Thanks for advice 👏🏻

[Aslangal]

A few weeks back I asked for advice re my Medichecks test and my medication dose. Sorry for delayed reply - building work going on and one day blurs into another 😂

My TSH was 3.92 from memory and I was on 150 mcgs of Levothyroxine. GP had advised I stay on same dose and review in 6 months. Several of you lovely people on here suggested I was under medicated. By coincidence, I had an Endo appt review that week and she agreed - increased my dose to 175mcgs. TSH now down to just over 1. So thanks for that advice 😉

On a down side, Endo said my resting heart rate was low - 60 bpm. It was a hot day and my hands were cold. She took her gloves off and felt again. Yep cold. I said I was always cold - surely that’s a side effect of hypothyroidism?? She mentioned bradycardia. And that ‘we should keep an eye on that’. 😧. And there’s me thinking that a resting heart rate of around 60 bpm was good!

Anyone else had this problem?

[tattybogle]

Bradycardia .. like coldness, is likely a direct result of (undertreated) hypothyroidism ,and should hopefully improve on higher dose LevoDetails in this post:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu.... gps-told-keep-tsh-0.5-2pmol-l-hypothyroidism-causes-raised-cholesterol-thyroid-disease-effects-on-heart-and-cardiovascular-system.

[Hay2016]

My resting is 55-57 and hands could freeze water. But as endo never asked she’s never said anything. Xx

[gabkad]

60 bpm isn't necessarily bradycardia. Have you got your data from previous encounters with doctors?

My normal resting heart rate is 60. After the fever from Covid went away I had two days of 50 bpm and that was both unpleasant and concerning. A bit of myocarditis for dessert?

'Bradycardia is a heart rate that's too slow. What's considered too slow can depend on your age and physical condition. Elderly people, for example, are more prone to bradycardia. In general, for adults, a resting heart rate of fewer than 60 beats per minute (BPM) qualifies as bradycardia. But there are exceptions.'

I'm always hot. Not that kind of hot. Can't be outside too much in the summer heat.

Everyone else is wearing a coat and I'm in a T shirt. Climate change might do me in.

So feeling cold and having a bpm of 60 aren't necessarily two things that go together.

Just sayin'.