Post Partum Thyroiditis - Help Please...

[Guest guest]

I am new to this group and just wondering if anyone can give me any

information on this.

I am 36 years old and had my first baby 4 and a half months ago and

have been feeling unwell for about 2 and a half months now.

Some initial blood tests revealed that I was low in ferritin,

however my thyroid function tests went 'AWOL'. Last week I went to

A & E as I had been feeling particularly unwell and my heart felt like

it was pounding out of my chest and I felt dizzy (which have been

symptoms of mine for the past couple of months). My blood pressure

was 165/95, an ECG showed I had tachycardia (I previously had an ECG

which showed this, but doctor did not seem concerned) with heart

rate 105 bpm. Chest x-ray clear and blood tests were all 'normal'.

Other symptoms I have had are bad headaches, tingling arms and legs

and sometimes head. I feel nervous and 'on edge' quite a lot of the

time and find it difficult to relax. My hair has started to fall

out also about 6 weeks ago, about a handful a day although that does

seem to have slowed down a little.

I am now waiting for results of thyroid function tests which I had

carried out at the beginning of this week, but I have been

absolutely fretting about this for weeks now - at times I have

really thought that there has been something seriously wrong with me.

I would truly appreciate any help, advice.

Many Thanks

[Guest guest]

Sounds like you're hyperT. I had all those symptoms about 6 months past my

son's birth, plus a couple more. If it resolves or becomes hypoT, then it's

post-partum. If you stay with these symptoms, you probably are hyperT. The

endo I saw at 8 months past the birth was pretty sure it was regular hyperT,

which can be precipated by pregnancy, rather than post-partum and he was

right.

Take a look at the ithyroid.com site for some ideas about supplements while

you wait for the reappearance of your thyroid results.

Good luck! Let us know how things are going.

Nissa

Post Partum Thyroiditis - Help Please...

>I am new to this group and just wondering if anyone can give me any

>information on this.

>

>I am 36 years old and had my first baby 4 and a half months ago and

>have been feeling unwell for about 2 and a half months now.

>

>Some initial blood tests revealed that I was low in ferritin,

>however my thyroid function tests went 'AWOL'. Last week I went to

>A & E as I had been feeling particularly unwell and my heart felt like

>it was pounding out of my chest and I felt dizzy (which have been

>symptoms of mine for the past couple of months). My blood pressure

>was 165/95, an ECG showed I had tachycardia (I previously had an ECG

>which showed this, but doctor did not seem concerned) with heart

>rate 105 bpm. Chest x-ray clear and blood tests were all 'normal'.

>

>Other symptoms I have had are bad headaches, tingling arms and legs

>and sometimes head. I feel nervous and 'on edge' quite a lot of the

>time and find it difficult to relax. My hair has started to fall

>out also about 6 weeks ago, about a handful a day although that does

>seem to have slowed down a little.

>

>I am now waiting for results of thyroid function tests which I had

>carried out at the beginning of this week, but I have been

>absolutely fretting about this for weeks now - at times I have

>really thought that there has been something seriously wrong with me.

>

>I would truly appreciate any help, advice.

>

>Many Thanks

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