Hugs!! Hope you get an answer soon. Take care!

Thanks Jeep! Apparently, this is a common symptom with hypothyroid.

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Let us know what's going on with ya girlfriend! Irregular heartbeat is scary and it scares the bejeezus out of cardiologists.

I went thru the whole workup more than once - including an unnecessary heart catheterization....when it was my thyroid that was causing all the issues with my heart all along. But it was freakin' scary at the time, and frankly, my family thought I was a goner.

But, eventually, an experienced doctor looked at my anti-bodies for Hashi's and went "Doh, I think this is thyroid related". And...it was.

Always best to check it out.

Just saw you post - and yes, it's extremely common. Scary. But, common.

I know how awful and scary and it is! It's good that you're looking into it though, just to rule anything out and to give you piece of mind. But I hear it's super common. I had a couple of irregular EKGs too, and had to wear a Holter monitor and have an echo done on my heart. Turns out there's nothing physically wrong - just a messed up nervous system from the fluctuating thyroid levels. Beta blockers help A LOT. Hang in there and let us know how it goes!

Dr. Mariposa consulted with Dr. Google and found out that this is somehow linked up with a potassium deficiency which is somehow linked up with hypothyroidism.....

Took a dose last night and this morning with magnesium and Guess What? Mr. Toad has stopped thumping pretty much completely...

Yippppeeeee!!!!

Oh good find!!
Yes, low potassium can cause heart symptoms.

How is your Sodium level, along with Potassium level? I ask because the adrenal hormone Aldosterone controls these two. I had low aldosterone and was put on potassium Rx and advised to intake more salt in my diet. And of course this all has a link to thyroid function too.

More info: http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/aldosterone/

Thanks, Jeep. I am a member of myfitnesspal.com and I can measure my micro-nutrients. I am almost never even within top range for sodium. Hmmmmmmm.

Um, I just saw the labs you posted. Girlfriend, I doubt your potassium has much to do with it. Certainly it has something to do with it, but not as much as your thyroid levels which are both right around 25% of range,right?

At those levels (either one of them) my heart would be fluttering like an angry moth in the dark flogging the first beam of light! I went to the ER several times with levels that low due to heart "issues" and has some straaaaange EKG's. Of course, my brilliant (not) doctors at the time wanted to give me all kinds of heart meds. Luckily, a doctor from Haiti looked at my labs and went, "Whoa, you've got the freakiest thyroid I've ever seen!" And I got better once my thyroid levels were on the rise.

Now, everyone's different...but not THAT different, ya know? As I said on another thread - most people feel "ok" with a Free T3 over 50% of range (at least) and a Free T4 of 60-100%. You're a looooong way from that.

has s/b HAD...ugh

THE Freakiest Thyroid! Hahahahahaha! That must have felt so validating! Sending blessings to that wonderful doctor!

Lovely chocolate man...with an MD and a PHD in common sense!