prayer for hyperthyroid condition and weaning off anti anxiety and anti depressant

I have been through hell and back the last 8 months. God kept me alive. I think I was wrongly treated and diagnosed by my old dr. I was having severe back and sacrum pain. It was unbearable. I was very anxious and depressed. I was shaking and twitching and couldn't sleep at night at all. He gave me xanax. I took only 4 pills and said it was ok to quit when I had bad side effects. Well it made the anxiety 10 worser and gave me total insommia and brain zaps. I put up with this for months trying all kinds of natural stuff on my own. I finally went to a new md who is also a natural dr. who did a thorough blood work on thryoid and adrenal. I am very close to hyperthyroid and have been that way!!!! That is what all those symtoms were, not just plain anxiety and depression. I lost 12 -14 lbs. I have been put on a very lose dose of anti anx. med and a low dose of anti depressant until I can see this new dr. who is hard to get into as he is so smart. I am angry I was possibly put on the wrong meds! But they are the only thing that bought me some sleep and relief from crying every day. I was so sleep deprived i would stumble and couldn't think straight or remember or think clearly. I couldn't even take care of my family is how bad it got.
Please have your thyroid checked before taking these if you even suspect it. I should have. I was not aware of the symptoms. Most ladies are hypo. I am opposite. My values are .817 on a scale of .3-3.0 the closer to the left number the more hyper you are. If you are closer to the whole number and over you are hypo. My new dr. wants me to wean off these drugs over a period of 3 months at least. I am very chemically sensitive. He wants try natural supplements. Believe me I tried cal mag at night, valerian root, melatonin, even ambein for a short stint you name it nothing calmed this hyper thyroid state down . ( anxiety, depression, weight loss, no appetite, shakiness, tremors, thin brittle hair that is breaking off) I read up on foods/minerals I can eat that would depress the gland a little so I been trying those a little at a time. I am preparing for changes over the next few months with talking to God in everything I do, counseling, self help books, learning about this condition, and relaxation tapes. Please please pray for me ladies that I will be able to get off these strong drugs without problems or more insommnia. I pray for the hyper state to go down naturally not with more powerful meds. The with drawal things scares me the m ost. I'm turning this over to God as this is too big for me.

Dear (((Ann)))
I'm sorry to hear about all you've been through and the unfortunate turn with the first dr. It sounds like you're in better hands now. I pray this will all settle down and your body will find the balance it needs so you can feel good again.

Father, I pray for Ann tonight and ask you to keep your hand on her as she begins to go off of this medicine. Help her body to adjust and accept the changes that need to happen so she can be healthy and her thyroid levels can be what they need to be.
There are so many things that are beyond our control and Ann is turning this over to You, trusting You to take care of her and to help the drs know how to help her. Give the drs wisdom for her and restore her health. Especially watch over her at night when she needs to sleep, Lord, let your peace fill her heart and mind and help the medicine to do it's job. Give her rest and strength to care for her family. I thank you for bringing her this far and trust you to see her through this and make her whole.
In Your name we pray. Amen.

Thank you, Ann, for sharing your experience. I pray you'll have good success now and will feel better soon.
's, Rita

Amar, I wil certainly pray for you! I too am hyprthyroid- I have graves disease. I thought it was menopause. I was sweaty,shaky, had severe heart palpitations and i wanted to scratch everyones eyes out (yes i was a bit irritable). My tsh was 0.004. I prayerfully sought an answer as to my treatment. I eventually chose to take tapazole. It was not easy to decide- i would prefer no treatment and destroying my thyroid by means of radioactive iodine did not appeal to me. That would still leave me taking synthroid for the rest of my life. Sooooo the talpazole has worked and I have had no side effects and am currently tapering off this drug. 18 months of tapazole and hopefully I will no longer be needing it. Best of luck weaning off the meds and in seeing your new doctor. I too will pray for your success.

Thank you so much Sister2all and Precious Pearl. Your prayers mean so much. I'm trying hard to stay calm and I pray for restorative sleep.I pray this dr. does the right things. I have heard cases where ppl got better on their own over a period of months taking certain herbs and eating tons of cabbage, carrots, mushrooms. I will trust in God. The anxiety is the worst for me and sometimes costs me good sleep. I pray. Your symptoms, sister2all, were worse than mine I think My number is .817 you were really low. Did you have trouble with sleep? I am trusting God that this will work out because thinking about it and talking about just drives me more crazy lol and then I can't settle down. Surely there is natural things you can do to help this .

I pray that the Lord leads you to the right doctor who will work with you and helps to find the best possible treatment to relieve your
symptoms and restore you to good health.
Ann, I also have thyroid condition; hypothyroid and Hashimoto's disease. If your TSH number is .8, that is within the normal scale
of .3-3.0. I hope you find a doctor who will treat you for your symptoms and not strictly go by the TSH number. Even when my TSH number was a little over 3.0, I still felt way too fatigued. That level is
too high for my body. Please be sure to ask the doctor to check for thyroid anti-bodies. I do not think I would have been treated until the anti-body test came back positive. It was later discovered through an ultra-sound that I have goiters on both thyroid lobes. There is a wonderful thyroid website that provides good information as well as an area where specific thyroid doctors are recommended. On the left column under health, you can click on "Need a Doc? Find one now", and under topics, click on Hyperthyroidism/Graves disease. The link is below:
http://thyroid.about.com/

locki,
Thank you for responding. Yes, I asked my ENT to check my throat. He said I'm a little on the hyper side but not bad. I have alot of fatigue and weight loss. (14 lbs) I have what feels like a faint tremor inside my arms and have muscle weakness. He said I should deal with an endocrinologist since hyper is harder to treat. I'm trying real hard not to get depressed or bitter over it. I've been asking my orign. pcp if I had hyper. thy and he just did one test and that was it. a T4. Of course it was in normal limits. He didn't do a tsh or anything else. I am switching drs. I think. I have suffered like this for almost a year! utterly ridiculous. I picked this up before anyone else did. just from doing my own research ( scowl)

I have had a thyroid ultrasound and T3 uptake to diagnose my Graves disease. The lab work always consisted of TSH,FREE T4, FREE T3. This allows my Endocrinologist the complete info he needs. I had alot of insomnia, but it was the heart palpitations that were the worst. After doing alot of research I was against the radioactive iodine and wanted to pursue a more natural course-Chinese herbs etc. However, with the potential to harm my heart I chose the Tapazole-it worked over a months time to reduce the symptoms and I won't need it forever.
I hope your anxiety has eased somewhat, inspite of your"hyper" symptoms (which are hard enough to deal with). I know its never easy to make decisions on our health-especially if you prefer a more natural course.
Keep posting so we know how your doing

Sister2all,
My tsh is not as bad as yours. Heres my values:
T3 1.26 (.97-1.69)
Free T4 1.24 (.64-1.79)
Free T3 2.9 (2.0-3.5)
TSH .817
T3 Reverse .58 H (.18-.51)
My case does not sound as severe as yours yet I still have bad insommnnia, muscle twitches , even jerks when I try to sleep I get hot then cold and I eat and not gain a pound. surely he can do something for this just because I'm not way off the charts.

with the medication, Sister2all, did that help your insommnia? Did you have any twitches and muscle jerks with your hyper? I hope that is what mine has been from.Right before I try to relax to sleep I get those. I have been told they may be from hormone fluctuations. ( roll eyes) I wish I knew. i heard of stories ofhaving a racing mind with hyer. I can validate that. My hyper symptoms act up at times and really annoy me then other times I seem more calmed down but never entirely if you know what I mean

Hi Ladies,

Just a reminder that the Prayer Forum is for prayers and prayer requests and that discussions of medical conditions and meds need to be posted on one of the other message boards or in Private Messages. (It's sort of like talking in Church )

Amar, I pray that you are able to discontinue your meds without any serious withdrawal symptoms.