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Hiya all smile
been a hard and horrible few months for me and wondered if people have been through a similar thing.
During February, I started experiencing lightheadedness and dizziness. I put this down to the flu and stress as i was in my final placement as a trainee teacher.
A few weeks later, I again became lightheaded and it has subsided since sad I went and they said it was labrynthitus and gave me some tablets to help.
After a further five weeks of constant lightheadedness I again went to the doctors in which they sent me for blood tests.
My thyroid results came back slightly out of range and I need to go back in a month for more blood tests to re test these. Due to being lightheaded all the time, my anxiety is also through the roof. I am walking round supermarkets and feel like my legs are about to buckle! It is reallt starting to get to me now!
Is this a symptom of anxiety or thyroid or both?
I am currently in my last few months of uni and having to do dissitations and look for jobs and things and I am really starting to struggle to concentrate on these important tasks! I a constantly down all the time and not myself . Always worrying that its something else!
Any advice or speak to someone who has been through similar thing would really help!
just wanna be me again! lol
Thanks
S
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linda187 samantha02534
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samantha02534 linda187
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fern12 samantha02534
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Do you have a copy of the lab reports of when your thyroid was tested? Did they say you were borderline hyper or hypo?
Sometimes with the thyroid, mostly hypo (with high TSH), they call the symptom "mental confusion" but sufferers usually describe it as "brain fog".
The symptoms themselves are enough to cause a great deal of anxiety, imo.
I hope they can help you.
samantha02534 fern12
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I have had the dizzy feeling sensation occasionally but it is more like a constant brain fogt; like I am detatched from my body sort of sensensation.
linda187 samantha02534
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fern12 samantha02534
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I agree with Linda, too. Medications can affect it. Have you taken statins for high cholesterol? The packaging says not to take them if hypothyroid, and there are warnings to call the doctor if you experience the same symptoms I was already experiencing when prescribed Simvastatin.
sid37906 samantha02534
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fern12 sid37906
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sid37906 fern12
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KWKWKW sid37906
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My advice to you is push push push for thyroid tests and ask for your results time and time again. Mine were ignored because althoughTSH was up, T4 was ok-ish.
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