May be borrowing trouble to worry about this before your lab results are back, but the classic symptoms of hyperthyroidism are:
- rapid heartrate (at one point right after diagnosis, my resting pulse was 120). Mine was just about that high. That was after an episode of palps which I have had randomly for several years. I have learned how to manage them though, for instance, if I catch it just before if gets going and I cough really hard a couple times, I can stop it.
- tremor (try holding your hands out straight before you - are your fingers shaking involuntarily?)
No tremors
- weight loss (never had this one, I'm afraid - but if you eat enough calories to keep up with your hypermetabolism, you won't see weight loss) My weight is steady.
- loose or more frequent BMs (never had this either)
Nothing unusual
- feeling warm when others around you are not hot (kind of like a chronic low-grade hot flash . Have you recently lost your need for a sweater at night?) I am ALWAYS HOT. I will turn on the A/C in February if I have to blowdry my hair! It has gotten worse.
- "brain fog" - I had this a lot - couldn't concentrate, poor memory. No.
- skin may be warm and moist, even sweaty or flushed
Yes
- muscle wasting (I would lift weights and never get any results)
Not that I would know. I have never HAD to excercise although I SHOULD.
- insomnia (I never had this much, but most do)
No
- just feeling jittery or "caffeinated", like you drank too nuch coffee Ummm...I STAY caffeinated so I wouldn't really notice .
Editing to add that we have no history of thyroid disease in my family, either.
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