Posted by tbuddsixfour on April 12, 2008, at 21:39:57
In reply to Re: Endo said Anxiety is an Illness that must be treat » tbuddsixfour, posted by Phillipa on April 12, 2008, at 18:40:52
> Thanks for the response and we are twins in that I also have Hasimotos so you say you feel the best very low or hyperthyroid? So many say between l-2 is best. But I was told it is when you feel best. Did high give you high anxiety? Love Phillipa
I have never had hyperthyroid symptoms with my TSH being supressed. I had really bad anxiety (needed lots of xanax)when my TSH was higher. My TSH was actually never above 5. I also had extreme fatigue, brain fog, dry skin, severe depression and a laundry list of other hypo symptoms. I had just gone through a major life stress when my thyroid went to crap.
My p doc told me that anxiety and insomnia can also be from hypo, not just hyper. I think because the low thyroid hormone levels contribute to the depression, which breeds the anxiety and insomnia. I was on several different anti depressants and none of them did anything until the thyroid hormone was added. The combination of AD and Thyroid did the trick. I am now only taking a small amount of Zoloft for PMDD.
I can't say for sure how you would respond to more thyroid hormone, it might give you more hyper symptoms. Make sure you have your FreeT4 and FreeT3 levels tested. When those are in range, I feel good. That is what my doc and I go by because the TSH isn't all that reliable for someone with Hashi's.Below is a thyroid forum on about.com. I learned a ton from these folks! Good luck in your quest.
Tracy
http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&folderId=1&webtag=ab-thyroid&listmode=13
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