High heart rate, anxiety, shaky-sweaty hands Posted: 02-25-08 15:49pm
Not sure if this is the right section, but
I can't find any closer ones so here
goes..
I%u2019ve been having recurring episodes
of what looked like to me hyperthyroidism
symptoms after some research. I%u2019m a
23 year old male and these episodes
started for me when I was 17. These
episodes are infrequent, I say they occur
on average once a year. Each of these
episodes would last 1-2 weeks and go away
without any medication or anything. These
symptoms include pounding heart, higher
heart rate than normal, high blood
pressure (range: 136/86), hand sweat,
shaky hands, slight headache (temples),
anxiety, and moody. But I have not notice
any increase fatigue or restlessness or
bulging of my neck (if it%u2019s
hyperthyroidism). My family and I do not
have any history of any heart ailments or
diseases. I am not on medication of any
kind other than daily supplement pills -
vitamin C and Omega3. The first time
I%u2019ve had this (awhile ago) I went to
the two doctors and both of them told me
it%u2019s no big deal and say it%u2019s
simply just stress and maybe hormones.
Neither of them diagnosed or even
mentioned to me the word
%u201Cthyroid%u201D. They didn%u2019t
perform any blood test or urine test on
me. They send me back without any
medication. Unsatisfied, I went back to
them and performed two EKG tests, both of
them showed my heart rate was faster than
normal, but the doctor said my heart beats
were fine and my heart is healthy.
Convinced, I finally gave up and decide to
let time heal it. After two weeks, the
doctors were right, the symptoms went away
all by itself. Then about a year or two
later, the episode came back, so I just
ignore it and live my life. Again the
episode went away after a week or two.
This cycle went on until now, which I am
currently having the episode again. This
is probably my 5th or 6th episode.
Hopefully this episode will again go away
like my past ones, but I%u2019m just
wondering if I should be alarmed as these
are signs for something serious, like a
thyroid storm which I read about if
hyperthyroidism goes untreated, if this is
even what I have first of all? Or is this
a sub-acute thyroiditis? Since I am
currently not medically insured, I
don%u2019t want to go to a doctor to have
them sending me back home again like in
the past. But is this a sign for something
serious? I would like some professional
opinion beforehand, thanks!
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MarcoDB
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Posts: 7 Location: ,
Posted: 03-15-08 07:52am
Hi,
for many reasons, trying to make a
diagnosis by itself, is probably the worst
thing to do.
However, you could find a physician
who is willing to perform the right tests
when your symptoms occur...it means a
blood test first.
Regarding your blood pressure, at
136/86 we cannot call it "high blood
pressure".