IS THIS HOW YOU FEEL WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM?

[Brucergoldberg]

Hey guys,  lets compare notes.

I was diagnosed with hashimotos a year ago.  I was on a small dose of levo, which was increased 9 days ago to .050.  The Dr. told me that once my tsh gets to 2.0 i will feel normal. my Tsh last checked 9 days ago was 7.93.  T3 was low too.

So I go to bed about 10 pm after I drink about 2 small beers.  I wake up about 9 am and My ears are ringing off the hook.  I feel horrible. I do not want to get out of bed.  I am still exhausted. I take my LEVO and I lay there for about 30 minutes.

9:30 I roll out of bed.  I am EXHAUSTED.   Im foggy, im shakey.  My wife asks me if I want anything to eat, I decline.  I grab a water bottle and I drive to the gym.  At the gym I feel HORRID.  I dont have any energy.  I sometimes will stand there and look at a machine and think "next time".

So I get my half hour at the gym, i head home. I go home and eat something small and I lay on the floor for the next two hours and think to myself "I wonder if the 900 doctors I saw missed something".

2:00 PM -  I start to feel better, I know have a little energy, I play with my kids as much as i can because I know any minute im going to feel crappy again.

8:00 PM -  Ears are now ringing again, im foggy again, im shakey, and I just want to lay down on the floor and I have to tell my wife I dont feel good.

10:00  I finished a glass of beer and im heading to bed.   It was a very joyful day, I felt acceptable (not good) for 8 hours.

Am I fooling myself thinking this is one day going to get better?  Why Do I feel so crappy in the morning?  Should I take my medicine earlier?  Am I not taking enough? Is it something else?

BRuce

[C2heinen]

Any new up dates on meds.  I've been on Levo for about five yrs.  felt better in the beginning, but just feel ill most of the time. I've tried  four different meds, now on Tirosent.  I've felt so sick like I can't try anything new, and. Feel as though I'm dying.

[kl42]

10.4

[stella5349]

This post is closed. Links of all the conditions discussed will be posted below for reference.

Thank you.

[Brucergoldberg]

Moose I'm not kidding.  I called my wife lost and confused.  She had to walk me through getting there. I was delusional.

[telynn]

Wow! poor Bruce ---everyone is really trying to help and that is so awsome
I hope Bruce you will try to help your self and listen to everyone here,
They all seem to know whats up.
My TSH was 67.6 a few months back and boy that was not fun at all. My GP told me she has never seen anyones that high before and said no wonder your not feeling well LOL
I was CRAZY or no I mean NUTTY! cuz Iam the HASHINUTTYLADY forsure!!

Hugz to all, Terri

[redheadaussie]

"I dont understand also how my tsh is only at 7.50.  Why wouldnt it be like 60, or 100 with these symptoms? "

Bruce, I am in poo-land at the moment and my TSH is 2.75. I ALWAYS feel garbage when mine goes up over 1.0
It is all relative. The numbers DO NOT equate how someone will feel. I reckon at 60 I would be dead! Yet at 2.75 I feel dead already!
Having said that, I KNOW it is not JUST the thyroid levels that have me feeling cruddy.

I can't remember if you had your anti-bodies tested? They can sure knock you around too. Mine are still high 3 years after my TT!

I know as Lazymoose suggests that getting even an hour a day of non-health time, can help in not focusing on the bad stuff. I literally FORCE myself outdoors to do some gardening and it helps tremendously on my mental state. Sure, I still feel tired, but it helps me focus on something else!  

Cheers!