Question:
I sure hope someone out there can help me. After having my thyroid removed due
to cancer I started having panic attacks. I have been on my synthroid for
about 3 weeks now. Is it true that going hypo can mimic panic disorder, or am
I doomed to panic disorder the rest of my life. I keep hoping as the synthroid
kicks in and brings be back to the living I can kick the panic attacks out the
door. Any advice or help would be muchly appreciated.
Answer:
I suffered panic disorder for 20 years, used antidepressants xanax, also I
was advised it had nothing to do with hormones. Thank goodness for a
computer. I now take 2grains Naturethroid (natural thyroid), DHEA and
progesterone cream. Do not need other meds. Perhaps a change to a natural
thyroid would help, or you have not reached the optimal dose yet.
I'm afraid I don't know anything about thyroid cancer - I have
hyperthyroidism. I notice from another posting from you that you also
have shakes and tremors. I am wondering if the operation has
temporarily disturbed your thyroid gland so that it has increased its
output of thyroid hormones, making you hyper for a while.
I hope your doctor is keeping a close eye on you!
Here is a list of useful sites posted by Marianna - it includes some
dealing specifically with thyroid cancer.
THYROID DISEASE WEBSITE: http://thyroid.miningco.com/
***A very good place to start****
THYROID DISEASE LINKS LIBRARY:
http://thyroid.miningco.com/mlibrary.htm
http://www.endocrineweb.com/Welcome.html
This claims to be the Largest web site for Thyroid, Parathyroid,
Adrenal, and Pancreas disorders. It contains good explanations of how
the endocrine system functions.
http://www.valint.net/php/rmalford/index.htm
Richard M. Alford, M.D.
White paper on Hypothyroidism.
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~my4tune/endoinME.txt
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~my4tune/itg.htm
A site by the British Thyroid Support Group which aims to provide
information concerning thyroid disorders and the connection with
Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome. They also explain some of the reasons why you may be
having trouble being diagnosed.
http://endocrine-surgery.com/tests.html
Thyroid Tests Explained.
Thyroglobulin Info.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8608781&form=...
m&Dopt=b
Thyroglobulin measurement. Techniques, clinical benefits, and
pitfalls.
Interpretation of Thyroid Tests
Thyroid No dule Ultrasound: What is it, what does it tell me?
http://endocrine-surgery.com/noduleus.html
Info. about Nodules, Ultrasound, and FNA Biopsies
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7175/5
Treating Thyrotoxicosis in Pregnant or Potentially Pregnant Women
http://www.geocities.com/~thyroidlady/frames.html
Webring centre for thyroid disease, lots of links
http://www.hbdi.org/
A Resource for Genetic Research - Diabetes, Thyroid Disease and Autism
http://www.healthy.net/library/articles/schacter/hypothyr.d.htm
An excellent article on The Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism
by Michael Schachter, M.D., P.C.
http://www.mall-net.com/mcs/coldbody.html
Low body temperature, Wilson's syndrome, thyroid problems and what to
do about it. This is a controversial syndrome.
http://www.wilsonsyndrome.com/
A page from Wilson's Syndrome Foundation
http://www.the-thyroid-society.org/
A very good site by the American Thyroid Society for Education &
Research
http://www.druginfonet.com/synthrod.htm
A page on SYNTHROID, a synthetic T4 hormone including details of
packaging, dosage, and possible adverse reactions.
http://etls04.beaumont.plattsburgh.edu/StudentArea/dinfantino/papers/...
The title of the paper was The Pharmacology of Epinephrine > PATIENTS
WITH HYPERTHYROIDISM, brain arteriosclerosis, organic brain
damage, SHOULD AVOID EPINEPHRINE.-used by Dentists
http://members.tripod.com/~TDmagicmom/main.html
The Magic Foundation site for children with thyroid problems.
http://members.tripod.com/~TDmagicmom/altFAQ.html
Site which discusses hypothyroidism and 'normal' blood tests
Book: Thyroid Disease, The Facts, Oxford Medical Publications, Second
Edition, RIS Bayliss and WMG Tunbridge, Oxford University Press, New
York. ISBN 0 19 262103 3 (pbk)
http://www.sjogrens.com/
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bssassociation/
http://dry.org/welcome.html
Sjogren's is an autoimmune disorder, dry eyes, dry mouth
*Thyroid Cancer Resource List-12/12/98**(thanks to ALEX )
http://www.Thyca.org
Created and maintained by Thyroid Cancer Survivors. Thyroid Cancer
Related Resource List Thyca: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association
Great Info.; Great Resource; Caring People who've been there.
An excellent place to begin.
http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/C19/C19.874.html
Has MANY links to thyroid info. sites including Baylor College of
Medicine, Harvard, Loyola, Med.College of Wisconsin, Nat'l Cancer
Center of Japan, U. of Illinios, UPENN Oncolink, U. Pittsburgh Med.
Ctr., Virginia SOM, and some others for info. about Thyroid Cancers.
It also has info. about other Thyroid conditions and other links
including to The American Assoc. of Clinical Endocrinologists,
Vanderbilt, U. of Iowa, Stanford, Canadian Med. Assoc. and U. Florida.
http://www.aace.com/
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists ( HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED) Thyroid Malignancy
http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/dr-bob/tips/tips.html
and look up t3 and depression
http://www.interscilsa.com/book/indi09.html#83
Since 1969 Inter Science Institute has made many research procedures
and tests routinely available Endocrine Laboratory services to the
clinician, the researcher and the patient.
http://andromeda.einet.net:8000/galaxy/Medicine/Diseases-and-Disorders/
Endocrine-Diseases/Endocrine-Gland-Neoplasms/Thyroid.html
Lots of info. about Thyroid Cancers from Loyola Univ. Medical Center.
American Cancer Society: Cancer Information Database: Thyroid Cancer
Information
Welcome to PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
National Library of Medicine. Search Topics with Medline, Journals
and
more.
Thyroid Related Web sites
http://www.geocities.com/~thyroidlady/frames.html
centre of a web ring linking to lots of sites
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3626/thyroid.html
A bunch more Thyroid sites and some search engines, including Medline.
NCI's CancerNet Cancer Information
http://wwwicic.nci.nih.gov/
NCI (National Cancer Institute), including Clinical Trials info. and a
lot more.
Thyroid Foundation of Canada
http://home.ican.net/~thyroid/Guides/HG12.html
The Thyroid Foundation of Canada (Very Basic)
Thyroid Surgery
http://endrcr06.mda.uth.tmc.edu/Sherman/Thyroidectomy/thyroid.htm
MD Anderson Patient Info.
AOL Keyword: Medline
Thyroid Nodules and Cancer (1) - Cancer - Date: 2/24/98
http://cancer.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa022498.htm
Good General Overview and Diagrams
Editorials -- NEJM 1997; 337: 928-930 -- September 25, 1997
http://www.nejm.org/public/1997/0337/0013/0928/1.htm
New England Journal Of Medicine Article (Followup of Patients with
Thyroid
Carcinoma)
Great Article.
TSH Suppression and Prognosis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&uid=8...
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
Degree of thyrotropin suppression as a prognostic determinant in
differentiated thyroid cancer.
MD Anderson Past Experience with Treatment Options
http://www.ncbi.nlm.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1992 Sep;75(3):714-720
The results of various modalities of treatment of well differentiated
thyroid
carcinomas: a retrospective review of 1599 patients.
Survival of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Studied in 500 Patients.
I-131 Radionuclide Ablation of Thyroid Neoplasms
http://www.mamc.amedd.army.mil/williams/NucMed/THY10.htm
Some info. about RAI therapy and statistically increased risks of one
thing or
another.
I-131 Radionuclide Ablation of Thyroid Neoplasms
http://nuc-med-read.uthscsa.edu/williams/NucMed/thy10.htm
Radiation Exposure and Thyroid Cancer
http://www.mskcc.org/document/pedrad.htm
Info. about Nuclear Testing in the 1950s and 1960s and increased risk.
http://www.thyrolink.com/baskin.htm
General Info. (Overview)
(THYROGEN Related Study) -- NEJM 1997; 337: 888-896 - September 25,
1997
http://www.nejm.org/public/1997/0337/0013/0888/1.htm
Medullary Info. -- NEJM 1994
http://www.nejm.org/public/1994/0331/0013/0870/1.htm
PubMed medline query
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9681853&form=...
m&Dopt=b
Surgical management of patients with persistent or recurrent medullary
thyroid cancer.
Anaplastic MD Anderson
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=1695118&form=...
m&Dopt=b
Anaplastic 24 Yr. Experience
Management of Follicular and Hurthle Cell Neoplasms of the Thyroid
Gland.
Thyroid International
http://www.thyrolink.com/thyint/thyint.htm
Thyroid International Journal. (Thyroid Topics in General.)
Hyperthyroidism
http://nuc-med-read.uthscsa.edu/williams/NucMed/THY05.HTM
Thyrotoxicosis/Hyperthyroid Symptoms
http://thyroid.miningco.com//library/weekly/aa070797.htm
These articles feature an interview with Sheldon Rubenfeld,MD, the
Medical Director of the Thyroid Society for Education and Research.
The
range of issues related to fertility, pregnancy and their relationship
to thyroid disease is explored, and helpful guidelines are provided on
how to have a healthy pregnancy with thyroid disease.
Pregnancy, Fertility and Infertility - Thyroid Disease Net Links
http://thyroid.tqn.com//msub5.htm
Links to loads of Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy sources of Info.
http://thyroid.tqn.com/bliodin.htm
Thyroid Disease / The Low Iodine Diet -- The Mining Company
A Pre-Scan Low Iodine Diet.
