Gail: Re: Is a TSH of 0.027 too low? Or just right?

[Guest guest]

I'm having a miserable time right now with a dosage change. My TSH had

been between .5 and .8 for years and I was told it was ok for me to be at

that level due to bad experience when first trying to get supressed. I am now

at .2 after 6 weeks and experiencing terrible muscle pain everywhere and

fatigue and dizziness upon exercise. My hands and feet are sometimes tingling

and red hot. Night sweats are a problem now even though I am on estrogen. I

take my beta-blocker as always and it does help with the runaway heartbeat.

My pulse is way up in relation to whatever I'm trying to do which causes the

exhaustion. It feels as if I am going to crumple on the spot. I have no

appetite and right now am just eating because I have to eat.

My endo says this is NOT an endocrine problem. Has anyone else ever felt

like this? Does anyone have any thoughts about it? I can't stay this way.

Thanks, Lin in Pa.

[Guest guest]

Dee,

In your case the symptoms are most likely related to your high TSH. At

17 you are still quite hypo.

When a patient is deeply suppressed other combinations of symptoms can

appear that are confusing....the patient is hyper but many of the

symptoms are hypo. A slight dose change usually corrects it.

Gail

dx: 1968, TT, pap. & foll. well differentiated

w/hurthle cell, RAI, rad.neck dissection,lung surgery,

hashimoto, tg antibody 575, iodine resistant,existing

thyca nodules in lungs. Last surgery 1972

> Gail,

>

> I just had a meds change from .150 to .175 synthroid a week ago.

> Tomorrow I go up to .200. My endoc told me to call if I had a racing

> heart, but said nothing about being really tired being a hyper

> symtom. I've barely been able to stay awake from lunch to dinner

> time. I haven't had the motivation or energy to do much more than

> sit in front of my computer, and I've been super grumpy. Could that

> be related to my meds change? Or...is it still just a bunch of hypo

> symptoms since I'm still a ways away from being suppressed?

>

> Thanks.

>

> dee in Austin,TX

> TT - 7/02

> dx pap. thyca 7/02

> RAI (29.9 mC) 8/23/02

> last TSH level 17 11/1/02

> currently on synthroid (.200)

> follow-up scan planned for 2/03

>

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