Hi All,
firstly, I am referred to endocrinology through my GP as of last week for possible thyroid issues.
for the past year or so, I have been suffering with exhaustion and just not feeling 100%. This coincided with having Covid 3 times in the space of 6 months.
went for blood tests on 2-3 occasions over the year and all showed TSH level to be the very bottom end of range and once it was .02 out of the bottom range.
I also had a medichecks thyroid panel done which showed elevated TPO antibodies
I gained around 2 stones ish seemingly quite quickly around this time too - but I put this down to being on citalopram and maybe my age (nearly 40 female). I’ve tried quite hard since aug to lose weight, which I have (around 1.5 stone) but still an away to go & it was quite hard to lose!
just after Xmas, I started to suffer with an IBS type episode - pain below belly button, lots of excess gas, painful trapped gas, more bowel movements (not necessarily diarrhea though?), this developed into more gastritis/ reflux type symptoms with lots of rumbling, bloating, sour stomach type feelings - it was so strange it was like I needed to eat but the hollow empty feeling in my stomach made me lose my appetite. Very fatigued and I noticed my mental state starting to suffer - I had these feelings of impending doom; go to hospital now, lots of obsessive googling about IBS / gastritis. Weak feeling in legs occasionally
this all led to going to GP for tests - all looked ok apart from slightly elevated WBC and see thyroid results attached. GP prescribed carbimazole to take 3 x 5mg per day
since the results, I have completely spiralled mentally, and physically. I haven’t left the house for a week and a half; I feel so unwell like I could collapse at any second. Weak feelings in legs. The worst anxiety I have ever experienced in my whole life. The past couple of nights when trying to sleep, I’ve had the worst adrenaline rush when trying to drift off, making my heart pound. Last night I must have drifted off, and it woke me so violently out of my sleep I thought it was a problem with my heart and called an ambulance. All looked ok by the paramedics checks but the sleep thing has really really scared me - it felt so violent and awful. It’s happening any time I drift off - rush, tingling feeling in arms and legs heart pounds and sweating.
please can anybody offer any advice or similar experiences on what to do next. I am really really struggling particularly with the mental aspect and the fatigue.
apologies for the huge wall of text!