Good afternoon all,these is my first post,i was just diagonised of thyrotocosis,my symtoms are excessive sweating,increased apetite,increased bowel movement,palpitations etc.The doctor says its seemed like uncontrolled thyrotocosis
Have anyone been through these health challenge,what did you do? please am deeply worried
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I think it would be a good idea if you reposted this, with the results (with ranges - always give results and ranges when posting) and then more people will see it. I'm afraid I can't help you because I hypo/Hashi's.
Yes I had it before I was diagnosed with graves disease, by that time my muscles had shut down and I was unable to walk or even hold a cup properly and the sweating was unbelievable. The weight loss was scary.....watching my arms getting thinner day by day. I was in danger of having a heart attack(me not realising that the heart is also a muscle) I was hospitalised twice and it took about 3 weeks after starting the medication before the strength in my legs started to come back. I am up and about now but it was touch and go for a while.
I was diagnosed with an overactive Thyroid gland with all the same symptoms as you and it was also called it Thyrotoxicosis. This was decades ago but in those days I was not given my blood test results so have no idea how much T4 I was producing.
I was sent to an endocrinologist at the local hospital who put me on Carbimazole tablets 4 X 3 times daily but do not know the dosage. This medication is still used to slow the Thyroid down so I assume you have been taking it .
The dosage was reduced over time and when my Thyroid was OK they stopped the treatment saying I was in remission but they expected it to return in about 2 years time .
It did and then I had the sub-total Thyroidectomy which cured me needing no medication until 22 years later when my Thyroid began to slow down a little too much and I have been taking 50mcg of levothyroxine daily. Not that I had any symptoms when underactive.
At 5 stone I stopped losing weight as I had not stopped eating high calory foods every 30minutes. My Gp said my ravenous appetite had saved my life.
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