Sandbag legs

[Lorraine_Tarin]

Hello I’ve been suffering from thyroid since I was 16yrs old pretty much seen lots of changes within my body functions as the years went bye from my teens to youth and mid 30s etc. this thyroid has taken a toll over my body within the years I’ve experience different types of body functions Good & bad . Time to time being without energy very tired & sleepy all the time ,needed 12 HRs or more sleep to feel good . at times I can’t sleep at all just not tired . I have lots of hair loss ,dry skin etc. I’ve been put on different med . dosages frequent blood testing lots of dr visits monitoring my thyroid. To seeing endocrinologist in the past yrs now I’m experiencing heavy leg syndrome like I’m caring sand bags around my ankles .my arms feel heavy wen I lift up . I can’t hold anything to long also a tingling feeling in my head flashes of lights Not sure if thyroid condition has anything to do with the equilibrium being off balance from. what do I do to prevent this feeling Is there anybody that also felt this feeling besides me is it hazardous to life threatening will my body shut down if not treated soon by the doctors reason it got off balance is that I moved from another state to California so I kinda let my thyroid go for a couple months being so busy without taking meds I recently found a dr did blood tests witch results came bk bad he said it’s very bad He’ to where he sending me to a specialist to see endocrinologist but in the meantime I need to wait and is there anything I can do to help this situation I’m in now

[Clutter]

Welcome to the forum, Loraine_Tarin.

Can you post your thyroid results and ranges? If your thyroid levels are low your doctor should prescribe Levothyroxine while you are waiting for referral to endocrinologist.

[Lorraine_Tarin in reply to Clutter]

The Dr said to continue taking Levothroxine 112MCG. For mean time. And thyroid results were 2 nodules on left side and I did T4 FREE. RESULTSUNITS 0.5 ng/dL flag L. range 0.8-1.8

Thyroid peroxidase

TSH result units 88.24 mlU/L Flag H

Thyroid Anti-bodies result

units 4 lU/ mL FLg H Range <or=1

HemoglobinA1c 5.4 % Of total Hgb. range <5.7

There were lots Ordered so I’m just waiting on the endocrinologist to see what’s going to happen now

[Clutter in reply to Lorraine_Tarin]

Lorraine_Tarin,

TSH 88 is very high because FT4 is below range but should respond well to 112mcg. It took about 8 weeks for my TSH to drop from 107.5 to 0.16 on 100mcg.

You should have a follow up thyroid test 6-8 weeks after resuming 112mcg in case dose needs increasing.

Thyroid peroxidase antibodies are positive for autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's). There is no cure for Hashimoto's which causes 90% of hypothyroidism. Levothyroxine treatment is for the low thyroid levels it causes. Many people have found that 100% gluten-free diet is helpful in reducing Hashi flares, symptoms and eventually antibodies.

chriskresser.com/the-gluten...

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

[Lorraine_Tarin]

Thank you I will continue with my follow up and ask the Dr about all this t