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    • Close Thyroid Cancer
      Type: Papillary Carcinoma

      had thyroid cancer 3 years ago(please see journal for full story)had total thyroidectomy and partial neck dissection (6 lymph nodes removed) had radioactive iodine treatment.. poorly for lot time and got rather large from bloating and no thyroid!!

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      Radiotherapy Working / Worked
      radiation therapy was fine.. bit lonely, and bloated me ALOT...

    • Close Anxiety

      i have been an anxiety sufferer all my life when i think back but nothing that would need medication to control. since having thyroid cancer 3 years ago i have been getting bouts of anxiety. i normally get a 3 or so month gap then get an attack which will usually last 8 weeks or so. then it will be gone for months again. i get many sympoms ranging fron headaches to pallpitations to panic attacks to muscle aches.. and many any more!have taken proprananol and diazapam and both have been effective

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      Breathing Exercises Working / Worked
      to try breathing properly .. its hard when the anxiety is at its peak, but works in the short term
      Breathwork Working / Worked
      Inderal Working / Worked
      takes the edge off the palpatations and eases the axxiety somewhat
      Paxil Working / Worked
      have used paroxetine in the past but find it works better to help depression.
      Positive Thinking Working / Worked
      practicing cognative behavioral therapy by writing my bad thoughts down and replacing them with good ones
      Valium Working / Worked
      carms the anxiety enough to allow you to think straight

    • Open Panic Attacks

      ive had panick attacks since i can remember, more recently because of health issues. they are the single most frightening thing and all we can do is put up with them!

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      Inderal Working / Worked
      works best for me really and takes the edge off the symptoms
      Paxil Somewhat Helpful
      makes me feel sick and dizzy, i hate that feeling andd tend to stop the medication as i think it gives me more panick attacks

    • Open Stress Management

      im joining this community mainly to see if i can figure out how to manage my daily stresses so that they dont spiral into full on anxiety/panick attacks

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      Physical Exercise Working / Worked
      i try to exercise even if its just going for a walk.. i do find it helps somewhat as you tend to forget whats happening and you get lots of fresh air too!!

    • Open Hypothyroidism

      had a thyroidectomy 3 years ago and am on levothyroxine 200mg for life..

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      Synthroid Working / Worked

    • Open Hyperthyroidism

      due to excessive medication i swich from hypo to hyper quite alot!

      Treatments

      Radioactive Iodine Working / Worked
      had radioactive iodine after thyroidectomy

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