lesson learned

What did I do this? No way!

Sooo.....As many of my friends can contest I can be a bit of an extremist. I desperately wish that I wasn't but sometimes I just can't help myself! Recently, in April I blogged that I had visited the doctor and he had declared me pretty healthy. He was astounded at my thyroid levels and said I was functioning in the optimal range. Upon hearing this absolutely fantastic news I continued my little regiment of supplementing and at times a little more than necessary. 

Well sad to say I began feeling moments of when it felt like my heart was jumping out of my chest. I ignored it until it got painful. Then I'd think oh well maybe its a gas bubble, not really my heart. UNTIL...my heart pounded non-stop for 3 days straight and my bpm was 130. I knew something was up but attributed to taking a little too much of an natural energy supplement (alpha lipoic acid). I love energy I loved waking up having energy without the use of coffee and tea. It was great! I was working out twice a day on some days. Unfortunately for me I do have an underlying thyroid issue. My continuous use and  over excess of dl-phenylinlanine and l-tyrosine. I caused myself hyperthyroidism. Which looks like this:

Symptoms

• Anxiety
• Difficulty concentrating
• Double vision
• Eyeballs that stick out (exophthalmos)
• Eye irritation and tearing
• Fatigue
• Frequent bowel movements
• Goiter (possible)
• Heat intolerance
• Increased appetite
• Increased sweating
• Insomnia
• Menstrual irregularities in women
• Muscle weakness
• Nervousness
• Rapid or irregular heartbeat (palpitations or arrhythmia)
• Restlessness and difficulty sleeping
• Shortness of breath with exertion
• Tremor
• Weight loss (rarely, weight gain)
  
  
  Not so fun after all. So energy is pretty deflated! Heartbeats are pretty bad. I'm so dizzy too. Can't work out for awhile until  I've been on stuff for my heart for a while. This condition is serious and can be fatal. Basically, I one hundred percent will change my ways now. No more extreme I can do this all by myself attitude. This is scary and I want my life back yet again! Thankfully, at this time my eye isn't bulging anymore! It actually happened one eye bulged while the other sorta shrank back like a little turtle. So even though I read at least 1-2 health books a week. I still need to slow down with my assumptions of overdosing can be better!  Again, I cannot reiterate this is genuinely my other lesson learned!