Yea Jessica, If you do a test on most of your glands they will have abnormal numbers. A severe spinal injury up high usually messes up hypothalmus, pituitarym, thyroid, adrenal glands as well as a few others. Some of us can cruise along ok most of the time. The idea of using drugs to correct these hormonal malfunctions is mixed in a complex arguement. If you check at other times you may find your Thyroid gland functioning or even overfunctioning. this is where it gets real complicated because some doctors think your better off without complicating your situation without the tons of pills you may need to keep your numbers in "normal" ranges. The SCI wrecked your pituitary and thalmus glands. In a domino effect your thyroid and other glands no longer function properly. Hormones have a lot to do with our nerves and brain cells that effect everything from digestion to mood and some doctors feel that imbalances can explain "bipolar" like behavior. I'd sure like to hear if theres any new ideas in this topic. If treating your hypothyroidism works, what are the dangers of hyperthyroidism? Your pituitary and thalmus glands can have very similar effects to your thyroid. If those work at all, I would be surprized.
john ----- Original Message ---- From: Jessica Ann Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 7, 2007 9:40:16 AM Subject: [QUAD-L] hypothyroid hi all -- i just received a call from the doc after having some blood work done last week. apparently i have hypothyroidism -- or an underactive thyroid. they told me my levels are abnormally low. there's a small chance it is a lab error but most likely not. i was just reading about hypothyroid online and found that i have many of the symptoms which i had always thought were due to my SCI. for example: fatigue, weakness, increased difficulty losing weight, hair loss, COLD INTOLERANCE, depression, irritability, memory loss, abnormal menstrual cycle, and decreased libido. so my question is -- has anyone else been diagnosed w/ hypothyroidism? and could it be related to SCI? i've been told in most cases it is easily treatable w/ medication so i hope i fall into that category. i'll find out more tomorrow morning when i go to the doctor. =jessica __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
