I blame my thyroid pills. The aforementioned "freak out" came coincidentally when I started popping those pills. Rapid heart beat in the morning, anxiety throughout the day, along with feeling short of breath plagued me all week. I thought I had to "power through" this initial rough patch of introducing this horomone into my body. Another day of palpitations, and shortness of breath and anxiety passed so I called my primary Dr. (from now on will be Dr. Old School because her office is in need of a MAJOR update, but...I digress) Anyway here's how the conversation went:
Me: Hi Dr. Old School, I've been taking the pills that you prescribed for my thyroid and I didn't know if it was normal for me to feel anxious and short of breath, I feel ramped up all day long.
Dr. Old School: Hmm..that's weird because its such a low dose, I didn't think you would feel anything.
Me: Yeah, well, in the mornings when I'm lying in bed my heart races until I get up, when I'm moving I feel OK, but when I slow down I feel really short of breath and I feel anxious all day long.
Dr. Old School: Yeah, it shouldn't be that way, its such a low dose.
(BTW this conversation is totally helping my anxiety- great so now I'm crazy? awesome...just awesome...I read the paper, you know that dreaded side effect paper that comes in your pill baggie!!! It said right there, NOTIFY your DR. if you experience the following...its not like I was calling here to tell her I was shitting puppies, because shitting puppies was not on the side effect list, but rapid heart beat and g-d shortness of breath were...)
Me: So....
Dr. Old School: Well, are you taking the pills correctly?
(Oh I'm not supposed to shove them up my butt? Oh, glad I called.)
Me: yes, in the morning on an empty stomach and waiting and hour to eat.
Dr. Old School: ...I guess you can take half for a couple of days to see how you feel, or try taking them at night.
(Are you kidding me? I feel like I can alphabetize a library during the day when I'm on these, I'm not jacking up my sleep by taking these evil things at night!)
Dr. Old School: But its such a low dose this shouldn't be happening.
(At this point I want to go ape-shit on her...I don't care what "should" and "shouldn't" be happening...I'm calling you to tell you what IS happening.)
Me: Ok I'll figure it out.
So, I took a whole pill every morning for a week, and showed no improvement of side effects. I went to my normal yoga class and failed to do some poses because I didn't have the breath to get into them. Well...how the hell am I supposed to *relax* if I can't breath. Riddle me that Dr. Old School. I halved my dose for the past 2 days, and I feel a little more like myself, a little less ramped up. I have a sneaky suspicion that I was experiencing hyperthyroid symptoms and it was b/c of the medication. She'll probably tell me that it shouldn't have happened though.
In other news, to keep my mind off of my impending doom that had been planted in my head throughout the week...I made these burp cloths and cute Giants beannie for a shower I'm going to today!
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