Has anyone had palpitations, low pulse rate and an arrhythmia? I have been put on medication for it (as well as cholesterol & blood pressure tablets although I don’t have a problem with either of them) while they decide what is causing it but I have read somewhere recently that you can get those symptoms when your levels are not right. I just wondered what your thoughts were.
Thanks
A higher cholesterol, palpitations, low pulse rate and heart problems can be due to hypothyroidism. There can also be other causes.
You don't give any information on your profile. Have you been diagnosed as hypo, are you on medication, what dose?
If you have had a recent thyroid gland blood test post the results complete with the ranges and someone will comment.
I was diagnosed as hypo in June 2009 –
TSH was 9.91 (range 0.35 – 4.5) and
Free T4 11.2 pmol/L (range 11 - 24) and was started on 75mg of Levo
My levels have gone up and down over the last three years with my last two being
0.313 TSH and 20.8 Free T4 in May
0.195 TSH and 20.2 Free T4 in June
I have been taking 100mg for the last two years despite numerous trips to the docs saying I wasn’t feeling well.
My temperature for the last fews days of June was
35.9
36.3
35.5
35.5
35
35.8
35.8
36.1
36
37
My pulse was
51
52
59
45
68
44
49
48
60
47
My blood pressure for the same dates was
110/76
106/65
116/70
108/68
113/78
128/69
105/71
110/69
97/68
116/67
I take all three before I get up in the morning
Your pulse, temperature and BP could be mine!
I am now more or less settled on 100mcg levo but I have to keep changing it. I also get mild "clunks" as I call them , but not all the time. Do you have Hashimoto's? that can make your levels go up and down and make the old heart complain on occasion.
Trouble is that Mother Nature is good at doling out what we need and I'm sure she doesn't give out an exact amount every day...she just gives us what we need. When Mother nature opts out and leaves us to a mere doctor then that's when the trouble starts. We are not machines but it seems doctors think we are.
Thyroid removed and low pulse rate plus feeling cold all the time
How do people measure pulse rate?
Huge jump in pulse rate. Is this to do with Hashimoto's?
Raised heart rate and palpitations - and absolutely nothing else
Low blood pressure high pulse
