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Hi Winklemouse,

Hope you are feeling a bit better today. I don't think there could be anything much more stressful than someone threatening to take away my child- hang in there!

I was wondering how you know that your thyroid levels are normal? Docs usually use TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) to monitor people on replacement therapy. This works really well for most people but it is an indirect measure of how much thyroid hormone is actually present. For some individuals, it is important to get the full thyroid panel- especially when someone with a normal TSH still has symptoms of their thyroid being low (like fatigue & hair loss). My father has migraines which cause numbness on the left side of his body. He was having a terrible time with the migraine symptoms, fatigue, and slowed thinking. After several months, a doctor diagnosed his hypothyroidism. Once his thyroid levels normalized, his migraines rarely returned and were very mild when they did.

I hope I'm not adding stress by giving you something new to worry about. Sometimes I think stress from medical tests should be listed as a factor that can cause worsening of PMA It just seems to me that since you have a very real medical condition & it is sometimes difficult to find the right dosage of medication to treat it- maybe it would be worthwhile for your doctor to take a second look at your thyroid levels.

Take Care,
-Anna