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Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - hypersensitive, uticaria

I am a 36 (37 in February) female. I weigh 168 pounds - normally 135, just had a baby. Gained 50 pounds during pregnancy.
Diagnosed with Hashimoto's last year. I have some difficulty swallowing, like something is in the back of my throat near my thyroid. I lost my voice twice for no known reason the year before my hypothyroid diagnosis. I had severe nerve pain in both hands, felt like my nerves were dying and thought I was going to be paralyzed up to my elbows. Severe joint pain in hands, fingers, elbows. These have subsided. Now I have slight joint pain. Stiffness in hands. Hard to clasp bra behind me. Drop things, smaller things. I have food sensitivites to gluten, dairy, soy, tree nuts. I develop a rash. Look like scratches, welts in the shape of lines. Some bumps. These can be anywhere on my body. Arms, legs, thighs. My ankles itch, My hands itch. Sometimes happen when talking on the phone, pacing the house while talking. Usually happen before a bowel movement and subside after (same as when my daughter was an infant) I never had allergies before. My daughter was born and she had this same reaction to the foods I ate through my breastmilk at around 5 months of age. I gave her probiotics and eventually the uticaria subsided at 18 months. Mine began about 3 years ago after an acupuncture treatment. Headaches come on with sensitivity to light when my neck hurts at base of skull. I lay in a dark room with my head on a stack of 5 bath towels and that helps relieve my head/neck ache. I had a head injury in 1998, fell backward and hit my head on hard ground. Personality change. I can only do one thing at a time. Noises distract and annoy me - especially high pitch sounds - like whistling. I hate things moving close to my face.
I just had a baby boy on 9/17. I was taking levothyroxine during the pregnancy because of low T4. TSH is always in the normal range, started at 25 mcg - ended up on 100 mcg. I have since weaned myself off. Now taking 15 mcg. every other day. I am exclusively breastfeeding. I feel pretty good overall - except for outbursts. My eyes are dry and sometimes feel hot. My skin on my feet is extremely dry and cracking. Always thought it was athlete's foot. It cleared a lot while on levothyroxine. I have a small cyst above gum on front tooth. I think it is sinus related, it has been there for many years. I have had 5 root canals and many fillings. My mother never took me to the dentist as a child. She would have me numb between my thumb and pointer finger with ice to take away the pain.
Feel like I am not heard by my family. Screaming and throwing things/tantrum. Scream at 5 year old daughter. Now she is taking on my negative traits. I really want this to change. I am unable to stop once started. I tell family, please stop, or please listen to my needs and they persist in an argument ... I can't take anymore and then I reach a breaking point and snap and can't stop the behavior ... just rage, throwing things that are messy and cluttered or disorganized (papers) that have not been put away, braking dishes (usually feel better after that release). Hitting my husband. Then my husband will say, look at what you're doing. Your traumatizing the family, act like a grown up ... and it's a vicious cycle. I am blamed and chastised for behaving badly because I am loud and out of control (which is bad behavior and I am not dismissing my actions)... but what I am screaming about is truth. But nobody listens to me because I am screaming. This has been a behavioral pattern since childhood. My mother was neglectful. Parents divorced when I was 8. I never liked my mother. She has a narcistic personality disorder. She is unable to love me. Yet favors my siblings. Left home at age 13. Loved my dad. He really understood me. He passed away in 1999. I feel like every one around me (husband) moves too slow.
I am afraid of the dark. After midnight I feel as if a ghost is behind me. I don't like closets to be open. I don't like when someone stands in the doorway - feel trapped. I don't like warm rooms. Always feel like I need air. I like the window open and the heat on. I don't like dry air. I feel like I can't breath and my sinuses become very sensitive. I use a humidifier. I tend to feel paranoid when I am alone in the dark. If the baby is crying in my ear I become irrational or paranoid ... like a heightened fear ... sensing any and everything (thinking of ghosts etc) and need to turn lights on. I am affected by my surroundings. If the house is a mess, I will freak out. Feel like everywhere I look there is more disorganization. I don't like crowded places. Fear of going to new places. Don't drive at night. I love the rain. I love changes in weather. I am extremely intuitive. Psychic dreams of tragic events. I am afraid of death.
I smoked from age 13- 27
I have worked with a homeopath, but can't afford treatment currently. I took Sepia 30 about 3 years ago. I took Arnica 200. that helped a little. I also took Thulium Muriaticum 200 during pregnancy. That helped a bit. I have not taken anything since last night where I took Belladonna 12c for migraine - which worked slowly.
 
  Lucid Colour on 2009-12-01
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