Hi, my name is patti, i am 47 yrs old, slim 113 pds., has thyroid disease for the past 10 yrs, i have been taking 112mcg synthroid for the past yr., got layed off from my job in jan 2011, has been going through menapause since i was 43, my life is somewhat stressful but i eat good and work outside in my garden and take care of my lil farm, chickens etc., every so often in the past few yrs i have felt weird is the only way i can say it, i wake up and feel strange., i do also drink 4-6 beers a day, i just had my blood work done for my thyroid levels and she said the tsh was normal but the other i don't remember was elevated and i said does that mean i am getting to much thyroid and she said yes but we are going to recheck in 3 months, i can't wait that long i am sick of the 1-2 days of panic attacks and the strange feelings i get sometimes i can't even drive., she knows i have a few beers every nite and she said it shouldn't affect the thyroid, ok then is it because i live with a mentally disabled man?, who is schizophrenic and consumes a 12 pack a nite and can't function without it and it is getting to be too much?