Feeling way off -thyroid or not?

[scarlet37]

I had a great few days thia week by addind the Bcomplex back in. Yesterday was such an awesome day for me in  the morning but it went downhill from there. I got an enormous amount of cleaning and organizing done in the morning- went to my son's fotball scrimmage and sat in the heat for 2hours. Wasn't so bad because i drank tons of cold water- couldnt wait to get to the car for a/c.


Came home immediately- changed clothes and attended a baby shower. After having lunch I began to feel faint. So I guzzled some sweetened tea. ( People were shouting at me "hey Hey, you ok- I could here them but could not see them or focus on them) After a few minutes I was fine again. It was sooo bizaree. I had something similiar last weekend but not where i couldn't focus or here, just the faint feeling. The rest of the day I was ok but had a slight headache, so i did very little the rest of the afternoon & eveninng.

This morning i woke up normal- but I am talking to myself- I can't stay concentrated on anything- i start one thing and never finish - it's taking me all morning to balance checkbook because i keep forgetting where I am- i feel a bit lightheaded & the mental confusion is beating me like a 2x4.

I don't want to feel like this- it's scary. I'm not sure though if this is thyroid related or not. After i had sugar yesterday i felt ok. This morning the fruit juice isn't working. Just not sure what it is but I am scared to drive my son & take him school shopping today.

Could it be my levels are off?  My last check t3 and t4 were normal and tsh was .66- have I gone hyper or developed diabetes - is it possible?

Not sure waht to do- call endo or primary doc. Endo has only worked with my thyroid issues - primary has done everything else. Can I wait until tomorrow- and just baby myself today?  I just took my trusty xanax because i felt panicked, hopefully a matter of minuted and i will feel calmed.

sorry for the ramble am just in a weird spot right now- lightheaed and confused.

what would you do?

teresa     sorry if i don't make sense - i'm just feeling soooooooooooooo  weird.- heard to describe

[DLA]

I usually go ahead and take what I have on hand, but seeing as how you are hyper I wouldn't think missing one day would hurt you in the long run.  Know that if they don't have my brand at the pharmacy and have to wait on it one day it is better to skip it than take wrong thing.  Think you'd be ok.  Really wouldn't know why you wouldn't, but I'm no dr.

Dac

PS--thought I was the only one left that said "jiminy crickets"!  My kids think it is hilarious!  They have no idea who, or should I say what, that is even.  That made my day!  :+)

[scarlet37]

  I didn't here from doc's office so I called and the doc hadn't reviewed the labs yet. When I got home I had a message from them - they missed me at work. Bummer.

   My labs show that I have in fact gone hyper- my tsh was in range but my FT4 was very high. They are reducing my levoxyl to 150mcg. Repeat labs in 6weeks.

  Since I don't have any 150 in the house I will have to wait until tomorrow  for them to call a script in.The doc's office was closed when i got home. I will also have them fax me a copy of the labs - i like to see them for myself- especially since this wasn't my endo doing them.
  
   Would it be ok if i skipped tomorrow's dose? Or should I cut on of my 175mcg. pills?  

    Any thoughts?

[scarlet37]

Thanks everyone for response.
  TOLD YOU-    Thanks for the hugs and wanted to say thanks for the B info- i really did feel better- so maybe still a possibility.

   JELLYZ-   I take xanax as needed. I've  had this script for a while so I haven't even used a 30 day supply as of yet. I only take 1/2 pill unless it is night time because I get too tired. I used to be on lexapro but after a wjile it made me feel freaky. My doc & I agree I don't need anything daily anymore.

   DAC- that's interesting about the salt - never thought of it- maybe i flooded the kidneys? I will mention that to RN when she calls me later today.

   the RN practitioner i saw yesterday said it's one of a few things- 1. maybe I have become Hyper- last check of thyroid all T's normal &  tsh   was .66 -2. anemia - symptoms are similar- 3.new onset of diabetes( she thinks this is less an issue no family history of it) or 4. I have an infection somewhere.  
   She ordered & completed the bloodwork there so that we would have results today- I haven't heard anything yet but it's only 1:50p.m.-  she oredered bmp-cbc- and entire thyroid panel.

   I can't wait to hear back - Everytime my extension rings and i know it's outside line i think ohhhhhh it's them-  jiminy crickets- it's always someone else!!!

   I will post the results when I have them.  Thanks to all
      God Bless-

       teresa

[DLA]

Have you tried eating some salt?  Like plain salt or taking salt tablets?  This is exactly how I felt the other day and once I sat down and ate some rock salt, literally, within minutes I was better.

After saying you were in the heat for 2 hours and guzzling ice water that really makes me wonder about it.

Dac

[TOLD YOU]

I have ativan for as needed, but that is it.  I have been having trouble for 3 years so i have been on Xanax and other things but was taken off the xanax by my Primary doctor.  I have only been going through thyroid problems since June so all this is new to me.  But i am having  a TT on Wednesday so they just blamed it all on anxiety but when I went to the doctor the other day and got the B-12 and it helped so much I knew then it was more than anxiety.
I am just TIRED of all this, my body is tired, I am just worn out from the not knowing.  But I tell you I KNOW how you feel, I was amazed when I read your post, I could have written it myself just last week.
Dana

[Jellyz]

teresa or dana,

do you take any anti-anxiety meds?   i had to start celexa & xanax in may because i had a total freak out after my biopsy came back suspicous and before the TT revealed cancer.  

anyhow,  my chiropractor says a LOT of this stuff i'm feeling can also be caused by these meds that help the anxiety.     also, deficiencies in nutrition...B vitamins like Dana says...i'm going to start the b-complex.

[TOLD YOU]

You symptoms are ME I swear...I almost started bawling reading your post.  I was REALLY bad last week I went in to see the doc and got a B-12 shot not sure if it was it or what but I feel TONS better.  I am still having some lightheaded / Faint feeling and a little unable to focus but NOTHING like I was it is alot better.
I just wanted you to know even though you feel alone you are not alone, I feel just like you I am scared to be alone of drive anywhere or do anything when I am feeling like that.   My doc thinks panic attack, but I DONT.  I have had blood work, brain scan, CT scan you name it I have had it but I think it is something chemically.
((((((HUGS TO YOU ))))))))))))))))
Dana

[scarlet37]

Jellyz - sorry you're feeling this way too. I hope you keep pushing your doc or change docs until you find one who listens.


C~  Thanks so much for asking.   I feel yukky today! Still lightheaded and foggy- stil have the dull headache-nausea- heart kind of racey ( fluttery more like it i guess) I called my primary office and have an appt. with the RN- doc is booked solid. I just hope she listens & doesn't send me anywhere else - my endo is in another town and longer drive. i dunno what i'm doing today - dumb me who hates to take off work is here in cubi-CELL- wishing i wold have stayed home! I'll be leaving early just not early enough for my liking.
     I'll let you know later. Thanks again for asking.

    teresa

[ChitChatNine]

Geez, so sorry to hear you are feeling awful like this and it isn't normal to feel this way and have the faint spell & not feel comfortable enough to take your son shopping and/or driving ?  Those thing alone tell me something isn't right.

I'd go to the Primary Doc tomorrow if you can get in and get a TSH at the very least (bloodwork)...you may have gone hyper and/or need an adj. in dosing of meds even if the #'s are the same like mine .. have to take symptoms into consideration but I don't like the lightheaded one you describe.

How are you doing this eve?

Cheryl

[Jellyz]

scarlet 37 -- i'm glad (not for you or me) to read your post b/c i'm having very similar symptoms.  check out my post from today 8/26.    last time i felt somewhat regular my tsh was around .6....now all the stuff you describe.  headache,  bouncing from task to task,   mental fogginess, i actually lose my balance,  my muscles are twitching,  sometimes burning sensation,  feeling REALLY nervous.  my endo says 'your levels are fine' but TSH went from .4 to .1 in one week!   I truly believe everything i'm feeling is thyroid related...  i'm 3 months post TT, and i have not been stable once yet at any med level.

[scarlet37]

also- if your heart is racing - does it feel like it's just beating fast or is it the feeling of jumping out of your chest?


thanks again\

teresa