I have had the most horrible 2 weeks of my life. I have never felt so ill.
It started with back pain, moving round to my stomach, thinking I had pulled a muscle! I posted before about back/stomach pain. It then got worse, so much so that I had to have the emergency doctor and ambulance. Was told possible kidney stone and referred for a kidney scan (which I had yesterday.) Everything seems a bit of a blur and the days ran into each other until last Thursday when I just knew it was my thyroid that wasn't right.
Main Symptoms
Feeling of being pricked by thousands of pins in my stomach, constant movement of insides, itching,terrible pain in groin area. Wanting to pass water every 30 minutes without feeling letting up. Tingling tongue, trembling of hands/whole body/neck I couldn't keep my head still. Shivering, can't sleep , fidgetty. As well as all the aching joints.
GP said don't take meds for 3 days and then take 100mcg (had been on 100 Monday to Friday then 125 Saturday and Sunday. No blood test was done and told to have a test in 6 weeks!
Most of these symptoms lessened after not taking meds. Today have sent my bloods to Blue Horizon, so will wait the results. I started meds again yesterday and everything started again. So I am reluctant to take any more until I get the results. Does anyone else agree these are over medicated symptoms . I feel so lost and vulnerable now, which isn't the me I know.
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You might have developed a sensitivity to the meds you're on. Maybe pharmacist can switch to another generic. (I didn't edit your post - I clicked on yours by mistake).
You mentioned menopause. Oestrogen blocks thyroxine so as we enter menopause it is not unusual to find that we need LESS levothyroxine as our own levels of oestrogen decrease.
Women who take HRT often need to increase their levothyroxine.
Thanks, I have only last Thursday been asked to try Vagifem pessaries for continual Cystitis episodes! They are are only a low dose of 10 mg, 3 times a week. Hopefully it won't make things worse!!
Hi Greenfingers, after being untreated for 19 years after having a sub-total thyroidectomy for Graves, all the symptoms you mention disappeared upon being started on Goldshield Eltroxin after about 3 months. Hope you manage to resolve your problems.
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