Heart palpitations while being hypothyroid?
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Hi, I'd like to ask if any of you had palpitations while being hypothyroid. My latest blood test showed a TSH of 24 and FT4 below the normal lower limit.
At times I am very tired and still, my heart is beating faster than normal (as if my body is struggling to keep me awake). Overall, I sleep longer than normal.
This is my first time posting a question on this forum. I was diagnosed with autoimmune hyperthyroidism in 2015 and I had a relapse in January this year. My endocrinologist prescribed antithyroid medication and apparently, my dose was too high. It has been reduced a few days back. In the past, I have experienced a raised resting heart rate while being hyperthyroid but I am bit confused right now as I assumed the heart slows down while being hypothyroid.
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Until a few days ago I was taking 20 mg Carbimazole per day. This is an antithyroid medication meant to reduce the production of Thyroxine. In January my TSH was <0.03 mU/L and my FT4 32.1 pmol/L.
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You are still a Graves person undergoing treatment. Your doctor made you hypo via meds. Something that might've taken many years even decades in a Hashi person to become. If you were a Hashi hypo person with your TSH and FT4 I doubt there would be any palpations unless they were overtreated w thyroid meds. So give it time, uou had TSI antibodies pouring out thyroid hormones when you had a relapse which wasnt too long ago.
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