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According to my doctors, I have had an overactive thryroid due to a viral infection, which will in time get better and should go away all together. I have seen a slow improvement over the last few months but find that for a few days I'll feel a lot better and be able to function fairly normally and then will have a few days when the symptoms seem to intensify. For example yesterday the palpitations were a lot more frequent and today I've had bad anxiety. Is this the norm with being hyperthyroid, or are your symptoms usually fairly consistent? I'm just wondering how much of what I am experiencing is from the overactive thryroid and how much of it is actually from the virus that caused it in the first place (or even if there is something else that could be agravating my body.)
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linda187 hazel70730
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hazel70730 linda187
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Because the consensus is that this is a temporary situation the doctors will not prescribe me any thyroid hormone blocking drugs becasue they say it should be resolved in about 3 months (although I am now going on for 5 months with it). I have however been given a low dose beta blocker called Cardicor which has definitely helped reduced palpitations. I never did have a continuously rapid heart rate but just had spikes every now and then, and this has greatly reduced too since taking the beta blocker.
Although I have asked a number of times for further testing, the doctors are reluctant to do this presumably because of it being a temporary condition. This is very frustrating though because as I mentioned although I am definitely doing much better than I was a couple of months back, I am still experiencing symptoms five months into this which according to the doctors should have cleared up after 3 months. I have decided to go and see another doctor on Monday though for a fresh opinion and hopefully to do some further testing so plan to ask him to test for autoimmune bodies.
Thanks for the tips and info about diet and L-cartinine and Vit D. Will try and convince the new doc to test for this too!
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leigh25499 hazel70730
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Appreciate this advice. I have started taking magnesium to help with the palpitations and I also to try and help with the bad muscle cramps I get when I have a flare up. But am thinking that perhaps I need to increase the dosage especially if it can help reduce the anxiety too.
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