Worried

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Hi Everyone

I am feeling worried and disheartened at the moment.

To recap I have just (day 2) increased from 2 grains Armour to 21/4.

I attempted to increase when I had been on 2 grains for 3 weeks and on day 3 I

had palpitations so I cut back and all settled down. so I have had about 4 1/2

weeks at 2 grains prior to this small increase.

I had a very busy and stressful day yesterday as my son took his first communion

and then we had a family party at my house afterwards for which I did all the

catering. I felt ok yesterday, a little tired at the end of the day but nothing

excessive.

I woke up reasonably early this morning (basal temp 36.6 am due a period though

and it is always higher this time of the month).

I have felt weird today, not shaky I just feel a little strange. My legs

especially my thighs feel tender and weak and I feel quite wobbly and weak, I

did wear high heels yesterday which I am not used to.

I decided to try and ignore these feelings and go shopping with my daughter but

only managed two shops and had to come home. I felt a little frightened and

panicky because my legs feel so heavy and i am aware of each step I am making

and just feel weak,as though i might collapse but I know I won't (does this make

any sense?).

well we came home and i fell asleep on the bed for a little while. I am

wondering if this is because yesterday was a busy day? are my legs feeling like

this because of wearing the heels and stretching muscles that aren't used to it?

Another thing that has been bothering me for about a week is my eyes feel

heavy, they feel a bit itchy and dry inside.

I'm not sure whether I am getting these symptoms becuase I have increased the

Armour too slowly and am not yet on enough, or if i need more adrenal support am

taking 1 NAE in the morning at the moment, my temperatures have picked up during

the day it was 36.8 when i checked it this afternoon and I also took a lying and

standing BP and the top figure rose from 118 to 149 which i think looks pretty

good.

I am due to go back to see Dr B soon and at the moment I don't think I can say I

am that much better on Armour than I was on the synthetic, but is this because i

am not yet at the level i need to be on?

I would welcome your advice or any reassurance, when I start to feel like this i

begin to imagine that there is something other than thyroid issues wrong with me

and get really anxious and worried.

Love Lizzie