Sorry for self indulgent post but my health is really getting me down.
I have been diagnosed with depression for over a decade but meds really don't seem to help me. I have started to really look into helping myself get better as gp seems baffled by my symptoms but they scream thyroid to me. The thing is my doctor says that because I'm a normal weight (top end of healthy bmi) it can't be my thyroid. I had blood tests and thyroid function came back normal.
The thing is I have recently been doing the my fitness pal app and I only consume 800 to 900 calories a day! Surely I should have a low bmi? I do no exercise at all as with the depression and tiredness it's all I can do to drag myself out of bed for a few hours. It is affecting my dc's standard of life and I just want to get well!
My other symptoms are:-
Tiredness
Always feel cold
Constipation and bloating
Confusing words and mind fuzzy
Aching muscles and no strength
Dry skin
Numbness in fingers
Heavy periods
Feeling of pressure on my windpipe
Puffy face around nose
I also have a frozen shoulder at the moment that is being treated with steroid injections. Google says it can be associated with thyroid.
My son is being tested for gluten intolerance at the moment which can also be genetic and related to the thyroid (according to Google again)
Am I way off the mark here or is there a chance the blood tests didn't give an accurate result?
Please tell me your experiences or if it sounds like something else.
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How accurate are thyroid tests? At wits end.
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Turvytopsy · 01/12/2014 00:07
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