Hypoglycemia in hypothyroidism
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Anyone have any suggestions on how to rid my hypoglycemia. Its gotten so bad! Oh and I got my thyroid removed in 2003. I only have 10% left and am 27/F
I just got my blood work done yesterday. Below are the results.
T3,free: 2.9
T4 free: 0.43 (low)
T3 total: 122
Tsh: 1.
I am a 41 year old female that has hypothyroidism and hypoglycemia and am trying to lose some weight, about 10 to 15 pounds. I take meds for my thyroid, watch what I eat and exercise 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hrs a day 5 times a week. I've tried following a low blood sugar diet and was able to lose about 4-5 lbs the first week, but for the next 5 weeks I lost nothing. This last week I went off the diet slightly and gained 2-3 lbs. back. Am I eating the wrong things?
You need to get examined to rule out a few things such as low blood pressure, postural hypotension (fall in blood pressure, cervical spinal nerve compression, hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), severe anemia, an underactive thyroid (called hypothyroidism), overactive thyroid (called hyperthyroidism), adrenal insufficiency (called Addison's disease), GERD or gastric reflux, and internal ear infections.
Do discuss this with your doctor and get yourself examined. Take care!
In the past I have been told I have Reactive Hypoglycemia because I get nausea if I do not eat every 3 or 4 hours and I get headaches, sweating, dizziness, etc. that goes away if I eat. I recently moved and am having trouble finding a doctor because all of the doctors I have seen so far say it is normal for people to have nausea when they wake up.
My fasting insulin results are 5 uIU/mL. My glucose numbers peak in 45 minutes at 120 mg/dL and then drop although they rarely go below 65 mg/dL.
It started with difficuly breathing and tight chest and has now grown to random diziness, excessive fatigue, bouts where I feel like I might faint and just strange sensations, random moments of numbness in my hands or feet, cold spells, hair loss, and now reoccurant headaches with blurred vision...They come and go very randomly. I could be fine one moment and then get one of these strange things another moment.
What was rather interesting where the cold, sweaty palms. In all of the literature about hypothyroidism, I never read anything about those symptoms, yet my doc said I had it. OF course, since then, I've developed more worries which keep me occupied. Hypothyroidism is mysterious to me, as I don't truly feel the symps; the dont fully match up with what I read on wikipedia or medhelp references.
I also have hypothyroidism. I had 90% of my thyroid removed in 2003. I am currently taking Nature Throid 65 mcg and Cytomel 5mg
Any advice or suggestions would be amazing. I have spent countless hours researching, I just want to give up trying to figure this out myself. I really wish a doc would figure out why this is happening. I ended up in the ER last monday morning because of my dizzy spells. Its ruining my life!
This type of hypoglycemia does not lead to diabetes.
Does anyone get just awful stress/anxiety and hypoglycemia symptoms from your thryoid problem? Or could it be adrenal?
I wake up so light headed (I do take 15 mg Dalmane - sometimes 30 mg). But right now if I don't get up in the middle of night and eat something, feels like my blood sugar is off even with numbers in the 70s. I am having a hard time figuring out whether to wait until I see my endo again, or go to my internist.
I am worried that he has some underlying problem that may be connected to his hypothyroidism or hypoglycemia and recently I found out that levothroid can cause serious side effects like chest pains. What should we do? Do we get a second opinion? Do we insist on a stress test (which wasn't performed in the hospital) Should we have them check his glucose levels (I have checked them here at home because sometimes he starts feeling "doped up" and dizzy so I check the levels here).
In early November, I started having shakes, an enormous amount of fatigue, headaches, dizziness, some eye strain, and occassional bouts where I feel like I was going to pass out. My internist gave me a glucose tolerance test and found that at hour 3, my blood sugar was around 48. So he diagnosed me with reactive hypoglycemia.
I have been managing it with diet for the past month or so, and for the most part, I feel better. I still have some of the same symptoms, just less often.
Another potential reason why hypoglycemia is more common in people with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is because thyroid hormone impacts the liver, and a compromised liver can lead to the development of hypoglycemia. Excess glucose is stored in the liver, and so if the liver isn’t functioning properly then the storage of glucose might be affected.
You need to get examined to rule out a few things such as low blood pressure, postural hypotension, cervical spinal nerve compression, hypoglycemia, severe anemia, an underactive thyroid (called hypothyroidism), overactive thyroid (called hyperthyroidism), adrenal insufficiency (called Addison's disease), GERD, and internal ear infections.
Please consult your PCP for primary examination followed by proper referral. Take care!
hypothyroidism is known for having hypoglycemia so yeah i would say that alcohol will be very bad for hypothyroid patients as it probably could cause a coma so be careful and speak to your doctor about it before going overboard
My wife had a crainiotomy to remove and optic chiasm meningioma about a year ago. She is still fighting hypothyroidism due to the fact that the tumor was pressing on her pituitary gland. Since synthroid hasn't helped we recently went to a doctor that has prescribed armour thyroid. Any comments? Any negative reaction we should look for or expect? Thanks.
skin, vaginal or systemic? Only systemic or fungal infection in blood can lower your blood pressure. Skin and vaginal yeast infection is cured by local application of antifungal creams (separate for skin and vagina) and systemic infection is cured by oral tablets. You may need to take the tablets for skin and vaginal infection too.
Dehydration, certain medications, heart problems, untreated diabetes, and nervous system disorders can all cause hypotension or low blood pressure.
All these cause dizziness when you get up from lying down position or when you change position that results in a change in the level of your head. Cervical spondylitis and ear problems also cause dizziness on changing the position of the neck. Cervical spondylitis can also cause pins and tingling.
Other causes are anemia, claustrophobia, GERD, hypoglycemia or low sugar and some endocrine problems.
The symptoms can be due to acidity with H. pylori infection, hypothyroidism, hypoglycemia, low iron, or due to hormonal imbalance of PCOD.
Since she has temperature fluctuations the first things to be ruled out are thyroid disorders, adrenal gland problems, anemia, diabetes, hypoglycemia, liver diseases, low Vit B12, and vasovagal attacks.
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