Re: Can You Be Both Hypothyroid and Hyperthyroid? (Dysautonomia)

[Guest guest]

I'm sitting here sort of thinking the same thing. I had to fight to get what I

got - the synthroid. after years and years - and even with that, I wasn't fully

diagnosed, and I was 'ignored' and my symptoms were ignored. like, I believe, a

lot of us were.

Cris

Re: Can You Be Both Hypothyroid and

Hyperthyroid? (Dysautonomia)

> Imbalances in the autonomic nervous system - known as

>DYSAUTONOMIA - are more common in autoimmune thyroid disease. In

>dysautonomia, the sympathetic system - part of the autonomic

>nervous system that controls the body's " fight or flight "

>reactions - becomes unbalanced. Symptoms of dysautonomia can

>include anxiety attacks and rapid heartbeat, among many other

>symptoms.

When I was diagnosed with hypothyroid, I had highly debilitating

reactions to any kind of exercise, which included a high pounding

heartrate that never went down, profuse sweating when I laid down,

feeling excessively HOT, and fatigue so profound that it was

sickening.

The above continued even on T4-only meds.

It got so bad that even sanding on a hand held wood project gave me

the same debilitating symptoms.

And GUESS who diagnosed it??? ME. Not ONE doc identified what was

going on with me, and I went to MANY over the years. I DIAGNOSED

myself. It still ticks me off when I think of all those miserable,

miserable years........

And when I switched to Armour, it stopped. COMPLETELY.

Janie

[Guest guest]

I wonder if I'll be able to tolerate exercise once I get regulated on armour...

lots of things to wonder here!! my Rhematologists answer to everything, is to

exercise.

CRis

Re: Can You Be Both Hypothyroid and

Hyperthyroid? (Dysautonomia)

I have noticed before that even Shoman can have bad

information. I just read the article more closely, and she

recommends that exercise can help Dysautonomia: " One of the best

treatments for dysautonomia symptoms is regular physical exercise,

which calms down and regulates the autonomic nervous system. "

No.

I have been there. I have experienced it. If a hypothyroid patient

on T4-only meds gets Dysautonomic symptoms, exercise induces it!!

Why?? Because of the inadequacy of T4-only meds. It was ONLY when I

got adequate and direct T3 in my system did my severe autonomic

reaction to exercise stop.

Janie

[Guest guest]

I can't run around the block either.

Besides protesting heart, my fibro-symptoms increase with exercise.

, it's a vicious cicle with the cortisol, isn't it?

Janie gives me hope.

Kim.

> I do know that aerobic exercise (like jogging long distance)

increases the cortisol grossly. My question about this is that, if

there wasn't enough cortisol there already, wouldn't it help bring

on some of these symptoms, plus, the inability of either hormonal

system (thyroid included) to keep up the pace with that type of

exercise. I was a 5 mile a day runner up until around 5 yrs ago. I

did it with ease. Now I don't think I could run around the block.

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> Re: Can You Be Both

Hypothyroid and Hyperthyroid? (Dysautonomia)

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> > Imbalances in the autonomic nervous system - known as

> >DYSAUTONOMIA - are more common in autoimmune thyroid disease.

In

> >dysautonomia, the sympathetic system - part of the autonomic

> >nervous system that controls the body's " fight or flight "

> >reactions - becomes unbalanced. Symptoms of dysautonomia can

> >include anxiety attacks and rapid heartbeat, among many other

> >symptoms.

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> When I was diagnosed with hypothyroid, I had highly debilitating

> reactions to any kind of exercise, which included a high

pounding

> heartrate that never went down, profuse sweating when I laid

down,

> feeling excessively HOT, and fatigue so profound that it was

> sickening.

>

> The above continued even on T4-only meds.

>

> It got so bad that even sanding on a hand held wood project gave

me

> the same debilitating symptoms.

>

> And GUESS who diagnosed it??? ME. Not ONE doc identified what

was

> going on with me, and I went to MANY over the years. I DIAGNOSED

> myself. It still ticks me off when I think of all those

miserable,

> miserable years........

>

> And when I switched to Armour, it stopped. COMPLETELY.

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> Janie

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