Hello guys, nice to be here.
I have a huge problem I can't wrap my head around.
short version:
At the end of january I took only 100 mcg of selenium yeast to boost my thyroid a little, since my country is rather low in selenium.
So I took it at lunch. And felt great the whole day. Energy/talkative etc. But the very first night I noticed that it has gone wrong (again). i couldn't fall asleep until 3 in the night. The next 6 days were similar. Only 3 days after, my pharyngal got red and swollen. Doctor got me two prednisone (cortisone) pills and it was back to normal. But a slightly swelling returned. And stayed with me for the last 3 Month. On some days i couldn't really feel it. On other days it feels like I am sick, even though I am pretty sure that I don't have an infection (no green/yellow spit etc.)
I kinda feel sick since then. I had my thyroid checked mid february: TSH 2,5 / CRP 0,06 (<0,5) / Thyroid antibodies well within range. (He was too greedy to check for thyroid levels)
Got another test in early april: TSH 1,6 / CRP 0,07 / Thyroid antibodies well within range.
Well I feel ***t. I feel weak in my legs. My pharyngal is annoying. I have spikes in resting pulse and blood pressure. sometimes the pulse is as high as 100 (I think 70 was normal for me). Most of the time it's pressing against the 80 mark. Since 3 days it's more like 85. My systolic blood pressure is usually low, 100 - 110. Now it spikes to 140 sometimes.
I don't sweat most of the times. Instead I feel rather cold quite a lot. I don't have diarrhea but since 2 days stool is quite "soft".
Another big problem: Since 3 days I have an anxiety-like feeling.
i know stuff like being cold doesn't sound like hyperthyroidism but I really think this is my problem here. Notice how my TSH "improved" in ~45 days. Is it possible that some people are wsx more sensitive to thyroid hormones so they get symptoms even when they are still in (upper) range of thyroid hormones? Maybe because thyroid hormones stimulate the production of adrenaline/noradrenaline?
Also I want to add that there also seems to exist something like silent thyroiditis, which seems to be a light version of the subacute thyroiditis. Silent thyroiditis has no thyroid pain and I found a study with 5 people who had it and there crp was said to not be elevated.
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And unfortunately, I have a back story with sub acute thyroidism.
Last year january, I took 150 mcg selenium yeast for several days. i felt quite energetic and good, but my throat got swollen a little. So i though I maybe need some more Iodine. I bought some at the drugstore. 150 mcg. But what I only noticed afterwards: it was sodium-iodate, not iodide.
i got a very strange feeling where my thyroid was, which I never felt before. Not good. went to doctor:
TSH was 1,7 / CRP was 1,88 (<0,5). She said everything's fine, I just have a cold.
I cought a bad virus after and had very stressful time. In mid march last year, I had to go to the hospital with catostrophic inflammation markers and resting pulse of 110........
Nobody knows why sub acute thyroiditis (de Quervain) occurs, but you can read everywhere that a virus infection and severe stress is supposed to be the most probable cause. Well, I had both. And if it wasn't this, I suspected the iodate.
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And now I ****88 my health up so bad.....
Anybody got any ideas what is happening? I searched the whole web, forums and professional sources, I seem to be the only one on this planet that reacts badly to one small anount of selenium one time.
I have a huge problem I can't wrap my head around.
short version:
At the end of january I took only 100 mcg of selenium yeast to boost my thyroid a little, since my country is rather low in selenium.
So I took it at lunch. And felt great the whole day. Energy/talkative etc. But the very first night I noticed that it has gone wrong (again). i couldn't fall asleep until 3 in the night. The next 6 days were similar. Only 3 days after, my pharyngal got red and swollen. Doctor got me two prednisone (cortisone) pills and it was back to normal. But a slightly swelling returned. And stayed with me for the last 3 Month. On some days i couldn't really feel it. On other days it feels like I am sick, even though I am pretty sure that I don't have an infection (no green/yellow spit etc.)
I kinda feel sick since then. I had my thyroid checked mid february: TSH 2,5 / CRP 0,06 (<0,5) / Thyroid antibodies well within range. (He was too greedy to check for thyroid levels)
Got another test in early april: TSH 1,6 / CRP 0,07 / Thyroid antibodies well within range.
Well I feel ***t. I feel weak in my legs. My pharyngal is annoying. I have spikes in resting pulse and blood pressure. sometimes the pulse is as high as 100 (I think 70 was normal for me). Most of the time it's pressing against the 80 mark. Since 3 days it's more like 85. My systolic blood pressure is usually low, 100 - 110. Now it spikes to 140 sometimes.
I don't sweat most of the times. Instead I feel rather cold quite a lot. I don't have diarrhea but since 2 days stool is quite "soft".
Another big problem: Since 3 days I have an anxiety-like feeling.
i know stuff like being cold doesn't sound like hyperthyroidism but I really think this is my problem here. Notice how my TSH "improved" in ~45 days. Is it possible that some people are wsx more sensitive to thyroid hormones so they get symptoms even when they are still in (upper) range of thyroid hormones? Maybe because thyroid hormones stimulate the production of adrenaline/noradrenaline?
Also I want to add that there also seems to exist something like silent thyroiditis, which seems to be a light version of the subacute thyroiditis. Silent thyroiditis has no thyroid pain and I found a study with 5 people who had it and there crp was said to not be elevated.
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And unfortunately, I have a back story with sub acute thyroidism.
Last year january, I took 150 mcg selenium yeast for several days. i felt quite energetic and good, but my throat got swollen a little. So i though I maybe need some more Iodine. I bought some at the drugstore. 150 mcg. But what I only noticed afterwards: it was sodium-iodate, not iodide.
i got a very strange feeling where my thyroid was, which I never felt before. Not good. went to doctor:
TSH was 1,7 / CRP was 1,88 (<0,5). She said everything's fine, I just have a cold.
I cought a bad virus after and had very stressful time. In mid march last year, I had to go to the hospital with catostrophic inflammation markers and resting pulse of 110........
Nobody knows why sub acute thyroiditis (de Quervain) occurs, but you can read everywhere that a virus infection and severe stress is supposed to be the most probable cause. Well, I had both. And if it wasn't this, I suspected the iodate.
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And now I ****88 my health up so bad.....
Anybody got any ideas what is happening? I searched the whole web, forums and professional sources, I seem to be the only one on this planet that reacts badly to one small anount of selenium one time.
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