Overactive Thyroid Graves Part 4

Hi All,

Still getting headaches, so went to have an eye test and I don’t need new glasses, so I have no idea why I’m getting these headaches. I had my blood test this morning so will ring the surgery in a couple of days.

Love not being at work, but still getting some of the overactive thyroid symptoms. I just thought with none of the stress of work it would have settled down.

Barry, I have always had low blood pressure and low blood sugar and as Bess has suggested I always carry a small bar of chocolate with me just in case it drops even lower.

Hi Marina, I was diagnosed last July with Hyperthyroidism and like you my first blood test came back with a T4 of 64 and was put on 40mg of Carbimazole and like you mine dropped like a bomb and went totally the other way and I am now on Carbimazole and Thyroxin and touch wood it seems to have levelled out, I still don’t feel 100% but a hell of a lot better than last June. The guys and girls on this forum have been great and sometimes a lot better than my Endo!

Thinking of you all and take care

Maria xxx

Hi everyone.

When I was pregnant (a long time ago) I had to have a glucose tolerance test as I had sugar in my urine. I was told that I was pre diabetic and I would probably develop diabetes when I got older.Thankfully this hasn't happened, and like you Bess fasting blood sugars have always been normal. I do get shakey when I'm hungry, but I think I have a fast metabolism as I don't put weight on easily. I think eggs for breakfast are a good start to the day, My favourite breakfast was a fried egg on toast, but I developed an allergy to eggs, so now it's cereal and toast.

Barry, it'll be ineresting to hear what your GP has to say. Maybe you should ask if you can have a fasting blood sugar to see what's what.

Hi Maria. I'm sure your hyper symptoms will settle down soon. Nothing happens in a hurry with thyroid problems. It's coming up two years since my Graves flared up, and I still have days when I don't feel right., but compared with how I used to feel I feel wonderful. lol.

Take care everyone,

Marigold

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hi everyone ,i am lost it will take me a while to understand all this . hope you are all well

sue xx

Just managed to find it again ,dont like it one bit .

Had a lovely holiday ,good flights there and back slept all the way lol ,hotel was spotless ,my room was lovely had carpet and a good heater in the room ,it was cold most days as the blast from russia spread all over the med it warmed up a bit in the afternoons ,had only 3 days where i wore a tshirt ,food was quite good too but got fed up at the end of the month ,Then 2 days before i was due home i caught a virus and felt really rough ,falling asleep on the friday afternoon i woke up confused thinking it was morning and took all my medication again i have made my self hyper and feel terrible making my asthma and breathessness worse having to spend 2 days in hospital ,that s all for now need to get into bed ,thinking about you all sue xx

Hi Sue. Just a quickie. Glad you found us, I don't like the new layout either. It sounds like you had a good holiday, but I'm sorry you were poorly towards the end. Hope you're feeling better now.

love,

Marigold

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Hello all, Sue, its lovely to have you back but what a thing to happen with your medication. Easily done, I take ages to come round when I've been asleep and can imagine how easy it is to take your meds again. Hope you soon better. Yes, its a bu**er getting on this site, it took me ages to get to grips with it.

Kat, well done with the weight loss ! Are you hungry all the time ? That's the thing I can't cope with.

Marigold, interesting about the low blood sugar and Graves, it seems this blasted illness can give you just about anything.

Deb, how are you ? Are you ok ?

Maria, hope you get on ok, its a long old job this isn't it.

Marina, sorry you having such a horrible time, as Marigold says, you will improve but its scary at the time. I found this site such a help, it made me realise I wasn't on my own with this.

Elaine, are you feeling any better? Good news about the ECG.

Sorry not to reply to other posts, cant remember what they were by the time I manage to reply !

I hope it gets sorted soon, most recent posts first please admin !

Take care all.

Bess xx

hello ,thanks Marigold and Bess ,I am feeling so confused with the symptoms i am getting at the moment ,i am feeling so down with never feeling myself ,i have phoned my bloody endos as when i last saw him was 28th november and my next app isnt untill end of may ,i had words with secretary and told her i was going to ask my gp to refer me to someone else as i shouldnt be left suffering from one app to another she said she would put me on the cancellation list (some hope)but at the moment i am getting flutters ,loose bowels terrible cramp ,very dry mouth and night sweats to name a few ,like last night i couldnt have been wetter if someone had thrown a bucket of water over me ,i was waking up every hour cold with sweat and cramps in my ankles ,my sheets were sopping ,then today i needed to eat sweet stuff ,i am shaking all the time and ofeten feel faint ,i am also uncomfortable at the base of my scull ,Marigold Bess can you give any advice huns love sue xx

Admin ,is it possible to give us back an easier way of posting messages than we have now , we need something like we had

thanking you sue

Hello Sue, this is horrible for you, no wonder you are fed up. Its amazing that you can be expected to go six months in between appointments. You're right to kick up about this and if you get no luck perhaps your GP would prescribe for you while you wait to see the endo.

I wonder if your symptoms are due to being hyper ? It would explain the loose bowels, night sweats, shaking etc. I would think that the sweats, being in the loo etc. might have caused you to be a bit dehydrated and this would give you the dry mouth, cramp and feeling so awful. Are you drinking much? Do you think you need to drink more ? The feeling at the base of the skull might also be as a result of this but it can also be caused by stress and anxiety and you've sure had a lot of this to cope with. If you haven't just had a blood test I would definately ask your GP for one so that you can get sorted out. You could try eating cheese or eggs perhaps when you need something sweet, it sounds as though your blood sugar is low and this also causes shaking and feeling faint. Hope you feeling better soon hun, let us know how you get on.

Hope you all ok today.

Bess x x

Hell Sue. Sorry you're feeling so poorly. As Bess says you could be hyper, all your symptoms point to that. Your dry mouth could be caused by dehydration, but it could also be due to stress and anxiety.

As Bess suggests it would be a good idea to see your GP and arrange a blood test. It's a long time to wait for an appointment with the endo. Perhaps your GP could have a word with the secretary and ask for an earlier appointment. Let us know what happens.

Thinking of everyone, and hope you all enjoy the weekend.

Marigold

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thankyou both ,will go and see gp on monday ,I have only felt well now and again since rai ,its getting me now where i want to cry nothing seems real anymore as if everything is numb like my holiday seems a distant memory ,it feels as if i have no feelings at all ,hope you can understand what i am trying to say,It baffles me how my bloods come back in range yet i am feeling like this .I should have gone to liverpool with my girls today but still dont feel too well from that virus either ,sorry for the moan and thanks for listening ,

Thinking of you all

love sue xx

Hi Sue. Keep your chin up hun. Thinking of you.

love,

Marigold

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Sue, hope all goes well when you see your GP and he realises how depressed all this is making you. Hang on in there, thinking of you.

Bess xxx

Marigold Bess ,thankyou so much ,i could cry my eyes out at your kind messages i am so in need of a hug at the moment .i hope my gp does something to help me ,i no i cant go on like this ,maybe the extra thyroxine i took last friday has made me hyper but its over a week now .. I am disgusted at my endos secretary she said she would phone me back after she had spoke to endo,it makes you want to give up fighting to feel well

hope everyone is okay thinking of you all

love sue xx

Oh Sue, keep your chin up we are all here for you, and don't be fobbed off by your GP, they don't know how we are feeling. You will get better. Take care big hugs to you. Love Maria xxx