When I suffered from postpartum depression, I kept insisting that I wasn't depressed. My vision of a depressed woman consisted of lots of weeping, general moping around, hand-wringing, etc. Not a woman who was overcome by nausea 100 times worse than any morning sickness and vomiting violently when not on the toilet with diarrhea. I was a gastrointestinal specialist's fantasy. And after I was sent to a G.I.

For the past week, I've had the sensation of palpitations. I say it that way because I'm not sure what I've been feeling. It hits suddenly, sometimes for just a few minutes, sometimes repeatedly over the course of a day. My chest feels hollow and like my heart is pounding, it's hard to breathe and I feel lightheaded.

Dr. Friedman what do you recommend women if diagnosed with hypothyroidism? What is the best way she can advocate her own health?

Dr. Friedman is low body temperature an unreliable sign of hypothyroidism?

Dr. Friedman when diagnosing hypothyroidism, how valuable is medical history and an actual hands-on physical?

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Dr. Friedman Discusses if patients with symptoms of hypothyroidism, who don't meet the criteria, be watched every six months to year?