Amazing heart rate you must do lots of physical activity says GP. I actually am hypothyroid doc ;-).

[Brubru]

Some "advantages" of being hypo

[gabkad]

This needs to be included in the weirdest things said by doctors. There's a posting about this and must be dozens and dozens of comments. I laughed till I cried they were so hilarious.

i can't find it now. Someone should re-post or link to it.

[Brubru in reply to gabkad]

Hope someone re posts then. It's not even my resting one. I had walked about 15 minutes to get to the appointment HR 52 bpm. I'm an athlete (overweight and can sleep 12hours)

[realturbo]

My normal resting heart rate is alway around 44-50, even though my bp is around 160/85

[Thyroidmeg in reply to realturbo]

I'm the same real turbo are you on medication for bp?

[realturbo in reply to Thyroidmeg]

Not on medication, was thinking of getting doctor to prescribe, but am now thinking maybe I should try to optime thyroid first to see if that brings the bp down...

[Thyroidmeg in reply to realturbo]

Ideally I'd rather optimise thyroid too but doctor not interested in changing meds I'm in normal tsh zone (no thyroid anymore 200 levothyroxine)

I'm not on no pills but nurse wanted to put me on them

[Brubru in reply to realturbo]

My bp is low 80/60

[faith63 in reply to realturbo]

realturbo..you are very hypo and those levels are abnormal.

[realturbo in reply to faith63]

faith63, my last blood results were

TSH 6.85 mlU/L [0.34 - 5.6]

Free T4 10.70 pmol/L [7.5 - 21.1]

vitamin B12 610 ng/L [180.0 - 914.0]

Vitamin D 44 nmol/L

Free tryodothyronine from previous test was 5.50 pmol/L [3.8 - 6.8]

[faith63 in reply to realturbo]

Your labs are all very low..TSH too high, very hypo. Why are you like this?

[realturbo]

My blood results previous to the last one showed a TSH of around 20 mlU/L [0.34 - 5.6], so it seems to be heading downwards. If it hasn't gone down further by the next test then I will be looking to increase levo or maybe adding T3 to the levo, or perhaps a combination of levo and NDT...

[humanbean]

My BP and heart rate change when I am hypo. And there seems to be no consistency about whether my BP and heart rate go up or down.

I've had times where my BP was high and my heart rate was low. I've also had times where my BP was low, and my heart rate was high. But they never really end up both high or both low. I don't know why it works that way.