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  • ldready
    ldready Member Posts: 5
    #22
    WhoDatFan said:

    Its been 9 months now since
    Its been 9 months now since my surgery and I'm still feeling the emotional effects...I get agitated very easily and have been so deppressed that I don't even want to hang out with my friends or family. In addition to the thyroidectemy, I also had to have 88 lymph nodes removed leaving with a scar from ear to ear. I recently broke up with my girlfriend of 2 years in December becasue I couldn't handle the stress of being in a relationship or her seeing me depressed all the time. Now I even feel more lonely and just wish that I could take it all back...I'm optimistic that things will get better once my TSH levels are normal but it probably won't be for another 3-4 months. I'm 23 in nursing school and graduate in Decemeber--I should be excited and enjoying life but I find myself scared of the future. I believe everything happens for a reason, but I just can't find anything good out of this yet...the only positive has been sharing my experience with my patients in clinical and offering hope to them. Hopefully things will get better...I guess I just have to take it one day at atime.

    10 months for me
    i feel where you are coming from... I'm 21 and the emotional effects from having my entire thyroid removed are unreal. I have also always been an optimistic person. Sure i had a bad day every once in a while but i bounced back no problem. I never necessarily loved my job, but I always made it to work unless I was really really sick. Now I miss work so much it's ridiculous. The only reason I still have my job is because of ongoing doctors notes. I'm physically tired, emotionally drained and stressed, and now I am getting sick on average once a month, which usually has me out for the count for a solid week. My PCP was the first doctor to tell me this was all related to my thyroid- or lack thereof. My Endo said that my TSH levels were okay and so none of this was related. Actually had me convinced that it was just coincidence that I was a happy, healthy person before my surgery, and an ever increasing mess since. This site along with my other doctor has definitely eased my fears of this being an unrelated problem...however now I just don't know what to do in the mean time. I am hoping that things with work out eventually and that I will learn to adjust, but what do I do in the mean time? I am seeing a therapist and her and my PCP are recommending Zoloft. They agree it is thyroid related, but since it is affecting my work that is their solution in the mean time. Any one else on an SSRI drug for thyroid related depression?
  • jkeb1
    jkeb1 Member Posts: 1
    #23
    cjsgirl025 said:

    You are not alone!
    You are definitely not alone I completely understand how you feel! I'm 25F and had my thryiod removed almost two years ago due to papillary cancer. There are days when I wish that they never removed it. I feel like a completely different person, almost like I lost the person I used to be. I'm married with three small children and it has really affected my family. My advise is to find a good doctor that will actually listen to you and not look at you like you are crazy. Are talk to someone that can understand what you are going through. I still have not found a good doctor. My doctor has told me that I need to see a physiatrist and that maybe I was depressed. When I had posted something on here I got the same response. But I'm not depressed it's just really hard to try to explain the way I feel to someone that has absolutely no idea how I feel. Good luck and if you need someone to talk to I will give you my email address. If you can find out what is the problem let me know I'm still searching for answers!!!

    im 25 f as well and this is
    im 25 f as well and this is the first time ive been on a chat like this. when i was 20 i found my lump which was told to me was not cancer. I had the removal and couldnt wait to get back to normal life. when i saw my docter he informed me they were wrong and it was cancer. never in my life did i feel my stomach drop and i dont think i ever got over that. i dont think ill ever be the same person i was before that day, and i hate it. Alot of people shrug it off like its not that bad. i think it is anyone who has been through this knows its a day by day thing, one day good some days bad. Im glad i found this sight cause i dont feel so alone anymore thank you everyone.

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