What I take in one day: Am I killing myself slowly?

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Meds and supplements I take each day. Am I doing something wrong

that might be making me feel worse? I have become even more fatigued

the past few days, and have other new symptoms.. but that happens

sometimes for no reason that I can find. My labs a month ago were

TSH zero, Free T3 and FT4 were way at the top of normal range on the

labs. My doc upped me from 175 synthroid to 200 synthroid at that

time. (he wanted to add Cytomel, but I dont tolerate it. Migraines.)

My list:

AM: Synthroid, Ritalin, Lexapro

Lunch time: Ritalin, magnessium, prevacid, CoQ10, evening primrose

oil, flax oil, iron, C,

Dinner: CoQ10, evening primrose oil

Bed Time: Magnessium, multi vit, B complex, calcium

At various times of the day, every day, I take two packets of

Threelac and one or two lactobaccilus caps (sp).

If I have extreme leg pain I have to take three advil.

For headaches or other aches I take two excedrin. Usually every day

I take this at some point.

I tried to take two baby asprin a day, but Im not good at

rememebering and it doesnt help (so I read) if you take it within 24

hrs of Excedrin... and that is the only thing that helps me

sometimes.

What Ive added most recently is the Evening primrose oil. Within the

past 2 weeks or so. I hate to think that is making me worse, as

everything I read about it sounds great! I know the Lexapro can

make you fatigued and I just read that it can cause weight gain. I

HAVE to be on some kind of anti dep... was thinking about trying

Welbutrin. Any thoughts or ideas? I feel like Im a bit " pill

crazy " !!! I dont sleep good. I can fall asleep easy enough but I

wake up too early and cant go back to sleep. I wake up at 4am

sometimes, then have a very honery 4 yyr old boy to deal with. I

tried sleeping pills and they only worked for a whileand not that

great anyway. Melatonin doesnt work. The supps I take at bedtime

seem to help the most. I have to add that ALL my hypo symptoms hit

me the week my brother died of cancer a few years ago. I had a tiny

bit of weight gain and trouble handeling any big " issues " (like

child custody after divorce casued a breakdown)before that and I

had been on Prozac with no real problems. Then, my brother got sick

and while watching him die and dealing with everyone else having

breakdowns, I held together (Im a situation fixer. Always have

been.) Then when he died I hit the floor. I gained 25 pound in less

than one week and was a mental mess.(I wasnt eating like abig old

pig or anything either.) (ok, maybe a little, not not THAT much!)

It hasnt stopped yet. I switched to lexapro, but still gaining

weight like mad. Total, Ive gained about 50 pounds now. I am so fat

and unhealthy. I have suspected some " stress switch " flipped on, or

off or something that caused me to get where I am today... but no

doc knows what to tell me. Sorry for the LONG post. But I just feel

like there is an answer. I just need to get the right detail to the

right person. Ive posted my story in bits and peices in various

places. I thought Id post the whole thing this time. The biggest

advice I get is to try Armour. I did. It was worse. THANK YOU for

reading this far!!!