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I was diagnosed as having Hypothyroidism in 1-07. My TSH was 83 ...

Posted at 10:32 AM on Apr 28, 2008 by sunnycat, #29993
I was diagnosed as having Hypothyroidism in 1-07. My TSH was 83 and I was sleepy all the time, moody and anxious, hair falling out, gaining weight, heavy clotting peiods, etc. I was 51 and it was all blamed for a while in perimenopause. I have been on Synthroid .50 since then and some things are better like hair loss and sleepiness. My last check a few months ago was 1.3. What I hate most of all is waking up after a few hours of sleep and I feeing like I am on some kind of speed. My mind is wide awake and jumping from one thought to another, sometimes sweating heavily with my heart racing. I was diagnosed 10 years ago with Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia and was on Beta blockers for a while. I have a new doctor now and never discussed this with her. The anxiety is awful sometimes too . I start to get fears of not being able to swallow or breathe but can keep it under control. An average night of sleep is five broken up hours of sleep and every now and then from exhaustion I will get close to seven hours. I am foggy headed a lot but I never hardly yawn or feel sleepy in the daytime.
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Reply 3 months ago on Jun 26, 2008 by nancyadams, #9563

What it sounds like is that you have adrenal fatigue which is common for those on Synthroid since it's such a lousy treatment for hypothyroid. I highly recommend that you read this website: www.stopthethyroidmadness.com and also the adrenal page on it. There's a link to the adrenal page on the left of any page. Doctors don't get it yet and this website is attempting to educate patients. It changed my life!

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