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?

[Smilerdeb]

Maybe we should ALL have our 'nervous systems' removed and then the Docs MAY just find its the thyroid (hehehe).

Sorry...sick joke lol

[Super_sally888]

Hi,

given the tummy discomfort definitely consider celaic.  Regardless of what the results say it would be worth giving a gluten free diet a shot, i'd reckon.

I've done endoscopy without sedation.  Was unpleasant, but not unbearably so and I knew what to expect..... but wouldn't be nice to wake up half way through...

I get night sweats from time to time, even though I am supposedly properly medicated.  haven't told my docs they'd probably put it down to a 'nervous condition' like they've been putting other stuff down to.  So I reckon the night sweat stuff is fairly common...

S

[gdbrando]

Barium is gross!

[medicmommy]

Hello!
Wow, you are going through a rough time...Just a thought for when you get off this part of the ride...Hormones in general can cause a lot of problems. -Not just thyroid, but also testosterone, those from your liver, and a few more. The imbalance of the thyroid and sex hormones are usually the culprits for night sweats, but low blood sugar and a few other disease processes can also do it. When you are done with the tummy stuff, you may want to get your testosterone and liver enzyme levels checked.This may reveal the underlying cause of your trouble if it isn't due to thyroid issues...Good luck! ~MM

[gdbrando]

Gastro wanted to do Endo only...was not fun at all, but I'm alive. I guess you can ask to be put all the way out, but I didn't know. "Woke" up in the middle gaging and thrashing...a little nightmarish. They seem to still not know whats wrong and want to some sort of an x ray tomorrow...does any body know what this is?

[redheadaussie]

Yep, I had two colonoscopies over 2 months! The drink you have the day before and sitting on the dunny, is not fun. Also don't eat any multigrain thins either , even with the clean out there can be bits left inside....I had my doctor go a bit cross at me about that. I told him he ought to have told me first!
  I had to have more anesthetic during first procedure as having something shoved up where the sun don't shine and into my stomach made me wake up! Very uncomfortable, but within seconds they had me knocked out again.
   joycekatherine is right....it does bloat you up and you just want to let it rip...good thing is there is no smell as nothing in there! Hee hee.
Good luck with it!