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Hi I posted a few weeks back but no one ever answered me. 
I'm on synthroid 75mcg and my numbers are all on the low end of the normal range. I was diagnosed a year ago. Unfortunately my heart rate is quite fast and this is only since the synthroid and I also have anxiety/panic attacks off the chain. Anyone else have this problem?
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dave64969 bcullo64
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bcullo64 dave64969
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Hi Dave! Thanks for your response. My Free T4 is 1.32 which is at the higher end of normal. my Free T3 is 2.63 which is right in the middle of normal. My Total T3 is 109, and my TSH is 0.619. I believe this forum is English and my numbers are American. Is this true? Anyway, also and I apologize. Off the chain, means out of control. I'm having terrible panic attacks where I feel like I can't breathe, and have to go to the ER. I hate to think I have to take anti-anxiety meds due to the side effects from the synthroid.
dave64969 bcullo64
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bcullo64 dave64969
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Hi Dave, I'm not tired anymore now that I am on medication, but I have wondered if I am being overmedicated. Ironically my hands and feet are always freezing though. It seems like the anxiety, and fast heart rate are a function of over medication, while the cold hands and feet are from too little. I'm going to see a functional doctor soon so hopefully I will get this all sorted out. Thanks for your help!
dave64969 bcullo64
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By all means see the Functional Medecine doctor but exercise caution and check their actual qualifications. I have looked into Functional Medecine, hence this advice.
lvkitty7777 bcullo64
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Hi there, i am new to the post but have had hypothyroidism for 14 years and was steady on the same dose for 10 years. THe last few years my dr has had to make adjustments and I want to say in the past two years I started to feel anxiety constantly and feeling a fast heart rate, i just found out that my levels are off again after adjusting me last year t0 137 she is now bumping me to 175. I was on Levothyroxine and she switched me last year to synthroid stating sometime Levo being generic doesn't give you the constant dose you need (can vary) and suggested to go on the brand instead of the generic version of the meds. I can't remember if my anxiety got worse with the change in the meds (it seems like its been constant). I have always has low blood pressure and the last few years with the change in dose its gone up I been around 105/68 and this past check up was at 132/75 this is also when she told me my levels are off again and upping my dose. My point is I am not sure if it got worse because my levels are off or because the higher dose of medicine and it may get worse now that she bumped me to 175 mcg. I just posted a similar topic on the subject. I guess I will see after two months on the new meds what she says and if I should consider going to a specialist rather than my general dr for treatment.
I was not worried about it for 10 years but now as each year goes by and my meds change and I feel worse anxiety I am wondering now if its related especially reading some of the other posts. I asked her why it keeps changing she said as you get older your glands quit producing the hormone until at some point they quit all together and you rely on just he meds to keep you going. She said she has some patients she is constantly fluctuating the medicine trying to regulate them, this is not a fun condition to have it really messes with the body unfortunately in my case it is hereditary from my mother, aunts to both my sisters we all have it.
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