You mentioned that when you read some of the letters are missing. I have had this happen to me occasionally, also sometimes accompanied with bright zig zags In my field of vision. As I said, this happens once in a great while (not every day.) I was diagnosed with ocular migraines. I tend to get the...

Julie wrote:Strokes, heart attacks, glaucoma, kidney problems, do you really want to know the possibilities?

Heh, I just meant the milder, weirder stuff. I know about all the big bad stuff.

Son of a gun. The more I read, the more the revelations keep coming. I have had spells of dry eye only at night--sometimes so severe that I would scratch my corneas by just opening my eyes. Guess what THAT'S a symptom of? Good grief! They were MUCH worse back before I started thyroid meds...back whe...

Some doctors, who are really on top of their game, always look for SDB (sleep-disordered breathing = an umbrella term for heavy snoring, UARs, apnea.) in patients presenting with thyroid irregularities. After reading yesterday that SDB shows up in nearly ALL hypothyroid patients, I'm now rather sho...

if I record myself breathing when I'm on my side (as I already know I snore like hell on my back), will that tell me anything? Who knows. Just give it a try. But, what are you trying to learn anyway? I've actually been using a wedge for several years, a) because I have reflux Sleeping on a wedge ca...

Another possibility is magnesium--you can test in the normal range on a serum test and still have a terrible deficiency, something many doctors don't know. Magnesium is tightly controlled by the body, so while there may be plenty in your serum, there may not be much in your cells, where you actually...

Hey all! I'll try to make this long story as brief as possible. For the past six years, I have suffered from a multitude of disabling symptoms which I originally completely attributed to hypothyroidism and a magnesium deficiency. Though I do have both, after being on thyroid meds and bringing my mag...