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Newly Diagnosed Hyperthyroid....advice please?

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anna13175
anna13175

Hi All,

I am new to the group and have just recently been diagnosed with hyper thyroid,    My symptons are sudden weight loss(over 14 lbs in a month!!), unbeliveable hot flushes and sweating constantly, tremors in my hands and a general anxious feeling :-( my GP has started me on 20mg nemercazole once a day and I am back for bloods in 10 days to check levels again and to check white cell count.  The results last week were TSH 0.001 and T4 64.  Today the hand tremors are the worst they have ever been and I literally could not hold my spoon at breakfast, my whole body felt like it was shaking - is this normal or could it be a side effect of the meds after 5 days???

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  • carol66175
    carol66175 anna13175

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    Hi Anna, the meds usually take 4-6 weeks to kick in, its very much a waiting game.

    sorry to say but you will probably feel like crap for at least a year as the meds slow you down and carbimazole has it's own side effects. You should be having monthly bloods..take care of yourself and listen to your body, as it will probably be up and down for awhile

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    • anna13175
      anna13175 carol66175

      Posted

      Wow 4-6 weeks my doc seemed to think within 10 days max you would feel better.  God this disease really sucks :-(

       

    • calissa
      calissa anna13175

      Posted

      Hi Anna

      Calissa here, how r u feeling today :-) I felt a lot better after 2/3 weeks on 20 mgs, although your t4 is higher than mine. What was your t4 range?

    • anna13175
      anna13175 calissa

      Posted

      hi calissa my t4 range was 12-24 feeling no better today, im ringing my gp on the morn to discuss the tremors with her. hopefully in a week or two i will start feeling better too
    • carol66175
      carol66175 anna13175

      Posted

      Yes anna this disease really does suck - big time. .I had radioidine therapy a month ago and only just starting to feel almost normal after 14 months..is yours graves or nodules?
  • calissa
    calissa anna13175

    Posted

    Hi Anna, yes classic symptoms, my whole body shook/tremors especially the backs of my legs
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