I was just recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism.

[kdmorris]

9. I was diagnosed in 2002.

I'm not sure what you are on for the bipolar, but the thyroid hormones shouldn't affect the meds. As Warpy said, try to use one pharmacy so that they can let you know of interactions.

I have found that as my estrogen and progesterone drop due to aging that I need less thyroid hormone. My understanding (loosely) is that estrogen and T4 use the same receptors in the cells. However, since you are already likely on hormones for the endo, they will adjust your thyroid meds until you are balanced out - so those will already be taken into account.

freezing, hair loss, loss of energy, weight gain - these were all my first symptoms. I would be so cold when it was 72 degrees.

For me, I think the biggest challenge was getting it stable in the first place... I kept telling myself I could have something terrible like cancer, so I really shouldn't complain. It didn't really help that much, but I kept trying to cheer myself up anyway.

I found out I had Diabetes at the same time - the adjustment to that was much more difficult.