Muscle Pain....is Dr. wrong????
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| Tue, 10-26-2004 - 10:20am |
THis is my fist time on this board....I am usually on the Post Partum Depression board, my son was born in May and now i have been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. (Hopefuuly the cause of my PPD). Anyway...my endocronologist did not want to treat my physical symptoms of hyperthyroid (sweating, hair loss, rapid heart beat ) becuase he was more concerned with my mental state & thought the thyroid problem would fix itself. That was totally fine w/ me b/c I would much rather be mentally healthy (currenlty on zoloft). Well, now I have been having horrilbe muscle pain...biceps, quads, it's hard to sleep at night and picking up my 20 pound son is tortore!! I did some research and found this could be caused by the hyperthyroid. The dr. said that is not the case, it would be caused the meds. that are given to treat the thyroid problem...which I am not on ....so basically the muscle pain is not my thyroid. Is this a coincidense or should I get a 2nd opinion?? Thanks so much...I am really at a loss!!
Brenna

I'm certainly not a health care professional in any way, but I as a patient, I can't understand why the doctor won't treat your thyroid issues because of your mental health.
First I want to say I am a new co-cl for a different board.
Brenna
A book you might want to get from your library is THYROID SOLUTION by Ridha Arem. I recently just read the book and found it to be very helpful in giving me information I need to know.
Sandra
Well, you need to get tested more.