Panic attack and hashimotos mess.

[danie17075rm]

I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this.  I am normally hypothyroid.  Six months ago, I had what I thought was a heart attack.  I couldn't breathe and my heart was racing uncontrollably.  I went to the ER and found out my tsh was .001.  They took me off my thyroid meds and placed me on a beta blocker.  They said I was having a panic attack. In one month off meds my tsh shot to 26 and my antibodies were above 250.   My T3 and T4 were normal.  My question is that my panic attacks have not went away.  I have them all the time now.  I had never had one in my life before I went hyperthyroid.  My endocrinologist thinks this is all in my head, but I did not have any stress causing these.  I have stress now because I cannot live a normal life.  At the hospital they gave me xanax and ativan, and neither ever worked so I didn't bother taking them again.  I have tried everything from homeopathy to vitamins.  My tsh was around 7 the last time I went to the docs, but we can't increase my dosages of levothyroxine because the next dose is the one that caused me to go hyper in the first place.  Right now I am taking as little as 1/4 of  .025 every other day.  The dose seems like I shouldn't even need any, but without it my TSH shoots up.  Everytime I take even this small dose I have extreme hyperthyroid symptoms.  I get hot flashes and really hot at night.  I have diarrhea, heart palps, headaches, periods of heart racing, red eyes. and obviously the panic attacks.  I think that I might have both hypothyroid and hyperthyroid symptoms at the same time.  Is this likely? What test should I beg my endo for (as he thinks I just have panic disorder).  I know I do not though, and I cannot get others to listen.  I have also became extremely intolerant to gluten so I have cut that out.  I'm thinking it could be my adrenal glands? Mitro valve prolapse?  The only thing that helps at all is my beta blocker but that leaves me feeling horribly sickish.  I feel it working on my heart rate, but I can still feel my body trying to have a panic attack.  When this first started, I literally could not sit up without my heart rate going out of control.  That caused me to go into panic attacks.  I have a hard time sleeping, and I'm just a mess.  If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it.  Thank you so much,

Danielle

[nrsggirl]

Oh wow,I should have started with this community first! What I have been reading is pretty darn close to what I have been going through lately.I just had a gp appt. for my blood work today and to say the least it was awful. I want to tell yo a bit about what I have been going through the past three weeks and maybe someone could give me their point of view because I'm feeling a bit lost. Here goes...
Diagnosed with hashimotos approx 2 years ago
11 misscarriages
lately:
no period for 6 months
lactating but now just a regular discharge with extreme tenderness and heaviness
extreme pressure and headaches in my head
weight gain!!!! without even trying...I'm a broke student
numbness in my hands
difficulty digesting food-heart races after a meal and what I can only assume is gall bladder pain-brutal
joint pain in my feet

I feel like I'm losing my mind. My blood work didn't say much but I don't think that I was paying too much attention after her said that a non-pregnant woman that lactates is normal:( My wbc count was high and now because of the weight gain I am a borderline diabetic to boot. Prolactin levels went from 36 to 16.9 and he said my thyroid levels were fine but seriously I feel like I did before they diagnosed hashimoto's!!! I'm having a hot flash as I type and I feel like bawling.He said it was hormones causing this but then said all my levels are normal. I am making an asap appt with my endocrinologist..any advice on how I should focus this next appt? I'm afraid that I won't be taken seriously even though I feel so horrid. How do I get through to him???
Just this thread has made me feel a bit better today,it was nice to read that I wasn't alone.
Thank you and any advice is more than welcome:)

[danie17075rm]

I ended up having my thyroid removed.  Unfortunately I still switch around from month to month and have developed other complications such as anemia, constant pain, an overactive gall bladder and constant chest pains.  I have no idea anymore.  Most people don't have as many issues as I do though.

[basta]

I can relate to everything you're experiencing -- it's so frustratingly horrible.  Like you, I have Hashimoto's and never thought it could include these awful flare-ups.  Are you better now?  And if so, how long did your flare-up last?

[hope4thegoodstuff]

Do you take any calcium supplements?  I take 1000 mg a day with a side dose of Vit D.  I have often read that VitD makes your calcium supplement more readily taken in by the body.  My calcium is always right in the normal range.  I had also heard that Calcium can make Synthroid ineffective...Great!!!...(yes, sarcasm)  So I just take the Synthroid earliest in the day and I take my calcium at lunch time.  

[dgriya]

i have hypothyroid . i have those horrible experiences too. these mainly occurs when my stomach is full. i 1st experienced it at a night when i suddenly wake up and felt that something unusual happening to me. i was alone that time. after that it happen twice in my workplace. i am under hypothyroid treatment for last 1 month and just after Dr started my medicine it all started happening.
when i told them about my problem they answered it all caused by anxiety. but i think that's not true..

i feel the same as yours.... it suddenly feels you are ill and far away from a normal life. believe me no one will feel it unless he/she undergoes like this type of situation.

i have some remedies which i have tried by myself and got a bit fair result to stay healthy.

try to avoid energy drinks like tea ,coffee, alcohol or coke
when ever you are feeling that is happening to you just started walking wherever you are and think nothing is happening and you are fine. do not take bed or chair. it will increase your attacks.
try to involve your self on different activities.

believe me walking helps a lot in this situation.

i hope it will help you a bit...
take care

[dataway]

I had a panic attack that lasted 3 days.  I could not sleep for that long.  Not one minute.  I went to Sam's Club to find out from the Pharmacist if there was any medications for it.  I didn't know what it was.  The Pharmacist told me that he had had them since he was 16 and now he was 40.  He told me to take Benedryl.  I decided after talking with him that I was going to deal with it and not get into the drug thing.  This was about 10 years ago.  I think I have had one minor panic attack since then.  I asked the Lord to help me.  He did.