Q13.

What are symptoms of hyperthyroidism?

The following symptoms of hyperthyroidism, as detailed by the Merck Manual, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and the Thyroid Foundation of America

- Heart feels like it's skipping a beat, racing and feel like having heart palpitations
- Pulse is unusually fast even when resting or in bed, is high
- Hands are shaking and having hand tremors
- Feel hot when others feel cold and feel inappropriately hot or overheated
- Having increased perspiration
- Losing weight inappropriately but appetite has increased
- Like have a lot of nervous energy need to burn off
- Having diarrhea or loose or more frequent bowel movements
- Feel nervous or irritable
- Muscles feel weak, particularly the upper arms and thighs
- Having difficulty getting to sleep, staying asleep, or going back to sleep after awakening in the middle of the night
- Feel fatigued, exhausted
- Hair is coarse and dry, breaking, brittle, falling out
- Have a hoarse or gravely voice
- Have pains, aches in joints, hands and feet
- Having irregular menstrual cycles (shorter, longer, or heavier, or more frequent, or not at all)
- Feel depressed, restless or anxious

Additional symptoms, which have been reported more frequently in people with hyperthyroidism:

- Hair is falling out
- Difficult to remember things
- Have no sex drive, or am having sexual performance problems
- Feel shortness of breath and tightness in the chest
- Eyes feel gritty, dry and sensitive to light
- Easily get jumpy/tics in eyes, which makes me dizzy/vertigo and have headaches
- Get strange feelings in neck or throat
- Have tinnitus (ringing in ears)
- Feel some lightheadedness
- Have severe menstrual cramps

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