I kept thinking my anxiety was suddenly getting worse for no reason. My heart would race, I’d feel shaky and overheated, and my thoughts wouldn’t slow down even when nothing stressful was happening. It got to the point where I was avoiding normal errands because I didn’t trust my body.
Bloodwork showed my thyroid was off, which explained a lot. I hadn’t realized thyroid symptoms could make anxiety feel that intense and physical. I’m still trying to figure out which symptoms are thyroid-related and which are regular anxiety. Has anyone noticed their anxiety calm down after getting their thyroid levels treated?
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The racing heart and overheating were the clues for me too, especially when they showed up out of nowhere. It’s hard to tell yourself it’s “just anxiety” when your body is doing all that.
Once my thyroid levels started moving back toward normal, the physical panic eased a lot. The mental worry didn’t disappear overnight, but I stopped feeling like every errand might turn into an emergency. Getting repeat bloodwork helped too, since symptoms and lab numbers didn’t always change at the same speed.
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@Daniel_Hill, the repeat bloodwork making symptoms and lab numbers feel out of sync is a really useful point. I kept expecting the physical symptoms to improve immediately once treatment started, and that just made me more anxious when they didn’t.
One thing that helped me was keeping a simple daily note of my resting pulse, temperature sensitivity, sleep, and medication time. Looking back over a couple of weeks showed gradual changes that I couldn’t notice from one day to the next.