From Hypo to Hyper

Anybody else out there gone from being Hypo to Hyper? My labs and my symptoms now show I am hyper after being hypo for years. My TSH is .001 but my antibodies and other tests were high. Any input?

If your antibodies are high, you might have Hashimoto's, and that causes hypo to hyper swings until it settles completely hypo before it completely shuts down the thyroid. At least, that's how my endo explained it to me.

grandma, I assume you're on beta blockers. I don't think you have to worry about permanent damage. The big question is if you need to decide on a treatment for the hyperthyroidism if the doctor won't have you wait a bit. Should you have to do so, please take time to make a fully informed decision as to what treatment you opt for. Good luck!
(Oh, I should introduce myself. I found HealingWell to get some input for another family member and thought I'd swing by the thyroid board, having been hyper myself.)

At the time my hyperthyroidism was diagnosed I urgently needed surgery, so had to go with the supposedly quickest way.

I had radioactive iodine treatment. It was quick, painless, and I didn't set off any radiation detectors. However, my levels were going down so slowly from their astronomical level that they put me on propylthiouricil to help block the hormone production. That worked, but it completely took away my sense of taste. I ended up after major surgery having trouble eating because everything just tasted nasty.

As soon as my levels got down to normal I stopped the PTU (ticked off my snooty endocrinologist), and then all was well, It did take a couple of years for my levels to completely stabilize, but I've been on the same dose of levothyroxine for years now.

I walked into the hospital, swallowed a pill with plenty of water, walked out, went home and shut myself in my room and stayed there a total of 5 days. Because I live with small children I had to distance myself from them for a total of 7 days. I could not sleep with my husband for 2 nights and I used a seperate bathroom from the rest of the household for those 5 nights. Except for not being able to get close and hold the little ones life resumed to normal after the 5 day confinement.
Monday night I go for my 6 month thyroid scan to make sure the therapy worked. I see the endo (with my blood work too) on Sept. 12. I had thyroid cancer and have malabsorption issues so I will be seeing alot of the endo.

All in all, I would say it was a fairly simple, easy process. Good luck

7 days? Whoa, I didn't think it would be that long! I thought it was more like 2. Guess I will see in the a.m. what they say. I think it depends on the level of radioactive iodine you get.

I am sending my teenaged boys to stay with my adult daughter across town for a few days. Hubby will be at work all day Friday and Sat. so I will kind of enjoy some alone time. I won't be seeing my grandbabies for a few days...sigh

My mom is worried about our 2 small dogs. I will ask in the morning to see what they say.

Hope I can sleep tonight....wait a minute...I never sleep much, so tonite probably won't be any different :)






Celiac Disease
Fibromyalgia
Thyroid Disease

Woke up this morning after RAI treatment yesterday a.m. and I have a temp of 100.5. I hurt all over. Any idea if this has anything to do with RAI. In all my research I haven't seen anything like this.

I have went from hypo to hyper back to hypo. I went in for a check up this week and I am supper hyper. Is this how everyone else started out? They have taken me off my medication for a week and lowering the dose which I start from a week from today, thank you.

TSH
5.21 high
.10 low
2.11 normal
3.23 Normal
.25 low

This is the test results for the last year. I just want to feel normal again.

I was taking synthroid 200 mcg
Right now I am hyper off all medication.
This happened yesterday.
My eye lashes are falling out
Heart beating wildly
Foggy
Grumpy
Sometimes I break out in a rash allergies?
Muscle weakness and muscle spasms
Joint pain
And water retention in other words I feel crudely and I won't even talk about the weight gain. I have always been small even with thyroid problems and now I am fat.

Thanks!

I started out hyper 20 years ago then hypo
It stayed stable and I was on a very high dose of synthoid between 175 to 200 this year it has been swinging. This part is new, except when I first started having problems. Hopefully after a week off medication and a new dose I will feel better. Thank you

Yes, just a few days ago. I learned that I have gone from hypo to hyper after 20 years. It seems my doctor has been over- medicating me. I started losing weight, couldn't sleep, heart palpitations, night sweats, nervous and more. My tsh is 0.048 and I am going for an ultrasound of my thyroid gland in a few days.