Do i have thyroid problems?!
Question: I cannot gain weight, cannot eat too many fats without feeling sick, am anxious all the time even though my life is going well, (i think). i do the things i enjoy. i have extreme bouts of depression, sometimes afraid to leave the house, have aged drastivcally in the last year (am 42) have quite an obsessive character. worry way too much about little things. i am underwieght. are any of these related to thyroid? i was thinking of getting it checked out
Answers: I cannot gain weight, cannot eat too many fats without feeling sick, am anxious all the time even though my life is going well, (i think). i do the things i enjoy. i have extreme bouts of depression, sometimes afraid to leave the house, have aged drastivcally in the last year (am 42) have quite an obsessive character. worry way too much about little things. i am underwieght. are any of these related to thyroid? i was thinking of getting it checked out
Maybe.
Do have it checked out, and make the physician order more than TSH test. You also want to know about related things like HDL/LDL because T problems can out-balance that. You definitely want to know about free T3/T4 along with TSH.
In the meantime, Google "thyroid hypothalmus pituitary axis" and educate yourself on how that system works, so you won't be taken advantage of by the doctors who like to cut people open.
Good luck.