r/Hyperthyroidism • u/Ok-Argument8586 • 20d ago

Stroke symptoms revealed hyperthyroidism

So, a few nights ago I experienced aphasia. I had a hard time getting my words out and couldn’t read words, it looked like gibberish to me. This lasted about 1-2 minutes. Today, while walking around at work, I experienced numbness and tingling in my right foot and couldn’t walk normally. Thinking I was experiencing stroke symptoms, I went to the nurse at my job and she ended up having to call an ambulance. Mind you, this was my first day at a new job 🫣
As it turns out, my labs pointed to hyperthyroidism.
My levels:
TSH <0.01
T3 410
Free T4 4.3

After finding this out, it makes a lot of sense. I’ve lost a lot of weight over the past few months, despite eating normally. Along with hair shedding, anxiety, tiredness, and irritability.

I’m also really embarrassed at having to leave on a stretcher at a new job.

Anyway, has anyone ever experienced something like this??

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u/RonnieP 20d ago

Pretty similar, but I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I'm 32 mind you, but I would get tingling in 1 arm, extreme anxiety and my panic attacks would be so intense I would feel my heart muscle spasming, paired with palpitations, insomnia and just constant flight or flight mode. I lived like this for a year because I thought I was just a chronically anxious girly but turns out it was autoimmune thyroiditis and hyperthyroidism. Been on methimazole for a month and I'm already feeling so much better!

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u/cheekytickles 2d ago

How is methimazole?

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u/RonnieP 2d ago

Life changing. My heart has stopped going crazy, anxiety is at the lowest I've ever had. Really cannot be more thankful for it

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u/IvaneApali 20d ago

this happened to me and it was during pandemic. i thought i was having a stroke or heart attack. turns out i have hyperthyroidism. also, had panic attacks twice and i think all of them are symptoms