Panic attack and hashimotos mess.

[danie17075rm]

I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this.  I am normally hypothyroid.  Six months ago, I had what I thought was a heart attack.  I couldn't breathe and my heart was racing uncontrollably.  I went to the ER and found out my tsh was .001.  They took me off my thyroid meds and placed me on a beta blocker.  They said I was having a panic attack. In one month off meds my tsh shot to 26 and my antibodies were above 250.   My T3 and T4 were normal.  My question is that my panic attacks have not went away.  I have them all the time now.  I had never had one in my life before I went hyperthyroid.  My endocrinologist thinks this is all in my head, but I did not have any stress causing these.  I have stress now because I cannot live a normal life.  At the hospital they gave me xanax and ativan, and neither ever worked so I didn't bother taking them again.  I have tried everything from homeopathy to vitamins.  My tsh was around 7 the last time I went to the docs, but we can't increase my dosages of levothyroxine because the next dose is the one that caused me to go hyper in the first place.  Right now I am taking as little as 1/4 of  .025 every other day.  The dose seems like I shouldn't even need any, but without it my TSH shoots up.  Everytime I take even this small dose I have extreme hyperthyroid symptoms.  I get hot flashes and really hot at night.  I have diarrhea, heart palps, headaches, periods of heart racing, red eyes. and obviously the panic attacks.  I think that I might have both hypothyroid and hyperthyroid symptoms at the same time.  Is this likely? What test should I beg my endo for (as he thinks I just have panic disorder).  I know I do not though, and I cannot get others to listen.  I have also became extremely intolerant to gluten so I have cut that out.  I'm thinking it could be my adrenal glands? Mitro valve prolapse?  The only thing that helps at all is my beta blocker but that leaves me feeling horribly sickish.  I feel it working on my heart rate, but I can still feel my body trying to have a panic attack.  When this first started, I literally could not sit up without my heart rate going out of control.  That caused me to go into panic attacks.  I have a hard time sleeping, and I'm just a mess.  If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it.  Thank you so much,

Danielle

[danie17075rm]

I also have developed high blood pressure.  I have a multinodular goiter.  The the nodules/spots however were to small to get a biopsy, and now they have pretty much went away.  The right side of my thyroid used to be larger than my left by a lot, but now my left has grown to the same size.  My endocrinologist does not listen (or possibly even understand thyroids), but he is the only one I can go to.  He just tells me that nothing is related to my thyroid.  My hair is falling out from some disorder, my heart is racing from a heart problem,etc etc.  Every symptom is caused by something other than my fluctuating thyroid and extremely raised thyroid antibodies.

[danie17075rm]

I do have hashimotos.  My antibodies were at 250, which was extremely high.  I just wonder if I have both hyper and hypo antibodies.  Treatments is not working at this point and I feel like I just can't carry on life.  I am 31 and I have a 5 year old, and I am barely functioning.  What has helped you?  I seem to have a complete intolerance to levothyroxine at this point.  Thanks for your response!  

[HessyKat]

I have Hashimotos and I have both symptoms. My anxiety is some better since my TSH has went down. When it was at 6.0 I was having all those horrible symptoms you described. Also, ended up in the ER many times with tachycardia and once for four days with my heart racing. Have you been checked for Hashimotos? Sorry you are having such a bad time. I know how scary it all can be. Hope you get some answers and feel better.