Hi Renee, ohhh I really do feel for you! I remember the itching alright! Not sure I can help you but will share anyway. Around about 4/5 months before I was diagnosed, I got really really super itchy!! It drove me nuts. It got so bad I carried around and slept with a long plastic kitchen utensil/fork thing, to scratch with. It was a real major itch that made me physically jumpy. It didn’t dawn on me at the time there was anything wrong(duh!), and I managed to convince myself I had bed bugs or something – it seemed much worse at night! I even dragged my mattress outside and sprayed both sides with fly spray! (yep -crazy!)) Well, turned out it wasn’t bugs lol I was very hyperthyroid and my liver was in bad shape too, both due to undiagnosed graves. Good story is that once my Free T4/T3 levels finally became ‘normal'(this took over 4 months) and stayed that way – the itching stopped. I have noticed the itching has returned but not as bad, a couple of times when I have lowered my dose too much and ended up hyper. So for me, it could be the hyperthyroidism itself and/or my liver due to everytime I become hyper it affects my liver too. Mind, it doesn’t really matter which one as for me, they occur together.
So I’m wondering, what are your current levels and have you had your liver checked?
