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Sorry I wasn't sure where to post this.
I used to post here last year after a HBA1C being 41 and GP saying it was fine, but I was concerned. Anyway, I was dignosed with an underactive thyroid last May and put on thryroxine. My results keep climbing so he has put me up to 75mg today.
In November he ran a lot of tests as I have chornic fatigue related to the thyoid illness we think. All year I was absolutely exhausted with huge energy crashes. He ran a list of tests as long as my arm and all were good, very good, he said just to repeat the thyroid in 3 months which we did and I have needed a call from him today and he has increased to 75mg.
Today he said he would like to come to repeat my diabetes test. I asked why because the HBA1C in November was 35, and last April it was 35. He said 35 is good but my random sugar was 8.9. I had eaten just before the test in November and he said that could have infulenced the test. He asked what I'd eaten, I said a Nakd bar which i believe has the equivilant of 4tsp of sugar. He said it was probably that but he would like to repeat the HBA1C every 3 months to monitor me. He said he wants to make sure my fatigue isn't due to constant high sugars.
I suffer anxiety and have a phobia of blood tests. I was hoping all that was behind me other than the thyroid tests I'd have to do every 3 months until I'm on a stable dose. I thought I couldbe sure that my fatigue was due to my thyroid. I also have developed anxiety and depression the last 4 years as my brother attacked me in 2012, I lost all my family because of him and I developed severe anxiety and agoraphobia. I worked hard on things for 2 years with therapy and I went on Mirtazapine for the low mood and I wasn't sleeping. I am still on 15mg now which is a low dose but now I am concerned if it's causing this high sugar. Does anyon else here take Mirtazapine safely?
Since being ill with the chronic fatigue and thyroid I have had my anxiety and agoraphobia return, it's been so hard accepting that. I now have social anxiety and am home alot other than the school run. I have developed health anxiety worrying but after November I was reassured it was all my thyroid causing it as he ruled out autoimmune disease etc... Now he has concerned me I am developing diabetes. Should I be concerned? He said he wants to make sure it's not the high sugar making me ill. I asked him what if my next random sugar is high but HBA1C is normal and he said we will just monior you twice a year.
Do I ever get a break, I hoped this year I could just work on getting my life back together now on the stronger thyroxine and then get back out living my life once the fatigue eased.
Sorry to sound so miserable.
Julie
I used to post here last year after a HBA1C being 41 and GP saying it was fine, but I was concerned. Anyway, I was dignosed with an underactive thyroid last May and put on thryroxine. My results keep climbing so he has put me up to 75mg today.
In November he ran a lot of tests as I have chornic fatigue related to the thyoid illness we think. All year I was absolutely exhausted with huge energy crashes. He ran a list of tests as long as my arm and all were good, very good, he said just to repeat the thyroid in 3 months which we did and I have needed a call from him today and he has increased to 75mg.
Today he said he would like to come to repeat my diabetes test. I asked why because the HBA1C in November was 35, and last April it was 35. He said 35 is good but my random sugar was 8.9. I had eaten just before the test in November and he said that could have infulenced the test. He asked what I'd eaten, I said a Nakd bar which i believe has the equivilant of 4tsp of sugar. He said it was probably that but he would like to repeat the HBA1C every 3 months to monitor me. He said he wants to make sure my fatigue isn't due to constant high sugars.
I suffer anxiety and have a phobia of blood tests. I was hoping all that was behind me other than the thyroid tests I'd have to do every 3 months until I'm on a stable dose. I thought I couldbe sure that my fatigue was due to my thyroid. I also have developed anxiety and depression the last 4 years as my brother attacked me in 2012, I lost all my family because of him and I developed severe anxiety and agoraphobia. I worked hard on things for 2 years with therapy and I went on Mirtazapine for the low mood and I wasn't sleeping. I am still on 15mg now which is a low dose but now I am concerned if it's causing this high sugar. Does anyon else here take Mirtazapine safely?
Since being ill with the chronic fatigue and thyroid I have had my anxiety and agoraphobia return, it's been so hard accepting that. I now have social anxiety and am home alot other than the school run. I have developed health anxiety worrying but after November I was reassured it was all my thyroid causing it as he ruled out autoimmune disease etc... Now he has concerned me I am developing diabetes. Should I be concerned? He said he wants to make sure it's not the high sugar making me ill. I asked him what if my next random sugar is high but HBA1C is normal and he said we will just monior you twice a year.
Do I ever get a break, I hoped this year I could just work on getting my life back together now on the stronger thyroxine and then get back out living my life once the fatigue eased.
Sorry to sound so miserable.
Julie