Problems with thyroid-advice gratefully received!

[Inapickle123]

Hi

I'm coming up for 28 weeks and have been feeling absolutely rotten for the past few days.

I've suffered from hypothyroidism since I was in my teens and my dosage has risen since falling pregnant, from 150mcg to 175 daily (when I remember to take it-I'm pretty useless that way!)

For the last three days or so, I've been feeling really awful; sore head, blurry/heavy eyes, ridiculously heavy legs when sleeping (but they're fine when after I walk around for a bit), heart palpitations when sitting, standing and walking and general bleughness.

I called my gp today because I don't want to be a pain and annoy consultant (I don't have a midwife yet as consultant led until 24 weeks) and I've to go in to get my thyroid checked tomorrow but its now 920 and, to be honest, I feel crap and am a little concerned that ill have to deal with this until the results come back, presumably next week.

Has anyone with thyroid issues experienced similar symptoms? If so, did you self-medicate upwards (just by 25mcg or so) until results came back? All I want to do is sleep but work cls!

Thanks

I would call your hospitals maternity ward. You are describing symptoms of pre eclampsia. Now it may well not be that but you don't want to take a chance.

FWIW I have hypothyroid and I didn't experience those symptoms.

Sorry, that should say call hospital asap

don't want to worry you but better safe than sorry!

Palpitations are actually a symptom of too much thyroxine not too little (and anyway are quite common in pregnancy) so please don't self medicate. And other than feeling crapness the other symptoms don't fit with low thyroid either. Get your test done tomorrow and wait on the thyroid front. Even if your dose is wrong it rakes a few weeks for a change to actually take effect so in real benefit to rushing things.

Bit surprised your consultant hasn't preordered regular bloods for you, I was given forms to go get blood taken with at 28 and 34 weeks...

You need to go in and get your BP and urine checked out as although it's unlikely headaches can be a sign of Pre-eclampsia.

I agree with everything the other posters have said - its best to talk it through with your GP and have everything else checked too. I'm on thyroxine too and haven't had those symptoms with this or the last pregnancy either (although its early days for this one).

I would say don't worry about being a pain with your consultant though, that's what they are there for. I would rather badger them 10 times for no reason, than not bother them once when it is really important - this is you and your baby here, no room for errors!

I spoke to my GP relatively early on and they are monitoring my thyroid levels now every 4 weeks throughout the pregnancy to make sure the levels are right - maybe this is something you could discuss with yours? (last time I ended up having to take 250mcg throughout the second half although they haven't gone above 175mcg so far this time).

Hope it all goes well. x