Guest guest Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 hi, i had rai a little over 3 months ago. i've been on synthroid for going on 1 month, had tsh and ft4 done yesyerday but won't see my endo until monday. i went from hyper down to a normal range slowly but then quickly dropped after that. before rai my tsh was 0.011 and ft4 1.96, when i started on synthroid my tsh was 85.05 a far cry from 0.011 and ft4 .50............i have been terribly fatigued and hope things will level out soon. this will my first visit since starting synthroid. thanks guys. vicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 well, i saw my endo today. he started me on synthroid 100 3 weeks to the day my blood was tested, that was 4 days ago, so within just 3 week my TSH has gone from 85.05 to .0.680 ( 0.500 --- 5.700) and my ft4 is now 1.77 from .50 ( .90----1.90) Although both are in the " normal " range they are looking like they are headed in the hyper range as like i said only 3 weeks after being very hypo. He wants to check it again in 8 weeks. I am thinking if synthroid 100 did this in 3 weeks what will it be like in 8 weeks? I a starting to feel a little irritable and more anxious but not like i did before RAI. I am afraid that since it's in the normal range nowin such a short period of time that it will be too much when i go back. I clarified today the actual cause of my hyperthyroid and for sure it is Grave's disease. He said the antibodies will still be in my syatem and that I stll have Grave's but it just can't affect my thyroid now and in time the antibody count could lower. I almost think that a 50 or 75 on the synthroid may have been better but maybe you get so much in your system and that is what you need to keep it there. I don't know what to do, does anyone have any suggestions? Vicky > > Sounds like three months has been too long a wait for you....It's pretty > much a given that after RAI you're gonna go hypo, so nothing unusual > there, doesn't make you feel any better, I know... but at least you dont' > have to worry that something has gone wrong. > > Ideally he'll get you started on a dose right away. Be firm about getting > your Frees (both Free T4 and Free T3) checked each time you come in, and > that should be every six weeks... don't let him drag you out to the three > month mark again... > > You'll keep us posted on how things go, don't forget we need your lab's > ranges as well as your levels when we oggle your labs, and don't forget > to rattle the door knob if you have any questions, right? > > Topper () > > > > > ThyroPhoenix Donation Link: > https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick & business=topper2%40jun\ o > %2ecom & item_name=ThyroPhoneix & no_shipping=0 & no_note=1 & tax=0 & currency_cod\ e > =USD & bn=PP%2dDonationsBF & charset=UTF%2d8 > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:13:15 -0000 " Vicky " Sound4Heaven@... writes: > > > hi, > > i had rai a little over 3 months ago. i've been on synthroid for going > on 1 month, had tsh and ft4 done yesyerday but won't see my endo until > monday. i went from hyper down to a normal range slowly but then > quickly dropped after that. > > before rai my tsh was 0.011 and ft4 1.96, when i started on synthroid > my tsh was 85.05 a far cry from 0.011 and ft4 .50............i have > been terribly fatigued and hope things will level out soon. this will > my first visit since starting synthroid. > > > thanks guys. > > > vicky > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 well, i saw my endo today. he started me on synthroid 100 3 weeks to the day my blood was tested, that was 4 days ago, so within just 3 week my TSH has gone from 85.05 to .0.680 ( 0.500 --- 5.700) and my ft4 is now 1.77 from .50 ( .90----1.90) Although both are in the " normal " range they are looking like they are headed in the hyper range as like i said only 3 weeks after being very hypo. He wants to check it again in 8 weeks. I am thinking if synthroid 100 did this in 3 weeks what will it be like in 8 weeks? I a starting to feel a little irritable and more anxious but not like i did before RAI. I am afraid that since it's in the normal range nowin such a short period of time that it will be too much when i go back. I clarified today the actual cause of my hyperthyroid and for sure it is Grave's disease. He said the antibodies will still be in my syatem and that I stll have Grave's but it just can't affect my thyroid now and in time the antibody count could lower. I almost think that a 50 or 75 on the synthroid may have been better but maybe you get so much in your system and that is what you need to keep it there. I don't know what to do, does anyone have any suggestions? Vicky > > Sounds like three months has been too long a wait for you....It's pretty > much a given that after RAI you're gonna go hypo, so nothing unusual > there, doesn't make you feel any better, I know... but at least you dont' > have to worry that something has gone wrong. > > Ideally he'll get you started on a dose right away. Be firm about getting > your Frees (both Free T4 and Free T3) checked each time you come in, and > that should be every six weeks... don't let him drag you out to the three > month mark again... > > You'll keep us posted on how things go, don't forget we need your lab's > ranges as well as your levels when we oggle your labs, and don't forget > to rattle the door knob if you have any questions, right? > > Topper () > > > > > ThyroPhoenix Donation Link: > https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick & business=topper2%40jun\ o > %2ecom & item_name=ThyroPhoneix & no_shipping=0 & no_note=1 & tax=0 & currency_cod\ e > =USD & bn=PP%2dDonationsBF & charset=UTF%2d8 > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:13:15 -0000 " Vicky " Sound4Heaven@... writes: > > > hi, > > i had rai a little over 3 months ago. i've been on synthroid for going > on 1 month, had tsh and ft4 done yesyerday but won't see my endo until > monday. i went from hyper down to a normal range slowly but then > quickly dropped after that. > > before rai my tsh was 0.011 and ft4 1.96, when i started on synthroid > my tsh was 85.05 a far cry from 0.011 and ft4 .50............i have > been terribly fatigued and hope things will level out soon. this will > my first visit since starting synthroid. > > > thanks guys. > > > vicky > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 well, i saw my endo today. he started me on synthroid 100 3 weeks to the day my blood was tested, that was 4 days ago, so within just 3 week my TSH has gone from 85.05 to .0.680 ( 0.500 --- 5.700) and my ft4 is now 1.77 from .50 ( .90----1.90) Although both are in the " normal " range they are looking like they are headed in the hyper range as like i said only 3 weeks after being very hypo. He wants to check it again in 8 weeks. I am thinking if synthroid 100 did this in 3 weeks what will it be like in 8 weeks? I a starting to feel a little irritable and more anxious but not like i did before RAI. I am afraid that since it's in the normal range nowin such a short period of time that it will be too much when i go back. I clarified today the actual cause of my hyperthyroid and for sure it is Grave's disease. He said the antibodies will still be in my syatem and that I stll have Grave's but it just can't affect my thyroid now and in time the antibody count could lower. I almost think that a 50 or 75 on the synthroid may have been better but maybe you get so much in your system and that is what you need to keep it there. I don't know what to do, does anyone have any suggestions? Vicky > > Sounds like three months has been too long a wait for you....It's pretty > much a given that after RAI you're gonna go hypo, so nothing unusual > there, doesn't make you feel any better, I know... but at least you dont' > have to worry that something has gone wrong. > > Ideally he'll get you started on a dose right away. Be firm about getting > your Frees (both Free T4 and Free T3) checked each time you come in, and > that should be every six weeks... don't let him drag you out to the three > month mark again... > > You'll keep us posted on how things go, don't forget we need your lab's > ranges as well as your levels when we oggle your labs, and don't forget > to rattle the door knob if you have any questions, right? > > Topper () > > > > > ThyroPhoenix Donation Link: > https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick & business=topper2%40jun\ o > %2ecom & item_name=ThyroPhoneix & no_shipping=0 & no_note=1 & tax=0 & currency_cod\ e > =USD & bn=PP%2dDonationsBF & charset=UTF%2d8 > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:13:15 -0000 " Vicky " Sound4Heaven@... writes: > > > hi, > > i had rai a little over 3 months ago. i've been on synthroid for going > on 1 month, had tsh and ft4 done yesyerday but won't see my endo until > monday. i went from hyper down to a normal range slowly but then > quickly dropped after that. > > before rai my tsh was 0.011 and ft4 1.96, when i started on synthroid > my tsh was 85.05 a far cry from 0.011 and ft4 .50............i have > been terribly fatigued and hope things will level out soon. this will > my first visit since starting synthroid. > > > thanks guys. > > > vicky > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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