# Hormones **URL:** https://community.patient.info/c/hormones/45.md [Latest](https://community.patient.info/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.patient.info/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.patient.info/tags.md) --- ## [About the Hormones category](https://community.patient.info/t/about-the-hormones-category/807049)
**Author:** [@discourse\_admin](https://community.patient.info/u/discourse_admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 June 2025 09:09 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/about-the-hormones-category/807049 "2025-06-26T09:09:43Z")
--- ## [HRT working or not?](https://community.patient.info/t/hrt-working-or-not/852760)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1292233](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1292233)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [17 June 2026 15:51 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/hrt-working-or-not/852760 "2026-06-17T15:51:58Z")
I am 47 and on HRT patches. Started about 6 months ago and the first few months were great, no hot flushes, headaches went and just felt better. The last month or 2 I have found my headaches coming back. Low mood, feelin… --- ## [Graves Disease](https://community.patient.info/t/graves-disease/821476)
**Author:** [@Krystal611](https://community.patient.info/u/Krystal611)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [26 March 2026 15:16 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/graves-disease/821476 "2026-03-26T15:16:20Z")
Hello everyone, I am in need of some help. I was recently diagnosed with Graves Disease, I am experiencing a lot of symptoms. I am very anxious and with the diagnosis I am very afraid of the medication they prescribed … --- ## [Anyone been overmedicated?](https://community.patient.info/t/anyone-been-overmedicated/297215)
**Author:** [@anon53727290](https://community.patient.info/u/anon53727290)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [3 February 2026 16:56 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/anyone-been-overmedicated/297215 "2026-02-03T16:56:24Z")
I Was wondering if anyone had experienced being ivovermedicated and what were your symptoms? I've been going through hell the last month with extreme anxiety and tiredness feeling dizzy/lightheaded random pains in head a… --- ## [Underactive Thyroid and Supplements](https://community.patient.info/t/underactive-thyroid-and-supplements/808217)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1156997](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1156997)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [27 January 2026 20:20 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/underactive-thyroid-and-supplements/808217 "2026-01-27T20:20:50Z")
Hi All, I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid about 5 years ago and have been on Levothyroxine sodium 25microgram tablets since then. I have gradually gained weight and finding it very hard to lose any. My nails a… --- ## [Parathyroid- high calcium? Wow never heard of it](https://community.patient.info/t/parathyroid-high-calcium-wow-never-heard-of-it/534304)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_687534](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_687534)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [24 January 2026 05:54 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/parathyroid-high-calcium-wow-never-heard-of-it/534304 "2026-01-24T05:54:24Z")
Well had blood test at GP for something completely unrelated and they asked me to go back a month later. Turns out high white blood and high calcium (2nd time they did full blood count too). Never heard of parathroid be… --- ## [Pain in right side of throat near my Adam's apple](https://community.patient.info/t/pain-in-right-side-of-throat-near-my-adams-apple/736097)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1268449](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1268449)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [24 January 2026 05:31 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/pain-in-right-side-of-throat-near-my-adams-apple/736097 "2026-01-24T05:31:41Z")
Hi there, once again, something strange with me… (i’m a man, 33 years old) My throat has been hurting for a more than a month. It started after a flu. I used to blew my nose a lot and then, the pain started. It’s not … --- ## [Terrified, I Don't Know What's Happening To My Mind And Body](https://community.patient.info/t/terrified-i-dont-know-whats-happening-to-my-mind-and-body/821828)
**Author:** [@Colibri85USA](https://community.patient.info/u/Colibri85USA)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [30 December 2025 23:57 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/terrified-i-dont-know-whats-happening-to-my-mind-and-body/821828 "2025-12-30T23:57:38Z")
I don’t even know if this is where I should be posting. Nevertheless, I’m in serious need of support and advice. I’m 40 years-old and think that I may be in perimenopuse, although I can’t find anyone on the internet whos… --- ## [Please help! ER doctor suggest abrupt stop of Methimazole](https://community.patient.info/t/please-help-er-doctor-suggest-abrupt-stop-of-methimazole/848472)
**Author:** [@Park\_Carpenter](https://community.patient.info/u/Park_Carpenter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 December 2025 20:07 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/please-help-er-doctor-suggest-abrupt-stop-of-methimazole/848472 "2025-12-14T20:07:01Z")
Hello! I am currently out of my home state and had to go to the ER last night. I’ve been feeling exhausted, not hungry, hard stool, not having to urinate in the mornings. I figured I was going into HYPO. I was diagnosed… --- ## [I think I have subclinical Hyperthyroidism](https://community.patient.info/t/i-think-i-have-subclinical-hyperthyroidism/848043)
**Author:** [@Megan\_White](https://community.patient.info/u/Megan_White)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 December 2025 10:27 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/i-think-i-have-subclinical-hyperthyroidism/848043 "2025-12-08T10:27:05Z")
Hello, I was hoping to get some advice or recommendations about my potential Thyroid concerns. I’m 31 years old and a few years ago I started becoming really sensitive to heat, getting night sweats (more specifically a… --- ## [Peri, anxiety, injury](https://community.patient.info/t/peri-anxiety-injury/810391)
**Author:** [@Happychick2025](https://community.patient.info/u/Happychick2025)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [21 November 2025 14:57 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/peri-anxiety-injury/810391 "2025-11-21T14:57:03Z")
Hi there im a 46 yo female. Very active job is a personal trainer. 9 weeks ago took a niggle sore back followed by soft stools, then diarrhoea (not normal for me), then my period 22 day cycle (im normally 28days) diarrhe… --- ## [Levothyroxine Thyroid Meds and CBD Infusion Drinks (not THC)](https://community.patient.info/t/levothyroxine-thyroid-meds-and-cbd-infusion-drinks-not-thc/840503)
**Author:** [@k02685](https://community.patient.info/u/k02685)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [12 November 2025 23:40 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/levothyroxine-thyroid-meds-and-cbd-infusion-drinks-not-thc/840503 "2025-11-12T23:40:08Z")
I take 100mcg of Levothyroxine every morning for my thyroid. I am considering having a CBD drink (one of those canned drinks in the evening, about 10 to 12 hours after my Levothryroxine. This is only a CBD infusion drin… --- ## [Thyroid meds and cbd](https://community.patient.info/t/thyroid-meds-and-cbd/794847)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1150549](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1150549)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 November 2025 23:23 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/thyroid-meds-and-cbd/794847 "2025-11-12T23:23:55Z")
Can I take thyroid meds for hypo and cbd…Everything online says it interacts and may leave too much of one in the blood. However, I don’t know if that would happen if you space it out? Also thyroid meds stay in your sys… --- ## [Overmedication?](https://community.patient.info/t/overmedication/821313)
**Author:** [@H11](https://community.patient.info/u/H11)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [17 September 2025 13:13 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/overmedication/821313 "2025-09-17T13:13:03Z")
Hi I’m a 23 old girl 115kg body mass index 41 with pcos and insulin resistance and borderline hypothyroidism 7th of February 2025 I took my first dose of 50mg levothryxine I had no side effects until April 1st I started… --- ## [Hyperthyroidism](https://community.patient.info/t/hyperthyroidism/805999)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1479192](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1479192)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [2 September 2025 16:27 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/hyperthyroidism/805999 "2025-09-02T16:27:59Z")
I take 5 mg daily for hyperthyroidism. is it ok to have a cup of lemon balm tea on occasion while taking this medication? or are there interactions? --- ## [Graves disease eyes](https://community.patient.info/t/graves-disease-eyes/226323)
**Author:** [@anon53727290](https://community.patient.info/u/anon53727290)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [2 September 2025 15:59 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/graves-disease-eyes/226323 "2025-09-02T15:59:39Z")
I am wondering if everbodies eyes get really bulgy when you have got graves disease and if its possible for them to go down like is there any treatments for it. I think I have hyperthyroidism and i really dont want to fe… --- ## [Graves Disease & Disaster](https://community.patient.info/t/graves-disease-disaster/821161)
**Author:** [@French\_Lady](https://community.patient.info/u/French_Lady)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [2 September 2025 14:49 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/graves-disease-disaster/821161 "2025-09-02T14:49:26Z")
Hello everyone, and hope you are doing well. I, however, am doing my best to avoid a train wreck in the making. First, I fully understand that no one here is a doctor, and that my endocrinologist is the one who may know… --- ## [Roof of mouth](https://community.patient.info/t/roof-of-mouth/820967)
**Author:** [@Srijoni\_Banerjee](https://community.patient.info/u/Srijoni_Banerjee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 August 2025 20:46 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/roof-of-mouth/820967 "2025-08-27T20:46:25Z")
I am 55 year old , had hysterectomy last year but was in menopause from before that I have very recurrent painless splits or like tears in my anterior roof of mouth They heal by themselves Its like a fragile roof of … --- ## [Hype](https://community.patient.info/t/hype/819189)
**Author:** [@Northumbria36](https://community.patient.info/u/Northumbria36)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 August 2025 11:52 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/hype/819189 "2025-08-09T11:52:00Z")
Hi wondering if. Anyone one can help as feeling so unwell with symptoms one day I feel very restless agitation anxious and the next I feel dreadful lifeless can’t get out of bed I wake with sweats hight heart rate and hi… --- ## [Hormone imbalance and menstruation](https://community.patient.info/t/hormone-imbalance-and-menstruation/813927)
**Author:** [@Lozz\_xox](https://community.patient.info/u/Lozz_xox)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [10 July 2025 11:25 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/hormone-imbalance-and-menstruation/813927 "2025-07-10T11:25:08Z")
I’m a 24 year old female and I’ve been diagnosed with a hormone imbalance meaning that my body doesn’t produce enough estrogen. Because of this my periods have been all over. I now experience heavy periods that don’t see… --- ## [I had wrongly been placed on Levothyroxine when TSH testing indicated I needed it](https://community.patient.info/t/i-had-wrongly-been-placed-on-levothyroxine-when-tsh-testing-indicated-i-needed-it/617135)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1085443](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1085443)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [6 July 2025 19:05 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/i-had-wrongly-been-placed-on-levothyroxine-when-tsh-testing-indicated-i-needed-it/617135 "2025-07-06T19:05:46Z")
I had been feeling really well and was in fact walking 2 miles a day three days a week cause I wanted to lose some weight and reduce situational stress. The doctor insisted I needed this drug. It made me feel bad, but he… --- ## [Hyperthyroid and Graves New member](https://community.patient.info/t/hyperthyroid-and-graves-new-member/789807)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1438848](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1438848)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [23 February 2024 10:40 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/hyperthyroid-and-graves-new-member/789807 "2024-02-23T10:40:14Z")
Greetings everyone. I am new to the Hyperthyroid game. My story…in 2010 I woke up one day out of the blue with that “over-caffeinated” feeling, tremors in hands and legs. along with nausea, focus issues, intense but ve… --- ## [Losing hope](https://community.patient.info/t/losing-hope/792799)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1446194](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1446194)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [21 February 2024 08:58 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/losing-hope/792799 "2024-02-21T08:58:07Z")
hi there, im 36 and was diagnosed with Graves disease in around 2017, i was given medication to control my overactive thyroid but it wasnt successful & so i made the decision to have a total thyroidectomy which went ahe… --- ## [High calcium, low pth and vit d deficiency](https://community.patient.info/t/high-calcium-low-pth-and-vit-d-deficiency/806850)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1481984](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1481984)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [20 February 2024 20:53 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/high-calcium-low-pth-and-vit-d-deficiency/806850 "2024-02-20T20:53:36Z")
I have had recurring infections so doc sent me for bloods and then repeat bloods which show slightly raised calcium 2.67, low pth 1.6 and vitimin d deficiency at \<10. Doc thought pth was going to be high but now it has c… --- ## [My doctor told me to stop taking my thyroid medication](https://community.patient.info/t/my-doctor-told-me-to-stop-taking-my-thyroid-medication/806412)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1480564](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1480564)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 February 2024 09:51 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/my-doctor-told-me-to-stop-taking-my-thyroid-medication/806412 "2024-02-14T09:51:20Z")
My doctor told me to stop taking my thyroid medication because my thyroid tsh level was 33.9 and my last lab work it was 0.3 i believe so it was low which was good and i was on methimazole 5 mg 3 times a day and i read t… --- ## [Regrets 1 year post-total thyroidectomy](https://community.patient.info/t/regrets-1-year-post-total-thyroidectomy/732686)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1305686](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1305686)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [10 February 2024 23:09 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/regrets-1-year-post-total-thyroidectomy/732686 "2024-02-10T23:09:49Z")
Hi all, I’m new to the forum and this is my first post, so apologies if I’ve gotten anything wrong…not really sure where to start, to be honest. I had my thyroid completely removed around this time last year at the age … --- ## [Mild down sloping of sella floor and double bright spot](https://community.patient.info/t/mild-down-sloping-of-sella-floor-and-double-bright-spot/806635)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1145252](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1145252)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 February 2024 15:04 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/mild-down-sloping-of-sella-floor-and-double-bright-spot/806635 "2024-02-09T15:04:29Z")
I have been having horrible headaches for years, Starting getting facial numbness and trigeminal nueralgia symptoms on the left side. Most recent MRI shows pituitary tumor 11 x 8 mm and double bright spot. Most recent C… --- ## [Is my levothyroxine dose too high?](https://community.patient.info/t/is-my-levothyroxine-dose-too-high/806566)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1481090](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1481090)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 February 2024 18:43 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/is-my-levothyroxine-dose-too-high/806566 "2024-02-06T18:43:07Z")
Has anyone experienced the side effects of taking Levothyroxine in a higher dose than needed ? Can symptoms feel like you are becoming hyperthyroid ? It is proving difficult to find info on this subject . Many tha… --- ## [Get to know about Hypothyroidism](https://community.patient.info/t/get-to-know-about-hypothyroidism/806279)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1480200](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1480200)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 January 2024 18:18 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/get-to-know-about-hypothyroidism/806279 "2024-01-23T18:18:12Z")
I am seeing a 27-year-old woman for potential life partner. She is 5’3" tall and weighs 55kg. She has subclinical hypothyroidism as per her doctor and takes 25mcg of Thyroxine daily according to it. History: Diagnosed… --- ## [Overactive thyroid, on tablets but struggling](https://community.patient.info/t/overactive-thyroid-on-tablets-but-struggling/803078)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1470665](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1470665)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [21 January 2024 22:12 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/overactive-thyroid-on-tablets-but-struggling/803078 "2024-01-21T22:12:19Z")
I have recently started carbimazole and propanalol for an overactive thyroid and anxiety. I had mild anxiety before but since i started the meds i feel terrible and anxious almost 24/7. The adrenaline feeling comes on … [Next page](https://community.patient.info/c/hormones/45.md?page=1)