Hyperactive thyroid

[Tatty10]

Hi totally confused, just had blood tests confirming an over active thyroid, have no symptoms of an overactive thyroid but symptoms of under active n thyroid, weight gain tiredness dry skin dry hair feeling slow and sluggish taking antithyroid tablets feeling even more tired can anyone help shed some light

[helvella Administrator]

Sounds odd. Do you have any actual test results?

(We have seen the odd mis-interpretation of results and there are extremely rare cases where things are very strange.)

What dose are you on? (I assume carbimazole and, maybe, propranolol?)

Rod

[Tatty10]

Carbimazole 5 mg twice a day and propanolol 16 mg a day simvastatin 10 mg also have very large multi nodular goiter which i will be having surgery to remove, struggling to lose the extra weight that i have gained over the last year, t3 normal t4 normal very low tsh

[Clarebear in reply to Tatty10]

Please could you post actual results with ranges for fT3, fT4 and TSH? Thanks. Clare x

[Tatty10 in reply to Clarebear]

Hi i dont have them with me at the moment but will do as soon as i can

[Clarebear in reply to Tatty10]

Thanks

[Tatty10 in reply to Clarebear]

Have hunted out my results tsh .266' t4 1.07' t3 3.3 does this make any sense

[Clarebear in reply to Tatty10]

Do you have the ranges to go with these results please - usually in brackets after actual results. We need those to be able to interpret your results properly.

As a guess though those numbers don't look hyper...

[Granitecitygirl]

Hi Tatty, I am exactly same as you! Put weight on before diagnosis and Doc was expecting underactive thyroid, but bloods consistently came back overactive. 9 months on carbimazole and I am now within normal range. I hope to be able to lose the weight once I am off the carbimazole in August.

[Tatty10 in reply to Granitecitygirl]

Good news hope it goes well for you its so confusing not having the symptoms that go with the diagnosis

[Granitecitygirl]

Well I don't like to be pigeonholed, however it would be nice to have a straight forward illness I'm just glad I am not alone with the weight gain. A "very unusual case" the endocrinologists have called it.

[greenginger]

Do not be fooled. Most of the hypers on here have had weight gain, some of it whilst on meds. Cannot for the life of me think why endos are so confused. It is mentioned on loads of scientific papers.

Plus dry skin and tiredness and thinning brittle hair are also common side effects. Many of the same problems can be seen with hypers and hypos.

Some are different. These tend to be the palpitations and hot sweats, bulging eyes.

It also depends on why you are overactive. Is it the nodules or Graves?

[Tatty10 in reply to greenginger]

Very large multi nodular goiter, dont have any palpitations hot sweats or bulging eyes

Very bad skin rashes, arm and legs feel like lead weights,

,medication not having much affect hopefully it will be affecting my blood results so i can have the surgery

[greenginger in reply to Tatty10]

What meds are you on and what surgery do you want?

[Tatty10 in reply to greenginger]

Propanolol carbimazole, need surgery to remove thyroid and multi nodular goiter so i can swallow and breathe easier

[greenginger in reply to Tatty10]

Right I see why surgery is so important. Good luck to you. All the best.

[elayneg]

Hi

I have put on weight and the only time I lose it is when my bloods are normal, whatever normal is. my hair has gone thinner and frizzy fortunately I have thick hair so it is not too noticeable.

I was told weight gain is more common than people imagine with an overactive thyroid.

Hope this helps, I get so tired and some days I just want to curl up and sleep I would love a dose of this energy we are supposed to have.

Hope everything goes well for you

[Tatty10 in reply to elayneg]

Thanks for everyones comments beginning to understand a bit more about hyperthyroidism

[Brockersfaye]

I was at my highest weight when I was hyper (although this was never properly diagnosed). I had palpitations, a goitre, weight gain, depression, and the most almighty appetite! I was always hungry and if I didn't eat every two hours I would feel like I could quite easily murder someone! My kids used to say "uh oh mum's having a food strop!" I had half of my thyroid removed several years ago, and then unfortunately another lump developed and so just under 5 years ago I had my entire thyroid removed and now take 175 mcg of thyroxine. I still have quite a large appetite and do still eat pretty regularly, but the murderous feelings have thankfully subsided! If I am hungry I start to feel a bit "wobbly" but my weight has now stabilised. I'd like to lose a bit more, but I think that's the case for most women. I hope you manage to get your diagnosis sorted and that the surgery helps stabilise things for you. Best of luck.

[Tatty10 in reply to Brockersfaye]

thanks for your comments, this whole thyroid thing is so complicated hyper, hypo, and all these tsh levels T3 T4 i wonder if i will ever feel ok i have the weight gain large goiter no appetite but all my blood tests show i am hyper, confused totally i am scared of the surgery but know its my only option