Diagnosed With A Disease – Do I Have A Nexus?

[jecsb4]

Diagnosed with a disease – do I have a Nexus?

Ok, let me try to summarize this as painless as possible for me and for you all. The VA has diagnosed me with Hypothyroidism. Basically, it means your thyroid is not working or working to slow for some reason which can be from a automunnine deficiency, the pituitary gland in your brain or to some extent stress from what I have read..

For those that don’t know what the thyroid glands purpose is (I didn’t know) it controls and regulates your metabolism. The thyroid is a gland in the general areas of your neck / throat. It has a key function of controlling your metabolism. The good new about this is that people usually take a pill for the rest of their lives, and should get blood tests to check out your T4 and other medical stuff I can’t remember. Hyperthyroidism is the opposite – it works to fast so you lose weight along with several other symptoms you don’t want.

The unique issue with this disease is that the symptoms usually creep up on you over a series of months and even years. The symptoms really stink – memory problems, depression, hair falling out, migraines, fatigue, constipation, weight gain, etc…

I guess I am trying to decide if my “stress” helped contribute to my hypothyroidism and if I have a Nexus. The VA said it is not due to my auto-immune system or pituitary. The doc could not tell me what caused it. The medical profession can’t even say with real evidence if it may be related to genetics from what I can tell.

All I can assume is that my stress jump started it. I was mobbed twice since 2003 (non-combat), but during that time my son was killed in a horrific vehicle accident while he was home on leave from the USAF during of all months December (Christmas) along with his best fried. There really has been no closure due to some details that I will try to leave alone. A short time after this, I received orders to be stationed away from my home of record.

It seems to me the medical data about the causes of this disease is weak so I really don’t know if I have a Nextus, especially since I was diagnosed after my last tour of duty. I don’t want to clog the system up if I don’t have a case. I think the key here is since this disease has creped up on me, I don’t have any medical data except for depression and migraines which are symptoms and I am SC for them.

Thanks all.

[Guest rickb054]

Diagnosed with a disease – do I have a Nexus?

Ok, let me try to summarize this as painless as possible for me and for you all. The VA has diagnosed me with Hypothyroidism. Basically, it means your thyroid is not working or working to slow for some reason which can be from a automunnine deficiency, the pituitary gland in your brain or to some extent stress from what I have read..

For those that don't know what the thyroid glands purpose is (I didn't know) it controls and regulates your metabolism. The thyroid is a gland in the general areas of your neck / throat. It has a key function of controlling your metabolism. The good new about this is that people usually take a pill for the rest of their lives, and should get blood tests to check out your T4 and other medical stuff I can't remember. Hyperthyroidism is the opposite – it works to fast so you lose weight along with several other symptoms you don't want.

The unique issue with this disease is that the symptoms usually creep up on you over a series of months and even years. The symptoms really stink – memory problems, depression, hair falling out, migraines, fatigue, constipation, weight gain, etc…

I guess I am trying to decide if my "stress" helped contribute to my hypothyroidism and if I have a Nexus. The VA said it is not due to my auto-immune system or pituitary. The doc could not tell me what caused it. The medical profession can't even say with real evidence if it may be related to genetics from what I can tell.

All I can assume is that my stress jump started it. I was mobbed twice since 2003 (non-combat), but during that time my son was killed in a horrific vehicle accident while he was home on leave from the USAF during of all months December (Christmas) along with his best fried. There really has been no closure due to some details that I will try to leave alone. A short time after this, I received orders to be stationed away from my home of record.

It seems to me the medical data about the causes of this disease is weak so I really don't know if I have a Nextus, especially since I was diagnosed after my last tour of duty. I don't want to clog the system up if I don't have a case. I think the key here is since this disease has creped up on me, I don't have any medical data except for depression and migraines which are symptoms and I am SC for them.

Thanks all.

I have been diagnosed with thyroid problems, I take a pill everyday so I can relate to your question. I am not going to go into all my symptoms but I did gain 120 lbs in four years and couldn't understand why or how. I tried everything to lose the weight short of surgery, I was informed six months ago that I have this disease so now I know why I gained the weight. I like you wonder what caused my problem. Did my medications cause it, is my problem secondary to my lung disease, does my being in a wheelchair unable to exercise have anything to do with the problem? I don't know. In order to find out the answer to this question I like you need to work with a doctor and hopefully they can come up with an answer. If the doctor you usually see is not helpful then see another doctor, because there is a cause it just has to be found. It would almost be impossible to get the disease service connected unless you found a doctor who could show a nexus to your current service connected conditions. Thyroid problems is one of the most misunderstood, misdiagnosed and mistreated disaeases there is. Good Luck

[Pete53]

As much lab work as the VA does one would think that they would catch thyroid disease early not 4 years after the fact.

[Josephine]

Diagnosed with a disease – do I have a Nexus?

Ok, let me try to summarize this as painless as possible for me and for you all. The VA has diagnosed me with Hypothyroidism. Basically, it means your thyroid is not working or working to slow for some reason which can be from a automunnine deficiency, the pituitary gland in your brain or to some extent stress from what I have read..

For those that don’t know what the thyroid glands purpose is (I didn’t know) it controls and regulates your metabolism. The thyroid is a gland in the general areas of your neck / throat. It has a key function of controlling your metabolism. The good new about this is that people usually take a pill for the rest of their lives, and should get blood tests to check out your T4 and other medical stuff I can’t remember. Hyperthyroidism is the opposite – it works to fast so you lose weight along with several other symptoms you don’t want.

The unique issue with this disease is that the symptoms usually creep up on you over a series of months and even years. The symptoms really stink – memory problems, depression, hair falling out, migraines, fatigue, constipation, weight gain, etc…

I guess I am trying to decide if my “stress” helped contribute to my hypothyroidism and if I have a Nexus. The VA said it is not due to my auto-immune system or pituitary. The doc could not tell me what caused it. The medical profession can’t even say with real evidence if it may be related to genetics from what I can tell.

All I can assume is that my stress jump started it. I was mobbed twice since 2003 (non-combat), but during that time my son was killed in a horrific vehicle accident while he was home on leave from the USAF during of all months December (Christmas) along with his best fried. There really has been no closure due to some details that I will try to leave alone. A short time after this, I received orders to be stationed away from my home of record.

It seems to me the medical data about the causes of this disease is weak so I really don’t know if I have a Nextus, especially since I was diagnosed after my last tour of duty. I don’t want to clog the system up if I don’t have a case. I think the key here is since this disease has creped up on me, I don’t have any medical data except for depression and migraines which are symptoms and I am SC for them.

Thanks all.

This is a very long shot, but you may give this some consideration.

I have suffered from chronic anxiety with depression for the last 43 years.

Diagnosed with hypothyroism approximately in 1980.

This would put this about 16 years after the anxiety.

If your depression has caused anxiety and you can service connect this to depression, to which may as in my case exhausted your adrenal gland, you may find a connection this way.

Lab test are not very conclusive for this illness, as all of my test were just fine, until a huge inner ( goiter) to right side of neck appeared.

Removed surgically this past December.

Anxiety/nervouness will exhaust the adrenal glands which may in turn be the reason for your thyroid disease.

Always,

Josephine

[jecsb4]

68 Nam Vet,

Thany you for your kind words....

[jmack]

Sorry to hear about your son, my condolences. I would think that the first thing you may consider if not already is a referral for a endocrinologist. Search for one, especially if you have additional medical insurance. Sometimes these primary care providers try to be "one doc fits all" so see if you can get an endocrinologist involved, they are the experts in that area.

Good luck,

Jmack