Hyperthyroid

I did the same mistake before I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. I was tired all the time and tried to activate myself by going to the gym and doing cardio. It will not help at all. Rather it will make matters worse by causing a dangerously high heart rate. On top of that hyperthyroidism can cause severe muscle pain (and muscle wasting) that can get much worse after physical exercise.   

Are you taking any thyroid lowering medication at the moment? 

Hi Jami

I had symptoms similar to yours. Total exhaustion and overweight and gaining! I couldn't lose weight. No other issues other than very weak legs at times. My TSH was very low @ 0.005 but my T's were normal high range. I also had, possibly still have, TPO antibodies plus TSI. But after an iodine uptake test that turned out to be normail, I was diagnosed with one overactive thyroid nodule which produced too much hormone making me hyper. But I never felt hyper and I slept like a log.  I have about 6 nodules. Did you ever have an ultrasound to see if you have nodules?  Don't worry if you do. Very common and more than likely benign. 

Dan and Linda and Madge & some others here are the pros at supplements and advice. I just wanted to offer support and tell you about the weight issue & exhaustion. You'd think being hyper you'd be losing weight, but we're not. With your high TPO maybe you have thyroiditis? A virus hitting your thyroid and causing your exhaustion and TPO?  Just a thought. Did they test you for TSI antibodies? 

I'm on 10mg daily Methimazole anti-thyroid med since Jan. 10th and my T's are perfect and TSH has risen slightly to 0.07 which I'm happy about. I received the BEST advice here.  I'm sure you'll get it sorted out and be well soon. 

hugs 

Jaye xo

Aww Jamie, has your doc put you on meds? I found it took a good 3 to 4 weeks even to have a wee bit of energy so hang in there. This illness is horrible but l believe with the right info/meds and l'm learning supplements you can become good again. Keep your chin up 😀

Hi there Jami ...  This morning i sent you an extremely long message and as i was about to finish it ...my ipad died on  me ..

 i hoped the message had been sent anyway .. but is appears Not !

Im so very sorry indeed that you are feeling so sad and unwell with this damned disease...  Dan is absolutely correct ...  excercising at length for you is not a great idea .....   you could go for nice  walks using as many muscles as you can

to walk well ...  and then go home and lie down...   do it again in a few hours ... and 

again if you can face it . ... but a workout is like siphoning  all your petroleum out of your car and then expecting it to take you on a very long drive ....  on empty.

Be good to yourself Jami... nice Baths   with a couple of cupfuls of magnesium sulphate......  perfect after your last little walk in the evening...

Eat good fresh food ... loads of veg  .., i jazz mine up with olive oil salt and pepper 

garlic ..whatever you fancy ..  they're much better for you than fruit ..l love fruit but i've been told .. to cut it out by half and eat more veg.. so i'm doing my best .

I became very ill indeed with Graves' disease about a year and a half ago...

it happened very suddenly and i really thought i was going crazy i had no idea what the heck was wrong with me ...  to make a long story short i was diagnosed and paid to see an endocrinologist  who put t me on Carbimazole  20mg per day ... It worked very well and lowered the antibodies pretty quickly   after three weeks i realised i was feeling slightly better ..,after that i was lowered to 10mg   ... feeling better was great  and when i was reduced to 5mg i knew i'd recover ..   i started to take L Carnitine which acts very like Carbimazole...   i bought  Bugleweed ,  Motherwort Lemon Balm all in tincture form   and i mixed them in equal proportions into a large brown glass bottle with a dropper ... whenever i felt HYPER  i'd fill the dropper with around  2ml

and drop it under my tongue...keep it there for a minute if you can and then swallow

it works very well to calm and help you sleep  do that several times if necessary ... also Valerian root capsules help greatly with sleeping ... half an hour before you want to sleep .

ther are many other supplements too Jami that will help you.. to restore all the minerals and vitamins that you have lost with your Hyper state... you've been running at a hundred miles ann hour and your body has been depleted of so many vital nutrients...... put them back in and see the difference...

if you'd like to know more about the supplements to take to renew your lost nutrients 

i'd be happy to advise ...i am now euthyroid i.e. normal and i swear it was the supplements and being very positive that  made that possible...

take care and ask more questions ...  best of Luck 

luv mx🌹