Thyroid UK

went to A/E again

mandy723 years ago4 Replies

after my post yesterday 'feel ill' i decided last night id go to A/E

i had seen dr earlier in the day but was still not right

bloods done all fine slightly raised CRP

ecg fine

chest xray fine

i think everyone is stumped as to whats going on being as im hypo with high pulse (95+ at home 80+ in A/E)

blood pressure stared high but did lower (nurse said prob anxiety)

differant readings on both arms

discharged after 2 1/2 hours

dr did say i knew what i was talking about re thyroid

i explained what i was on made it clear it was prescribed and explained about why im on such a low dose

agreed when i said possible adrenal probs

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rosetrees

in reply to mandy72

3 years ago

This may sound crazy, but I was 20 years old and I had absolutely no idea. I was totally unaware that my heart was racing, I just knew I felt unbelievably ill. I saw my medical records recently and double checked that my memory of what happened was correct. It was. (I'm 59 now)

I recall weird things happening. I couldn't go up in a lift as it made me dizzy. If I squatted down I saw stars when I stood up. Many nights I had to sleep sitting up because of my heart racing (that's long gone and is a distant memory).

My thyroid was tested a few times by St Thomas' Hospital in London. Interestingly (and this was around 1975/76) they didn't test TSH - all the results are FT4 and FT3 and I can see my thyroid function was at the upper limits of the range. That is what I was told at the time and they even tried treating me as overactive - putting me on carbimazole. Unsurprisingly that did nothing because, I now know, my main problem was probably adrenals. They have, of course, never been tested by the NHS in 40 years. Never even mentioned.

I found that out when I ordered the saliva cortisol test. A few weeks ago I was diagnosed by Igenex in the States as having Lyme Disease. Probably been the cause of all my problems.