Diagnosed with Overactive Thyroid recently but had the symptoms for about a year. My question is I have a trembling feeling inside my body, but looking at me is not visible. My hands also have a tremor very noticible when I'm holding a hot drink.
I have my first appoinment at the Thyroid Clinic on Tuesday.
Yes, these are some of the symptoms
Signs of hyperthyroidism
If you have hyperthyroidism, you may notice some of the following physical signs:
a swelling in your neck caused by an enlarged thyroid gland (goitre)
irregular and/or unusually fast heart rate
a tremor (trembling or shaking)
warm, moist skin
redness on the palms of your hands
Thank you for your reply.
I have no swelling in my neck at all. My Ultra Sound only showed an increased blood supply.
Have you any idea regarding the tremor of my hands. I'm a very healthy 56 yr old female with a low BMI if this helps.
Hi Lyn
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I am not medically qualified but hand tremors are connected to hyper. Most probably will settle when you/your Endo decides on your treatment.
Hi
I get this quite a lot and thought it was just me I have an overactive thyroid. It is horrible and it is worse first thing in the morning but goes quickly when I take my cabrimazole. I know this is no help but sometimes it is good to know you are not alone.
Hope you sort it out.
Elayne
Hi As stated many causes. however when I was like this 2 separate good consultants ( good makes a big difference) said that it would be too much calcium, I had one " attack" when with my cardio, convenient Calcium must always be in range. I was not convinced but blood test proved them right. I had to stop all my vit D. I also had to have a specific am blood test for vit D, calcium and PTH ( parathyroid) at the same time. very important. neither GP I saw knew this,my endo had told me, If all tests high, may be Vit D just high for you but still low, then you need PTH ,and thyroid nuclear scans, CT and ultra sound. It is really important.
best wishes,
Jackie
I have a hand tremor which is interesting when on first aid duty at work giving medicine. I also have a leg tremor which is most noticeable when I keep my foot on the clutch in my car. I'm diagnosed with hypo but have no symptoms of hyper
Oh I get foot on the clutch tremor too Mrsmoon, wow I never had it before and just assumed it was due to the fact I haven't driven for nearly 2 years and am just venturing out again. I was diagnosed hypo nearly 2 years ago.
Thank you Mrsmoon & Dannia. Another question to all. My B12 was very low. I had 6 x B12 injections over 2 weeks and will continue 1 x 3 monthly. My
white cell count is also low. My memory has also been affected badly. At the beginning when I went to see my GP it was to discuss Alzheimers. Has anyone else had other symptoms?
My B12 was chronically low, I did have some injections but I found I could get more from tablets (I live in Bulgaria so it's harder to source some things)
I had to give up my teaching job due to forgetting the words I wanted, for example I would think of a word and I would know it was the wrong word, but for the life of me I couldn't remember the correct word.
Also I mix up sentences, I don't make sense a lot of the time, I don't hold attention from the people I talk to.
My brain fog meant I sat for hours staring into space, or at my computer reading things but not taking any of it in.
I don't have any of this since I added T3 to the T4, but now I'm on NDT completely and I don't have so much difficulty as I had. I'm not yet confident to go back to teaching though.
Hi Dannia,
Can you explain adding the T3 to the T4, can I do this as it seemed complicated when I read what it was, and what is NDT?
Although I'm overactive I still feel very tired. Up until the last year I've always been very active. I'm 57 and work full time. Weekends were always busy, but now I can't be bothered, I just do the minimum regarding housework washing ironing etc. Also how long does it take being on the Carbimazole to feel some benefit.
I was first diagnosed as hyper when I went to the doc after going to a meeting and I couldn't hold a cup of tea without it rattling in the saucer. After initial confusion because I said I had the shakes and he thought I meant a drink problem, I started on Carbimazole and it gradually went. Don't worry, it's quite common in hyperthyroidism and will almost certainly go quite quickly when you are treated.
Inner trembling/vibration
Inward Trembling etc.
Joint pain, body weakness and increase in body temperature 
