Thyroid and sweating

[Mlinde]

Is my thyroid the cause of intense, but very short-lived, sweating or is it just another effect of my extreme anxiety? I mean short-lived, like 1 minute. I sweat all over and then its gone! It's really bizarre.

[Gingernut44]

Well, if you weren’t male, I’d say you were menopausal 😱 Have you had your sex hormones checked? Just a thought. Hopefully, someone more knowledgeable will come along with suggestions.

[Mlinde in reply to Gingernut44]

Ha!!! Yes, who knows? Maybe I should get my sex hormones checked but menopausal? That'll be a first, 'cept I'm way past that time (76). My own feeling is still anxiety as the cause but hey, that's why I asked here given the vast range of symptoms people get when their thyroid goes rogue.

[Gingernut44 in reply to Mlinde]

It could be your thyroid levels. Looking at your last post, it seems your TSH is too high and no FT4 and/or FT3 results. I would say your first step would be to get a private blood test done - Monitor My Health is cheapest for TSH/FT4/FT3. If you suspect anxiety, I believe that can be due to under medication.

[Mlinde]

Oh yes, the levels are all over the place! My last GP test was a farce, with ALL the important levels completely missing, in spite of the fact that the GP made sure that testing T3 was done, never mind the rest! It wasn't. I've already had one private test but it was back in August, I'm doing another one tomorrow via Blue Horizon. Never heard of Monitor my Health.

[Gingernut44 in reply to Mlinde]

Take a look on the main thyroiduk.org website. All private tests are listed together with discounts.

[Mlinde in reply to Gingernut44]

I noted above that I'm using Blue horizon, the one before, I used Medicheck. The cheapo one £29, only gives TSH, T3 and T4, which is why it's 'cheap' I assume. Blue Horizon Silver is £62 with the discount, not cheap but the NHS version is absolutely useless, if you can get it.

[FancyPants54 in reply to Mlinde]

But for regular monitoring when increasing doses the basic 3 test from Monitor my Health is great because it gives you what you need and it's run by an NHS lab so GPs can't diss it so easily. I use them, and then Medichecks if I need more testing.

[Mlinde in reply to FancyPants54]

Makes sense. But I've given up on doing anything connected to my thyroid with my GP. If they won't deal with my condition properly, I won't deal with them. From now on, aside from my prescriptions for T4 etc, I'll take care of my own thyroid, thanks very much. The irony of the situation is the text on the NHS's Thyroid Page, goes to great lengths to tell us just how dangerous it can be but then deny you the correct treatment for it!!!

"Low levels of thyroid-producing hormones, such as triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), can change the way the body processes fat.

"This can cause high cholesterol and atherosclerosis (clogging of the arteries), which can potentially lead to serious heart-related problems, such as angina and a heart attack.

"Therefore, you should see a GP and ask for a blood test if you repeatedly have symptoms of an underactive thyroid." (my emph.)

Even my GP when I did see her, realized that my heart problems were more than likely connected my untreated hypothyroidism as I get high blood pressure and narrowing of the arteries, which are directly connected to an underactive thyroid, the NHS says so. So the only way I get 'treated' is when I have a heart attack, then I'm assaulted by a barrage of high technology! I don't smoke or drink, I have as healthy a diet as is possible in this poisoned land. Yet the NHS outright refuses to treat me properly! How stupid is that!

[FancyPants54 in reply to Mlinde]

I make a point of sending all my private blood test reports, endo and HRT doc letters etc to my GP "for my records" and so that he knows I'm doing my own thing in a responsible way. All I get from him is the Levo and HRT prescriptions as directed by the HRT doctor. If he fails to read the informative letters these specialists send and if he ignores my private tests that's his problem.

[Mlinde]

FancyPants54 ,

Actually it's very depressing that the medical profession has degenerated to that of just another business and of course doctors are caught up in it. What can they do? Take the excellent Dr Malcolm Kendrick who has done excellent work on heart disease, Statins etc and dared raise his head over the parapet over C19 and is getting hauled before the GMC! So obviously, it takes a very special doc to take a principled stand over issues.