Sensation of body shutting down, like someone switched off the power

it is... i am not a drama queen but you really do think your number is up. the battery starts to die. symptoms as well as sweating are also shortness of breath but dont know if thats just shock, also heat., no confusion though. i just have to sit down immediately and i am extremely tired after it. i had a minor one the other day, i was just standing and it started to drop then came back up, only lasted a few seconds rather than the other episodes. think its maybe low blood pressure... i also think it maybe related to levothyroxin... i was put on that in 2014 after radiotherapy and i think perhaps that increased my levels but now, maybe im taking too much.

i am not sure of the underlying condition but it sounds like an anxiety attack is triggered. anxiety can be caused many ways and some are medication based. are there any meds you are or were on in the past month or so. example: people on Prednisone have been known to experience Prednisone psychosis from withdrawal. is there anything else? i hope you feel better.

researching levothyroxin it does look like many of the symptoms you are suffering is most likely due to that medication. have you recently skipped or lowered this medication medication? since it is a hormone it should affect a lot of things this is extremely similar to the effects of Prednisone on the body. if you were lowering your dose in this medication you would have to do so gradually. in the meantime I would recommend connecting with the doctor to be prescribed something for anxiety.it could be that your thyroid has gotten better and started producing the hormone whereas you might have in abundance of the hormone now? or something else maybe going on. but I do suspect that whatever it is triggering is triggering anxiety attacks. that is the feeling you're receiving in your chest and that is why doctors are not finding anything.

thank you Adam. i agree yes, my theory is that the radiotherapy kicked off the need for the thyroid medication back in 2014. as i have progressed with a better diet i think i am now taking too much. ive been off it for a month now and i self test, everything seems fine so far. i spoke to the doctor yesterday and she advised blood test tomorrow. i cannot put my finger on what is causing this shutdown which is why i need to start at the beginning, i do think it blood pressure related possibly caused by medication. i also feel much better off it.

it can take weeks to months, in rare cases even longer for the body to regulate normally. your body has been supplemented a naturally occurring hormone. in most cases, the hormones need to be weened slowly. when off a medication the body will know this and the withdrawal effects could take weeks to surface. usually subtle things will take place, behavior, mood, maybe even senses, taste, smell, stomach, a plethora. anxiety attacks is a big one since the nervous system is involved. the body is regulated through this hormonal homeostasis and i suspect this is what is happening. have you ever been prescribed a mood disorder drug or something for anxiety such as Ativan?

sounds like my symptoms of overactive thyroid.

sweating, sensitive to heat, short of breath, extremely tired to name a few so maybe you are taking too much now.. it can happen.

hi yes, thats exactly what i think. the shutdown is very odd, have you had that?

no, my body seems very sensitive to any pharma medication, i was prescribed tamoxifen after breast cancer but could not function with it. i came off it and my life returned to normal. Its a pill of pure poison.

No shutdown thankfully, the thyroid controls our bodies functions.ask to get it checked. x

thank you Julie, i will. so far its looking like low blood pressure..