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| Wed, 10-27-2004 - 2:13pm |
Hi. OK, as some know I was diagnosed hyper/graves. With low tsh, non existent at this point, high t3, slightly high t4. I took the uptake test, which determined positive for hyperthyroid...etc. I just take a beta blocked right now b/c I am allergic to antithyroid meds, don't want to take the RAI and I am getting surgery.
My symptoms are:
sweating/hot all of the time, frequent bowel movements, insomnia, no periods, mood swings, shaking, fast heartbeat (last night in bed it was 140!) pounding heart, muscle weakness, hair loss, nervousness, breathlessness. Moderate weight loss, but I gain it back b/c I eat like crazy. I guess thats it, may have missed something.
Now I know the net is full of good and bad. You have to tkae things with a grain of salt sometimes. Now, with this said, someone on a different board said: I should stop the beta blockers. Do not do anything to my thyroid, and I need to start taking thyroid meds like armour. That I probably just have an adrenal problem. I then asked them why I would have a positive uptake test if it were adrenals. She didn't know what the uptake test was.
Does anyone have an opinion on this? I know there are adrenal problems. I know there are osteopaths out there, but aren't they kinda like a chiropractor? I mean, like some swear by them and others think they are a waste of time and money. Also, why should I believe this person on the net and not my endocrinologist who went to medical school etc? I know not all docs are good but come on. After all of the tests, etc, he is actually making a mistake and its not my thyroid at all? I could see if my tests were barely "bad" with no symptoms, but they aren't. they aren't absolutely terrible either. I think this all started in March or so...I just caught it early. All of this thyroid stuff is confusing enough and this being throw in is just - ugh. I just get angry and annoyed. (partially b/c of my thyroid problem makes getting mad easy)
Thanks everyone....
April

Too be blunt about it, I would say the person who posted that message you saw is full of an unladaylike word beginning with S.
Diane
Hello...
Why not call your endo and talk to him or her about your symptoms and see what they say? I'm really glad you questioned that advice!! Cathy :)
Hi!
I feel exactly how you do!