New job and anxiety

[mb008]

Hi

I haven't posted for a while as I have been feeling better in large part thanks to the people on this site. I finally got to a good level on Naturethroid, taking 2 grains in total in the morning and afternoon. I took on a new job as I was better but since then, which is only 3 weeks ago things have spiralled downwards.

I presume it's the anxiety of the new job, but I'm not sleeping, feel butterflies and tension in the night but not so much in the day. Mentally I feel I can handle the job but my body is sending all these signals that it doesn't like it. It's like an over reaction to stress...if that makes sense? Jittery, adrenaline racing brain at night. Has anyone experienced anything similar? Did it subside? I thought this was the first step to getting my life back. It's so dispiriting.

Any thoughts? All vits are good.

Thanks

M

[Aurealis]

You could try early morning exercise if you’re not already doing this. Better than trying a dose change at this time. But the extra exertion of the new job might result in you needing a bit of a higher dose. However you are on quite a high dose so perhaps levels are a bit high. Can you get a test done?

[shaws Administrator]

I am sorry you are having problems. The followng is from a doctor who was also an Adviser to TUK before his untimely death. All of the questions/answers are informative but the date of January 30, 2002 might be helpful for you.

web.archive.org/web/2010103...

[shaws Administrator]

You could need a rise in your dose. Taking a particular dose doesn't always mean that a person doesn't need an adjustment at times. This is an excerpt from the following link:-

OPTIMAL IMPROVEMENT WITH THYROID HORMONE THERAPY

To get optimal improvement with thyroid hormone, the patient

should follow two rules. First, she should not permit her doctor to adjust her dosage according to lab thyroid test results. TSH and thyroid hormone levels have nothing whatever to do with making correct decisions about safe and effective doses of thyroid hormone.

Using the results of thyroid tests to adjust a patient’s

dose is likely to sabotage the patient’s effort to recover from her

symptoms of hypothyroidism or thyroid hormone resistance.

Second, the patient should enlist her doctor’s assistance in ad-

justing the hormone dose according to changes in her symptoms

due to the last dosage increase. The patient should monitor for changes in her symptoms using the method we describe below and in Chapter 3. The patient’s doctor can help her by monitoring how she’s responding in other ways (see section below titled “TissueResponses to Thyroid Hormone that Your Therapist or Doctor Can Monitor”).

web.archive.org/web/2010112...

web.archive.org/web/2010103...

nebula.wsimg.com/b822d36efe...

The above is three chapters from a book which Dr Lowe (deceased) wrote. He was also an Adviser to TUK.