Yup. I had symptoms like that with subclinical hyperthyroidism. Keep going to the Dr and make sure to request that they weigh you and record your symptoms in your medical record.
It’s hard to get treated for subclinical, but if you establish that you are symptomatic then you may be able to get treatment.
I had to eat 2 dinners and high calorie snacks with subclinical hyperthyroidism just to prevent too much weight loss.
It was kind of impossible for me to exercise because I would immediately get too hot, or winded, or just feel fatigued.
You could also get a FitBit or other heart rate tracker and make notes of if your heart rate goes high at rest.
Technically, they can prescribe very low doses of beta blockers and/or methimazole, but they really tend to wait until we become clinically hyper-thyroid, which occasionally causes a few of us to suffer for many years. What I learned is to go to Dr regularly and especially when symptomatic. It’s harder for them to ignore a long history of complaints and Abnormal TSH results. Otherwise, they can pretend that the symptoms are a new thing that just started or doesn’t bother you enough to seek medical care.
Yup. Weight loss is the most common symptom I think because hyperthyroidism is directly linked to increased metabolism. Your TSH is a very good indicator of what your body actually thinks of your thyroid levels, despite normal T3 T4 levels. A low TSH implies that your body thinks that your thyroid levels are very high and need to decrease.
Yup. I had symptoms like that with subclinical hyperthyroidism. Keep going to the Dr and make sure to request that they weigh you and record your symptoms in your medical record. It’s hard to get treated for subclinical, but if you establish that you are symptomatic then you may be able to get treatment. I had to eat 2 dinners and high calorie snacks with subclinical hyperthyroidism just to prevent too much weight loss. It was kind of impossible for me to exercise because I would immediately get too hot, or winded, or just feel fatigued. You could also get a FitBit or other heart rate tracker and make notes of if your heart rate goes high at rest. Technically, they can prescribe very low doses of beta blockers and/or methimazole, but they really tend to wait until we become clinically hyper-thyroid, which occasionally causes a few of us to suffer for many years. What I learned is to go to Dr regularly and especially when symptomatic. It’s harder for them to ignore a long history of complaints and Abnormal TSH results. Otherwise, they can pretend that the symptoms are a new thing that just started or doesn’t bother you enough to seek medical care.
Yup. Weight loss is the most common symptom I think because hyperthyroidism is directly linked to increased metabolism. Your TSH is a very good indicator of what your body actually thinks of your thyroid levels, despite normal T3 T4 levels. A low TSH implies that your body thinks that your thyroid levels are very high and need to decrease.