my hands shake for a couple days after any sort of exercise
I have had panic attacks and nervous breakdowns
I have frequent bowel movements, which are usually loose
my appetite is outrageous
my blood pressure always used to be low, but with a fast heart rate, now its high with an even higher heart rate
i get to where i feel that i hate myself at least a few times a month, and its taking a terrible toll and making my depression worse
i get light headed and i get dizzy every time i use the elevator at work
i have very little desire to do anything but lay in bed
i have a puffy face, although i am overweight, but i lost a good deal of weight once before and even then my face stayed puffy
im snoring more lately
I have developed carpal-tunnel syndrome
Things that I have going on with me, that I’m not sure have anything to do with thyroid diseases are my butt cheeks stay cold all the time, even if I’ve been laying in bed for hours on them, my knuckles and toes have been bothering me, my breasts are swollen and tender no matter what time of the month it is, ive developed a cough that wont go away, my inner right ear itches and swells, goes away and then itches and swells again, my inner right ear tends to hurt sometimes too…. and i’ve read that a loss in sex drive or no sex drive can come from hypo, but i have an increased sex drive, like want it all the time, could that be a symptom too?

but so basically ive been all kinds of jacked up, and my symptoms keep piling, but i never thought about thyroid until recently when my memory has been foggy. I’ve been trying to conceive and with my missing periods and sore breasts I was searching to see if a foggy brain was a symptom too, and then i came across thyroid symptoms. and now that ive had them laid out in front of me i realize how bad ive felt, well i guess i always new, but i put it in the back of my mind, and just lived with it all, but im getting too depressed, too forgetful, and i only ever sleep well with a sleep aide, and its all becoming too frustrating, and too much to live with.

I get insurance with my new employer this month and will be going to the doctors, but what im wondering until then is, if ive had these symptoms for so long, and it turns out i do have some form of thyroid disease, what sort of things could of by now gone wrong with my thyroid gland, or other parts of my body by now. I mean…. I’ve gone undiagnosed and untreated for so long, what could this mean for me? any one know from experience?

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Answer by D V
When you stay away from doctors for 13 years that’s what happens. You can die from thyroid problems that are untreated for years… I would go NOW if I were you.

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Answer by kabmiller@verizon.net
IF you could be pregnant, TAKE A TEST!!!

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However, this has not stopped me from labeling like crazy. I spoke out against the judgments I have made about myself and others as long as I can remember.

At first, the standard clique labels dominated my life – I did what I could to avoid the “populars,” who I picked out of the crowd through looks and manner of speech without a second thought, while striving to become part of the “doom/gloom cookie” crowd. One or two people recognized and pointed out my hypocrisy, and I slowly began to abandon such labels.

Meanwhile, for some time now, I keep thinking there must be something wrong with me, due to dispositional problems and recognizing my own wrongdoings like never before. Every time something went wrong, I went on Google and Wikipedia and other websites and conducted in-depth research about possible problems that might have plagued me. I researched mental disorders based on every single symptom I had. WebMD became a frequently visited site of mine. When I began to get recurring upset stomachs and the doctors told me nothing was wrong after conducting tests, I refused to believe them and continued research on that subject, coming to the conclusion that I had irritable bowel syndrome. After all, I had to have SOMETHING.

Lately, I’ve been researching religions and political parties to no avail. I feel a need to call myself something; I need to find a religion and a political party (or even a mental disorder, because I still read about the disorders and take quizzes about them) that fits me perfectly, so I’ll have one perfect name to call myself – Christian or Buddhist, Democrat or Libertarian, (bipolar or neurotic), etc. I only very recently realized that these are just further subconscious methods of labeling myself. I finally figured out why I always feel a twinge of happiness (or maybe satisfaction/pride might be better terminology) when someone tells me I might have X disorder, or that my self-diagnosis regarding the IBS might have been correct (although the IBS, or whatever it was, itself is irrelevant).

I consult people online regularly (I’m too self-conscious and paranoid to speak to people in “real life” about my problems), and people give me good advice, yet I won’t be satisfied with it because there won’t be a label. Someone could give me the best advice in the world, and yet it wouldn’t make me as happy as someone simply telling me I have x disorder, or y dispositional trait, a trait that makes me who I am, or that it’s admirable or horrible that I’m a member of z political party. I psychoanalyze those around me and give them advice, yet I have always failed to follow such advice myself.

How can I stop labeling? I just can’t seem to stop.

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You are a human, your brain is pre-wired to label things as a means of categorization for understanding. Once you have learned a label (that there is a difference) you can’t unlearn that. But what you can do is understand that a difference does not mean better or worse. Difference and diversity is a good thing, not a bad. After all, could you honestly unlearn a label such as male and female? The differences are still there (grossly obvious label for simplicity sake only.. this works on all levels). It makes much more sense to accept that people are different, and that being so doesn’t make them less.

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* ovarian cysts- Yes, many of them, i just had one pop at the emergancy room two days ago
* ectopic pregnancy-I haven’t been pregnant
* Pelvic Inflammatory Disease- No.
* irritable bowel syndrome- No, haven’t been tested for it though
* appendicitis Yes
* Pain before and during periods -Yes, really bad. My doctors put me on vicoden for it!
* Pain with intercourse -I haven’t had sex
* General, chronic pelvic pain throughout the month- Yes all the time, it hurts really bad too.
* Low back pain – Yes, allot.
* Heavy and/or irregular periods- Yes really bad. Very heavy, and going on all the time
* Painful bowel movements, especially during menstruation – Yes
* Painful urination during menstruation -Yeah it stings.
* Fatigue -Yes very. I get really tired and weak feeling
* Infertility- I don’t know, im not trying for a baby.
* Diarrhea or constipation -Yes both, i will have really bad diarrhea, and then random constipation
* Headaches- YES
* Low grade fevers-i always have a 99.6 temp.
* Depression -so/so but i think its because what i have been through
* Anxiety- so/so
* Susceptibility to infections, allergies -Yes I got a few bladder infections, and one kidney infection. And a staff infection
oh and it runs in my family, my mom has it
oh&& i got an ovarian cyst even before my period started like WTF?
and they have me on birth control for heavy periods.

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Answer by Samantha
Endometriosis can’t kill you, so there’s no reason to be scared. Many women have it and live perfectly normal lives. Common treatments include use of birth control and laparoscopy to remove endometrosis lesions, though they can grow back.

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I am Robert. I am 14 and was born February 11, 1995. I currently live in Bradenton,FL. I am in high school, to be exact, the 9th grade; a freshman. My life is revolving around many issues that sit on a balance between Life, Death, and Confusion. Let me start with my health issues so you can understand the detail of me. I have IBS, Irritable bowel syndrome. Feel free to open a new tab up and search it on Google. If your read the IBS article posted by Google health, it shows the symptoms of it and what happens. I feel very stressful everyday. I get to the point where I just want to quit on life. If you read my questions (please read them before answering), I have more than those problems. Sadly, I have no one to go to. Ever. I’ve never had a real friend but one, and he fights for America in Afghanistan. I can’t reveal anything about who he is, but let me tell you something, and please anti-war believers, shut you damn mouth before you talk about who gives you freedom because you surely sit around not doing anything while enjoying your life with no worries. Anyway, trust me when I say life gets even more depressing when you have IBS, a close friend who can lose his life anytime any day, family issues, life or death, or making friends. I have no one to talk to about this and so I think you should tell me, was your life harder than mine? People just come up to me everyday saying I don’t do anything for them and that makes me sick because I always buy things for people. And most of the time, people pick on me in Marching Band personally. Like I said, my life is very complicated. I’ve already missed 15 school days, I was hospitalized, and oh hell believe me when I say the world is a messed up place. I’m sorry if I didn’t go into too much detail.

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For about seven months I’ve had Irritable Bowel Syndrome(IBS) which is a digestive problem where my stomach tends to make loud noises and contractions after eating. I started having this one problem though and it didn’t seem like it would be a symptom of my IBS. Here is the detail:

It is typically after I drink a small amount of water. I can literally feel the water in my stomach. I can feel it when I move and everything. Sometimes out of no where my stomach will make this noise and this weird vibrating feeling. Think of a water bottle filled with water and when you take the lid off and turn it over. You know how the water comes out and air bubbles float to the top and make a flapping kind of noise? That is not only how it sounds, that is how it feels. My stomach literally feels and sounds like a water bottle being turned upside down. When ever I drink a large amount of water, my stomach will have the feeling but not make the sound.

I really don’t know what to think of this. It doesn’t really seem like a symptom of my IBS. Since it changes when I drink larger amounts of water, I started thinking that maybe it’s a sign of dehydration.

Please help, thanks.
If you’re not going to give me a yes or no answer, do not respond!!
For the record, I can’t drink milk. Milk gives me really bad stomach pains and it’s recommended that people with IBS Don’t drink milk.

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Answer by Patrick
start eating easy to digest food
like milk
and stuff

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Answer by jad62
Of course, you would. The doctor has no idea what she’s doing or anything else. It could be something as inane as a hemorrhoid. Call your doctor and ask what she wants to do.

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Additional Details: 19 years old, female, generally healthy overall 5′6 130lbs
It isn’t a severe pain, it’s dull and achy like when your muscle is pulled and it only hurts if i move a certain way or use my abdominal muscles to get up.

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Answer by firefighterparamedicfemale
depending on what type of pain it is (dull,achy,constant,sharp) may depend on if it is your appendix, ovulation, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, or if there is a possible you can be pregnant a tubal pregnancy. If it gets worse i would go see a doc..

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Different types of bacteria are helpful to humans, and these bacteria are called Probiotics. One thing probiotics do is help maintain and restore the balance of bacteria. Without this balance, harmful bacteria multiply and eventually take over. Another thing probiotics do is help relieve symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases, irritable bowl syndrome, calitis, and alcoholic liver disease. There is also evidence that probiotics help prevent certain types of allergies and the risk for colon, liver, and breast cancers.

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Answer by Feisty
It sounds OK. I’m not sure if your teacher will want you to cite it — especially where you refer to “the evidence …”. What evidence? Where did you find it?

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Answer by oldtimekid
That’s not a common symptom of IBS (both my mother and brother have it), and I can’t think of any ailment that could cause louder gas.

If you have a lot of gas though, it’s likely that it’s from improper digestion (if it’s not caused by an illness). If you aren’t digesting certain foods well enough, it commonly causes gas. The easiest way to help that would be to take a good enzyme complex to help digest those foods so you don’t get the gas in the first place. Good luck!

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