@stan52 - I've been on Amiodarone since the first week in July. My nurse practitioner check my thyroid today as my blood pressure has gotten elevated from what is normal for me. She said Amiodarone can sometimes affect the thyroid. I got a call this afternoon that the thyroid test is normal.

@stan52 I was on daily dose daily from December 2021 through November 2022 when my thoughts became distinctly suicidal. I immediately stopped the med. and made appointment with my PCP as instructed in med. data sheet. When I broached the subject with him he angrily responded, "I never want to hear that word again, you are only interested in litigation", he then stormed out of the exam room and did not return. If the potential side effects were described, as directed by the FDA, it is unlikely I would have agreed to take the med. After prescribing no additional monitoring was established, again per FDA directive. I told my cardiologist immediately after stopping med. abruptly and got no response, he just kept typing without acknowledging my comment. Since that time I have become a different person, very much for the worse. Depression is constant as is overwhelming anxiety/nervousness, extreme irritability, incessant sneezing fits (12 - 15 times in rapid succession), dramatic hair thinning. bone rattling branchial cough, suffered detached retina and underwent two laser surgeries without stopping the med as directed. I am left with double vision, a spatial disorientation and generally a loss of interest in life/hobbies/socialization in general. My career required ability in "fast math". I once beat a calculator in dividing, three ways, a small lunch check to three places to the right of the decimal point leaving one penny extra for one of us to pay before a colleague could calculate using calculator. I now have trouble calculating the tip on a restaurant check. Many of the effects have receded greatly while some have stopped completely and others persist. I have tried to find medical professional to help but the most common response I receive is, "I've never heard that" or "many people take that med.", none of which helps me. I have no more strength to keep trying to discuss only to be discounted out of hand or reprimanded as described. I don't expect a great deal of actual help at this point, the damage is done but just being able to briefly cover what I've been through in hopes of helping others and continuing any further improvement is better than avoiding mentioning for fear of irrational reactions as described above. It's hard enough to find doctors who are taking new patients these days I can'r risk losing those I have good rapport with. It truly can be a life altering experience and prescribing and follow-up monitoring directives should be absolutely enforced. I think I may be more trouble than I'm worth, not because of the effects but because I survived them, many don't. There's a reason why it's dispensed as a compassionate drug of last resort to be used after all other options have been exhausted. It was added to my long established regimen by a doctor who I had never seen before almost serendipitously.