Thanks for the replies,
I understand I'm "within range" but am I "optimal" for me??
There was a GP at my Dr's that whenever I saw her she always commented on my neck and asked me to swallow, I never really knew why but since I've realised it's because my neck/throat looks swollen. I've always been a tired kind of person used to crash out on the sofa when I got in from school, I've always felt the cold a lot more than others too.
My hair is fine, brittle, lank, greasy and coarse, it's like baby hair but without the softness
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I can't do a thing with it, it won't even stay backcombed.
My feet feel like they're on fire when in bed and my legs feel restless, I've developed dry itchy skin, feel like I have bruises where there are none, my face and eyes are puffy as are my hands, feet, ankles, generally my whole body feels bloated and puffy.
I'm constipated most of the time, even on holiday when everyone else gets the opposite! When I do go it always feels like theres more left! I often get a horrible taste in my mouth that lasts for days and what I can only describe as a furry tongue.
My memory has become awful, I recently typed in my car reg back to front in the car park machine, and when in new restaurants etc when I go to the toilets which I always need to do I get disoriented with all the doors and can't remember which one I came in through ( this is particularly scary for me).
One of my fingers has started to go numb quite frequently and I get ringing in my ears.
I know this may sound like I'm copying all the symptoms of hypo but they're all very real for me, not to mention the low moods, anxiety, zero libido and general lack of enthusiasm for anything. If we go out shopping, walking etc I'm totally shattered and could quite easily go to bed afterwards.
I know these symptoms could be down to anything, my thyroid results have always been in range, just!
Nobody on my mums side has had any thyroid issues but as I grew up not having anything to do with my dads side I don't know about any of his family?
Something just isn't right but it's getting the Drs etc to listen and take you seriously without putting everything down to depression and anxiety!
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