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I'm back and suffering still no answers
Months back I had my thyroid checked results were normal but I still had symptoms of hyperthyroid had levels checked again still normal but it seems my TSH went up from last time but my t4 dropped ten more points. I'm tired of suffering and just want to feel normal. And I'm still having hyperthyroid symptoms and they are just getting worse and more persistent.
November 2015 thyroid results
Tsh 1.130 range (0.450-4.500)
Free t4 0.99 range (0.82-1.77)
Parathyroid 2.2 reference all ages =20Y: 2.0 - 4.4
Can anyone help me understand with these results if one can have hyperthyroid symptoms?
My symptoms has gotten worse heart races flip flops off and on for no reason I can't do things makes it race.my bp is up and down all the time and I'm on bp med. I have anxiety to the extreme as I've never had anything like this at all. I can't sleep at night I'm so fidgity I can't sit still. Everytime i doze off I'm woken with adrenaline upon my chest and zaps me awake. I can't tolerate no kind of weather now this year I'm very heat intolerant never have been before I go out I feel faint dizzy. That's another thing I stay woozy headed all the time,my cycles is all over the map I don't know how to keep going when nobody will help me. I have been to drs so many times to be told anxiety I know my body and something isn't right. I'm scared I'm gonna have a heart attack the way my heart acts up out of the blue. I get hot very easy I have dry skin hair falling out alot it's very thin now. I have air hungar like I can't get a breathe at times.bloating the list keeps going and going my main symptoms is the woozy head constantly and the heart racing flip flopping and the bp spikes does this sound like thyroid trouble it does run in my family but i keep getting told I'm fine I'm not fine. I had to quit smoking due to these symptoms getting so bad yes I needed to quit smoking and glad. I just want my life back I cry everyday and nobody believes me these things is very real and not in my head.
November 2015 thyroid results
Tsh 1.130 range (0.450-4.500)
Free t4 0.99 range (0.82-1.77)
Parathyroid 2.2 reference all ages =20Y: 2.0 - 4.4
Can anyone help me understand with these results if one can have hyperthyroid symptoms?
My symptoms has gotten worse heart races flip flops off and on for no reason I can't do things makes it race.my bp is up and down all the time and I'm on bp med. I have anxiety to the extreme as I've never had anything like this at all. I can't sleep at night I'm so fidgity I can't sit still. Everytime i doze off I'm woken with adrenaline upon my chest and zaps me awake. I can't tolerate no kind of weather now this year I'm very heat intolerant never have been before I go out I feel faint dizzy. That's another thing I stay woozy headed all the time,my cycles is all over the map I don't know how to keep going when nobody will help me. I have been to drs so many times to be told anxiety I know my body and something isn't right. I'm scared I'm gonna have a heart attack the way my heart acts up out of the blue. I get hot very easy I have dry skin hair falling out alot it's very thin now. I have air hungar like I can't get a breathe at times.bloating the list keeps going and going my main symptoms is the woozy head constantly and the heart racing flip flopping and the bp spikes does this sound like thyroid trouble it does run in my family but i keep getting told I'm fine I'm not fine. I had to quit smoking due to these symptoms getting so bad yes I needed to quit smoking and glad. I just want my life back I cry everyday and nobody believes me these things is very real and not in my head.
I'm going to look at that list and print it out thank you for helping me understand that symptoms can be either or
I think the confusion about symptoms is because some of your symptoms can be cause by either hypo or hyper; however, many of those symptoms are only related to being hypo. If you have a look at this extremely long list of symptoms that can be related to hypothyroidism, you will find yours listed there.
http://hypothyroidmom.com/300-hypothyroidism-symptoms-yes-really/
Further, I am not very optimistic about the Endo recognizing and treating your hypothyroidism. Many Endos have the "Immaculate TSH Belief" and only pay attention to that. This is very wrong. If they go beyond TSH, then they use "Reference Range Endocrinology" and will tell you that if your test result fall within the reference range, you don't have a thyroid problem. This is also wrong. As previously described, a good thyroid doctor will treat a hypo patient clinically by testing and adjusting Free T4 and Free T3 as needed to relieve symptoms, without being constrained by resultant TSH levels. Symptom relief should be all important, not just test results.
In preparation for your further dealings with doctors, I suggest that you have a look at this link and read at least the first two pages, and then be prepared to give a copy of the whole paper to your doctor(s) and ask to be treated clinically, to relieve your many hypo symptoms. Since hypo patients are also frequently too low in the ranges for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin, those should be tested and supplemented as needed to optimize. D should be 50 min., B12 in the upper end of its range, and ferritin should be about 70 min.
http://www.thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/TUK_PDFs/diagnosis_and_treatment_of_hypothyroidism_issue_1.pdf
http://hypothyroidmom.com/300-hypothyroidism-symptoms-yes-really/
Further, I am not very optimistic about the Endo recognizing and treating your hypothyroidism. Many Endos have the "Immaculate TSH Belief" and only pay attention to that. This is very wrong. If they go beyond TSH, then they use "Reference Range Endocrinology" and will tell you that if your test result fall within the reference range, you don't have a thyroid problem. This is also wrong. As previously described, a good thyroid doctor will treat a hypo patient clinically by testing and adjusting Free T4 and Free T3 as needed to relieve symptoms, without being constrained by resultant TSH levels. Symptom relief should be all important, not just test results.
In preparation for your further dealings with doctors, I suggest that you have a look at this link and read at least the first two pages, and then be prepared to give a copy of the whole paper to your doctor(s) and ask to be treated clinically, to relieve your many hypo symptoms. Since hypo patients are also frequently too low in the ranges for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin, those should be tested and supplemented as needed to optimize. D should be 50 min., B12 in the upper end of its range, and ferritin should be about 70 min.
http://www.thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/TUK_PDFs/diagnosis_and_treatment_of_hypothyroidism_issue_1.pdf
No I haven't seen any other Dr besides my regular dr here you cant see specialist without referrals. I've seen a new psychiatrist though last week and believe it or not she is the one giving me my referral to see an endocrinologist. If I'm hypo by these labs why does my symptoms mimic hyper?
The answers to your questions are the same as I previously provided back in Nov. You are very hypothyroid and must get a doctor to recognize your central hypothyroidism and prescribe thyroid med adequate to relieve symptoms. Did you see the doctor that I suggested at the time?
This was recent labs in may 2016
May 2016
TSH 2.060 0.450-4.500 UIU/ML Final 01
T4,FREE(DIRECT) 0.89 - range0.82-1.77
T3 2.6 PG/ML Final 03
REFERENCE RANGE:
>=20Y: 2.0 - 4.4
May 2016
TSH 2.060 0.450-4.500 UIU/ML Final 01
T4,FREE(DIRECT) 0.89 - range0.82-1.77
T3 2.6 PG/ML Final 03
REFERENCE RANGE:
>=20Y: 2.0 - 4.4
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