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?