Hypothyroidism - Medical Discharge?

[xxx_avenged_xxx]

I have recently been diagnosed with hyprothyroidism and am in the process of working out the right dosage of medication.
At the minute I feel I would find it difficult to carry some of the duties required of me, could this mean I could be elligable for medical discharge? It would suit me if I was as I am thinking of leaving anyway.
Depression, tiredness and fatique are the main problems as well as almost an inability to concentrate.

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This is a list of symptoms from the above ailment

Poor muscle tone (muscle hypotonia)
Fatigue
Cold intolerance, increased sensitivity to cold
Constipation
Depression
Muscle cramps and joint pain
Goiter
Thin, brittle fingernails
Coarse hair
Paleness
Decreased sweating
Dry, itchy skin
Weight gain and water retention[4][5][6]
Bradycardia (low heart rate – fewer than sixty beats per minute)
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Slow speech and a hoarse, breaking voice – deepening of the voice can also be noticed, caused by Reinke's Edema.
Dry puffy skin, especially on the face
Thinning of the outer third of the eyebrows (sign of Hertoghe)
Abnormal menstrual cycles
Low basal body temperature
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Impaired memory[7]
Impaired cognitive function (brain fog) and inattentiveness.[8]
A slow heart rate with ECG changes including low voltage signals. Diminished cardiac output and decreased contractility
Reactive (or post-prandial) hypoglycemia[9]
Sluggish reflexes
Hair loss
Anemia caused by impaired haemoglobin synthesis (decreased EPO levels), impaired intestinal iron and folate absorption or B12 deficiency[10] from pernicious anemia
Difficulty swallowing
Shortness of breath with a shallow and slow respiratory pattern
Increased need for sleep
Irritability and mood instability
Yellowing of the skin due to impaired conversion of beta-carotene[11] to vitamin A
Impaired renal function with decreased glomerular filtration rate
Elevated serum cholesterol
Acute psychosis (myxedema madness) (a rare presentation of hypothyroidism)
Decreased libido[12] due to impairment of testicular testosterone synthesis
Decreased sense of taste and smell (anosmia)
Puffy face, hands and feet (late, less common symptoms)
Gynecomastia
Deafness[13]
[edit] Causes

[Wholley]

Menstrual cycles?????
Best he gets on one and bugs out then.
MD or Section 8

[xxx_avenged_xxx]

I'm female so menstrual cycles is applicable, so you think I could get md? What is section 8?

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To be quite honest, I would have thought that a medical discharge would be on the books

[xxx_avenged_xxx]

Ok, thanks, sorry if this has been asked before but what's like approximate payout? I'm acting cpl and been in 4 years.

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To be honest I don't know, a lot will depend on how long your enlistment has to run, also this is not a military injury or some thing that you have contracted while serving in the forces. Also as Acting Corporal unpaid and unloved, will also have affect on your pay out.

[MSI64]

Acting Cpl so a payout as a Lcpl then and I dont think its going to be a lot.
One month for every year left to serve on your contract!

[tridgway]

just to let u know i applied for the raf (groundcrew) with hypothyroidsim and passed medical and pjft. I would have ben excepted if didnt have to go for a hernia op and then my app expired and know have a broken hand so everything is off for the time being

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tridgway.....Out of all the listed symptoms of this illness just who many of them affected you, as I think the Forces would upon some of them far more seriously than others.

[tridgway]

Im a 25 year old male and ive had the condition since 1997, been properly medicated on a stable dose for years. 125mcg every morning. Only issue I have is i find it difficult to lose weight when exercizing. However at 6ft 4", I weigh 15 and a half stone so im not exactly obese. Apart from this i lead a normal life. Its down to getting on the right dose of medication. I went to military medical unit in peterborough for a specialist medical feb 2009 and was told my condition would only bar me from being aircrew. I passed PJFT no problem aswell in march 2009. Then had to have a hernia op, then the defence review and now a fractured hand with snapped tendons. All fun and games for me. First applied in Aug 2008. starting to wonder if its ever gonna happen

[xxx_avenged_xxx]

I have only just been diagnosed with It so not got the right dose yet and suffering a lot of the symptoms which is why I'm concerned. I know it can take 18months to get it right and even then you can still have a lot of symptoms.

[sully9641]

hi all i am diagnosedwith hypothroidism too, just been notified of deployment for afgan, im ex airborne now in the ta (eod bomb disposal) dreading my deployment medical and being told i cant go!!!! i am on steady meds have no symptoms if i take regular dosage.
what do you all think, will they bin me????? anyone wanna email me please do
alex.osullivan2'btinternet.com
thanks