Re: Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Sheila

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I suffered through that for about five or six years. EVERYTHING I

ate went right thru me and even had to be very careful about going

out to eat that it wouldn't be too far from home because I'd need to

be close to a bathroom within 20-30 minutes after a meal.

This was all during a time when my first marriage fell apart and I

was so stressed out all the time. After it was all over and I hooked

up with Terry, it went away by itself although there still are

certain things that still go right through me whereas they never had

before. In my case, it was mainly because of stress and now that my

stress is minimal, it doesn't happen much anymore.

When it was at it's worse, I would take a Valium and it would calm

down the spasming colon. I had read about that someplace and talked

to my doctor about it so he'd write me out a script for Valium and 30

of those would last me a few months. I don't like taking Valium

because they give me a headache for some reason so only took it when

I absolutely had to.

{{hugs}}

Debbie

> > Hi all. well, i saw the nurse practitioner today at my endo's

> > office, and she is Rxing Armour 60 mgs., once daily. (I think I

> > should cut mine in half & take it twice a day--seems like I keep

> > reading that).

> >

> > In addition to the Armour, she wants me to continue to take the

> > Cytomel (5 mcg twice a day). She said I could increase the

Cytomel

> > if I don't feel like it's enough in a few weeks and take 2

Cytomel

> > twice a day.

> >

> > Anyway, i haven't heard of anyone taking both Armour and Cytomel.

> > Anyone here doing that combo? I need to call her back and ask her

> if

> > I'm supposed to take the Cytomel the same time I take the Armour

> or

> > what.

> >

> > Opinions...comments...She told me adding the Cytomel with the

> Armour

> > would increase my energy. I just hope I can feel a big difference

> > with the Armour

> >

> > She is quite aware of that my TSH is in the hyper range. She had

a

> > bunch of tests run on me today...including testing for Sjogren's.

> >

> > She said as long as I'm not having signs of being over-medicated,

> we

> > don't have to worry too much about the TSH...just concentrate on

> my

> > symptoms.

> >

> > She also seems more interested in getting to the bottom of my

> > symptoms. She's running some more glucose tests on me. she also

> > asked if there's a possibility I may have attention deficit

> > disorder. I said no way. My husband, who was with me, disagrees.

> > i go tomorrow to be evaluated by a state group which helps people

> > with disabilities. They have accepted me as a client. I will be

> > evaluated by my counselor tomorrow. Then she will schedule

> > psychological testing for me so someone can finally determine if

I

> > indeed that dyscalculia as my pysch professor diagnosed me with.

> >

> > I'll just mention to my counselor that I want to know about

> > attention deficit disorder too and why.

> >

> > she also thinks i have irritable bowel syndrome. I told her i was

> > previously diagnosed with that but the medicine I was prescribed

> > didn't help. so she has prescribed another.

> >

> > she also said we could look at me possibly going on some

> medication

> > which would increase the chances of saving my pancreas and

> > decreasing the chance of me becoming diabetic.

> >

> > Oh, she told me something interesting. She said in the year that

> she

> > has worked for my endo, every single person whom she has talked

to

> > who has switched from T4 or T4/T3 and gone to Armour has said

they

> > felt SO much better. I hope, I hope, I hope this stuff works for

> > me!!!

> >

> > so that was my endo appt. on the 5th floor of the hospital at 2

> p.m.

> >

> > At 1 p.m., I as on LL2 of the hospital seeing the nurse

> practitioner

> > at my doctor's office where I work. I've been miserable for

> several

> > days now. She said I have bronchitis and URI. She's given me an

> > antibiotic and a cough medication that she says is okay for me to

> > take with my thyroid issues. I can't remember the name of it.

> >

> > When we went to the pharmacy to fill the prescriptions, they were

> > out of the cough medication; they said they can't keep it in

stock.

> >

> > I am contagious, so poor Kemal will probably end up getting this

> > crud!

> >

> > So that's been my day...coughing, sneezing, but finally...oink,

> > oinking!! A hopeful member of the piggy club, Sheila