Will hyperthyroidism treatment reverse hair loss?

[londonish]

I have many classic hyper symptoms but blood tests always come back 'normal'. I do not feel normal! Now investigating further detailed tests. My main concerns are hairloss and palpitations. Has anyone found their hair improved on mild medication?

Thank you

[shaws Administrator]

If you can get a copy from your surgery of your latest thyroid gland blood test results and post them on a new question someone will comment upon them.

Doctors are apt to only go by the TSH result and, if it is within the reference range, declare the patient 'normal' whilst ignoring the clinical symptoms.

[Hidden]

Vit and mineral deficiencies can cause hairloss, such as iron, B12 etc. Have you ever had these tested?

[Hidden]

Palpitations are a concern, of course. Scary. And docs are supposed to treat these. You can have palpitations as a hypo as well as a hyper thyroid sufferer. And, to my knowledge, hair loss tends to be more a hypo than a hyper thing?

But for the hair loss I'd get some good quality multi-B vitamins for a start. As I understand it a malfunctioning thyroid can make it difficult to absorb enough of these, and lack of them plays all kinds of havoc. See if that helps.