Re: reduction in tap and other ?'s

[Guest guest]

Hi Court,

Regarding your dose, I would really suggest you take what has been

prescribed and call your doctor on Monday and request labs...and make sure

he is not using just a TSH to monitor you...hopefully he is doing the Free

T3 and Free T4 to get an accurate picture of what is really going on with

your thyroid numbers.

A dosage change really does need to be accompanied by labs before making one

or you can really bugger things up.

RAI is what caused my constant hypo state that I struggle with daily and I

hate it and would never ever recommend it to anyone, even my worst

enemy...that being said, Hyper can be life threatening if not treated, it

can leave us with permanent heart damage, it is a muscle and when it is

beating far to many times, you are building that muscle up and leaving it

opening to enlargement. Untreated hyper can put us in thyroid storm which

can kill us. I know because I survived the storm, but barely.

What you are working towards is euthroid, when your numbers are in the

normal range for you, your feeling good and your thyroid is producing enough

hormone to keep you there...and this can all happen while on atds...then it

becomes a very slow process of weaning you from your atd's and making

remission. This won't happen over night <sigh>

Your questions regarding weight gain and other, what I call *vanity* issues

is a legit question. We have all faced it. You may gain some weight while

your on atd's, your hair may fall out in handfuls, you may ride the roller

coaster of hypo/hyper for a bit, especially until your very intune with your

body and what it is telling you, to get labs, call the doc, going hypo,

going hyper and this will come.

As you attain a euthroid state, you can deal with any of the vanity stuff

then, in the mean time, Health diet, exercise (if approved by the

doctor!)stress reduction, can help to keep things from getting out of hand.

Take care,

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Four days is way too soon to know how this is going to do.

But, many find taking half the pill in the morning and half the pill in the

evening to be a better solution.

That would still be 'legal'. Just don't forget to take the other half. It is

very important !

This is all going to take time, as hard as that is. We all want it to go

faster, but we didn't get here overnight, and we won't get out overnight.

Also, once you get your thyroid levels in the right place, your appetite

will be 'normal, the weight will very slowly go away, and you will feel

good, and forget to worry about it. Really. :-)

Hang in there, -Pam-

[Guest guest]

Court,

It sounds legit to me. chances are that you're not all that hyper, or you're

still feeling the effects of your megadose of ATDs. Perhaps you can ask your

doc or his nurse if you can hold off on the meds until you have thyroid

function tests to see where you're at. A TSH level can be misleading because

of the 6 week lag so be sure you have at least an FT4 and perhaps also an

FT3.

Then again, it could be that you can reduce your symptoms with alt medicine,

including dietary changes and herbs, or get by with only 5 mg of ATDs. The

idea with using the meds is to keep you euthyroid (normal thyroid function

tests) and your immune system slightly suppressed until you achieve

remission. It would be good to see what your TSI titer is to so you'll be

able to predict when you achieve remission. Take care, Elaine

[Guest guest]

Court,

It sounds legit to me. chances are that you're not all that hyper, or you're

still feeling the effects of your megadose of ATDs. Perhaps you can ask your

doc or his nurse if you can hold off on the meds until you have thyroid

function tests to see where you're at. A TSH level can be misleading because

of the 6 week lag so be sure you have at least an FT4 and perhaps also an

FT3.

Then again, it could be that you can reduce your symptoms with alt medicine,

including dietary changes and herbs, or get by with only 5 mg of ATDs. The

idea with using the meds is to keep you euthyroid (normal thyroid function

tests) and your immune system slightly suppressed until you achieve

remission. It would be good to see what your TSI titer is to so you'll be

able to predict when you achieve remission. Take care, Elaine

[Guest guest]

Court,

Being too hyper also causes us to be tired.

Once you find the 'happy medium' you will be fine.

-Pam-

[Guest guest]

Court,

Being too hyper also causes us to be tired.

Once you find the 'happy medium' you will be fine.

-Pam-

[Guest guest]

Court,

Being too hyper also causes us to be tired.

Once you find the 'happy medium' you will be fine.

-Pam-

[Guest guest]

I don't know if you should cut your dose, but I wanted to tell you that I'm

dealing with the same issue. I was on 40 mg of tap and went hypo and I TOTALLY

agree that I would rather be hyper. I don't think it's shallow at all. I've

never felt so awful as when I was hypo. The muscle cramps and spasms just about

had me debilitated. If there's one thing I have learned from the wonderful

people in this group, it's that everyone is different and you must go with what

you feel is right for you. I'm not getting RAI or surgery if at all possible

and one of the main reasons now is that I couldn't stand to be hypo. I think I

would be suicidal or something. Good luck with your adjustments to the meds.

I'm just trying to be positive and think that the dose will get adjusted

eventually and I'll be OK!

Kristi

reduction in tap and other ?'s

i was taking 40 mgs of tap. that sent me into hypo. i stopped

completely for 1 week and went back on 10 mgs. i felt good in that

week, maybe just a touch hyper (or maybe i thought i felt hyper

because i wasnt laying on the couch, unable to move) i am on my

4th day of 10mgs and i am very tired and lazy today like i was when

i was on 40 mgs. does anyone think i should cut the pill in half

and try that for a few days or wait out the 10mgs a little longer

and see how i feel? incidently it kind of felt good being a little

hyper those few days compared to the hypo feeling. hypo was hell.

do you guys think that a strong argument to RAI is simply that i

would much rather try to deal with hyper than do RAI and stand the

chance of having to control hypo all my life? because hypo is so

much worse for me than hyper. is it weak for me to say that i would

much rather be skinny and obnoxious that heavier and unable to get

out of bed because i am so depressed? i dont ever want to feel that

bad again. are these ?'s shallow or legit?

court