prednisone and thyroid problems

It's been about 7 years since I've had my thyroid tested. I thought it was going to show I was hyper, but it turns out I tested hypo. And I'm pretty skinny.

I also have some major thyroid nodules. They show up really well cuz I'm so thin. I haven't done anything about them because if it wasn't for the nodules I would really appear as a "pencil neck." LOL! But eventually I will probably have them drained with a needle. Had it done once before many years ago. I had one nodule and the doctor wanted to get a biopsy. So he numbed my throat and neck and stuck a suction needle in. The nodule went away for many years. My biopsy came back insignificant.

Then the doctor put me on Thyroxin...half a tablet. I went nuts and ended up calling him in the middle of the night. That was back in the day when you could actually call your doctor and reach him. Anyway, I asked him if I was supposed to be feeling like I'm going 500 miles an hour internally. Felt like I had ingested a whole box of NoDoz. It was awful. Doctor told me to stop the Thyroxin. Apparently I had tested borderline hyper/hypo...and he had wanted me to take the pill to push me over the line one way or the other.

I stopped the pill and haven't taken anything since as he wanted to just leave things alone to see which way I was going to swing. So my next test showed hypo. And I'm still not doing anything for it cept juicing fresh spinach and carrot...which is supposed to be good for everything. Guess we'll just see about that. I guess I feel pretty good with the exception of not much energy. But when I juice it does give me energy.

Roni,

I know it's a tricky call re thyroid stuff. From what I've read and heard it isn't good to increase iodine if you have Hashimoto's thyroid....which apparently most women have, as opposed to just hypo thyroid. And recently I've read that up to 80% of all seniors have nodules that aren't noticeable. So, testing has to be the first step.

Just before I developed my first nodule years back, I had been feeling draggy. On the advise of some pill pusher I started taking an iodine tablet every day. It was shortly after I started that the first nodule appeared. So I quit taking the iodine. I had no idea what I was doing. A lot of people (even nutritionists) will tell you it's okay to suck seaweed for the thyroid. But, to me, anything less than an endocrinologist probably won't know...because the endocrine system is a whole study in and of itself.

Everything is connected to everything else in the body. Just recently I was informed that a lot of thyroid problems are directly related to adrenal function. I didn't get my next set of nodules till after my first experience with prednisone. So, it makes some sort of sense to me that my adrenals have a direct influence on my thyroid. It is so hard to isolate one system from the other body systems.

Once something shows up in the blood, you know your body is having something more serious to deal with other than just symptoms. The blood is the last place for things to show up. That's why so many times we feel like hell, but out blood work doesn't look so bad.

When I decide to address my thyroid, I'll have to do it through someone who knows more than my GP doc (much as I love her). Because I don't want to be messing with my thyroid if it's my adrenals that need more attention.

The best approach would probably be overall body balancing...but wow, where to start on that?