Bloods show new diagnosis of hyperthyroidism....help

Hi, I think your TSH and T4 level are not far from the range.   I suggest you check your heart rate with GP/Endo and I don't see any reasons they would stop your travel plan.   

 

May I ask you if your thyroid antibodies were tested. I assume they were not done as you have not mentioned them at all.

Take care

 

I was in your shoes back in 2014.  I was diagnosed with hyper.  Yes I did feel fine and loved to wake up in the early 5 or 6am to go to work.  Then just drained out after work and tired.  When you say you don't have symtoms of hyper i think you do.  Looking back, I always did these no fear activities.  then it just hit me with anxieties but I didn't have hyper symptoms then.  Dont want to go into details because its very long. Since you're eating healthy already keep it up. No processed foods or iodized salts.

Advise:1 Take multi vitamins with Magnesium(helps with anxiety) and Vit D without iodide.  My endo didn't tell me about if youre hyper that you might be deffiecient with these nutrients.  I got my Magnesium(to get your anxiety levels down) and Vit D tested  3 months ago,(magnesium borderline normal and Vit D were defficient) after finding out in these forum that I needed those to get tested.  Also maybe total carnitine, I haven't had the chance to get tested but since you work at hospital might as well.  

2.) Go to Doc and endo and get medicated.  Dont worry they wont try and ban you to fly as long as you take those meds.  (My endo actually banned me from exercising when i got diagnosed bec my heart was way up there)  Trust me, you dont want to fly with out getting those meds.  I have tried it and I was full of anxiety with the slightest bumps in the plane.  I didn't get it at first because I used to love to fly and I was like what the heck just happened (I wasnt diagnosed yet).

3.) As far as for gaining weight after on meds.  Yes you might because now that you're hyper your body will try to get your metabolic rate normalized.  hyper is like having weight loss pill in your body built in.  So they might put you on propanolol to get your heart rate down if it's up there (that med made me blow up like a marsmallow).  So i did try to wean off it after finding out from other forums.  Methimazole or anything with zole at the end is your bestfriend med.  The key to not gain weight is blood work.  I am sensitive to methimazole so I do get my blood work done every month or everytime i feel different or gaining lots of weight so they could adjust my meds...

I'm just adding that if you are going to the us make sure you have good travel insurance and check whether you have to declare being hyper (esp as you are a way away from being euthyroid - the state where your thyroid is behaving itself)

Try not to worry, being hyper is not as bad as it first seems. You will certainly be OK to travel as long as you are on meds & working with your endo.

Good luck & enjoy your hols!

It was December last year when my doctor said I am Hyper.  It was too late to cancel my 3 weeks trip to US in Jan.  My doctor said my heart rate was not stable due to the hyper..and my FT4 was 97 and TSH was <0.01.  i had 60mg carbimazol for about 3 weeks!!    my doctor said i can;t travel and i won't be able to claim insurance if any issues due to hyper..  they main concern was the heart rate and high ft4.   

after 3 weeks 60mgs of carbimazol, i retested my heart rate and my doctor was happy with it.   the endo wrote me a letter so i can bring it with me when travel to us incase if anyone ask!    bascially, as long as the heart rate is back to normal stage and i have enough carbimazol...i was free to go!       

it is so hard to determine how much carbimazol i should take....i did monthly blood test for last few months...just to confirm /change / decide how much carbimazol i should take.......

after 4 months with caribmazol, i am now just taking one carbimazol a day... my last blood test result was...ft4 is 15 (avg range is 9-20) and tsh is 2.8 (avg range 0 - 4).

still long way to go.....

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after 3 weeks 60mgs of carbimazol, i retested my heart rate and my doctor was happy with it.   the endo wrote me a letter so i can bring it with me when travel to us incase if anyone ask!    bascially, as long as the heart rate is back to normal stage and i have enough carbimazol...i was free to go!       

it is so hard to determine how much carbimazol i should take....i did monthly blood test for last few months...just to confirm /change / decide how much carbimazol i should take.......

after 4 months with caribmazol, i am now just taking one carbimazol a day... my last blood test result was...ft4 is 15 (avg range is 9-20) and tsh is 2.8 (avg range 0 - 4).

still long way to go.....

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Hi Aprilb,

​I'm in a similar position to you.  I do triathlons and train 6 days a week either swimming, cycling, running or the gym and have always eaten a healthy diet.  I noticed by heart rate had gone up from 55 to 80.  55 sounds very low but I am incredibly fit and that was normal for me.  You say yours is between 60 and 80...is that normal for you?  I also noticed when I exercised that my heart rate went up very quickly to about 164 within 5 minutes of cardio....which wasn't normal for me...hence why I went to the doctors.  I didn't really notice any other symptoms until after going to the doctors and realised that my appetite had increased (seemed to be incredibly hungry all the time), I get stomach aches most days, my hands shake.  I am on carbimazole 5mg one a day.  I have to have bloods tested in 4 weeks and am waiting for a specialist appointment.  I had booked a cycling training camp to leave on Thursday and was told by my doctors that I couldn't go and that I am not allowed to do any exercise!  It;s only been 3 days since saw the doctor and am struggling with the no exercise bit!  I'm sure just going on a normal holiday you will be fine to travel. 

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Just a little update on my situation. Saw my GP who had spoken to the endocrine Reg and as my bloods were borderline and I have no symptoms she referred me to the endo and asked me to repeat bloods.

I repeated the bloods which were still abnormal:

Tsh <0.03

t4 26.2

tpo 12.

i have a follow up with her when i get back from holiday on 12th may, just hoping i don't suffer any symptoms in the meantime, i'm wary of my heartbeat but when i test my pulse it's always around 50-70 bpm. t4="" 26.2="" tpo="" 12.="" i="" have="" a="" follow="" up="" with="" her="" when="" i="" get="" back="" from="" holiday="" on="" 12th="" may,="" just="" hoping="" i="" don't="" suffer="" any="" symptoms="" in="" the="" meantime,="" i'm="" wary="" of="" my="" heartbeat="" but="" when="" i="" test="" my="" pulse="" it's="" always="" around="" 50-70="">

t4 26.2

tpo 12.

i have a follow up with her when i get back from holiday on 12th may, just hoping i don't suffer any symptoms in the meantime, i'm wary of my heartbeat but when i test my pulse it's always around 50-70 bpm.>