Thyroid prob, not a nervous breakdown

I've been so irritable, jumpy, anxious -- well you name it and I was feeling it. I didn't know what was wrong with me except work had been stressful lately, and maybe I was just cracking up? I have the shakes all day too.

Then my doctor called me at lunch -- bless the NHS! -- to say I have hyperthyroid. That means I have too much thyroid in my bloodstream so all I have to do is reduce the dose of medicine I take and I should be back to normal soon. I had a high cholesterol reading last year so took more thyroxine to fix that -- I just overdid it.

I stopped by my doctor's office after work last week, he ordered a blood test, I went to the nurse the next day to have it done then here, the following week, the doctor himself calls me up to tell me the prob and what to do to fix it.

I love socialized medicine. What service, and no insurance forms to fill in and the wait to have the claim denied (frequently happened to me before when we lived in the US).

I'm so sorry you all in the US won't be getting this system because it is wonderful -- and you don't have to worry that if you lose your job, you lose your healthcare too.