Post by Katy4 on Feb 25, 2008 22:07:46 GMT
Hi
I haven't posted for ages. Been up and down but on the up of late. My son is now 15 months and sometimes can't belive how long this illness goes on for. But relatively recently I was diagnosed with Post Partum Thyroiditis - a nasty condition that means your thyroid goes from being overactive then underactive. It is quite common. It can cause symptoms of depression plus lots of other physical symtoms, many of which I had and was put down initially to the PNI but now the doc thinks it could have been the Thyroiditis, or most likely a combination of the 2. I was referred to an endocrinologist as I had quite severe thryoiditis, and he is brilliant and really helpful. I feel better that I actually have something physically wrong with me that explains some of my strange aches and pains, dizzy spells, tinnitus, hand and face swellings, hair loss, nail loss, and other stuff - and its not all in my head. I can take meds (thyroixine) now which I hope will help.
Anyway perhaps if some of you are baffled by symptoms it might be worth getting a blood test from the doc to rule out post partum thyroiditis. I don't think i was misdiagnosed with PNI but the thyroiditis made everything much much worse and having an earlier diagnosis of the thyroid problem would have helped me sooner.
Hope this might be useful to some of you.
Hang on in there.
xx
I haven't posted for ages. Been up and down but on the up of late. My son is now 15 months and sometimes can't belive how long this illness goes on for. But relatively recently I was diagnosed with Post Partum Thyroiditis - a nasty condition that means your thyroid goes from being overactive then underactive. It is quite common. It can cause symptoms of depression plus lots of other physical symtoms, many of which I had and was put down initially to the PNI but now the doc thinks it could have been the Thyroiditis, or most likely a combination of the 2. I was referred to an endocrinologist as I had quite severe thryoiditis, and he is brilliant and really helpful. I feel better that I actually have something physically wrong with me that explains some of my strange aches and pains, dizzy spells, tinnitus, hand and face swellings, hair loss, nail loss, and other stuff - and its not all in my head. I can take meds (thyroixine) now which I hope will help.
Anyway perhaps if some of you are baffled by symptoms it might be worth getting a blood test from the doc to rule out post partum thyroiditis. I don't think i was misdiagnosed with PNI but the thyroiditis made everything much much worse and having an earlier diagnosis of the thyroid problem would have helped me sooner.
Hope this might be useful to some of you.
Hang on in there.
xx
