PLEASE HELP resting pulse is 120bpm

You can be over medicated but still have what feel like hypo symptoms, you should probably get a blood test done to check levels, personally I wouldn't increase with that high pulse.

You've only been on Naturethyroid for a couple of weeks? If so I suggest you come off it for a few weeks and then monitor your pulse to get a baseline figure. If it is still this high see your doctor. If it is more normal, i.e. around 70 then the Naturethyroid is causing the high pulse so take a much lower dose.

I had a very fast heart rate (sinus tachycardia, heart rate about 150) and in my case it was caused by severely low iron. I've no doubt there are quite a few other causes too.

If you have low nutrients and/or cortisol levels which are too low or too high your body won't tolerate thyroid meds very well at all, even though you desperately need them.

Have you had any recent tests of your basic nutrients? Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, folate and ferritin/iron? If you haven't it would be time to ask your doctor if you can have them tested. If you have, perhaps you could list the test results in a new post, including reference ranges, and ask for advice on supplementing (assuming it is necessary, and it usually is).

Okay I just talked to my doctor and it's tachycardia because of my severe iron deficiency anemia, trying to get that on track and hopefully it'll get better. Thank you guys for your advice/responses! I really appreciate it!

As well as iron, vitamin d, b12, and folate all need to at good (not just average) levels for thyroid hormones to work in our cells.

How much Vit d are you taking? Might not be high enough. Has level been rechecked?

Also have you had thyroid antibodies checked? There are two sorts TPO Ab and TG Ab. (Thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin) Both need checking, if either, or both are high this means autoimmune thyroid - called Hashimoto's - most common cause of being hypo. NHS rarely checks TPO and almost never checks TG.

Make sure you get the actual figures from tests (including ranges - figures in brackets). You are entitled to copies of your own results. Some surgeries make nominal charge for printing out. Alternatively you can now ask for online access to your own medical records. Though not all surgeries can do this yet, or may not have blood test results available yet online, but all should be doing this with couple of years.

When you get results suggest you make a new post on here and members can offer advice on any vitamin supplements needed

If you can not get GP to do these tests, then like many of us, you can get them done privately

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

Blue Horizon - Thyroid plus eleven tests all these.

This is an easy to do fingerprick test you do at home, post back and they email results to you couple of days later.

If you have Hashimoto's then you may find adopting 100% gluten free diet can help reduce symptoms, and lower antibodies too.

Hi Nessiam, high blood pressure can also be the result of deficiencies in calcium and magnesium.

Hi I'm a bit like you. I have resting pulse of about 90 on a good day. On a bad day it's been 127 before now. Different readings, different times a day. Before food. After food/excecise.

I've had had ambulatory monitors on 3 occasions, each time it's shown nothing but palpitations and sinus tachycardia.

Then I started with incidents of super ventricular tachycardia which was terrifying. Had a Echo gram. Results were normal. They declined beta blOckers due to my age. All this was before my under active thyroid was diagnosed. I am now on 125 Levo. Before, the palpitations were brutal. Would go in 8 hours a day for weeks on end. I thought I was going to drop dead any minute. Now I can have periods of a few a day and nothing for weeks.

I take 800mg of magnesium per day. This really helps. I take b12 1000mg plus normal multivitamin.

The only other thing they have offered is ablation, which I don't want unless it comes to a point where the palpitations become unbearable. I sometimes worry my hearts gonna just burn out, when it's working twice as hard.

Interestingly I haven't had my iron levels investigated. I may just ask about that.

Anyway, point of the post is I know what your going through, hope you get some answers/improvement soon 😊

Magnesium malate with malic acid helps to bring the heart rate down. You might need 3/4 of these spread out over the day. My Dr mentioned that A&E departments have magnesium injections on hand when they need to slow down the heart in an emergency situation. Natures Life or Olympian Labs are both good products and cheaper to buy from places like iherb. I used to buy a large bag of industrial epsom salts on ebay for about £25 and bathe twice per week 1. Too much salt though can hurt the kidneys.

Hello,

Magnesium + potassium can help many with tachycardia. I'd take some electrolyte tablets like Zero around with you to dilute in water. It's also very useful to get your breathing under control in these situations...

Here's a good link:-

drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/Hyperve...'t_get_your_breath

Obviously, if a tachycardia attack continues you should get yourself to A&E and plugged into an ECG.

For prevention, consider a well-tolerated quality magnesium supplement (I like Magnesium Taurate). Best to take magnesium at a different time to iron as I believe that they won't favorably interact.

Please do get tested for Vit D, folate and B12 as advised above, because if you're low in iron I'm guessing that you may not be absorbing much in the way of vitamins and minerals of any kind (poorly gut).

My ferritin level is low and on bloods flagged up as anaemic. The GP doesn't seem bothered. I cant even tolerate gentle iron. Apart from an iron rich diet, I dont know what I can do, and it does concern me as I am aware it can affect absorption of thyroid hormones.

WOW! I am so blown away by this forum. You guys are seriously incredible. I can't believe the amount of detailed responses this got. Thank you SO much to all of you.. just know, i have read and reviewed everything and i'm going to take every single piece of advice into consideration. We're in this together and i genuinely hope that each and every one of us finds total health and happiness. Thank you dearly again - bantam12 Annonymous21 jimh111 humanbean kjc1tisdell Babaji1971 SlowDragon jan4363 misswinky34 jc72 HLAB35 MrsRaven

I've just realised... In all my waffle about iron I never pointed out a couple of things :

1) Absorption of iron is improved when it is taken with 500 - 1000mg vitamin C. It also has the added advantage that it can reduce the constipation that iron often creates.

2) Iron is poisonous in overload and can cause very big problems if supplementing is continued for too long. Make sure that you get tested on a regular basis. Depending on the speed at which you absorb it this might mean testing every 2 - 4 months.

Like others have said, Magnesium really helped my palpitations too.