Re: have i gone hyper or am i dying?

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In a message dated 11/23/2004 3:44:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,

marin@... writes:

> Why did you drop back so drastically? Maybe from 4 1/2 to maybe 4 grains?

>

funny you should ask this...i was wondering that this morning. i'm feeling a

bit sluggish today.

cindi

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You might have overdosed yourself, so it's still in your system, and

taking 2 grains is adding to your overdosed system....

It's all tricky. I have dropped back down to 3 grains after being on

3 1/4 and sometimes 3 1/2. I am surmising that my lowering estrogen

due to being peri has decreased my need for thyroid a bit??

Yup, it can be confusing. ) Janie

> I did feel some pressure in my chest the day before yesterday.

mostly i just

> feel a weird feeling in my chest. almost like fluttering...only

it doesn't

> feel like my heart..just a weird feeling.

> Today - at 2 grains so far this morning..i feel my heartbeat very

> strong...and i wasn't aware of it before.

> i'm so confused.

> cindi

>

>

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In a message dated 11/24/2004 10:31:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,

marin@... writes:

> How long were you on the 4 1/2 grains? Several months, or just 4 to 6 wks?

>

Yes, I was on it several months. And then all of a sudden almost, it was

just way too much. Or maybe it was just building up gradual.

I've stayed at 3 1/2 grains the past few days. And I actually feel MUCH

better. I am sorta puzzled by this.

But here's one thought. I think I was without thyroid hormone for so long

(decades not years) that at first my body had a lot of thyroid hormone

resistance. It seemed like my body was just craving as much as it could get.

As the months have gone on...has that situation improved perhaps? The body

has figured out it has hormone every day and the little receptors are starting

to work..and all of a sudden it was just too much.

It's hard to say, isn't it? We're all so individual with this...and I think

the longer we went without what we needed...the stranger it might be for us to

get adjusted.

And then again, did the thyroid start kicking back in more? I know that can

happen with Hashmoto's some time.

I think I'm going to stay at the 3 1/2 grains for a week or so and then

reassess. But at least my digestive pain/frequency is resolved and my

heart/chest

seems to be doing okay.

Cindi

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In a message dated 11/24/2004 10:31:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,

marin@... writes:

> That's why I couldn't

> figure out why you cut it back a full grain instead of about a half grain.

>

I think I just got scared...but yea, 1/2 a grain woulda made more sense. But

I'll see how this does for just a little while longer.

Cindi