Hi I'm new to the forum and would like to
start a new thread on the above.
A few years ago, I started to experience
the following symptoms, palpitations where
my heart beat so fast sometimes i couldn't
feel it, weight loss, a prickly burning
sensation which would start at my feet and
rise up throughout my body until I
eventually fainted, tightening around my
throat until I couldn't take a breath,
hence the faint.
I can't count the number of times my
husband took me to the doctors and was
told it was anxiety. In and out of a and
e. I thought I was going mad, and kept
telling them there was something wrong
with me, begging them to carry out blood
tests, but of course there is no blood
test for ANXIETY!
One afternoon, by this time I was pretty
much bedridden with the "episodes"
happening every half an hour, my husband
called out a locum GP as this time, I had
blurred vision in my left eye, and my left
arm was numb..He immediately sent me to
hospital to see a neurologist. All the
tests were ok but he ordered some blood
tests to be carried out.
Two days later I got a call from my GP he
wanted to see me urgently.
When I arrived for my appt I was told that
one of the blood tests was for Thyroid
Function, and it was confirmed that I had
a condition called Thyrotoxicosis, my body
was in effect being slowly poisoned. I
was put on Thyroxine tablets immediately
and over a few weeks began to feel
better.
My thyroid did return to normal but I am
borderline and as I suffer from
depression, I now take Thyroxine with an
anti-depressant, something not many GP's
are aware of.
So I would urge anyone with the above
symptoms to ask for a thyroid function
test to be carried out, especially if you
have experienced some kind of trauma such
as childbirth or accident where you could
have suffered shock.
Hope this is helpful.
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deer
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 33 Location: ,
Posted: 10-01-07 15:28pm
Hi Do you still have all your symtoms. I
was told I have anxiety but some how I
don't believe it. My symtoms are from my
butt to my feet I ache and burn so does my
hands wrist and fingers. My toungue all so
aches and tingles the front part of it.
Ihad this since I feel in the house on my
tail bone since may. Any ideas. Please get
back to me so we can talk. Deer
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tinkerbelle
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 2
Reply to Deer Posted: 10-02-07 04:07am
Hi, no I don't have my symptoms any longer
but my thyroid function fluctuates between
over active and under active. Shock can
be a major part of Thryroid playing up, so
the incident where you fell on your tail
bone could well be a factor. I do suggest
you ask your GP for a simple blood test to
eliminate any problem with your Thyroid
though.
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BekahE
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Posts: 21
Yeah Posted: 11-06-07 15:18pm
yeah thyroid probs mimic fibro
deer....but..it can mimic
lupus...etc...etc...etc...
you really need to have everything tested!
just keep getting a second opinion until
you are checked...
i have fibro, but id like to make sure i
dont as well have thyroid probs, now my
docs have just done blood tests on me,
would that show it?...i just wanna be safe
and make sure i dont have that by mistake,
or that its being hidden, i am a bit
unhealthy
