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 around my period due time) however they’ve started becoming more frequent. I just put this down to my cycle changing as my periods had become a lot less (sometimes only lasting 1 day (no blood as such) and skipping every 3 or 4).
Around 6 months ago I started getting really bad muscle, joint and bone ache in my legs and arms. But put this down to being tired as it would come and go.
In September of this year out of the blue I got really bad anxiety and had panic attacks for approx 2 1/2 weeks. NEVER had anxiety in the past, generally I’m a confident person. Following this, I am now experiencing a multitude of symptoms:
- Extreme fatigue (especially after eating)
- Unexplained weight loss
- Excessive sweating even when cold
- Night sweats
- Muscle and joint pain
- Trouble sleeping (staying asleep)
- Increased hair loss
- Heart palpitations (beating very fast when hardly doing anything) Resting HR seems ok though.
- Anxiety
- Increased bowel movements
- Dizziness during workouts
- Itchy dry eyes
The problem I’m having is that my blood tests aren’t shouting Hyperthyroidism. TSH 0.436 (range 0.351-5.5) and T4 20.7 (range 11.91-21.6). I’ve since had another blood test TSH 0.71 (range 0.35-4.94) T4 13.9 (range 9-19.1).
So I think this is indicating subclinical. But my Drs don’t seem very keen on it.
Should I be pushing for an Antibody test or am I completely off the mark?
Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciate!!