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Hyperthyroid Under Medication With Weight Gain And Depression

hi...I m 35 y ( F). i ve been diagnosed with hyperthyroidsm since 5 months ago. Doctor prescribes me with 40mg propranolol and 30mg carbimazole each day. Symptoms like hand tremor, whole-body shivering and excessive sweating have gone away. But I still feel irritation, mood swings and depression. My job requires me to see clients everyday but at times I don t feel like seeing these people or talk to anybody or discussing work. I only wanted to be surrounded by my friends at times like this and ended up not doing my job. At this very moment, I feel so fed up, lost hope, depressed, bored, sad and angry all at the same time. I feel like screaming just to let all these feelings to go away. Also, now I ve started having nightmares at night. I would wake up at night feeling so scared after the nightmares but luckily I manage to continue sleeping. But lots of times no nightmares but still wake up at night. Sometimes at 2am, 3am, 4am or 5am. I always feeling scared and sad but I don t know why. I ve also gained about 10kg since I started my medication. So, I ve been cutting my carbohydrate intake recently. I started suffering muscle cramps and simple tasks like brushing teeth or ironing clothes left my arm muscles tired. I do feel muscle stiffness nowadays. These left me wondering weather it is normal for hyperthyroid patient under medication to feel like this ? Is the things I ate caused all these to happen? I don t smoke. I don t drink. I rarely take fast food or junk food. Please help me.
Sun, 17 Jul 2011
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This could be symptoms of irritability and low mood, could be attributed to your disease or underlying mood disorder. You could be having anxiety neurosis due to hyperthyroid state as well. Better to consult a Psychiatrist if you need separate medication for sleep and mood disturbance. Hypothyroid can cause the following but is not ideal to consider since you have other symptoms like weight gain, what about sensitivity to cold, dry skin. Try to remain calm. Do Yoga, Pranayam for stress relief. Better position to help will be a Psychiatrist to help you deal with these symptoms and also rule out mood disorder as well. Get your Thyroid levels estimated first. Then you can go to next step.
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Hyperthyroid Under Medication With Weight Gain And Depression

Welcome to Healthcare Magic This could be symptoms of irritability and low mood, could be attributed to your disease or underlying mood disorder. You could be having anxiety neurosis due to hyperthyroid state as well. Better to consult a Psychiatrist if you need separate medication for sleep and mood disturbance. Hypothyroid can cause the following but is not ideal to consider since you have other symptoms like weight gain, what about sensitivity to cold, dry skin. Try to remain calm. Do Yoga, Pranayam for stress relief. Better position to help will be a Psychiatrist to help you deal with these symptoms and also rule out mood disorder as well. Get your Thyroid levels estimated first. Then you can go to next step.