Any doctors that can actually give heir opinion on this before I actually do consult my doctor? sorry its kinda long?

[Anonymous]

Well, 6 months ago I got into a bike accident flew 6 ft in the air and bike landed on top of me as I did the pavement, fractured my collarbone-which has now healed thank god, also my head and my arm were beat up pretty bad. fast forward to about 2 weeks ago my sister attacked me and not only did I feel my arm snap I heard it to, went and got it checked, I broke my joint that is attached to my collarbone-anyways, since the first injury I gained 15-20 pds and it didn't make since bc I was eating healthier smaller portions exercising after recovery and still gained weight, 2 injury i was very tired depressed etc I did some research and found out about Hypothyroidism in which ur thyroid is right above ur collarbone and I have all the symptoms so im wonder if damage from both injuries caused this or perhaps I have this, also the doctor mentioned my blood pressure being really high 2 weeks ago? but just assumed it was bcs I was running around in the cold trying to find the right door to get in in the hospital- it was like 12pm and everything was locked lol but yeah, I plan to go and get my blood pressure checked but I don't want to go in there diagnosing myself and looking crazy so just wanted opinions

[Pedantic]

Have your blood tested and mention a concern for hypothyroidism, particularly of interest, your TSH. The TSH levels in your blood are a very accurate predictor of this condition, and can be done with a simple blood test.

Review the results with your doctor and if you do have hypothyroidism, he can prescribe pills that correct the condition.

Sometimes it is life long, sometimes it is temporary. There is also a running theory out there that progesterone (found in some birth control pills) may influence this and moving to an estrogen only based pill could potentially have mitigational effects but the jury is still out on this and no medical practitioner will officially say either way about that until more is known. If you are healthy enough to switch, then you could use yourself as a guinea pig and find out =-)

[Anonymous]

Many pharmacies/"drug stores" have blood pressure machines you can test yourself on for free.

Don't get all excited diagnosing yourself based on what you read online. Unfortunately even dieting an excise isn't guaranteed to make you lose weight, if your lucky though some of you weight that was fat before might now be muscle, which weighs more than fat for it's size... has your weightline, etc increased?

By all means mention your concerns to your doctor, but don't be surprised when they want to consider more likely options first.

[brutaladvicsir]

what's your main question? there are too many happenings in your story and I don't know what to answer...

[dreadpirate]

had accident, tried diet and exercise for weight-loss but gained weight, read online that hyperthyroidism might be causing the weightgain and might've been acquired due to accident, went to doctor and found high blood pressure but reading was effected due to recent physical exertion... wants 2nd opinions on hyperthyroidism I believe...

[brutaladvicsir]

ah okay... yup one of the reasons of gaining weight is hypothyroidism... please do seek for a second opinion... with regards to your blood pressure... well nowadays even a slim and thin people can and may have a highblood pressure due to high cholesterol and glucose level... just stay calm and relax before the test and don't get nervous...

[Asker]

Ah, Thank you so much @dreadpirate for clearing that up-I know I kinda went on a rant and it was all over the place sorry! but def going to look into the blood test and get another opinion from a professional lol

[brutaladvicsir]

please do it as soon as possible because depending on the situation that might spread fast and your lungs might be affected... hope you'll be okay...