Can't Breathe!

[JKristina]

I am wondering if anyone is familiar with the symptoms I have been experiencing. I have had hashimotos for 4 years I still have not found my "correct" dose; I seriously believe that it does not exist; and I am doomed to swing hyper and hypo forever. However my most concerning symtom right now is that I feel like I can't breathe! I've noticed the past few weeks I have been startled out of my sleep because I need to take a breath! I can't get any sleep, last night I slept for maybe 3 hours. I feel like I don't want to eat because it makes the shortness of breath worse. I just had a TSH test done and it was 6 so they increased my levothyroxine I'm pretty sure this will help but in the mean time I am going crazy becasue I can't get any air. Help!

[k20012]

Can anyone give me some advice, or had anyone gone through this.... I found out a few months ago (November) that i have an overactive thyroid. Dr put  me on meds right away and i had a blood test done a month later, which came back looking great! Dr said thyroid still felt big and told me to keep taking meds and come back in a month. Well i just had another blood test last week and when I went into the doctor, he said everything looked great again but that my thyroid still felt big. So now I have to get an ultrasound on it and I'm really terrified. I don't want it to be cancerous. Has anyone gone through this? &btw. I am 22 and have one child. I have also been extremely short of breath. Almost where it feels like I'm gonna stop breathing.

[JKristina]

Anyone reading this post that may be having similar issues please consider natural progesterone cream. It fixed my breathing problem.

[MichelleH.]

Hi JKristina,

I've been dealing with the air hunger issue as of late too(I also wake up at night gasping for air). I'm Hypo, and my TSH came back two days ago at 6.2, My doctor asked me if I had been taking my meds because my TSH was high, and I told her that I had been taking half a dosage due to palpitations but i was working my way back up to my regular dosage of .125 mcg of Levothyroxine.

With the shortness of breath I've also been experiencing extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, muscle pain/spasms, and brain fog. I'm also Anemic, so I'm sure that it's contributing to it.

[shemoran]

Also, most people with Hashimoto's can't convert T4 to the usable T3, so if you are only on the T4 meds, you might not be getting the help that you need. Your body might feel hyper when the dose is raised, but you aren't getting the thyroid help that you need.

[shemoran]

I also wanted to add that maybe your adrenals are playing a part of what you are experiencing. Have you ever had an adrenal saliva test? I saw your other post about the muscle weakness, etc. I had those symptoms with my hypo problems also and began having adrenal problems from being hypo for so long.  I added supplements to strengthen my adrenals. It's a never ending battle. Again, good luck.

[shemoran]

Hi, I had a hard time with shortness of breath also. Before I was diagnosed with Hypo, I was using my inhaler more and more, I thought that I was having asthma problems. However, my shortness of breath or air hunger as I've seen it in many symptoms of hypothyroidism, went away once I started my Armour. Your TSH was pretty high, maybe that is what is triggering the shortness of breath. I also had trouble sleeping, insomnia with my hypo symptoms too. I hope your higher dose helps. Have you considered Armour? Good Luck.