I suddenly experienced horrendous headaches and had really bad palpatations. sweating. After a week of this , i stopped taking my T3 thinking i was overmedicating. 12 days in palps became worse.
Went to see Gp and explained. My blood pressure was very high. She immediately put me on beta blockers. With a full bloods to be done the next morning. (Fri). Dr told me to stop Levo after blood test. No Levo sat & Sun. Dr wanted to see me again today with results.
Results show im overmedicated.
Tsh supressed
T4 within range
T3 3.6
She also said my B12 was too high.
On doing my blood pressure it has remained very high so she has upped the strength of beta blockers. This has really frightened me.
I cannot understand how T3 is to high as it should of all left my system.
The up side is my Dr has lowered T4 to 75 so I can add 6.25 T3
And she has greed to monitor my medication from now on.
I have a retest in 6 weeks.
I have been doing strict keto for 9 weeks and wonder if this would have had any effect on my hormones.
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I have no idea what a normal T3 reading should be as I inly found out I was not converting through private blood tests in August so 3.6 is not overly high then?
I was thinking it could be my Hashi, maybe I have gone the other way. From under to over.
I have never had high BP, its a mystery to me and so sudden.
I doo not think its to do with Thyroid personally. Do you think it could be something to do with doing Keto diet? Its the only thing that i can think of.
I don't think anyone can answer about the Keto diet as everyone is so individual. If you revert back to your usual eating pattern and things improve then yes you could point the finger at the Keto way of eating.
Do you take magnesium ? There are many types so research carefully and choose one for hearts. When magnesium is low in the body the arteries stiffen and pump the blood through faster - simplistically put How are you doing with the VitD and B12 supplements ? - are you taking the co-factors ?
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I went gluten free when on t4 200 per day.........I had a huge reaction blood pressure went sky high....I vastly reduced my levothyroxine then raised the amount and settled on 100 t4 per day. 3 years on...still on 100 t4 per day....I assume my reaction to gluten was effecting my absorption of t4 and other vits and mins a well. Horrible feeling, I wish you you the best.
Those results don't show that you are overmedicated as both free T4 and free T3 are in range (unless the range for free T3 is very unusual) - in fact in most UK ranges, the free T3 would be too low for good health. What were the ranges? I suspect that your GP does not understand how read blood tests for someone on T3 or probably for any thyroid problem (and is looking only at TSH)!
I am new to T3 started after medichecks 3months ago. showed I was not converting & was low on vits. I gathered all I need and asked Drs to help monitor me, response was no but I will send you to endo. (Heard nothing).
Been fine on 100 levo 12.5 T3 until two weeks ago. When blood pressure decided to go erratic. stopped T3 to see if it would calm down. It did not only got worse. 10 days later.
Back to GP in a scared state. Fair play to new Dr- All bloods done she will monitor me.
She thinks overmedicated cut my meds to 75levo 6.25 T3. Adding beta blovjers for BP. It wont settle down.
Dr did not give me results she just said Tsh supressed due to T3 which I would think had left my body after 12 days. T4 normal range N T3 3.6.
Dr did say my diet could be allowing more absortion from meds.
I am clueless with it all.
But hope having Dr overlooking now will help. Low meds for 6 weeks then a retest should give a better idea.
Make sure you are getting plenty of potassium and magnesium in your diet (and enough fluid) and NO alcohol - try meditation with with pranayama (TM or Vedic is the easiest type to do). It's not necessarily related to the T3 and your free T3 is really much too low
This is purely anecdotal and may not apply to your situation but before I went on NDT (contains T3) I supplemented with pure T3 and found that while I felt great, my blood pressure (BP) had shot up. I think Marz had a good suggestion, check your Magnesium and Potassium - get both from foods preferably (Brazil nuts will give you Magnesium and I think it's bananas for Potassium (but check that one)). I found that eating beets together with celery in salad for lunch and hot spicy foods with lots of garlic accompanied by a glass of red wine brought my BP down. Sadly beta blockers (BBs) will complicate your thyroid medication but you must give the heart priority. Fix that problem first then get back to getting your thyroid meds back on track. When you have fixed the palpitation problem exercise can greatly help a BP problem, that is what I do now, I ride my bike a lot - which uses up my T3 and causes me to fall asleep pretty early in the evening. But that's OK, it's better than high BP.
With diet and exercise and losing a bit of weight if that is applicable you can get your BP down to a point where you can drop off the BBs which will simplify the complex problem of hitting the critical dose of your thyroid meds.
Thanks for sharing your experience and ways to lower BP. Brilliant it worked for you. I am not happy to be taking BB's but as you say heart is priority.
I do eat pretty much the things you suggest. I do a dance class & kettlebells also 4 times a week.
It is a minefield. One thing after another.
I have stopped the B12 as Gp says I have too much in my body. I read this could cause high blood pressure.
I will take the BB's any more pills I will rattle for sure.
Speaking about meditation, I use a small biofeedback system ( app on a mobile) which enables me to monitor the impact of breathing patterns and thoughts and effectively helps me gain control and improve heart/brain 'coherence'. When you are in coherence you produce brain waves that are more organised and this is very beneficial for your autonomic nervous system. There is some suggestion that the ANS is capable of making big changes to how our bodies are functioning if we supply it with optimum conditions i.e. coherence. I have had the system for about 3 years now but have only recently begun using it seriously since I read more about its benefits. The research shows that it is better at balancing your body systems than simple meditation. The most important aspect of getting into coherence is breathing rhythmically, through the heart centre, while connecting with positive emotions. You can do this without monitoring yourself and know that it is improving coherence.
here is a sample, from one Reiki Master to another:
"In the new field of neurocardiology, for example, scientists have discovered that the heart possesses its own intrinsic nervous system—a network of nerves so functionally sophisticated as to earn the description of a “heart brain.” Containing over 40,000 neurons, this “little brain” gives the heart the ability to independently sense, process information, make decisions, and even to demonstrate a type of learning and memory. In essence, it appears that the heart is truly an intelligent system. Research has also revealed that the heart is a hormonal gland, manufacturing and secreting numerous hormones and neurotransmitters that profoundly affect brain and body function. Among the hormones the heart produces is oxytocin—well known as the “love” or “bonding hormone.”
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