High Anxiety, Again

 So the 137 mcg levothyroxine dose didn’t work out, I got jittery and extremely anxious and called Dr. Larrimer, who told me to drop down to the 125 mcg dose. I’ve been at that level for a week and still going through crippling anxiety, obsessed with monitoring med side effects. Last night my sleep was majorly disrupted, I couldn’t fall asleep until after 3:00 am. Started panicking that I was going to go into a manic episode.

Fortunately I had a FaceTime appointment with Dr. Levy this morning. He told me to increase my Gabapentin dose by 800 mg, adding an extra 400 mg in the morning when I wake up, and another extra 400 mg at my noontime dose. He said I should be getting relief soon from the health anxiety over my increased levothyroxine dose. We have an appointment to see where things are in two weeks.

So it’s been a very stressful past month, what with my thyroid imbalance, med change, twisted ankle preventing me from getting exercise, isolating at home, my husband going through tooth pain and needing a root canal, and me just generally being plagued by crippling anxiety, fear, worry, obsessive thoughts, etc. Really hoping to get relief soon and get back to some semblance of a routine.

Here’s hoping I can get my sleep sorted out, I’ll be taking Simply Sleep again tonight. Guess I just need to be patient and see how things progress. I’ll keep doing my box breathing and listening to meditations, that seems to help sometimes. Hope to get back to the pool next week? We shall see.