Diagnosed With Hashimotos! Posted: 05-26-04 08:45am
I have been ill for 4 whole months. At
first, I had palpitations, a burning
feeling under the skin, excesssive
sweating, and extreme hunger. I was
eating a lot, but lost weight.
I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. I
was then sent for a thyroid scan with
radioactive iodine, but the gland would
not absorb the iodine. The morning of
the test, they had to inject it into my
arms to get the pictures they wanted.
My doctor refused to give me anti-thyroid
drugs. He said that hyperthroidism was
due to hashimotos syndrome and would
disappear. I went through 2 months - bed
ridden. Then as I began to feel less
severity of the symptoms, I was told my
tsh, t-4 and t-3, were now normal.
However, I still have the excessive
sweating and "burning up."
i went to an endocrinologist, that said I
did not have hashimotos, but subacute
thyroiditis. And now, I have gone hypo!
Very hypo, but I still have the symptoms
of someone with hyperthyroid. Can
someone help me?
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RealLady
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 3 Location: North Carolina
Hashimoto's Posted: 06-01-04 15:08pm
Hey vanillasky! I was just diagnosed with
hashimoto's after years of not knowing
what was wrong. I also was diagnosed 13
yrs. Prior with being hyper - yes, it can
be confusing. From what I have read, you
can be be hyper and then turn hypo. If
you don't like what your doctor is saying,
by all means, get a new one! The
endocrinologist I am seeing at least gives
me pretty straight forward answers. If I
have any doubt, I do research it on the
web just to make sure.
I hope everything turns out for you!
Reallady
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san54
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Location: Virginia
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Posted: 06-01-04 19:07pm
I have hashimoto's and I have an
underactive thyroid. Hashimotos is an
inflammation of the thyroid and it comes
and goes. I had a goiter (the thyroid
bulged out of the right side of my neck.
I had 2/3 of the thyroid removed because
of food stuffs in the thyroid and polps.
A year or so ago, I had a growth or
something in the middle, had a biopsy and
was told that the thyroid was so calcified
that they never saw anything like it, and
they also dxd me with hashimoto's.
Someone with hyper does not need the
thyroid hormone, but someone with hypo
does. I would keep after the endo to see
what can be done. Good luck.
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emmaxtera
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Maine
Posted: 06-10-04 12:59pm
Subacute thyroiditis is viral. It's
normal to be hyper and then go hypo,
however, it should stabalize itself at
some point. I was dx with subacute
thyroiditis a few years ago and was not
given any meds. My symptoms had
stabalized after several months. Good
luck.
