Anxiety and shaking in the morning

Wow Ace, our stories are so so very similar! Amazingly so, late in 2015 i saw a thyroid clinic who did tests showed my thyroid was hypo. Was given herbs, selenium zinc and iodine tabs as my levels were zero! Was taking them when i had gall b attack which wasnt real severe but of course docs all said get gb taken out. So two days after op i woke up with nerves in tops of legs shaking and belly throbbing, off to er i went to be told its prob gas from op leaving your body via small vessels. Crappola the gas come out via burps and farty whops, so i felt i was fobbed off. Next week i had a home dr visit he said its nerves! Increase your anti deps and take valium. I didnt feel anxious then, but after increasing meds and a few weeks later im a basket case! Tests all ok cept for hormones, well of course i already knew i was in menopause, coz i had hyst in 2011. So i now have health anxiety, im sure the drugs that are used in surgery have triggered all this, and having CFS means our systems are very sensitive. Now i dont know which way to go, HRT, or more meds. Im doing all i can eating well, vitamins. Iv been told snap out of it, you have to be stronger or get control blah blah. Its not that simple... the awful body and mind sensations are the pits! Ive learned the thyroid controls so much and if thyroid doesnt work gall bladder and liver are also not working well. So my next move may be hormon patch, going to do some research first! Thanks for your post, im glad we are not alone in our adventures that life throws us, cheers💐

Oh you poor thing. You've gone through the mill too. I was attending an endocrinologist for 8 years as I had ulcerative colitis and had my bowel removed and then reversed over 22 years ago and was ok until I had a coil fitted and it triggered more bowel inflammation so was on steroids enemas for 3 years which wrecked my whole body! I ended up in hospital with suspected Addison's 8 years ago but thankfully it wasn't that but low dhea from the steroids. I believe they triggered perimenopause but my endocrinologist never checked my progesterone estrogen or testosterone in the 8 years I attended him! he put me on dhea which I've since discovered can convert to estrogen which can make things a whole lot worse if your in perimenopause with low progesterone and erratic estrogen! I totally know where your coming from in regards to which way to turn. That's the real difficulty. I never suffered anxiety in my life until after my gallbladder was removed and sadly like you was told once you get pain take it out! Mine wasn't inflamed just had 1 large stone but lots of hormone symptoms!! My surgeon who has done all my surgeries told me on the operating table that gallbladder problems are linked to hormone imbalance. I just wish these doctors treat the cause and not the symptom. Have you tried milk thistle? I took it for 10 months and found it really helped. I got it in drop form and started slowly with it but it did help. Try what you can. We are all different and what works for one may not work for another. I took maca 3 years ago and developed really high blood pressure and felt really unwell but lots of people swear by it. I've started using an essential oil 2 drops twice a day with lots of different herbs and that's really helped too. For me diet alone didn't help and I don't drink caffeine or alcohol and haven't in years or take dairy either. I hope you find something that helps. I have some friends who swear by hrt too. Do whatever you can to get through this nightmare and remember your not alone. Take care xx

Oh my goodness heres me complaining woe is me but you have had a far worse experience with many health issues! ive learned the hard way that Drs dont always have the right answers or approach, the TSh test for example we can fall into the normal range but have classic thyroid symptoms, that never get addressed. The range is way too broad, old school drs didnt have blood tests and disgnosed by symptoms and always did reflex test, they perscribed nd thyroid, hey presto women got well! I read that only 200 people were tested on the new tsh test in 1972 when it was invented whats the world population? A tad more than 200.after 1972 CFS and fibromyalgia became a new disease, far more women are being diagnosed with auto immune diseases, i believe the thyroid is linked to so many of these health issues. Yes we do whatever we can to get through and look for the light, thank you so much for your kind wishes and i wish the same for you xox