In early Feb of this year I was suffering from achey muscles, pain in most of my joints, very mind foggying fatigue. I went to the doc and they told me I needed an increase in my thyroid meds. I take generic synthyroid and was on .125 micrograms per day at that time. The doctor increased my dosage to .150 I found that about three to four weeks later I was better and for the most part all of my symptoms had faded away. About March 31st I began to suffer from hot flashes and from anxiety. The anxiety started off very suddenly on a trip, I explained it away by real life concerns. (I had suffered from unexplained anxiety previously and had sought care from a therapist previously and had gotten a lot of relief when I figured out my life was causing my anxiety.....I changed things and the anxiety left) This time the anxiety got worse and worse and within a about five or six days I was thinking I was going crazy. I had all kinds of racing thoughts, I had insomnia, and I had other physical symptoms where I would feel like I was shakey and almost on some kind of drug like a speed agent! I would almost always wake with the symptoms! Some days they would last all day or be off and on all day. Nothing, even an attempt at relaxation did not help! I told my doctor and she certain it was anxiety and prescribed buspar. On April 12th I started the buspar and two weeks later developed chest pains and a rapid heartbeat. I already have been diagnosed with an underlying heart problem called superventricular tachycardia and I take atenolol for that. During one of the episodes I became sick to my stomach and was admitted to the hospital through the ER. I was admitted to the cardiac care unit for a 24 hour observation and several tests were run. The doctor that admitted me (I live away from my hometown for the school year so this was not my family doctor) took me OFF the buspar (which was working to control the anxiety) told me my thyroid was hyperthyroid based on a TSH test of 0.065. He lowered my dose of sythyroid to .75 micrograms and increased my atenolol to 25 milligrams twice daily instead of once a day. My anxiety went through the roof about seven or eight days later and I returned to my regular family doctor who put me back on buspar telling me that I do have anxiety even if it is a condition related to the hyperthyroidism. I have been on the lower dose of thyroid for 22 days and she said that is not enough time to know if the TSH has adjusted itself. She declared that it was enough time to know that my anxiety should have been somewhat reduced if it was hyperthyroid at the root of the cause and therefore declared I have not only a thyroid issue but have anxiety disorder and depression. She put me back on buspar 5 mg three times daily and wants me to start celexa in one week. I am confused. I am having horrible anxiety and don't know if the anxiety and worries are contributing to the fear that my thyroid is out of control or what. I would feel better seeing my old endocrinologist who had allowed my family doc to treat me since I have not had any need for anything but blood tests to be sure. My question is whether or not anyone out there has ever suffered from anxiety related to the thyroid condition? If so what did you experience. Does this sound like hyperthyroid and why after three weeks do I not have any relief? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. _______________________________________________________________ Control Your Self-Serve Thyroid Account Here Rules - mailto:[log in to unmask] NoMail - mailto:[log in to unmask] Mail - mailto:[log in to unmask] Not DAILY DIGEST - mailto:[log in to unmask] DAILY DIGEST - mailto:[log in to unmask] Stop Attachments - mailto:[log in to unmask] Force Attachments - mailto:[log in to unmask] Force Subject: [THYROID] - mailto:[log in to unmask] Subscribe - http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?SUBED1=thyroid Unsubscribe - mailto:[log in to unmask] Our Home Page - http://www.Emissary.Net/thyroid/index.html Thyroid Archives - http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/thyroid.html Contact List Owners - mailto:[log in to unmask] _______________________________________________________________