......Re: Adverse Reactions to Supplements, Drugs and Hormones

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Wow ...and I thought I was the only one with bad reactions to

drugs. Thanks for posting...I don't feel so alone now.

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> Yep, and I can't remember which one I must have referred to, but I

have this reaction to a million and one of them, sort of like some

ADHA children are calmed down by an upper (Ridalin?). I know that

everyone is going to poo-poo this statement, but, I swear to you that

caffeine CALMS me. Codeine makes me severely agitated, and that

didn't start until Hashi's hypo happened. Don't know what I'll do,

if I ever have to come under the knife again, stop breathing maybe?

In the Merck, it is also stated that certain anesthetics that are

used to put people under for surgeries are also thyroid hormone

killers. Also, there must a list of 20 antibiotics that I have a bad

reaction to, and the list keeps growing. Penicillins, supha drugs

(which I used to take for UTIs, and are still the best around for

that cause), aminoglycosides, and the class that Streptomycin and

many others are in for very dangerous infections that can't be gotten

cured any other way. I used to take different brands of the minor

tranquilizers because I was probably in a hyper state (Hashi's

beginnings), and they barely phased me, I just kept going like that

little bunny. Now they slow down my breathing so much that it's

almost like voluntary breathing, for the lowest dose possible (having

to think to take a breath?), and, even though I sometimes have

trouble sleeping, now and then, I could never take them again, for

any reason. And, BTW, it is impossible to improve one of the anemias

with much progress, until the hypo is mostly corrected, or at least a

whole lot better, because hypo is the very reason why our bodies

can't seem to process much of ANYthing normally, including our

nutrients. I can't even immagine taking one of those poisonous quick

fix diet pills, never have anyway, but one of those would probably

send my heart into something it might not ever come out of, even

though I'm not diagnosed with any heart problems, I just get the gut

feeling that it would. I do look at aspirin as the basic wonder

drug, because it does have some really good propeties for many

things, but it will make ME feel like I'm in a major brain fog and in

outer space somewhere, sleepy, etc.....I know that there are probably

times that I've needed an antibiotic to help clear up a major sinus

infection, but I've had so many bad reactions to most of them in only

the last 7 or 8 yrs, that I'm terrified of them.

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> Re: Adverse Reactions to

Supplements, Drugs and Hormones

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> We have had some members who have had bad reactions to various

hormones and supplements. This is not unusual. Folks who are

hypothyroid often have bad, unexpected, or even opposite reactions to

drugs, supplements and hormones. Those who have been untreated or

undertreated for a long time often have more of these reactions.

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> For this reason, I would advise caution when adding anything new

to you regimen, especially if your doc is not guiding you on

this. . . .or if he is, but does not understand how hypos react to

new stuff. My suggestion is to add anything new in the smallest doses

until you see how you react to it.

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> I think it was " lilacs " who said that she became agitated

when taking a drug that was supposed to calm her down. Go

figure. . . .

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