Hi! My name's Martin and Im writing from Poland. The reason why Im here is that I have problems with my hormones 5 years ago I had a small part of the right lobe removed due to a nodule which was struma nodosa so wasn't cancerous. After the surgery I have been put on levothyroxine 50mg. However, the endo who evaluated me forgot to mention that I should take it in the morning, at least an hour before my breakfast. So after 2 years my TSH was around 9 and the dosage was increased to 75mg, but still I didn't know (at that time) how I should take the pill. After the next year I changed endo and finally got the information how the pill should be taken. My TSH dropped to 2.2-2.5 so everything looked okay. However, I started to observe some strange symptoms during the last year: heart palpitations and flutters (those arrythmias often happened after the physical activity- I have always been an active person), panic attacks, high pulse (above 90), and tremendeous sweating. I thought that maybe it's my psyche and nerves due to stress but it wasn't. About a month ago, I checked for the first time in my life FT3 and 4 levels. The results were:
FT3- 3.89 (2.02-4.4)pg/ml
FT4- 1.84 (0.93-1.7)ng/ml
TSH-2.4 (0.4-4.0)
I was convinced that levothyroxine was overdosed, so I started taking smaller dosage. It was a month ago and I started to feel much better. After two weeks I didnt have any panic attacks or palps so I decided to go back to the gym (after a year). However, during physical exercise I still had strong palps, I was taken to the ER from the gym as I had 10 minute flutters and palps (It never happened, I always had them but they lasted seconds). EKG was normal, blood gas also good, however I had low potassium. I got potassium drip (I.V.) and everything got back normal.