A history of my blood tests shows TSH to be in the low-normal range initialy, and gradually decreasing over time to its current level (0.24) which is definitely low. My T3 and T4 have always been normal. I don't have the reports in front of me so I can't tell you if they're high-normal or low-normal.
Lately, I've had severe fatigue.. no depression... just fatigue, mental and physical. Two weeks in a row, I had to pull myself out of my softball game because I felt like I was just going to fall over... felt dizzy with limp legs. I am careful to hydrate and get the propwer meals beforehand and after.
For the last 4 weeks I've needed either a nap and normal 8-10 hour sleep, or I just come home from work and sleep 12 hrs...
I feel great in the morning for about 3 hours and then fatigue sets in... followed by increased anxiety and panic attacks.
Please point me in the right direction!?!?
PS - Going to Endocrinologist sometime in the next week.
2006-09-11 15:29:19 · 5 answers · asked by Sizematic 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Are they related, they could be. I have no thyroid so I know what I am talking about here. I become very physcially tired as the day wears on when I have forgotten to take my medication. I also begin to shake violently with cold (remember my thyroid is missing) The anxiety might come from the fact that you are not certain about what your outcome will be. But if you are on medication, a lot of these symptoms are going to go away and you will be able to get on with a normal life. Take all your questions with you to the Endocrinologist and ask him/her and if you don't like the answers you are getting please don't stay with this doctor - shop around until you are comfortable with your doctor. This is important. You need to be comfortable with this doctor and you need to be sure you are getting the best care. You and only you know yourself best.
2006-09-11 15:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by mom of girls 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you may have hypothyroidism. I have it, and all those symptoms sound all too familiar. Your Endocrinologist will more than likely put you on some kind of synthroid thyroid medication. You'll probably start to feel normal again in a couple of weeks. It will take that long for the medication to kick in fully.
You're doing the right thing going to a doctor.
2006-09-11 15:37:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will tell you, I had an over active thyroid for several years and I was able to overcome it with the help of Louise Hay's great book "You can heal your life":
http://www.hayhouse.com/details.php?id=267
I have a friend who says she was tested positive for low thyroid and she heard somewhere that it was caused by a lack of circulation to the throat and she decided to stick a couple of phone books underneath the foot of the matress to elevate her legs and used just a not too thick pillow. She went back to her doctor a month later and they test result were dramatically different. It is sure worth a try, in my opinion.
There are also some great Yoga poses you can do to help the thyroid - Yoga Journal has an online pose finder that you can search by organ for thyroid stimulating poses for free:
http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/search_poses.cfm?AnatomicalFocus=T09
Seafood - particularly salty seafood - can help your thyroid. That is one reason they put iodine in salt, to combat huge problems with under active thyroid in the center of land masses where folks had no access to fresh sea food.
Peace!
2006-09-11 15:38:05 · answer #3 · answered by carole 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Endocrinologist sounds like a good idea. Weight gain, hypersomnia are hypothyroid symptoms.
2006-09-11 15:37:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pregnant?
2006-09-11 15:36:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋