hypo+chronic stomach inflammation+panic=???

[welderchick24]

i am 24 years old. i have been hypo since i was 8. my tsh level have been within range for many year now.for my own piece of mind i get them checked every 6 months. i was feeling pretty good up until 2 year sago when my panic attacks started happening. at first i thought it was the stressful situation i was living in so i quickly rearranged my life and reduced my stress. the panic attacks got better. so i thought...... now i get panic attacks at random and there seems to be no real connection.
so i go to the doc, they put me on all kinds of meds for anxiety ALL of which make it worse. so i stopped taking them. i went to an endo, and explained my attacks and how i felt it may be due to my thyroid. naturally, i was told "your fine,go home", and then i have a panic attack that night. so i go to a psych, he says he doesnt think the attacks are "all in my head".  so i do more research.. now i am getting foggy brain,arthitis like pain in my joints, and this feeling in my legs like electricity. i JUST had my vitamins checked in my body. potassium levels are with in range so is my sodium but the doctor did NOT check my cortisol levels. i was thinking adrenal fatigue but that is looking more like a negitive. i have had an upper G.I done as well to see if there was any issues in my stomach such as an ulcer. they found a very large production of yeast???? but no explaination why.

i have been finding a connection between chronic stomach pain, hypothyriodism and panic attacks but i CANNOT find an actual prognosis.

anyone heard of anything like this?
if not adrenal fatigue then what?

[MinMom]

Goodness, I can relate. I get bad anxiety and panic when my stomach is off, which seems to be a lot anymore.
My tsh has been normal, but my ft4 is LOW at .5, and my ft3 is 3.5 which is normal.  I don't get it, and my anxiety has been horrible!   I just don't know what to make of it.
Panic and anxiety is the worst.  

[Barb135]

You're talking about your TSH level being in range all these years, but you haven't  mentioned Free T3 and Free T4... have you ever had those tested?  Those are the actual thyroid hormones and correlate with symptoms, while TSH is a pituitary hormone and does not correlate with symptoms, nor does it correlate with the actual amounts of thyroid hormones in your blood.  

It sounds like you're symptoms are actually caused by inadequate thyroid hormone levels.  Even though your TSH is "in range", that doesn't mean your thyroid hormone levels are adequate.

Depression, anxiety, panic attacks, brain fog, stomach issues, muscle/joint issues, etc can all be present with hypothyroidism.

What vitamin levels did you have tested?  The main ones we recommend having tested when one is hypo are vitamin D, ferritin and Vitamin B-12.  Vitamin D and iron are necessary for the metabolism of thyroid hormones and vitamin B-12 deficiency comes with its own set of problems shares some symptoms with hypo, such as fatigue and brain fog.

Have you ever been been tested for Hashimoto's?  If not, you should be.  Hashimoto's continually destroys thyroid tissue until there's no healthy tissue left, and if med dosage doesn't keep up the destruction, symptoms are not alleviated.  

If you  have test results for Free T3 and Free T4, please post them, along with reference ranges, which vary lab to lab and have to come from your own lab reports.  If you haven't been tested for those, that would be the first order of business.

Also, please post whatever vitamin levels you have, with reference ranges, as those also vary lab to lab.  We can go from there.