Hyperthyroidism ... Do you ever feel this way?

[kidsnchicks]

My symptoms are mild but when they show themselves, they don't feel so mild.  My blood pressure goes up and I get unsteady on my feet.  I have this tremendous feeling of my insides racing like crazy.  Do you ever feel this way?  The Endo put me on Methimazole and nothing else, stating that I was not very symptomatic.  Truthfully, I haven't noticed a difference since starting it just over a week ago.  Anyway, they were more concerned about any possible heart palpitations.  I was experiencing those last year and earlier this year but they are not as prevelant now.  Though, since seeing him they have shown themselves.  Do you have high blood pressure or blood pressure that will fluctuate?  If you were to look at my blood pressure tracker, you would imagine it to be a rough roller coaster ride.  Yesterday it was 148 over 95 with a pulse of 105.  Perhaps I should go back on my BP meds, if so, should I ask my gen practioner or the Endo?  Should I be concerned about this even though I'm not having many palpitations?  The only medicine I am taking is the Methimazole.  I go back to the Endo next Friday for a follow-up.  Should I try to talk to him about the BP or accept that it is part of the hyperness I have?  I've tried to be observant of all of this without letting it contral me or dictate my life.  It still affects daily life.  What do you experience?

[marieo298]

        
      Hi, Yes I had the exact same thing. Before I was diagnosed my gp diagnosed me
  with high blood pressure never testing to see what was causing it. My pressure went
  up to 170/100 and never fell below 140's over 90's. Pulse never below 100. I was
  diagnosed by an er doc with thyroid disease in August 07. My heart rate went very
  high and my husband thought I was having a heart attack. I was only 40 and thin and
in good shape. I take methimazole and atenolol. My bp is good 105/72, pulse 72. Ask
your doc about atenolol. You have to be careful taking both because your bp can go too
low, it works for me, some people it doesn't. Sometimes the rapid pulse still breaks
through even though my labs are normal, and the racing feeling too, just had it this
morning. Don't accept feeling bad, let your doctor know. Once you level out you won't
feel like this disease is controlling you you'll have control of it. Take care.

[Smilerdeb]

When you see the Endo...ask him/her for a beta blocker.
I was on Inderal before RAI with Hyperthroidism and methimazole.
I found taking the beta blocker in one go 'too much' so cut it into halves and took it that way (usually 4 times a day).
But make sure the Beta Blocker is NOT a slow release one as you shouldnt split those ones.
if it has a line down the middle then the beta blocker is ok to split up and take evenly during the day with the last dose being at night.
I was on between 40-80mg daily of Inderal due to the palpitations and high blood pressure.
They were a life saver for me.
I have only taken them once since RAI and that was just before I went hypo when the thyroid 'tries to fire up' one last time but cant.

Most people dont know but the body releases the most T3 hormone around 3-4am in the morning and thats when you get hyper symptoms..hence the 'nigh sweats' and sometimes sleepnessness.

Thats why I took Inderal at bedtime so it would bring down the BP and slow down the release of the T3 in the system in the early hours of the morning.

Worth remembering for anyone that is hyper.

[kidsnchicks]

Thanks for the info.  At least I know now that I am not totally nuts!  LOL!  I will talk to the Endo about all of this next week.  The 3-4am thing makes perfect sense, as that is when I am normally waking up.  Again, thank you!