Reassurance needed....levels dropped but still feeling terrible
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Hi all, I was diagnosed with an overactive thyroid in December, levels were 69, and was told should be 9-25, I was initially put on carbimzole 15 mg and propranolol 40mg 3 times a day, the next few weeks were terrible I was so low, crying all the time and so tired with an 18 mth old son, a bundle of energy! At work I was and am struggling terribly working in banking with high sales targets and learning a new part of my job in cashiering, as my mind is so absent I keep making mistakes and have a boss with little compassion. I decided to go private as I couldn't wait for 3 mths, increased medication to 40mg carbimzole a day. Found I was even more tired but persevered. Latest tests show levels have dropped within range but I don't feel any better. Stress at work may not be helping! I can be signed off but I don't want to be off sick as staying in makes me feel sometimes even more tired with my lo, all I want to do is sleep. Does anyone know if it is normal to still feel so dreadful? Doc told me to drop medication to 20mg carbimzole, and stop propanolol, but after a few days I was shaking with terrible headaches. Started the propanolol again, but my moods are off the chart feeling angry and down! Doc said it will take a few weeks to feel better but I should look at for sights of levels rising, as far as I can tell I feel they aren't much better than when I was first diagnosed!? Struggling to decide whether to be signed off work until I feel better, I'm not sure if the stress and little hints about losing my job from my manager are helping me at all.....help! I feel so isolated with this condition nobody seems to understand what it's like....
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debbie38655 samantha98878
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samantha98878 debbie38655
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fern12 samantha98878
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With the medication it is quite unnatural to have great changes in amounts. It does sound like you had too much Carbimazole at one time. It is better not to go to extremes.
The propanolol is for the heart. Too much thyroid hormones cause the heart to beat too rapidly, but it is only temporary so once your thyroid is more under control the propanolol isn't needed.
I am no doctor or other medical professional, but as a patient, I always felt it was a better, more immediate test of thyroid balance simply to take my pulse. The resting heart rate should be about 60-80 beats per minute.
I am in the US where they use Methimazole instead of Carbimazole, but they are similar in many ways. Taking it always made me feel awful. I am now in remission and I'm glad I don't have to take it now. I believe that the reason I am in remission is because I took my health in my own hands, and was careful to maintain a balance between my symptoms and my medicine.
samantha98878 fern12
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sue78615 samantha98878
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melissa80019 samantha98878
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