info about hypothyroidism

[Helen (AKA Hellvet)]

Hi again. apparently i might actually have another medical problem - to add to my long list :( , but i can't exactly find out whether it will affect my diving or not...I have been continually tired recently, to the point where i am coming into work and going to bed, just so i can get out of bed and go to work again in the morning! :rolleyes: I have spoken to Dr Wilmshurst as i was concerned it might be my heart kicking off again, but he's looking at other causes, and has sent me for a blood test to check out my thyroid.

Again i'm kinda hoping i am hypothyroid as at least thats something i can do something about! If i'm not then we have to go looking at the heart thing again... I'm still waiting for the results of the blood test (takes a week apparently! we do it on the machine at work in about an hour!). ;)

At the moment i've taken myself out of the water till i feel a little better as i feel i'm too tired to cope with diving, the trouble is not diving brings me down mentally as well as physically!:mad: so guys and gals, does hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) affect your diving and how? have checked out DAN and UKSDMC but there doesn't seem to be much about hypothyroidism...

I am due to go on my first ever diving holiday to Dahab at the beginning of july and am a bit worried from some of the stuff i've seen online...i know i know don't believe everything you see on the web...:eek:

[mark w]

I surrer from an underactive thyroid gland, diagnosed quite by accident on a routine blood test, I am on thyroxine tablets 150mg a day and have no problems with my diving, I asked my doctor and he could think of no problems either, as all the tablets are doing is boosting something my thyroid gland should produce naturally.

[spinicus]

I've been diving whilst under the influence of Thyroxine for around 10 years - hasn't affected me yet (although some might disagree!) - you'll feel much better on the tablets than without them if you are Hypothyroid - also means you get free prescriptions for life ;)