Guest guest Posted December 13, 2001 Report Share Posted December 13, 2001 Most probably your symptoms are from being hypo, your body is most certainly not liking what's happening to it. It is possible that you are not taking enough cytomel. What was your dose and how many times a day did you take it? In any event, the days ahead will be harder without medication, so you need to prepare for that. Get your low iodine food list together so you have time to work out what you are going to eat. download the recipe book for www.thyca.org And just know that all of this is going to go away after you have your RAi treatment! It takes some time to come out of hypo but eventually, you get back to normal. Good luck. Gail dx: 1968, TT, pap. & foll. well differentiated, RAI, rad.neck dissection,lung surgery, hashimoto, high antibody count, iodine resistant,existing thyca nodules in lungs. Last surgery 1972 > > I had TT on November 28th, took Synthroid for a week and then switched > to Cytomel on December 4th. I will stop Cytomel on December 19th to > prepare for RAI. > > I am feeling tired, forgetful and get easily agitated. Since I'm > still on Cytomel I did not expect to feel this way, but I can tell > that my body is not right. > > Is this hypo, or simply recovering from surgery two weeks ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2001 Report Share Posted December 13, 2001 gregwinston6352 says: > I am feeling tired, forgetful and get easily agitated. Since I'm > still on Cytomel I did not expect to feel this way, but I can tell > that my body is not right. > > Is this hypo, or simply recovering from surgery two weeks ago? It's both :-). Being tired is probably a combination of hypo, general anaesthesia, and surgery. Being forgetful is definitely a hypo symptom. The agitation is probably from the Cytomel. You still get hypo while taking Cytomel, but instead of doing it gradually over a period of several weeks, you get to be hyper, normal (whatever that is!), then hypo in cycles several times a day. The good news is that at least you get to feel normal *some* of the time. After RAI, when you've been on Synthroid or equivalent for 8 weeks or so, you'll begin to feel more like your normal self. Hang in there! ellen -- mailto:ellen@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2001 Report Share Posted December 14, 2001 Greg - It sure sounds like hypo, but it doesn't seem too likely, since your TT was only a little over 2 weeks ago. So, even if you weren't taking Cytomel, I would be surprised if you were already hypo enough to be feeling those symptoms as strongly as you are. I'm curious that you were put on Synthroid for a week - it takes that long for levothyroxine to fully take effect. I agree with those who suggest you may be hyper. You may want to consider reducing the amount of Cytomel you are taking, or at least cutting the pills in half and spacing them out throughout the day. - NYC (TT 2/99 dx pap/foll; RAI 100 mCi 3/99 & 4/00; current TSH ~.06 on .225 levothyroxine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2001 Report Share Posted December 14, 2001 greg, an idea that i picked-up somewhere (i forget where-info overload) is to take your pills, cytomel or synthroid on an empty stomach. it allows for more direct absorption into you and not evacuated out with the food. this has helped me a little. before bed is a good time. mike 32 tt/rad neck dis 10/18 rai 1/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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