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TSH level 7.55--been feeling badly for six months.
by LittleWhiteBook, Sep 17, 2009 03:11PM
So, six months ago I go an onslaught of many strange systems. They all seemed to come on over night. Here is a list: Night sweats, heart palpitations, migraine headaches, breathlessness, fatigue, Pain in throat upon swallowing (feels almost like heart burn), fever, anxiety, racing heart when making quick movements, and WEIGHT LOSS.
So I just got insurance, and I saw my doctor. We ran a thyroid blood test, and we found that my TSH level was 7.55; however, a test for T3 and T4 hasn't been done yet.
Has anyone else experienced any of my symptoms? The most concerning to me is the breathlessness. It feels like I can never take in enough air; however, the feeling of being breathless doesn't necessarily seem to get worse with exercise. Unfortunately, from what I've looked at, breathlessness doesn't really seemed to be correlated with hypothyroidism.
The second most concerning is my heart. It seems to flutter all the time (literally). Although I did get a normal echo cardiogram recently, this heart fluttering cannot be normal. Has anyone experienced this with hypothyroidism?
The next most concerning is the headaches I get, which are completely debilitating. And, more recently, they almost always seemed to be accompanied by a low-grade fever. But, from what I've read, hypothyroidism should lower your body temperature, not raise it. I also seem to get rather nauseous and lose my appetite quickly. I've lost about 15lbs, and I was skinny to begin with. And I know this isn't very typical of hypothyroidism at all.
Night sweats used to be a huge, huge problem for me. I would absolutely soak my bed. But the last couple of weeks I haven't had many bad episodes, which I am grateful for. Has this happened to anyone else with hypothyroidism?
I'd love to hear from other people who have or still have hypothyroidism. A lot, but not all of symptoms, are not typical of hypothyroidism.
I've had other blood work done, which checked for run of the mill bacteria and some other stuff. I even had a lime test. But the only thing that came back out of the normal range was the thyroid. My blood pressure is 120/70.
So I just got insurance, and I saw my doctor. We ran a thyroid blood test, and we found that my TSH level was 7.55; however, a test for T3 and T4 hasn't been done yet.
Has anyone else experienced any of my symptoms? The most concerning to me is the breathlessness. It feels like I can never take in enough air; however, the feeling of being breathless doesn't necessarily seem to get worse with exercise. Unfortunately, from what I've looked at, breathlessness doesn't really seemed to be correlated with hypothyroidism.
The second most concerning is my heart. It seems to flutter all the time (literally). Although I did get a normal echo cardiogram recently, this heart fluttering cannot be normal. Has anyone experienced this with hypothyroidism?
The next most concerning is the headaches I get, which are completely debilitating. And, more recently, they almost always seemed to be accompanied by a low-grade fever. But, from what I've read, hypothyroidism should lower your body temperature, not raise it. I also seem to get rather nauseous and lose my appetite quickly. I've lost about 15lbs, and I was skinny to begin with. And I know this isn't very typical of hypothyroidism at all.
Night sweats used to be a huge, huge problem for me. I would absolutely soak my bed. But the last couple of weeks I haven't had many bad episodes, which I am grateful for. Has this happened to anyone else with hypothyroidism?
I'd love to hear from other people who have or still have hypothyroidism. A lot, but not all of symptoms, are not typical of hypothyroidism.
I've had other blood work done, which checked for run of the mill bacteria and some other stuff. I even had a lime test. But the only thing that came back out of the normal range was the thyroid. My blood pressure is 120/70.
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What does your dr say about it? I have been told the optimal level for thyroid TSH is .5-1.
I feel best at about 2 though!
Without the T3 and T4 --- those need to be FREE T3 and FREE T4, not totals - it's really hard to say what's going on.
TSH is a pituitary hormone and not necessarily indicative of thyroid function.
If you are going to ask for Free T3 and Free T4, it would be a good idea to also ask for antibody tests as well - thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOab), Thyroglobulin (TGab) and I think there are some others as well, but some of the more experienced members, who have dealt with more complex issues, will need to help me out here........
I don't know your age, but the night sweats could be premenopause, menopause, or even postmenopause........I had a hysterectomy in 1996 and my pcp kept telling me they were caused by menopause. I had them for years and still do, but since I was dx'd with hypo/Hashi, they are neither as frequent nor as severe as they were before. Go figure......lol
You wrote "racing heart when making quick movements" - It's normal for the heart rate to increase during activity. Does your heart rate slow down when you stop the quick movements? Did you have a stress test along with your echocardiogram?
I tend to have some "fluttering" in my heart also - mine is sort of like "missed beats", but both my stress test and echocardiogram were ok except that the echo showed a leaky heart valve........my cardiologist is not concerned about it at this time......
I have an appt with a new pcp on Wed of next week and I hope to get some insight into why this might be happening.
If you can get the Free T4, Free T3, TSH, and antibody tests and post the results here, along with the lab's reference ranges - that would help members make more informed comments.......