GP thinks I may have thyroid problems
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Over past 12 months have had reoccuring bouts of heart palpitations, fast heart beat and generally feeling unwell. Been to A&E a couple of times and had lots of tests on heart, scans, x rays etc which shows nothing. Was there again today for 5 hours as yesterday I woke with heart racing like mad, I could feel every beat in chest and ears, felt dizzy and weak so GP sent me to A&E to rule out heart attack. I am 56 and female so us ladies get different heart attack symptoms so had to make sure. My heart beat was going from 72 to 108 within seconds. Yet again all tests clear, but one of the GP's said had my neck always looked like that and asked for a thyroid test to be run when they did the blood tests. My main symptoms are palps, cold hands, hot face, sometimes sweating at night, dry skin and thin hair which can all be thyroid related. Now for the real problem, my thyroid was tested 6 months ago after another bouts of racing heart and came back negative, so if it comes back negative this time what do I do then. Are there any foods and herbal remedies that I can try to see if this make a difference as to be honest living with a constantly banging heart is really draining. Thanks for reading.
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shellyC19 youngatheart1
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My name is Shelly and I am a nurse in the USA. I have Hashimoto's thyroid disease since 1987. I am 55.
You seem to have Hyperthyroid symptoms more.
Hyperthyroid symptoms are: Fast heat rate, sweating, jittery or shaking, feels HOT, losing weight fast, thyroid eye or bulging eyes, palpitations, anxiety,Nervousness, panic attacks, dizzy, pounding pulse. There are more these are most common ones.
Now Hashimoto's is an autoimmune condition and so is Graves disease. Some people with Hashi's can have swings in their thyroid levels.
You need to have some blood work done, TSH level, T4 level and T3 level, TPOA antibodies test, also TGab antibodies test, along with potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, ferritin and iron, and Vit D and B12 levels.
HYPO (under active symptoms are), feeling cold all the time, sleepy despit rest, low energy, no periods or infrequent ones, muscle aches, headaches, dry skin, bad moods, depressed feeling, brain foggy, hair loss, WEIGHT Gain despite diet, and there are more these are most common.
So make sure the doctor checks your thyroid again, Hashi's can swing back and forth and make the lab work suchas a TSH level look good but other blood work can show antibodies for Hashi's. Ask for all the tests above.
If symptoms do not calm down then you really should be looked at by an Endocrinologist who can prescribe a med called Carbimazoe to slow the thyroid down.
Please see if you can get a copy of your recent blood work by calling and asking for it, most places will give it for free, but some may charge. Then post the levels and I can help more.
Any questions just ask,
Shelly
youngatheart1 shellyC19
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shellyC19 youngatheart1
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It is very possible to have "swings" as the thyroid may be trying to make more hormone at times as it tries to fix itself. Glands do strange things and if the doctor did not order the above thyroid tests ( TSH, T4, T3 and TPOA and TGab levels ), it could be missed.
Thyroid disease is sort of sneaky, because some symptoms can be explained as depression or stress or another problem. Some symptoms are vague and come on at different times in your life. I had symptoms at age 12 and back in the 1970's and they were missed by my doctor back then. I was always cold, and sleepy a lot.
Yes, if you can get your blood work results and come back and post them here and I can see what is happening in your blood.
Thyroid disease hits women more then men and it can come on during the gaes of 20 to 45 and even during menopause. Some autoimmune thyroid ones can be from a family trait both Graves & Hashi's) or a nasty virus called Epstein-Barr also known as Mononucleosis. It can cause normal antibodies to attack the thyroid.
Keep me updated on how you do,
Shelly