Hypothyroidism Support Group
Hypothyroidism is the disease state caused by insufficient production of thyrohormone by the thyroid gland. There are several distinct causes for chronic hypothyroidism, the most common being Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hypothyroidism following radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism. Advanced hypothyroidism may cause severe complications, the most serious one of which is...
I have always had a little anxiety.... I have a very stressful job and the primary provider in my family... My husband has Muscular dystrophy but can do many things still, helps a lot.... I have a 25 yo with autism...
I am 46 and have had hashimotos for about 22 years. Levels have stayed pretty consistent with some changes here and there until I had a total hysterectomy..... I am receiving monthly estradoil injections for.
It seems now, when I get sick (sinus, flu, etc), I get thrown off horribly but this time I cannot return from it...
Since one month ago after I was treated with a sinus infection, i developed extreme fatigue, weakness and elevated (extreme) anxiety. I was very nauseated. Ask PCP to check thyroid and other labs: CBC, glucose, liver and kidney function normal... TSH was on the higher end so he up'd my levothryroxine from 100 to 112 mcg... Didn't help. Asked for futher testing (see results below)
Went to my endo who did even further testing (see results below).. tried lowering throxine and adding cytomel but my anxiety went through the roof so had to stop that:
Since my TSH plummetted in one week, I am now alternating between 100 and 112 mcg. I'm having to take a clonazepam to even eat or move....
My PCP wanted to start me on lexapro, which made the anxiety worse..
I do have a psychiatrist who said, stop the lexapro and start this Deplin (supplement) and lets test for the MTHFR gene
So the only tests I have not gotten back yet is the salivary (and the endo would only do a midnight two swab one??) thought I was ridiculous when I mentioned the four swab one..., the ACTH stimulation test and the swab the psychiatrist has gotten...
I need help... Don't know where to turn... The medical system is throwing me back and forth and I feel terrible.... Have had to go on leave do to this....Have lost 20 lbs and have to FORCE myself to eat
What do you think about the labs below:
Cortisol 8.7 ug/dL 2.3 - 19.4 ug/dL
DHEAS 47.7 ug/dL 41.2 - 243.7 ug/dL
Normetanephrine, Pl 44 pg/mL 0 - 145 pg/mL
Metanephrine, Pl 14 pg/mL 0 - 62 pg/mL
ACTH 7.0 pg/mL 7.2 - 63.3 pg/mL
Norepinephrine 394 pg/mL 0 - 874 pg/mL
Epinephrine
I am 46 and have had hashimotos for about 22 years. Levels have stayed pretty consistent with some changes here and there until I had a total hysterectomy..... I am receiving monthly estradoil injections for.
It seems now, when I get sick (sinus, flu, etc), I get thrown off horribly but this time I cannot return from it...
Since one month ago after I was treated with a sinus infection, i developed extreme fatigue, weakness and elevated (extreme) anxiety. I was very nauseated. Ask PCP to check thyroid and other labs: CBC, glucose, liver and kidney function normal... TSH was on the higher end so he up'd my levothryroxine from 100 to 112 mcg... Didn't help. Asked for futher testing (see results below)
Went to my endo who did even further testing (see results below).. tried lowering throxine and adding cytomel but my anxiety went through the roof so had to stop that:
Since my TSH plummetted in one week, I am now alternating between 100 and 112 mcg. I'm having to take a clonazepam to even eat or move....
My PCP wanted to start me on lexapro, which made the anxiety worse..
I do have a psychiatrist who said, stop the lexapro and start this Deplin (supplement) and lets test for the MTHFR gene
So the only tests I have not gotten back yet is the salivary (and the endo would only do a midnight two swab one??) thought I was ridiculous when I mentioned the four swab one..., the ACTH stimulation test and the swab the psychiatrist has gotten...
I need help... Don't know where to turn... The medical system is throwing me back and forth and I feel terrible.... Have had to go on leave do to this....Have lost 20 lbs and have to FORCE myself to eat
What do you think about the labs below:
Cortisol 8.7 ug/dL 2.3 - 19.4 ug/dL
DHEAS 47.7 ug/dL 41.2 - 243.7 ug/dL
Normetanephrine, Pl 44 pg/mL 0 - 145 pg/mL
Metanephrine, Pl 14 pg/mL 0 - 62 pg/mL
ACTH 7.0 pg/mL 7.2 - 63.3 pg/mL
Norepinephrine 394 pg/mL 0 - 874 pg/mL
Epinephrine
I take it EVERY night...and they'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands. Prior to that...my anxiety was rampant, I couldn't sleep, and I lost so much weight that I looked like Lyndsey Lohan on a crack bender.
But, here's more on that:
https://womensinternational.com/connections/progesterone.html
T. meds have made me even more so.. Trying to balance our hormones is so important..and you're right, the docs don't make it any easier..
Jut as a diabetic needs insulin, thyroid disease needs T.hormone..woman too need their all important hormones.. I see friends in menopause completely devastated with psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, depression etc..all newcomers to their lives in peri menopause..they refuse hormones for the usual "scare you silly" news on the medical front..usually fueled by the drug companies..so they suffer.. We have to do our own research..
High Cortisol, stress, anxiety, neurotic, PTSD can be a trigger for hashimotos. Thats the trigger link.
The other link is in the connection between your body needing both to transports each other. (i could be wrong).
i had a high stress six figure job, in the background I had PTSD from a highly violent home environment growing up. i had a binge drinking problem and i ate crap.
all of that = high cortisol, insulin spikes etc etc.
i snapped and whilst i think my hashimotos could have been resolved without drugs first up, it cant now.
i needed a 6 month break from work, a solid eating plan like Terriy Wahls protocol and same damn fat jiggling exercise..
Getting thyroid meds is a tiny piece of the puzzle, its a band aid and often one that doesnt even work for everyone. But it can help some people feel 80-90% better etc. So they can work on the ROOT cause.