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Hypothyroid with Tpo antibodies and long standing sleep disorder .

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Hypothyroid with Tpo antibodies with a long standing sleep disorder . Could all this be related? Can anyone recommend a private Endo in east midlands?

I am 23 and have always felt like I couldn't keep up and lack energy . Recently I have had an increase īn anxiety , exhaustion, postural hypotension, dizziness , blurred vision and insomnia . I was diagnoses with delayed phase sleep disorder at 14 but I feel recently this has been exacerbated.

I just wondered if others had experienced problems. sleeping and have hypothyroidism ? I am not hyper from my most recent blood results TSH -8.5 , T4-12 (have manged to negotiate another T3 , T4, TSH test in a month and last t3 was fine ) .

I want to take NDT but am wondering whether to get my correct dose by bloods on levo first or switch now? I am sure Levo has made me feel worse .

I am studying a medical physician associate degree but have had to take 3months off with exhaustion. As I do not sleep till 3-4am and up at 6am with being exhausted from the hypothyroidism I just couldn't carry on .

If people have experienced sleep problems has anyone tried melatonin ?

Reading all of your posts on hear and from my awful experiences with gps I can't believe how little gps seem to know and how dismissive they are ! It definitely motivates me to not treat my future patients this way!

Sorry for the rant and so many questions , any advice is appreciated .

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Those blood results were from 50micrograms levothyroxine . Should also mention actavis gave me palpitations so I take the wochart 25micrograms doubled up. Having a ECG tomorrow

Being hypo can most definitely cause sleep disorder - I had insomnia for a year before diagnosis and treatment. When my thyroid hormones are not balanced I get many symptoms, one of the first is sleep disorder.

I have read that levo T4 can be difficult for some but there are alternatives.

Good luck with your degree and I hope you will be able to complete it at some point.

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