Re: Hi I'm feeling better -

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HI ,

I havent gotten to the level that I can feel certain if I'm just

wierd and being (hyper)LOL or if I'm hyperT. Right now I " m absolutly

stressed out,and I guess it made me sick. I always tell OTHER people

they should relax,stress can kill you,and here I am ....stressed out

to the max and NOT following my own good advice.

I also get super jitters when I have to do something I am

dreading to do.(Like refresher). Sometimes I feel the pulsing in my

neck and my heart feels like it's just racing.(but it's not ). My

gyno thinks I'm having panic attacks. I would never have believed in

a trillion years that I could ever have a panic attack. I dont think

thats what it is, but god if it is it's awful.

Also can people have hper and hypo signals at the same time? I

mean you know about the jitteryness,crying,heart feeling like it's

racing,short of breath. But what I thought were hypo signals I have

also, like my hair falling out in clumps in the shower.(actually its

not as bad the last few days),swollen fingers, hips and knees

hurting. Any thoughts??

Luci

> Hi Luci -

>

> I'm glad you're feeling a bit better! Getting your labs done when

you get a

> chance should give you a better idea of what's going on.

>

> It sounds like you've got a couple new things going on, and maybe

the

> " stress " of that is contributing to how you feel. I have come to

recognize

> now after I've been diagnosed with Graves', that things out of my

usual

> routine can make me feel hyper, even if I'm not. It's stupid

really, even

> just little things can make me jittery and make my heart feel like

it's

> racing, even though sometimes it isn't. It could be something

simple like

> having to return a phone call I'm dreading, or going to a new

doctor for the

> first time, getting ready to go on vacation even! Especially if

it's

> something I have to be on time for...I feel rushed and then I

start feeling

> hyper symptoms. It's all just stress, no matter how small, and

that seems to

> make me feel like I have hyper symptoms - anything from shaky

hands to

> pounding heart, etc. The good thing is that now that I _know_ this

is what's

> happening, I have been able to control it somewhat. Most cases I

know I am

> not hyper, so there is no reason I should be feeling hyper

symptoms, and

> that it's just anxiety or stress. So if I know that's the case, I

can

> usually calm myself down by breathing deeper or slower and just

recognizing

> consciously that it's just stress that's causing these feelings.

Usually

> that's enough to make it stop or at least abate. So I think it's

possible

> that some of what you're feeling could just be from the new stress

of

> getting up early, driving, etc. I wonder do others feel similarly

during

> stressful moments? Or are we just weird?

>

> It also sounds like you are still hypo for you. I get the swollen

fingers

> and hip pain when I'm hypo for me, too. Hopefully some new labs

will shed

> some light on this. Hope you keep feeling better!

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