I am freezing. Constantly.

[cbhaga01 27]

Hi folks. It's been a while.

Ever since Friday night I've been cold.  And when I say cold, I mean legs and feet are freezing, chills shooting through me kind of cold.  Putting on extra clothing helps marginally.  And sometimes the situation just resolves itself magically for a while, then it's back out of nowhere.  

This is nothing I've ever dealt with.  I'm 33 and I've always been crazy warm natured.  Now I'm bundling up like the heat is out while my wife walks around in a t-shirt and yoga pants. 

I did decide to play it safe and go get a coronavirus test. My results won't be back until Tuesday. That being said, I don't have a fever, cough, fatigue, nothing. Just cold.  But since the virus tends to affect everyone differently, I figured it wouldn't hurt to rule it out.

Obviously, this is made me incredibly anxious. Part of me is afraid it is the coronavirus and it might get worse. Part of me is afraid it is the coronavirus in this is going to be the only symptom, but I'm going to be one of these Long Haul people who is dealing with this for an indeterminate amount of time.  And, to really ratchet up my lizard brain, part of me is afraid something has short-circuited in my body and I can't regulate my temperature anymore.

Everyone else around me is telling me it's either a small bug or it's just my anxiety playing tricks on me. 

Any advice from you guys would be sincerely appreciated.

[bin_tenn 1252]

I feel abnormally cold from time to time as well, though I'm generally warmer than everyone else. People often refer to me as a "human heater." 😛 But sometimes I feel like I'm very cold, and shivering.

[Nutmegbella 91]

I was those type of people that you’d see in a tank top and shorts in 40-50 degree weather.

at the beginning of winter last year I began to get cold. I couldn’t stand being in the 70s. my feet would freeze so bad it hurt, almost like it hurt my bones, I couldn’t warm up at all until I would take a really hot shower. It peaked really bad one night I couldn’t sleep because my feet hurt so bad, I was wearing socks and had three blankets on top and I was putting my feet on my husband. He tried massaging them with his warm hands nothing. 
What was causing this? My low carb way of eating and thyroid issues.

wouldn’t hurt to see your thyroid levels and also look into what you’re eating.

[cbhaga01 27]

@Nutmegbella I'm getting my thyroid checked out tomorrow.  Vitamin levels too.  My wife has hypothyroidism and she deals with issues being cold, especially if she forgets to take her meds for a few days.  And I just found out yesterday that my dad, grandma, and two of my aunts all have thyroid issues, leading me to believe I may have just been a ticking timebomb all along.

On the plus side, though, I don't have covid!!

[Nutmegbella 91]

@cbhaga01 Hope you got your answers 🙂

[cbhaga01 27]

2 hours ago, Nutmegbella said:

@cbhaga01 Hope you got your answers 🙂

Hi Bella!  Blood work said by thyroid levels were fine, but my vitamin D was deficient.  I've been taking supplements for the last five days now and I'm already starting to notice a difference.  Well, as much of a difference as I can with my anxiety still through the roof.  

Hey, maybe you can help me with something in the test, though: my thyroid hormone levels were low?  I think?  They were 0.559.  The normal range is 0.25 to 4.2.  But apparently that means mine is working super well?  I don't get that. 

[Nutmegbella 91]

3 hours ago, cbhaga01 said:

Hi Bella!  Blood work said by thyroid levels were fine, but my vitamin D was deficient.  I've been taking supplements for the last five days now and I'm already starting to notice a difference.  Well, as much of a difference as I can with my anxiety still through the roof.  

Hey, maybe you can help me with something in the test, though: my thyroid hormone levels were low?  I think?  They were 0.559.  The normal range is 0.25 to 4.2.  But apparently that means mine is working super well?  I don't get that. 

I’m told that range so to big of a range. 
That we need to check when we feel our best to get checked and most likely that’s the range we should aim to be at. There some people that do amazing at .33-.47 others do better in the center or end of the range and they take meds to make sure to stay there. 
last month I was at 1.87 and I felt amazing. This last month it was 1.94 and I feel horrible. So bad I ended up in the hospital last night with my heart racing.