Overactive Thyroid (New to this!)

Hormones
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Hi there,

I was diagnosed with an Overactive Thyroid ('off the scale' from the blood results they said) and started taking Propranolol & Carbimazole last Friday.

The problem is, I am unsure of the symptoms I have from this (and what I seem to have relat to Hypo not Hyper!) as I have also been diagnosed with Acid Reflux & Iron Overload. I have also had a very stressful 3/4 years with moving jobs 3 times (due to recession), ending my 10 year marriage and subsequently selling our marital home and moving 3 times in 2 years!! On top of this, I have put on 6 stone since 2007 going from a size 10/12 to a size 22/24.

So! As you can imagine, everything I have been feeling I have put down to stress, weight gain, lack of exercise and bad diet.

After yet another weekend under the duvet feeling lousy and miserable I went to the doctors and requested full bloods be taken and tested. And that is what leads me here today.

This is how I have been feeling:

I have had ‘hand tremors’ for many years.

For the last 3 – 5 years I have been emotional, miserable and tired all the time together with a stiff neck.

For the last few months I have often experienced ‘flu’ like symptoms quite often. By this I mean literally aching all over and being able to do nothing except lie in bed and sleep, the last time being from a Friday through to the following Wednesday.

I also have ‘shooting pains’ which run through my arms and legs and are very painful. By this I don’t mean cramp, it actually feels like something is shooting through my veins!

And on top of this, the last few months I have developed an incredible temper and lack of tolerance for others. I am normally a ‘people pleaser’ and a big worrier, but now it takes very little for me to blow my top. Some days I am so angry inside (‘mardy’) that I cry from sheer frustration. Often it is over something that happened a long time ago which I am thinking about.

Please can someone tell me if any of the above is/could be due to my Hyperthyroidism and how long before I will notice improvements? Will I feel energetic again ever? I am so confused!!

Many thanks for reading this, much appreciated and sorry it's so long.

Trez x

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Hello Trez,

You have certainly been through it !

The symptoms of fatigue, pains etc. do go with an overactive thyroid. Many people lose weight at this time but there are some who gain weight. The emotional symptoms definately go with the thyroid problem and many relationships go under during this time. It takes a few weeks for the Carbimazole to kick in but you should notice the beginnings of improvement in about 3-4 weeks. It sounds a long time, I know ! The propanolol should help straight away. Perhaps you have palpitations and anxiety? If you do, this will settle down soon. Yes, you will certainly get your energy back, hang on in there. It can take a while to get the dosage of your medications just right and you will probably have frequent blood tests for a while. This awful condition is curable and you will get your life back. I hope you will get lots of support but because we usually look "normal" people often dont realise how terrible we feel.

If you take a look at the Overactive Graves Part 4 page you will see lots of fellow sufferers on there, they helped me such a lot when it happened to me.

All the best, when you need a rant, go ahead, this is the place to do it !.

Bess.

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Hi there

I to had overactive thyroid where i had a lot of my Glands removed,my symptons were:

Loss of weight (3 stone) couldnt sleep most nights,couldnt sit still and relax,had to be

on the go all the time,got very irratable most times,arguing with wife etc etc.I dont recall

any pains on my body though but this may well have been as it was a long time ago.

I was admitted to Hospital but i was so Hyper they had to put me on the Tablets you are

on for one week to get me to calm down before they could operate on me.Things may

have changed by now with Medical etc,but have you checked the rest of your family

to see if anyone else has suffered this as it is Hereditary as in my case.

good luck anyway and i hope i have helped you in some way.

John

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Really strange and nightmare health turn. all stated during trip to Cincinnati Ohio trip on may 12 I felt really bad and very weak like flu. So bad that took to wheelchair. But did hit back of head in soft spot on table as I was laying back on air mattress. Was fweling bad before though.Went to er on way back one nurse thought one ear was inflamed he had to dig around and looke good and he looked at tonsils said they were still to inlarged from the tonsillitis I had a month before thought body is still fighting it. But doc the actuly doc did not see me tell very end and said was just fatige tests show fine. Need more done but he would not do it.arge .Just wonding if that virus good have went to ear? Any way little bit better with rest

then all the vertigo and real bads nausa could not eat much for weeks lost 20ilbs.which told bppv no one would do eply had to wait a month to see ent.was given prednisone which put me in more daze and gave real cold bad shakes shot bloodpressure up 170 over 100 somthing and was then give after that that put me in complete brain fog/ weak couldn't thank which stoped after off it for a for few weeks but still don't feel right. so medicine may have prolonged this. Also noticed i was geting dizzy after using sinus rinse. Before trip .Was not as dizzy before and after doing them felt like i might have got water in ears so i shook my head alot. Wish i have never used the rinse.this was before trip. Now having still having a little balance issue but mainly truple with eyes thing i see move give bad feeling and they dont seem to want to focus and there alot blurrer then before all this started matter of fact eye doc first time seeing one said near sighted 20.50 but i know i could see clearer before all this. Also main thing still bothering me is eye thing even somtimes hurt and bothers eyes to look at phone. And can't focus and concentrate to whatch tv and light headed have wooshy swimy head fealing when moving at times.weak in daze feel like i going to faint some days and barly stay to myself like out of not conected to world.some Sorry for long story. Just want to get back to myself and well. Before all this went to Florida in 2016 did 3 theme parks one day no problems was well. Also have seen ent did vng thought bppv but it was a month in to symptoms so nysteagmes had stoped he though had slower moving fluid left side and a tiny nystagmus. So did eply sent home with to to do for left side. No ear pressure showed and no hearing loss becouse seen another ent to who done hearing test. But he almost is saying he don't think it's ears possable butsending me to nuraligist and vrt rehab.also all blood work they have done all the basics plus few others show good no high white blood count. Have had that many times due to er visits. Had ct said fine ultra sound of abdominal and ct showed fine other than fatty lever. Only think I have been told is low vita d 13.4 and scored low on pulmonary stress test which showed low lung capicity 60 67 with inhaler but xray chest clear and test for copd says not predposed. Mid you did not have shot of breath before all mentioned I have spent days crying and so stressed out couse I can't do anything tell .also can't take any inhalers for side effects.all of them. Update recent spirometry came back nomal Any one have any ideas or advice just want life back.

now still swimy type headed light headed have trouble focusing eyes watching movement bothers me ever bad felling or almost some sort of disconnect hard to explain. vission has changed during all this as well. But eye doc says eyes fine just need glasses for nearsightedness 1.50 percription. Cant wear caouse throughs more dizzyness and is just to much on top of everything.Eyes were fine or clearer before all this. Also heart rate is up some days when standing and moving can go all the way 136 to 140 pulse rate. Not always though last few days been down around 100 to 115 some time little lower? Extremely weak last few days again and can't stand to look at motion. Very dizzy lightheaded.

Just looked up latest TSH is 0.37 was 0.89 in may then a few months ago was 0.59

Docs just now taking me seriously. StI'll done so may other tests blood work er visits etc. Now heart in and other of rythem cardo heart doc says. Is this sound like hypothyroidism or adrenal problem doc finely doing tests. But can't get me a to endo unless a dignosses is already made????

Down from 249 to 208 last few months????