thyroid problem

[Niamh1]

I have type 1 diabetes and I am very anxious of getting thyroid problem. I don't know how to get out of this does anyone else get anxiety problems for this

 

[Rokaab]

To be honest whilst you can get bunch of stuff because you are Type 1 I find it best not to dwell on the multiple things that might happen - just because you may get them doesn't mean you will.
If I kept thinking about stuff that might happen I'd be an even grumpier person

For stuff like thyroid issues it will happen or not happen and there's nothing you can do about it apart from keep getting the checks done (they are done by default every year for me), it may never happen


Note, I did start getting thyroid issues just under 2 years, this was 43 years after I was diagnosed with T1, and so far its just a tablet a day to deal with it (I'm hyperthyroid), its the easiest of my issues to deal with

 

[Hopeful34]

I've been hyperthyroid twice and been on tablets. Hospital wanted me to either have surgery to remove some of my thyroid, or have radioactive therapy to kill part of it off, but I refused, and fortunately the Consultant then agreed to monitor and keep reducing the dose over the course of about 18 months, until I was finally able to come off thyroid medication altogether. There's a possibility I could become hyperthyroid again, but I may not, nobody knows. Family history of underactive thyroid, so was very surprised to be overactive.

 

[sleepster]

I have hypothyroidism, honestly it's the least problematic of my health issues.

 

[MimB]

I have hyperthyroidism - runs in the female line - and have done for about 15yrs, but have only been diagnosed as Type 1 since June 10th, as a result of Covid in March.
I am hoping that I will have a consultant look at both as apart from my GP prescribing meds initially that has been it. One of my daughter's has PCOS and it has been suggested I might have been undiagnosed before I had my first daughter. These are all endocrinology conditions.

 

[Hopeful34]

Welcome to the forum @MimB. I think it's important you get to see an endocrinologist, who can monitor both conditions. Shows how different GP practices work, mine referred me to the endo I see for diabetes straight away. Ended up having 2 different appointments in different clinics but with the same Consultant each time, otherwise the hospital lost out financially. Medication was always prescribed by the hospital, not the GP.

 

[EllieM]

I have type 1 diabetes and I am very anxious of getting thyroid problem. I don't know how to get out of this does anyone else get anxiety problems for this

I know my mother (also T1) ended up on thyroid meds, but the condition never seemed to bother her. Yes, T1s are more prone to it but the plus side to that is that we get tested and treated for it rather than
going untreated for years as a non diabetic might. I think it's counter productive to live my life worrying about which autoimmune condition I might get next, so I concentrate on what I can control (or at least influence) my blood sugars.

Having said that, I appreciate that anxiety isn't always rational, and I admit to feeling some anxiety about possible future thyroid issues in the past. My GP even gave me a thyroid test recently when I mentioned some possibly related symptoms. (The blood test was normal and the symptoms went away).

Have some virtual hugs from New Zealand.

 

[david4503]

I've been hyperthyroid twice and been on tablets. Hospital wanted me to either have surgery to remove some of my thyroid, or have radioactive therapy to kill part of it off, but I refused, and fortunately the Consultant then agreed to monitor and keep reducing the dose over the course of about 18 months, until I was finally able to come off thyroid medication altogether. There's a possibility I could become hyperthyroid again, but I may not, nobody knows. Family history of underactive thyroid, so was very surprised to be overactive.

Sounds like you were the one pushing for the conservative “wait and see” approach and you turned out to be right. That approach has saved me from several unnecessary surgeries. It’s often true that surgeons like to operate, GPs like to avoid surgery if at all possible.