palpitations and rapid heart beat with hypothyroid?

[hcurrie]

hi, my tsh is low normal and my t4 is very low at .54 - i have been getting sudden onsets of a rapid heart beat and lots of palpitations - i am not hashis or graves, endo is still trying to figure out why i am hypo at all..... i am on synthroid 50mcg. these symptoms are not any worse than before i started the medicine so thats not it...i am wondering if anyone else has had these rapid heart rates and palpitations with hypo? also i get really crabby all of a sudden when i get this,  my heart checks out fine at the cardiologist and endo says hypo dont cause heart palps ...

[bcgreen24]

You DO know that one of the side effects of levothyroxine is heart palpitations, RIGHT?  Do you not even know the side effects of the drugs you're taking?

[gimel]

Please post your thyroid related test results and their reference ranges shown on the lab report.

[cez77]

im hypothyroid also. even my ths is normal i still hve palpitations.
i got so many questions to my dr. butshe just said not from  my thyroid.
palpitations  comes from panic attack and anxiety. Before  im always  rush
to hospital  then found  nothing wrong with me.. So many  things feeling
inside my body but what scare me most is  my palpitations.. i just ignore
pains. As i read  ur  comments now im sure  its from hypothyroidism  or
maybe the side  effect  of med  causing  anxiety  or panic attack. I hve controlled  frequency of panic attack after reading an article  and  explain what its all about.. Before  im suffering  from i almost  everyday  but now  every 3 months. Still dnt know hw  long  i cn have this problem.. For now  my dr ask me  to take atelonol  as needed whenever i got  palpitations.,
She dnt  advise  me hw to cure anxiety and panics..Whenever panic attacks .. i go  out to busy suroundings  and friends so i will not notice it. According  to what i read  it will just gone  for few min and it is harmless.

[cez77]

i'm  hypothyroid also  nd experiencing palpitations with no reason at all.
even my tsh normal my palpitations suddenly comes. im thinking  this is the side effect of thyroid medicine..my blood pressure goes up when i experience  this rapid heartbeat and my doc ask me  to take therablock 25mg as needed only..some doctors says its anxiety, panic attack. b4  i end up in hospital  almost everyday. they cnt find anything wrong. so now im reading materials about anxiety and panic attacks..somehow i control panic attacks. according to the info i read.. panic will soon be gone in minutes.. so as palpitations.. so ijust go out to  talk to friends. go o busy surrounding so i will not notice the attack..its harmless anyway..

[gimel]

Is size the only reason the doctor thinks your thyroid gland should come out?

What thyroid meds and dosage are you taking daily?  If you will please post your thyroid related test results and their reference ranges shown on the lab report, members will be better able to assess the adequacy of your testing and treatment.  Also, have you been tested for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin?  If so, please post those results and ranges as well.  If not, you should make sure to do so.

[jasa204]

Thank you so much for this post. It really encouraged me. I am two years into diagnoses and still high tsh at 7.8. Having a hard time working because of anxiety attacks every day and heart palps... trying to stay positive. My thyroid is also very large. at 4cm. Not sure if I want it out or not as the doctor has suggested. Thanks for you post.