Hyperthyroidism Support Group

Hello! :-)

Do you have latest labs to share here so we can offer ideas/suggestions? Did you get the Free T3 and the Free T4 done especially? What ATDs (antithyroid drugs) are you on now? With having a thyroid disease, you can expect to have symptoms cross over to each other of either hypOthyroid or hypERthyroid. It's not fun and sometimes it is hard to tell which thyroid problem one has.

Take care... :-)

I had all the papperwork on my levels. Yesterday I started going to the local charity hospital and took my my new and old lab work! I didn't even realize till after I left.
The 1st was like 20 high and the second was at least 30 low!

Thank you, I don't know which tests you had done and what was a 20 and a 30? There are several different thyroid tests. Look at the papers, put down the names and the lab ranges from the right side to go with these tests here at the board.

Then let us know if you are on any ATDs (antithyroid drugs) or whatever and how much do you take per day and how often. Do you take any beta blockers to help with the anxiety? Do you have high heart rate issues? Beta blockers will help bring down the heart rate.

Thank you for any additional help you can provide us so we can better help you.

Take care... :-)

Wow, I feel the same way, yet my blood tests show that I have Graves, hyperthyroid...

Sucks how I feel tired all the time and have gotten to a point where I can't stand cold weather since I'm so used to my body temperature being warmer than normal.

Take care.

Yes with hyper you are very wakeful and have insomnia.

I have just been diagnosed with Graves disease and i havent slept properly in 6 weeks so im exhausted so i know how u feel.

I have Graves and was fatigued when I was first diagnosed and pretty hyper. I was NOT sleeping. I couldn't get more than an hour at a time, and most of the night I lay frustrated making it harder to fall asleep, so I was tired all of the time. Now, I seem to be in normal ranges and am even more tired. I sleep great now, with the help of sleeping pills, lol. But I can get 8 hours of sleep and I still am wiped out in the morning. I don't get it. I thought I'd feel so much better. But I am still fatigued. So, I have no answers for you except that a lot of us go through this. *Hugs*

me too it's uncanny how many hypo symptoms I have I swear I'm only awake 6 hours a day! I can't stand to be hot and the cold hurts me, My heart pounds so hard I can feel it thru my whole body. My joints and back are messed up my back went out 8 times last year and 3 this year! I've had anxiety for 15 years and had a heart rate of 35 beats a minute a few years back!! I'm confused!!

so, I've realized I'm not alone. I've had insomnia for sometime before diagnosed with Graves.... and now it seems my insomnia is 10x worse... thought it was all in my head with my anxiety issue. I usually am wide awake around 10 pm and wont fall asleep til about 5 am but then I'm up again at 8 am. I get hardly any sleep.

Yes sleep patterns are messed up if you are too hypo or hyper. We feel tired cause we don't get enough sleep usually.It's a good idea to get some prescrip meds if you can't sleep for an extended period. It can do more harm if you can't sleep. If not there's always the natural route like using lemom balm or valerian. There's other herbs too.