Hyperthyroidism Support Group
Hyperthyroidism (or "overactive thyroid gland") is the clinical syndrome featuring weight loss (often accompanied by a ravenous appetite), fatigue, weakness, hyperactivity, irritability, apathy, depression, polyuria, and sweating. Additional symptoms may include palpitations and arrhythmias (notably atrial fibrillation), dyspnea, loss of libido, nausea, vomiting, and...
Diagnosed with hyperthyroidism after a fall on the ice and broke my leg on 2/2/2010. Stress of that injury brought something on big time. I had been having high heart rates for about 6-7 months before the fall. Had Echo and stress test done before femur surgery - everything was normal. When I first went for the leg surgery, my heart rate was at 155 and thus, the heart tests. I have a nice shiny rod and 5 screws in my leg that set off metal detectors!
MMtzcass - such a great help with identifying triggers! My typical morning would start with 1/2 pot of coffee then more at work. This has gone on for YEARS. I had panic attacks for years, thought I prevented every heart attack I was not having...
So, Endo treating me for Hyper. I started with 10mg MMI and 2-50mg of Metoprolol. Maybe I should write a journal! Had the blood tests and he kept telling me the THS was low at .01. I still don't quite understand what that means. Help! Now TSH was .07 at last blood test. Result of latest blood work will be posted this week or next. I currently take 5 mg MMI inthe morning and only 1/2 or 25 mg of metoprolol along with it. Working out great!
I was beginning to feel really great. Then started back to work after 2 1/2 months and had the 'odd feelings' , palpatations and heart rate went WAY up again. Weird feelings almost to the point of feeling out there. Where ever I was, it wasn't where I was.
I was back to drinking high test coffee, McD's for breakfast, candy bars.. Such a wonderful diet! No weight gain though. MMTzcass told me about the junk.
I would highly suggest that anyone with HyperThyroidism to cut out the coffee altogether. I'm drinking decaf all the way now. I try to watch what I eat, but that's what I do... watch me eat. :) (All black coffee)
I got on a 'SMARTIES' roll the other day. 8 little packs - down the hatch. Heart palps started - DANG@! Seems like caffeine and sugars seem to set me off.
Lots of stress with healing the leg. I feel like I'm waddling when I walk. Have to take the stairs one step at a time like a 2 year old....
I guess my questions are 1. What does that TSH actually mean when it's at .007? My Free T4 was normal and Free T3 up a bit at the higher end. 2. I feel fine except for an occasional overly-tired spell here and there - should I worry about this? 3. My panic attacks have all but stopped except when I eat like a junkfood junkie. I think I answered my own question there. 4. Could the Percocet for pain ,what a wonderful drug!, have any affect on my tests? I don't take them anymore. 5. Is 25mg metoprolol going to have any long term affects? I researched on the internet but mostly came up with this being for heart disease, etc. Nothing really on Hyper - just that it helps calm the heart rate. By the way, heart rate was at 48 when I was on the 2- 50mg. Endo cut that down to one 50mg pill for 2 weeks, then 1/2 for 2 weeks, then I was supposed to stop which I did. that's when the heart rate ran amock again. So I decided on 1/2 pill or 25 mg in the morning which seems fine.
I'll be back at the Endo's office in August sometime and he was leaning towards the uptake stuff. This really upset me. I thought why can't I just stay on MMI and metoprolol for awhile longer. This is something I will discuss with him but how much of this medication can be ok?
I could go on and on.... Linda, I should have sent you an email!
I won't!
Thanks
Marsha
MMtzcass - such a great help with identifying triggers! My typical morning would start with 1/2 pot of coffee then more at work. This has gone on for YEARS. I had panic attacks for years, thought I prevented every heart attack I was not having...
So, Endo treating me for Hyper. I started with 10mg MMI and 2-50mg of Metoprolol. Maybe I should write a journal! Had the blood tests and he kept telling me the THS was low at .01. I still don't quite understand what that means. Help! Now TSH was .07 at last blood test. Result of latest blood work will be posted this week or next. I currently take 5 mg MMI inthe morning and only 1/2 or 25 mg of metoprolol along with it. Working out great!
I was beginning to feel really great. Then started back to work after 2 1/2 months and had the 'odd feelings' , palpatations and heart rate went WAY up again. Weird feelings almost to the point of feeling out there. Where ever I was, it wasn't where I was.
I was back to drinking high test coffee, McD's for breakfast, candy bars.. Such a wonderful diet! No weight gain though. MMTzcass told me about the junk.
I would highly suggest that anyone with HyperThyroidism to cut out the coffee altogether. I'm drinking decaf all the way now. I try to watch what I eat, but that's what I do... watch me eat. :) (All black coffee)
I got on a 'SMARTIES' roll the other day. 8 little packs - down the hatch. Heart palps started - DANG@! Seems like caffeine and sugars seem to set me off.
Lots of stress with healing the leg. I feel like I'm waddling when I walk. Have to take the stairs one step at a time like a 2 year old....
I guess my questions are 1. What does that TSH actually mean when it's at .007? My Free T4 was normal and Free T3 up a bit at the higher end. 2. I feel fine except for an occasional overly-tired spell here and there - should I worry about this? 3. My panic attacks have all but stopped except when I eat like a junkfood junkie. I think I answered my own question there. 4. Could the Percocet for pain ,what a wonderful drug!, have any affect on my tests? I don't take them anymore. 5. Is 25mg metoprolol going to have any long term affects? I researched on the internet but mostly came up with this being for heart disease, etc. Nothing really on Hyper - just that it helps calm the heart rate. By the way, heart rate was at 48 when I was on the 2- 50mg. Endo cut that down to one 50mg pill for 2 weeks, then 1/2 for 2 weeks, then I was supposed to stop which I did. that's when the heart rate ran amock again. So I decided on 1/2 pill or 25 mg in the morning which seems fine.
I'll be back at the Endo's office in August sometime and he was leaning towards the uptake stuff. This really upset me. I thought why can't I just stay on MMI and metoprolol for awhile longer. This is something I will discuss with him but how much of this medication can be ok?
I could go on and on.... Linda, I should have sent you an email!
I won't!
Thanks
Marsha
I thought I would pop in and let you know from the things you have shared. Thank you for thinking of me as of a great help and you do help others when you let them know about the diet 'triggers', your own experiences from them and how the foods/drinks affects you...! :-)
As for the TSH... remember you do not want to look at it because no matter whether you have Graves' Disease, any other type of thyroid disease, TSH is still not a reliable test to have done and to look at the results. It is affected by thyroid antibodies and it is a Pituitary hormone. No thyroid med or even antithyroid med has an affect on the TSH and it cannot be used to adjust these meds by.
So therefore, just look at the Free T3 for the beta blocker you take and the Free T4 for the antithyroid drug (ATD) you take to adjust these meds to. Your doctors should not look at the TSH...if they are, run away and find the ones who looks at the Free Ts.
Here is a link from a hypOthyroid website which accurately explains why the TSH is useless. Even though this website talks about hypO only, the tests done are the same for those of us who are currently hypER and benefits us:
http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/tsh-why-its-useless/
As for the Metoprolol you take, it has to be weaned down very, very slowly. Your doctor did you disservice by yanking you down too fast and too quickly. When I weaned from my beta blocker, it was done over in several months period - like six months.
Keep that handy dandy notebook out and keep writing anything you have eaten which has had an affect on your Free T3 levels to get it back down to mid ranges so you feel better. At the high end we can still feel bad. See what else in your diet is still keeping that FT3 up.
{{{hugs}}} :-)