Please Help! Could This Be a Thryoid Problem? Posted: 11-05-05 01:46am
Ok let me start off by saying that this
has been an extremely difficult month for
me, all sorts of weird things are
happening with my health and i've grown
quite concerned. Bloodwork has come back
and nothing appears out of the ordinary.
Electrolyte levels were normal, sodium
levels were normal. The only thing that
turned up in my allergin test was an
extremely mild allergy to milk. I'm not
satisfied though and here's why........
For the past 9 months or so i've been
extremely fatigued. I've had a very
stressful period over that time, alot of
anxiety involved and depression, things
i've been prone to for some time now, but
I never sought treatment, wanted to work
it out on m own. I work in the restaurant
industry, for a while I was there 6 days a
week nearly 10+ hours a day. My eating
habits were poor, very spotty, and alot of
times I wouldn't eat dinner before i'd go
out at night with friends to bars and such
after work. I wasn't getting a whole lot
of sleep. I decided to get back into my
workout regime and after a lil'while I
started noticing a bloated feeling all the
time. I started noticing other changes as
well. For instance, my hair was starting
to thin out more than I had ever noticed.
Now I use a chemical relaxer for it once a
month, but I had never had thinning
problems before. My skin changed. I'm a
metro kind of guy, so I keep my arms
shaved and I never used to have problems
doing this on a daily basis. Now, my skin
is always too moist and I always get
ingrown hairs. The skin is generally warm
and i'm alot paler looking than I ever
used to be.
Continuing on........I developed an
overractive sweating problem sometime
around my junior year in college, roughly
5 or 6 years ago. I mean it could be
absolutely beautiful outside and i'd still
sweat under my arms, got clammy hands
alot. I get alot of ringing noises in my
ears. A couple of months ago I went thru
a period where my eyelid was fluttering on
a daily basis. I also noticed in that
same time frame that i'd wake up feeling
extremely anxious all the time and at one
point my heart beat started feeling
different, almost like a pounding drum in
my chest. I thought perhaps it might be
due to those nights I was out with friends
and we'd have a mixed drink which had
energy drink in it, not to mention I was
drinking one redbull prior to my workout
(3 to 4 days a week).
I think the thing that scares me most is
that now my eyesight is starting to blur.
I'm still find reading things closeup, but
my farsightedness has decreased
considereably. I used to be the kind of
guy who could read streets signs a quarter
of a mile down the road at night. Now
when i'm driving at night, lights are
blurry and I can't read streets signs
clearly until I get close to them. As of
late, my eyes are extremely dry and
sometimes they appear very irritated.
About a month ago I went to a wedding with
a girl I was dating I felt like I was
having an attack of some sort. I spent
the majority of the night feeling,
extremely flush, lightheaded, and ready to
pass out. I had a bit of a pain on my
left-mid section as well. Two weeks after
that I proceeded to get kind of ill,
prolly spent a week or so feeling
nautious, with reocurring headaches.
Moreover, i've had two very significant
migraine attacks in the past couple of
months. At work for the past month and a
half i'd spend nearly the entire afternoon
lightheaded, feeling like I could pass out
standing up.
As of late my calves and hamstrings are
constantly cramping up, i've actually
gotten charlie horses consistently in
those same areas over the past couple of
years, especially when getting up in the
morning.
Does all of this equate to a thryoid
problem or more specifically graves or
hyperthyroidism? I actually woke up to
hbo's real sports today and I saw a piece
they did on hyponatremia. I've been
reading that there's a correlation between
it and thyroid problems. Now I will say
that 8 months ago when I started up my
workout again, I was drinking tons of
water in that hour and a half I was at the
gym. I'm talking the huge, long bottles.
In some ways it kind of became a
compulsive habit, inbetween sets i'd drink
water, prolly filling up that bottle at
least 3 times during my visits to the gym.
When i'd get home I be urinating up a
storm. Not to mention I drink quite a bit
of water while at work.
Like I said, i've grown concerned, well
let's be honest - scared. I've always
been the guy with no allergies, never
sick, except for the time I had mono
during my freshman year in college. I
don't feel like "me" anymore and I need to
fix whatever is going on. I have another
meeting with my doctor tomorrow morning.
I plan to discuss pancreatitis, diabetes,
and especially the looming possibility of
a thyroid disease. Thank you in advance
or all of your feedback.
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bukowski
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 3 Location: cayman islands
Posted: 04-02-06 11:18am
Hi!
I've had similar symptoms on and off for
eight months, been to nine doctors
including a psychiatrist and a
gastroenterologist. I've also been having
racing heart (tachycardia), very bad gi
problems, severe muscle twitches, sleep
jerks (myoclonus), and sudden high blood
pressure. Every test (and there have been
a lot...) has been within normal ranges.
Four doctors diagnosed stress, but the
psychiatrist disagreed, and said there is
an underlying physical cause. I've done
piles of resaerch on the internet, and
have this just week discovered that it is
almost certainly a magnesium depletion,
which has led to a slight potassium
depletion. I drank very heavily for many
years, which depletes mag. I also ate
tons of phytate-containing foods, such as
whole grains, soy products, legumes,
sprouted beans, etc. Phytate binds with
magnesium and prevents its absorption. I
also stared a fairly intense exercise
program last year, (which put a further
strain on my reserves)right up until all
this started. The thing about magnesium
and potassium is that 98% is stored in
tissue, not blood, so a standard blood
test will show normal serum levels, while
you are actually depleted. Magnesium is
necessaryfor over 300 body functions. I
stared taking 300mg of magnesium five days
ago and already feel better than I have
since august. Of course, it is too early
to tell, as the symptoms have been coming
and going, but it is worth checking into.
It takes about six weeks to replenish your
magnesium stores, as your cells can only
absorb and heal at a certain rate.
But your case sounds more like a calcium
depletion, (i think that's the one...),
based on what i've been reading. Thyroid
could enter into it, for sure, as i've
recently been diagnosed with an enlarged
thyroid, probably due to all the soy I
ate. There is a company called
intracellular diagnostics that does a
test that an measure your electolytes at
the cellular level. Your doctor sends
away for the kit, or something. I'm
waiting to see my doctor this week about
getting it done. Good luck!!
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little liz
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 1 Location: warrington uk
Thyroid Posted: 05-27-06 03:20am
I wouldn't like to say for sure if this is
a thyroid problem. I know more about
underactive thyroids and yours sound
overactive if anything to me. Your doctor
can check your thyroid with a simple blood
test but another way some people check
thyroid health is to take their
temperature on waking in the morning.
Consistantly too high could point to
overactive thyroid and consistantly too
low underactive. You can find other
usefull info at www.Suidoo.Com/coldfeet hope that helps!
