Help? Hypothyroid sensitivity to cold has caused me hypothermia?!


Question: Help? Hypothyroid sensitivity to cold has caused me hypothermia?
I'm 17 so I'm on a low dose of my thyroid medication. I've been having problems all my life with the sensitivity to the cold. However, for the past year, multiple times I've gotten mild hypothermia. I'm tired of it. I get it even when it's not near freezing temperature. I constantly dress warm, drink warm things, make sure the heat's on a bit, and yet this keeps happening. The most recent I had to be put in the hospital for.

About 3 weeks ago was the worst. My lips turned white, my mom said my complexion was ghastly, my temperature was 95.0 degrees [When I reached the hospital, it dropped even more.], I couldn't move or do things properly, and it was scary when I got to the hospital. They put me in bed and put about 10 + warm blankets on me. Even so, I was shaking like crazy and still freezing.

I can't keep having this issue, I have no idea what else I can do though! Also, I'm naturally really small - both in height and weight. Which makes me even more cold. Could this be something else? Not just a symptom of hypothyroid. And also, what else can I do? I have no ideas now. I try all the time to make sure I don't freeze yet this happens. ):

I can't gain weight either, I have a pain condition and when I weigh more... Ehh... More physical pain.

Answers:

I did this same thing...about four times over the course of about 5 yrs...this was before I was diagnosed Hashimoto's Autoimmune Thyroiditis. I would freeze terribly & even w/ 10 blankets, it would keep on for about an hr...I would be sore the next day or so from tightened muscles. I felt as if it was how one would feel going into hypothermia. Doctor had no answer. When I was diagnosed, I found that I had probably had this thyroid problem coming on for a long long time...I had also had migraines since my teens & had severe constipation & sleep apnea. I had started having excessive sleepiness (even w/ CPAP for the apnea) and then really itchy, dry skin.

Unless you are really skinny, that in itself should not cause you to be more cold.

It sounds as if your meds need dose adjustment....if your doctor won't do it, get a NEW doctor!

Blessings

Hashi's disease




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