Question: I was diagnosed with thyroiditis over a year ago- after 8 months of excruciating anxiety, panic, insomnia, shaking. Tsh was <.1. T3 and t4 were normal and tpo was 166. Was put on low dose thyroxine 3 weeks later when tsh came up above normal range. Tpo never rechecked, no other tests done. Have been on a roller coaster ride since with horrible hyper and hypo symptoms, endo says labs fine so can't be my thyroid. I'm at my wits end with strange neurological sensations, anxiety, insomnia, shaking, dizziness, GI upset that all comes and goes with no trigger. Please help any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. All docs I've seen say doesn't seem to be psychosomatic and that there's "something complex" going on. But 6 month wait list for neurology.

Thank you. I have had a test called catecholamine fractionation, free, urine 24 hour. Would this be indicative of a pheochromocytoma? Also, i have vision disturbances during these episodes. Ive checked my bp and while it doea rise when im having an episode, its never over say 121/85. I do have a history of severe preeclampsia but it resolved a few months after delivery. Is it possible for anxiety to cause neurologic symptoms such as foggy head woozy like sensations like im on a boat? When it gets bad i feel like i make jerky movements- though im not sure i really do. And then i go into a full blown panic attack. I know its normal to doubt its just anxiety because i do think i have a degree of hypochondria but is it possible that it could all be related to stress/anxiety?

My last TSH was 1.0 in november and my last free T4 was 1.0 in july. Im on 0.05mg levothyroxine daily. My doctor tells me to skip it for 3 days when km feeling shaky anxious etc but it doesnt work. Last night was awful, every time i would try to sleep i would get surges. Thats the only way i know to describe it. Like surges of electricity or adrenaline shooting through my chest and head. At 3am i woke up feeling completely overwhelmed and like my head was going to explode. I took a clonazepam and was finally able to at least rest from 530-630. I feel so lost im not sure what in the world is going on. I took myself to the emergency room 5 days ago for strange feelings in my chest that were taking my breath away. Along with dizziness and diarrhea. They did bloodwork and ultrasounded my gallbladder. Nothing found. I had diarrhea with this episode last night too. I just felt dismissed by my endo and other doctors. I feel so helpless.