Anyone have anxiety that turned out to be hyperthyroid?

I started having extreme anxiety in Nov. Decided to go to the doctor because I really thought I was having a heart attack or something. My blood work showed low vitamin B12 and vitamin D. I also was diagnosed with high BP. My thyroid was normal. I realized that my anxiety was triggered by acid reflux, which would make my heart rate go up and freak me out,making me more anxious. I started taking B12 and vitamin D, and started eating clean. I lowered my sodium intake to under 1600mg daily and I lowered my carb intake because I noticed that processed foods was triggering my acid reflux, which I never even realized I had. All of these changes has really helped and I haven't had an anxiety attack since. I would suggest going for blood work and talking to your doctor. I know how dibillitating anxiety can be. It's scary!
Another thing that helps...I see a grief a therapist because I lost my teenage son 2 1/2 years ago. She taught me how to breathe deeply from my belly..she said that there has been many tests done on people with anxiety and it has been proven that many people before having a full blown attack start breathing very shallow. Try some deep breathing exercises before you feel an attack coming on. I practice the breathing many times throughout the day. Very deep belly breaths in through the nose..hold a few seconds, and exhale it all out through the mouth,

Thanks for your kind words. I hope you can get to the bottom of what is causing your anxiety. Did they check your blood pressure at the clinic?

It could be an iron deficincy? I am anemic and if I go off my iron supplement for a bit, I find that I am not feeling my normal self and anxiety, depression sets in.

It's worth checking. I have Hashimoto's and my thyroid can swing from hypo to hyper. Last year I had my first hyper episode and my main symptom was anxiety. I had chalked it up to extreme life stress (death of a friend and insane work) but once they adjusted my thyroid meds it went away.

I never had any anxiety until I went on birth control. I felt like I'd just woken up from a nightmare all of the time. I actually increased my B vitamins (bc it was worth a shot). It seemed to help some, maybe because I needed energy. After about three months it went away.

December 2012 I had a few anxiety attacks but thought it was due to finals week. My blood pressure would shoot up to like 170/150 and my resting heart rate was like 90 to 120 bpm plus I had heart palpitations which really freaked me out. It was so scary. When I finally went to the doctor my thyroid was extremely high and I was diagnosed with grave's disease. Luckily, I have responded well to my meds and finally seem to have gotten some stability. But the first thing the docs did was put me on bp and anxiety meds. It's amazing how much havoc that little gland can cause!

I have anxiety issues, but it's actually tied to an abnormally high level of cortisol in my system. I'm waiting for my referral to an endocrinologist but signs are pointing that I'm hypothyroid. I thought it was generalized anxiety/depression and went on Zoloft for a while. Zoloft actually gave me panic attacks!

High levels of cortisol usually means you have something going on with your adrenal or pituitary gland.

Yes, my anxiety turned out to be a hyperthyroid episode of Hashimoto's (autoimmune thyroid disease). Other symptoms were a hand tremor, heat intolerance, drastic weight loss, severe vitamin D deficiency & blood pressure irregularities. When I became hypothyroid, I was freezing all the time & gained weight rapidly. But the anxiety remained. I took Synthroid for a year before it went away.

I was diagnosed w/ blood tests & an ultrasound.