Please help

[luffy087]

’m been dealing with health anxiety for over 3months now. I was convinced that I had caught HIV after an encounte I had with a lady in Africa with was unprotected insertive fellatio. I tested Neg 5 times after the 12weeks windwo but since then my body started acting weird with made so anxious. I went to a doctor and explained my symptoms and she said I HIV is not my problem as I have tested more than required even though she does’t think I was at risk to begin with. So she said I might be having problems with my thyroid. My symptoms are

1. Feeling warm/hot all day.
2. Headache
3. Muscle weakness esp shoulder and arm
4. Digestion/bowel issues
5. Weight lose. Lost 8 lbs in 2weeks
6. Muscle aches.
7. Tingling in body muscles and feet.

Please can someone tell if these symptoms are related to thyroid? thank you

[luffy087]

I’ll keep you posted. I’ll be taking the test anytime after this week. Till then. Thank you.

[gimel]

Thyroid problems are very treatable.  It is mostly a matter of getting the correct diagnosis and having a good thyroid doctor for treatment.  When you get the recommended tests done, if you want us to help interpret and advise further, then just post results and reference ranges shown on the lab report.

[luffy087]

Thank you for the response Gimel,

I will ask for the test you recommended. So do you think anxiety could’ve atlered with my thyroid functioning? And is this illness lethal? I have problem falling asleep and I wake up 3-4 times every night with headache sometimes. My heart beats faster, and sometimes a feeling of sometime being stuck in my throat but I thought it was all because of anxiety but now that my anxiety and obsession about HIV is gone, I’m still having these symptoms though not as severe as when I was having anxiety over HIV.

When my Dr mentioned it at as a possible cause of my symptoms it sounded strange cause that was the first time I heard of it.

But now that I’m thinking straight, I realized that even before my encounter I was having these symptoms though they weren’t serious enough to require seeing a doctor.

[gimel]

Those symptoms would seem to fit best with hyperthyroidism.  That can be caused by several things, including Graves' disease, and also nodules on the thyroid gland causing thyroid hormone to leak faster than normal.  Stress can also bring on some unexpected effects.  I think you should go and get tested for the biologically active thyroid hormones, Free T3 and Free T4 (not the same as Total T3 and T4), along with TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone).  I also suggest an ultrasound of your thyroid gland, and if you are able to get them done, test for the possibility of Graves' with a TSI test.  If the thyroid gland ultrasound is indicative of the possibility of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, that can be checked by by doing both a TPO ab and a TG ab test.

Typical hyperthyroid symptoms.

    Anxiety
    Mood swings
    Nervousness or irritability
    Fatigue
    Muscle weakness (in particular, the upper arms and thighs, making it difficult to lift heavy items or climb stairs)
    Hand tremors
    Rapid heart rate
    Heart palpitations
    Irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation)
    An intolerance for hot weather
    Increased sweating
    Weight loss despite a normal or increased appetite, although some people with an overactive thyroid do gain weight due to the increase in appetite
    Thinning hair
    Swelling around the eyes or within the whites of the eyes (only seen in people with Graves' disease)
    A goiter, which is an enlarged thyroid that may cause the neck to look swollen.
    

Other symptoms can include:


    Trouble sleeping
    Frequent bowel movements
    An overactive bladder