I'm going to try and cut a long story short. (Apologies, just noticed - this is a long post!) hope somebody could give me some advice and reassure me as I'm quite concerned and do suffer from a bit of health anxiety.
In 2011 I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism. For around 5 years I was feeling good on the dosage I was on. In 2019, I decided to embark on a very intense exercise programme and had an awful flare up. At the time, I didn't understand what was happening. Had all the classic symptoms of Hashimotos (which I am 99.9% I have - waiting for a private bloodtest to confirm). Blood test confirmed that I was low during this time, and higher dose was needed. Fast forward to end of 2021, lots of things were happening during this time in my life - as a family we were preparing to move abroad and there was a lot of stress involved. I started to experience extreme fatigue and generally feeling unwell. I also noticed during this particular flare up that I was experiencing a strange discomfort (not pain) high up in my abdomen - just under my ribs. The only way I can describe this feeling is food that just can't break down - or a big ball of gas. I tried everything to relive it but it wouldn't go. It wasn't constant however, and when I was distracted it wouldn't bother me. During that time I was experiencing blood in my stool and itchy lumps so I was very worried. A blood test later confirmed that I was low again, and although I was booked in for a flexible sigmoidoscopy, with the higher dosage everything settled down and the doctor felt around down there and said no lumps could be felt.
We moved abroad and everything was fine, but unfortunately my partner and I split and I moved back to the UK. The cold weather and all the stress of the break up led to a horrible flare up again, with the same stomach issues. It was extremely difficult for me to get an appointment due to the run up to Christmas so I upped the dosage myself and started to feel well again. A blood test one month later confirmed everything was fine, so I knew the higher dose was needed. Another month later, and I started to have another flare up again. The stomach issues returned along with extreme fatigue, tremors and I felt that I had been hit my a bus. I upped my meds by 25mcg and the stomach issues resided. The next day, they came back. It has been like this for about two weeks now, and last weekend I felt so ill I couldn't get out of bed. I'm very confused and don't know what to do. I am now on 150mcg and the stomach issues are still there, along with a bit of pain in my hands.
I rang the doctors last week and have an appointment for Saturday but I am unsure if that is with the doctor or nurse.
For full disclosure, I had my gallstones when I was 15 and underwent surgery so it's not gallbladder related. The stomach issues are never isolated and always occur with other symtoms.
I don't know what to do at this point. I am just very worried about my stomach and whether it's something more sinister than hashimotos/thyroid related.