Re: Marlena needing to vent

[Guest guest]

Hi Nan,

I really appreciate your and everyone's response. It's

so nice to get feedback and to bounce ideas and to

vent to people who really understand! I'll respond in

text:

--- Mark & Nan Cowin wrote:

>

> I know I'm writing a letter that will be difficult

> to

> respond to -- sorry, I just need to vent ...

>

> Hi Marlena

>

> Glad you wrote about all that.. It sounds very

> similar to how things are

> going with me. I am hoping to get some answers when

> I next see my endo.

> Wont' be for a while, as he is on holidays.. but I

> am hoping get some kind

> of explanation.

>

> I too wonder if the t3 is good or bad for me. after

> a few nights waking up

> at 3 am. and no hope of going back to sleep. maybe I

> should be blaming the

> t3. or maybe the total amout of armour and t3.

>

> I was thinking since the t3 has a shorter " life " , I

> should maybe start

> taking more of it, and reduce the armour.. because

> too much armour, and I

> was feeling overcharged, yet tired. anxious, not

> sleeping..

>

> I do notice, that if I am tired around lunch time,

> and then take some t3 ,

> then I can keep going for the afternoon, and I

> function fairly well, but

> might be a bit jittery in the evening..

>

> so that tells me it is the accumulation at the end

> of the day that is too

> much.

>

> >I'm just so frustrated ... I felt better on no

> >medication whatsoever! And it's scary to me to be

> >completely dependent on something that isn't even

> >working for me!

>

> If , you were feeling better on no meds... sounds

> like you are taking too

> much maybe? If you went off them for a few days, or

> lowered the amount, how

> would you feel?

> I know your blood tests don't say you are getting

> too much.. but- my

> experience with blood tests have been that they just

> don't always, match how

> I am feeling.either way.

Many times in the last 8 months I have thought about

weaning myself off and I may end up having to do that.

It's just so disappointing because I think it's clear

from my last [urine] test (and blood test before that)

and all of my symptoms that my T3 is still much too

low. But yes, it may be too much for my

adrenal--aldosterone levels to handle (I have to wait

2 weeks to find out!). If I quit this process than I

am back where I started -- which, true, is better than

this, but definitely not good ... When I finally found

out I was hypothyroid I had so much hope for the first

time because I thought finally there is an answer and

I am going to feel better ... what a let down!

> I agree, it is most frustrating!!

>

> wish I could offer something more useful!

> Nan

I appreciate anything and everything that anyone has

to share -- just getting responses to my letters is a

great feeling. Thank you! And I wish the best for you

too in find solutions. It can be so complicated

sometimes!

Marlena

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