Glands :: Thyroid Medication Forever?
Oct 23, 2013
my TSH level is 6.3, does that mean have to take medication forever? this is the first time it came this high.
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Oct 23, 2013
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Hypothyroidism At 14 - Levothyroxine Forever
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View 3 RepliesHyperthyroidism :: Experiencing Symptoms Despite Medication And Normal Bloodworks?
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I am hoping someone can calm me I am new to the forums and new to hyperthyroidism. I have been on medication for 2,5 months and mostly feel just fine, but in the early mornings, from about 05 am, I feel symptoms, which wake me up- heart racing, feeling anxious, a little shaky, preventing me from going back to sleep. It seems to peak at about 07.30 am, and then gradually lessens until it is completely gone at about 09-10 am. But during my period and ovulation and also if I have not slept well (I suffer from insomnia) it seems to linger somewhat longer, sometimes through the afternoon or even the entire day.And this scares me, because I am medicated and my bloodworks say I'm within normal range.
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The doctor who said I cannot be experiencing symptoms suggested it is mental anxiety, but that just does not match what I am experiencing, because if I get anxious about something, there is always a trigger that will get my mind going and then my body follows. But this is right opposite- it is my body that starts going and then my mind follows. It feels just like the symptoms I had before I was diagnosed and got treatment, it does not feel like getting anxious about something, it starts in my body, not my mind.
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Does anyone on this board have any experience with successfully dissolving or at least reducing the nodules/cysts?