Haven't noticed a change in mood yet, but it's only been 2 weeks. Mood swings as I age have become unbearable and if anyone has any other suggestions, I'm open to them. Also looking at purchasing a product called Fem Meds, but it's only available online, so I'm a bit wary. I'm a teacher and this is a very stressful, busy time. Usually as I write my reports, I'm eating the whole time. I often gain 2 or 3 lbs. This time I'm losing - weird. Not sure what makes it "calm." I'm at work right now and can't look at the bottle. It is Jamieson brand and is available at grocery stores and pharmacies (here in Canada anyways). I've always been an advocate of getting what you need from what you eat rather than taking pills, but the last couple of years I've been popping a few different vitamins trying to get the hormones under control. So far, the only effect seems to be to make the drug companies wealthier.

Firstly let me say - those of us with a low body temperature who have always had this - it is nothing to worry about ath0ugh it does have its problems. Anyone who has only recently become 'cold' there may be another reason for it so do get it checked out. My daughter is in her final year of a nursing degree and was talking to one of the docs about this. It is unusual but not unheard of - I think most people who are colder than usual are not aware of it, nurses very rarely put down if you have a low temperature as they fear it would make them appear sloppy by not checking properly. The real difference for most people is our 'immunity' to bugs - bugs are very temperature reliant and they do not like our cold bodies. However when we come across a bug that is less susceptible to temp changes we effectively go down 'like a ton of bricks' and take longer to recover. We don't feel the cold quite as much but we feel the effects - so even if we don't feel cold we can get problems like Reynards where the fingers and toes go white and numb. Unpleasant but as long as you are aware of it and don't get too cold for too long it can be controlled. I also find heat to be a problem - I am not really sure why but I will try to find out more.

I don't think it's a clicking sound, yours sounds more like jawbone as they sometimes click when swallowing. I have heard more of a thub,thub sound couple of times I had it when very stressed out taking care of my parents few yrs back, Haven't had it since they passed away. Usually have low BP . Is your BP high, I don't think it could be heart at all, just where the jaw hinges on both sides back by your ear, for awhile when they were trying to realign my jaw to get rid of migraine headaches drs were doing a surgery on the jawbones of people but about 10 yrs later it came out that they were mostly a mistake as the problems got worse.(but they made lots of money on the surgeries) Might be like some people can crack their knuckles & others can't just a family trait!

Oops, forgot to respond TNLady! My first visit, blood was taken and he more than tripled my dose of PTU. Started feeling better within a week. Just went again today, and my levels are down, and that was on the old dose. New dose blood results will be in Tuesday. He was encouraged that one side of my thyroid is now back to normal. The other side is still somewhat swollen. I'm going to be taking these meds for 18 months and then hope for remission.