I’m a 34 year old female who has a family history of thyroid problems. Earlier this week, I week to a new doctor with complaints of high blood pressure, high pulse rate, insomnia, heat sensitivity, and feeling jittery. After talking to me, she seemed sure that I may be dealing with hyperthyroidism. She prescribed blood pressure medicine and did lab work. She also said that there was slight swelling by my thyroid gland but it was subtle enough that most people wouldn’t notice.
Right now, I’m worried that all my lab values will be normal. Of course, I don’t want thyroid issues but it would be a major relief to at least know what’s wrong. My symptoms started about a year ago, and in that time period, I’ve gone to two others doctors and had lab work done. In both cases, the results were all normal. I just don’t understand how my resting pulse rate went from 64 to 100+, my blood pressure went from normal to high, and I’m extremely hot in situations where I would have been extremely cold in the past without an underlying cause. In the summer, I used to keep the indoor temperature around 80 degrees because I would get cold easily. Now, I usually keep the thermostat set around 67/68 and I’m still unusually hot.
If it’s not my thyroid, I have no idea what the problem could be. In the past, when my labs came back normal, the doctors didn’t real seem concerned anymore and just said I was fine. I just know that something is wrong, even though I don’t know what it may be.
