Over active thyroid

[bbxtreme]

I went to the doctor the other day and they did some bloodwork and it turns out that my thyroid is over active.. I have never even take t3 as many would think. but I have night sweats and a very high heart rate. is there anything I can do here to reverse this?

 

[Massive G]

It can develop into a very serious condition.
You should go on a pretty much iodine free diet which well help some. You can get iodine free salt and use all you want just avoid most processed foods and eat pretty clean.

Drug treatment (carbimazole), or radioactive iodine treatment, or surgery and possibly all three for the control of the disease.
RAI32
Radioactive iodine kills off thyroid tissue reducing activity of the gland, as well as surgical removal will do so on a larger scale.
RAI is pretty safe as the thyroid tissue is the only tissue in the body that is recptive to iodine that is attached to a radioactive isotope and completely and freely eliminated from the body.

Good luck and start with the low iodine, but keep an eye on the condition because if it worsens it causes heart damage etc.

 

[ALLEX]

I went to the doctor the other day and they did some bloodwork and it turns out that my thyroid is over active.. I have never even take t3 as many would think. but I have night sweats and a very high heart rate. is there anything I can do here to reverse this?

Learn all you can about "Graves Disease" and see your doctor immediately.

 

[rmtt]

I found out that I have an over active thyroid as well. But I have been hypo since I was 17, and been on T4 all of my life.

My last blood work showed my levels high enough to warrant the doctor actually cutting my thyroid dosing by half.

It's a different situation from waht you are in, but make steps to get this under control, and in a timely fashion.

 

[Braven]

If I were you I would ask the advice of your doctor not an internet forum. no offence people.

 

[aquaholic]

I went to the doctor the other day and they did some bloodwork and it turns out that my thyroid is over active..

Didn't your doctor talk to you about this?

 

[bbxtreme]

Didn't your doctor talk to you about this?

yeah we did I just didnt want to have to have surgery and were wondering what my options were other than that.

 

[ALLEX]

yeah we did I just didnt want to have to have surgery and were wondering what my options were other than that.

My wife kept her over active thyroid under certain control for years naturally, until she decided having surgery.
She used to take brewer's yeast, wheat germ, bromelain, noni, coconut oil, b-complex, cal-mag, omega 3, l-carnitine and some herbs.
Someone told us that acupuncture could help as well. Try to avoid mental stress.