I came of the medication that had worse side-effects than the disease. I've only been taking it since 19th July, since a thyroid biopsy showed the existing nodes were cold. Cold nodes are usually ok, but silly me, I didn't look up anything about thyroid till last night, after my specialist said to stop taking them & come back & see her in 12 months.

Thyroxine comes with a huge list of other medications that might react with it & a humungeous list of side-effects, many of which were the symptoms I had. (As my colleague said, you're trying to get rid of them!)

I've had nodes on my thyroid since 1999 & they've mainly been well behaved - just a sensitivity to heat, so I carry a fan & have a fan on permanently in the office as I find air conditioning too warm & still.

This year I had a few nasty panic attacks tho I didn't know what they were at the time, and my thyroid was sore, so it was scans & biopsy, interspersed with several big panic attacks (one sent me into hospital)

Today I felt great, except for a blocked nose (sniff, sniff)

Tomorrow I will also feel wonderful! I've been learning to breathe properly following Buteyko principles & will get better & better

sandra

Treatment is very variable. Many patients are simply placed under observation. Thyroxine (T_4 ) can be given to suppress Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) levels and thereby cause the nodules to shrink. This is called Suppression Therapy. Radioactive Iodine (RAI) is used to destroy hot nodules in some cases and they can also be removed surgically.