Symptoms of Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s

The one thing I haven’t located on your site is anything about the Broda Barnes temperature test. I’m sure you know about it already and I’m not looking in the right place so apologies for any repetition. But my case study might be interesting for your other readers because it is how I eventually got a diagnosis: I had been to a number of GPs in the UK, most of whom were dismissive (“you’re tall and thin, not the right body shape for hypothyroidism” / ‘your TSH and T4 are normal. so no problem” etc etc.). But I’m a qualified nutritionist and, with great luck, one of the tutors on my course told us about Broda Otto Barnes, the American physician who studied endocrine dysfunction and thyroid in particular (so ahead of his time!) which is listed in the American Physician’ Desk Reference and is an approved test in the U.S. (Sadly UK medics usually don’t know about Dr Barnes or dismiss the test as a waste of time – NO IT ISN’T!). I took recommended basal temperature test (10 days, first thing in the morning before getting up. Write them down and after 10 days divide by 10 to get the average. Details are on the Internet, just search Broda Barnes basal temperature test). Mine was 35 which, according to my doctor here in Spain is pretty conclusive of hypothyroidism even without any other symptoms showing. My detailed blood tests had all come back as normal so the doctor asked for a 24 hour urine test which showed a BIG problem with T3. Instead of thyroxine, she found me a glandular supplement (1/4 grain) manufactured in Germany. This has helped enormously. I used it before but had to give up because of the cost but now find I have no choice. It works, so I buy that instead of new clothes, holidays, etc. Health is more important than anything. Hope this info is useful to other sufferers.

Skin lesions on face and hands
Muscle spasms in legs
Zero Blood sugar control
Starving but thought of food makes me nauseous
Very strong and fast heartbeat after eating
Weakness after eating

As an African American woman who is caramel colored, I noticed the back of my hands , inside of my hands, and bottom of my feet began to turn darker , months before my diagnosis of hypothyroidism. It was very unsightly and once I began taking the Levothyroxine, I noticed it cleared up in about a month or so.

I get something that I call brain zaps. They were really bad back in 2019 but are better now. They usually occur during the night and can range from barely noticeable to really intense and it changes from day to day. I did start to get these just after I quit citalopram but that was back in 2019 and I had been on citalopram before and not experienced them when I quit that first time. Not really sure if its actually inside my brain or if it’s just very fleeting muscle spasms, because sometimes i get a body jerk along with them, and at the same time I get a wooshing noise in my right ear, which is not tinnitus, because I also have that ( since I was 30 and I am now 60). When they were really bad my eyes would be involved and feel like they moved very tiny bit. Also the worse they are I would then have a really bad headache when I woke up in the morning. I also have problems with my vision. I cant stand bright reflective light and going outside on a sunny day is really bad. I have dizziness also and the light sensitivity makes it worse. My dizziness is hard to describe I sort of feel like I just got off a boat. the room is not spinning, but I feel like I am wobbling back and forth. I am much better now than I was back in 2019. I did just get diagnosed back in March of this year, so still getting used to medication. Also for several years until about 6 months ago, I think I had tensor tympani syndrome or something like it. I would have tapping in my right ear sort of like someone typing. It usually happened when I was lying down trying to fall asleep or if I was talking to someone on the phone. that has gone away.

dry inner ear canal . also dry scalp , skin behind ears dry .and crack.

Nice blog here!