Anxiety/palpitations at night

[ElspethHayward]

I have Hashimtos and currently take 1.5 grains of Armour Thyroid. Has anyone else been woken up with the feeling of anxiety/palpitations - it lasts a few hours and it's hard to get back to sleep? I was wondering if I might be over/under medicated? I'm due another blood test in a couple of weeks.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Make sure to include vitamins tested

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .

If/when also on NDT make sure to take last half of daily dose 8-12 hours prior to test, even if this means adjusting time of 2nd dose day before test

Is this how you do your tests?

Private tests are available. Thousands on here forced to do this as NHS often refuses to test FT3 or antibodies

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

For thyroid including antibodies and vitamins

Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin or Blue Horizon Thyroid plus eleven are the most popular choice. DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw. Both companies often have special offers, Medichecks usually have offers on Thursdays, Blue Horizon its more random

If you can get GP to test vitamins and antibodies then cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3 £29 (via NHS private service )

monitormyhealth.org.uk/thyr...

[ElspethHayward in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks for your reply - I am going to have a Medichecks test and see what that reveals. I just wondered what experience others had had.

[Buddy195 Administrator]

I’ve had this, but it has subsided now thyroid medication & key vitamins more optimal. I would also recommend taking magnesium to aid a restful sleep.

[ElspethHayward in reply to Buddy195]

Thanks for your reply. I am already taking magnesium and it seems to help but not all the time. What was y our experience with vitamins that weren't optimum - if you don't mind me asking. Thanks.

[Buddy195 Administrator in reply to ElspethHayward]

When my folate & Levo dosage was low I had a racing heart, weird taste in my mouth & felt anxious all the time, like something terrible was about to happen. Improved D3/ K2 & B vitamins have helped reduce this. My latest goal is to get my ferritin higher in the range to see if my symptoms & energy levels further improve- humanbean has great advice on iron levels if you read her posts.

[humanbean]

Low iron and ferritin cause me heart problems and anxiety. I lose iron very quickly if I stop taking it, so having got it to a level that I'm happy with I have to also keep supplementing at a lower dosage just to maintain it where it is.

[ElspethHayward in reply to humanbean]

Thanks for your reply. I'm having a blood test in a couple of weeks so I'll see what that brings up.

[Batty1]

Are you taking any other medications? When I was on AT it reacted badly with Cymbalta even though I took them many hours apart (I took it for chronic pain for PSA)

[ElspethHayward in reply to Batty1]

thanks for your reply. I'm not taking any other meds. I'll have a blood test in a couple of weeks and see if that brings anything up.