Unwell

[Dawney63]

I had my bloods done last Tuesday I'm still waiting for the results.I forgot to take my levo for 2 days last week ( had a lot going on) started it again last Wednesday, early hours of Thursday morning I woke feeling very dizzy the room was spinning, the night after my blood pressure increased, I took my blood pressure tablet ( I don't take them every day mainly because I think its a thyroid thing) blood pressure went to 181/120 last night, had very bad headache.

I have asked my GP to call me.

I feel very unwell would this all be thyroid related? should I take the blood pressure pills every day ?

Thanks

[arTistapple]

Dawney I have made similar mistakes. Please don’t change any more than one thing at a time and monitor for a while before making any other changes. Sometimes it can take literally weeks before you become aware that things just aren’t right and by then you could have made yet another change and not know which is the problem. This very much includes your HBP medicine.

[Dawney63 in reply to arTistapple]

Do I need to take my high blood pressure medication or is the high blood pressure related to my thyroid issues ?If I get the thyroid in the right range would that solve the high blood pressure and high cholesterol issues ?

Thanks

[arTistapple in reply to Dawney63]

I am pretty sure our thyroid condition does have a very big hand in our HBP issues and cholesterol levels. I think it is part of the picture of Co-morbidities related to our hypo state. However the body (especially hypothyroid bodies) I think, can be very sensitive to changes perse. Hence why so many people have problems with their thyroid meds. NOW I take more care because I know fine my thyroid meds are not optimal. NOW if I am thinking along the lines of reducing/stopping HBP medicines, my thyroid has to be stable before attempting such a radical step. In medical circles HBP medication is thought of as similar to thyroid medication in that, once you are on it, it’s considered lifelong. I am still open to thinking that might not be the case but whilst my thyroid meds are not optimal I won’t be messing around again with my HBP medication until I am sure I (might) no longer need it.

Maybe I have been undiagnosed hypo for too long and on HBP meds for too long. The damage may be irreversible for me.

Irregular use is possibly even worse, as the body is constantly having to re-adapt. Something again many hypothyroids have issues with.

It’s very important to get our thyroid meds right first (IMHO) and messing with any other medication (apart from removing statins maybe) we perhaps should leave well alone until we are properly settled on thyroid meds.

I would certainly like to get off my HBP medication but it’s a small price to pay if I don’t, because I don’t want any symptoms I can avoid.

My cholesterol has reduced markedly since starting my thyroid meds but I definitely still need my HBP meds.

[Dawney63 in reply to arTistapple]

Thank you

[Hidden]

@arTistapple's advice of changing one thing at a time is good - it's easy to get in a muddle and not knowing what's doing what when making multiple changes.

I'm not a doctor and would be very hesitant to give medication advice. Speaking to your GP is the sensible thing to do, but with regards your high blood pressure I wouldn't mess around with that and would take the medication, personally. You say you think it's a 'thyroid thing' but I'm not sure that that's the case unless you're very over medicated and having hyperthyroidism symptoms as a result. I'm guessing that you'd notice if that were the case - you'd be feeling jittery and pepped up, probably losing weight etc.

It's not ideal, of course, to not be consistent with your thyroid meds but Levo is very slow acting - I think of it as turning a huge container ship around. This is true when raising or lowering a dose and I don't think you'd notice missing two days, or at least I wouldn't. Everyone is different though.

[Dawney63 in reply to Hidden]

Thank-you It feels like my GP isn't really listening to what I'm saying.

[Hidden in reply to Dawney63]

Sorry to hear that - it's very frustrating when you feel like that