Hi i was diagnosed with anUnderactive Thyroid 2 years ag...

Hi

In response to your query I too quite a while ago experienced racing heart beat at night whilst sleeping and panic attacks... I thought I was having a heart attack! until it happened several times after that over the next few months.. again I went to my GP and blood test came back normal. My attacks only seem to last one or two nights and then stop. I take my medication regularly every morning at the same time so cannot explain why it happens.

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Thanks for your reply in an odd way its nice to know that someone else is experiencing a similar complaint thanks for reading, replying and making me feel much better about the situation

Hope yours feels better soon

Regards Terri:magic:

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please visit

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/TPA-UK/

this is a great discussion group that will help you understand your hypothyroidism alot better:ok:

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Hi Terri

You must be my twin! I was diagnosed a year ago - I moved house and found a new doctor who took one look at me and asked if i'd had a thyroid reading. When it came back she said I was "grossly" hypo and she said I would feel like a different person after 6 WEEKS on 25 mcg levothyroxine!!! Ha Ha Ha! She's a lovely doctor and I do not blame her for not knowing everything about this disease (how can a doctor know everything about every illness?) but she could not have been more wrong. I suffer from flooding periods, which are now constant and am consequently very anaemic. After years of seeing umpteen different gynae's and getting nowhere, I am having microwave ablation next week, which i am assured should stop the heavy bleeding. Before diagnosis, I used to sleep all the time and barely move in my sleep. I now thrash around the bed and usually get kicked out! I have a thudding heart rate, twitching and muscle spasms and anxiety dreams. I've always suffered from depression and was put on Prozac about 8 months ago, which has just been changed to Citalopram as doc thinks prozac might be cause of anxiety. Not sure. I'm now up to 125mcg levo and do certainly feel different from before diagnosis, but this is a really long journey and I do feel for you. My partner thinks I am fat, lazy and a moaner, which does not help. I feel feelings of doom and despair a lot and at the moment am also extremeley angry. Itchy skin, sore joints, stiff feet and ankles, feel cold most of the time...... the list is endless! I'm 46 and feel ancient. Why are thyroid problems so poorly understood. Keep on trucking, you're not alone Jan x

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Hi Jan

thanks for your reply i am lucky to recieve replies from people such as yourselves its good to know other people to understand how your feeling. I have recently had Hypnotherapy for my anxiety regarding my thyroid and i feel like a new woman my palpitaions have gone and so hae my panic attacks its amazing i feel like me again

I hopae your well and feeling positive

Chat soon

Terri

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