Hypothyroid with night sweats?

[gdbrando]

About a month ago I was diagnosed with a hypothyroid and was placed on medication after my blood test results showed low T3 & T4. I also had the following symptoms: Leg Cramps, Depression, Extreme Fatigue, Weight Gain, Memory Problems, Hair loss (Bald Patch). I had actually visited the doctor because I thought that I had the flu and had been having Night Sweats, so bad that I would wake up freezing as if someone had thrown a bucket of water on me. The doctor put me on an anti-biotics and I seemed to get better, but I am still having night sweats.

I have been on the hypothyroid medicine for about a month and for the first few weeks my energy was great...I felt like a new man, but the Night Sweats have started to be a big problem. I wake up everynight, so I think its affecting the quality of my sleep. I have done some research and it seems that the sweats would be a symptom of Hyperthyroid, so I am a little confused.

My blood results that indicated the tyroid problem, also indicated that I was also slightly anemic, which is strange because I eat meat often. The doctor gave me a take home test to check for blood in my stool and I have a feeling that there might be. I have taken the test results in but haven't gotten the results for over three weeks and my doctor seems to have gone on vacation. I have had some pretty bad pain in my upper abdomen a few weeks ago, but I didn't go to the emergency. My Gastrol Intestinal track seems to alway be pretty uncomfortable and I have kinda gotten used to it. My doctor started me on Acid Reflux medication when he put me on the thyroid medication, but my stomach just feels the same.

I called my doctor today and the assistant said the results would not be ready until the end of the week. I know that one of the causes of the night sweats could be cancer and if it was in my G I that might explain the anemia and the indigestin. I don't want to over exagerate my concern, but if there is some sort of cancer would waiting a week or two or three affect it treatability? This is a new doctor, but I usual give people the benifit of the doubt...and If there is somthing that needs to be addressed imediatley it would be...right?

[gimel]

Please post your thyroid test results and their reference ranges shown on the lab report so that members can assess your testing and treatment.

[sissaphus]

I also had night sweats when I was hypo and still have them occasionally. Even though my TSH is currently .007, I still have hypO, not hypER symptoms. I think for me, the night sweats are a hypo symptom because I still have cold hands and feet and have sweats when I'm cold at night, not hot.

Try setting an alarm for an hour or two before you usually wake up, leave water by your bed and take your thyroid meds then go back to sleep.

Hope it helps

[wolfsigh]

I had surgury  4 months ago and was put on ,025 micrograms of levoxitrine a month at a time , I am now up to .075 and due to have another blood test this week. I asked that the  dr. not take  all of my thyroid  out. I had an enlarged nodular thyroid, so 1/3 on one side was left. I have noticed that this month I started to have night sweats. During the day , more towards evening  I get colder and somtime find that my feet are freezing and  they can't seem to be warmed up. It starts with my left foot. I never had these symtoms when I was hyperthyroid. I don't remember having night sweats either when I was hyper.
I have developed a new pain in my upper thorax ( that little hump at the back neck) I thought it may have been a spasam but  two months later it is still hurting .  Stiff and hurting all over by evening .  I have read that some people take their meds very early in the morning on an empty stomach and have better results. I try to take the meds before I eat but it just dosen't alway happen.
I have been off work for over two years . I am still not back to work. My Insurance company( Great West Life) has cut me off a month before my surgury. I am under an appeal. Hope it happens soon. I look forward to feeling what normal is supposed feel like .

Beryl

[JTS65]

I just found this post and I was wondering what has happened to you since you stopped posting. I ask because I take thyroxin. I also have night sweats at times and my blood platelet levels have had their problems, sometimes dropping into the Hemophiliac area. I also was sent to a Cancer care center and had all kinds of tests done. If I remember correctly, I started the Thyroxin around 2006 or 2007. My platelets were low in my 2008 blood test and got worse in 2009 dropping in to the Hemophiliac area.

[btdt2]

Sounds to me that you need your testosterone checked. Get the actual results from your doctor, especially if you are told that they are normal. Educate yourself on male hormone replacement, because some men truly benefit. My husband had all your symptoms, and he started on hormones and he is back to himself

[shelstar243]

I am glad i read this:) im an aussie girl and was dx hashis this year after collapsing....was very very sick, still not working full time again. i started with TSH 50 and T4 and T3 unreadable. as my levels fluctuate(have yet to have a normal blood test) i get night sweats, usually when meds are bit high. however balance is sooo hard. when i was recently on 100mcg was sooo tired and fuzzy in head, now am on 125mcg and feel much better but have started night sweats again??? where is balance. If night sweats stay only symptom i would be happy to stay on this dose and put up with it am also anaemic(iron deficiecy type) and have antibodies higher than 1000) I agree with gbrando, what happenend to me??? i was always so healthy:)