Re: Complaints in a Safe Environment

[Guest guest]

Jan,

I have taken Celexa for depression and it helped me get thru a rough time

when I was severely hypo. But it made me gain even more weight and killed

any sex drive I may have had left. I would say wait it out if you can. When

you get out of hypoland, the depression will subside. Might want to try St.

's Wort instead.

And yes, it can take 4-6 weeks before your body will utilize the thyroid

hormone replacement.

God bless,

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, Jody. My dosage is .025 of Synthroid, you're right. The

nedo didn't want to prescribe too much at first but after the 2nd

post-surgery blood test gave me " something " to relieve my hypo

symptoms. I felt miserable when hyper. In truth, once in a while I

still feel hyper sometimes but it may be my anxiety.

I have this strange sensation in my hands - as if they are not

quite connected to the rest of me and are not working properly.

Also out-of-body feelings, which are unsettling.

As far as I know I do not have Graves. My second endo ran the

tests for it and all three have been consistent in their diagnosis

of what I had as T3 toxicosis and Plummer's Disease.

Please write more later, if you can. I need all the advice and

reassurance that I can get!

P.S. I am still on a low-iodine diet. Is this recommended?

Jan

Jody wrote:

> Just a quick reply for now as it is late here. Your labs show you

hypO, it takes 4-8 weeks for your body to feel the addition of your

dose. Recheck your prescription bottle, I think your dose should

read .025 mcg of synthroid which is a very low dose. You may

not need any more than that if the other half of your thyroid is

working. Make sure you get labs, FREE T3 and FREE T4 to

monitor you and if you are feeling so yucky, ask for them every

week or every other week. Having asthma can't help the healing

and may what is making your recovery take a bit longer.

>

> The break outs are consistant with graves. Okay, that's it for

tonight, I am sure others will pop in during the overnight or early

morning, if not, I will write more tomorrow.

>

> Take care and welcome,

>

> Jody

[Guest guest]

Hi -

Thank you for replying. I think that I will just try to tough it out. I'm

not known for my patience level and this is really agonizing.

I had to turn down work today (I work in the theatre) as it was too

much in too short a time. Normally, I would have taken the job

but not now, in my condition. I have to find some work in a totally

different field that is not as demanding physically as I must go

back to work. Lots of worry over money issues are adding to my

stress as I did not plan for not feeling well so long after my

surgery. I just hope that I will be feeling well enough to resume

my work in my chosen field soon.

Thanks for caring -

Jan

LISAREYNOLDS64@a... wrote:

I have taken Celexa for depression and it helped me get thru a

rough time when I was severely hypo. But it made me gain even

more weight and killed any sex drive I may have had left. I would

say wait it out if you can. When you get out of hypoland, the

depression will subside. Might want to try St. 's Wort

instead.

And yes, it can take 4-6 weeks before your body will utilize the

thyroid hormone replacement.

God bless,

[Guest guest]

Hi -

Thank you for replying. I think that I will just try to tough it out. I'm

not known for my patience level and this is really agonizing.

I had to turn down work today (I work in the theatre) as it was too

much in too short a time. Normally, I would have taken the job

but not now, in my condition. I have to find some work in a totally

different field that is not as demanding physically as I must go

back to work. Lots of worry over money issues are adding to my

stress as I did not plan for not feeling well so long after my

surgery. I just hope that I will be feeling well enough to resume

my work in my chosen field soon.

Thanks for caring -

Jan

LISAREYNOLDS64@a... wrote:

I have taken Celexa for depression and it helped me get thru a

rough time when I was severely hypo. But it made me gain even

more weight and killed any sex drive I may have had left. I would

say wait it out if you can. When you get out of hypoland, the

depression will subside. Might want to try St. 's Wort

instead.

And yes, it can take 4-6 weeks before your body will utilize the

thyroid hormone replacement.

God bless,

[Guest guest]

Hi Tori-

Thanks!

That sounds like a great arrangement that you have with your

endo. Mine told me over the phone that he " doesn't do free T3

tests " . But he asked for free T4. So I have to go in and insist the

next time and if he doesn't get my GP or endo #4 to do it. All of

this is so stressful for me. I will call the HMO today to see if they

have some sort of limit on that test. These endos really give me

the dry heaves with their " preferences " .

Thanks again -

Jan

L@a... wrote:

Hi Jan,

I'm sorry to hear you're feeling so awful.

My endo sometimes leaves lab requisitions for me so I can

come in any time I'm feeling bad and have the labs done without

having to wait for an appointment. I've taken advantage of this

before and it has saved me from going too hypo. Perhaps your

endo can do the same for you, it really doesn't take any

additional effort on his part, so I can't imagine that he would

object to it.

Feel better soon,

Tori

[Guest guest]

Hi Tori-

Thanks!

That sounds like a great arrangement that you have with your

endo. Mine told me over the phone that he " doesn't do free T3

tests " . But he asked for free T4. So I have to go in and insist the

next time and if he doesn't get my GP or endo #4 to do it. All of

this is so stressful for me. I will call the HMO today to see if they

have some sort of limit on that test. These endos really give me

the dry heaves with their " preferences " .

Thanks again -

Jan

L@a... wrote:

Hi Jan,

I'm sorry to hear you're feeling so awful.

My endo sometimes leaves lab requisitions for me so I can

come in any time I'm feeling bad and have the labs done without

having to wait for an appointment. I've taken advantage of this

before and it has saved me from going too hypo. Perhaps your

endo can do the same for you, it really doesn't take any

additional effort on his part, so I can't imagine that he would

object to it.

Feel better soon,

Tori

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I have Graves disease, arthritis and my lungs are working at 60% of what they

should because of pulmonary embolisms. I do housework this way. I vaccuum,

mop, whatever until I feel tired. then I rest until I feel rested and go back to

work. It's slow but it works.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks all, for the replies.

Well, I have asthma and have to vacuum and dust at least once a

month or I'm in trouble! I'm also in NYC and the dirt accumulation

is incredible. You can't tell that you've dusted the next day.

I rearranged a few pieces of furniture and swiffed in the bedroom

earlier and my heart rate zoomed up to 120! What is wrong? I'm

supposedly hypo! (w.o Graves, tho) I was hot and sweating, on a

very cold day in NYC with the windows open in my apt. Clearly I

can't go back to work yet. How frustrating.

I did talk to the endo and he will order the Free T3 test though he

thinks it's useless now. I had one before the surgery and he

agreed that it was valuable then because of the toxic nodule but

doesn't think it's needed now. I don't follow this line of thinking. I

just hope that I won't have to pay for it myself! Will have to get the

code from the lab (Quest) to see if Oxford disallows it. I can't

imagine why they would for a patient post-surgery....but, it's an

HMO.

Just venting here. Grrr.

Jan

[Guest guest]

Thanks all, for the replies.

Well, I have asthma and have to vacuum and dust at least once a

month or I'm in trouble! I'm also in NYC and the dirt accumulation

is incredible. You can't tell that you've dusted the next day.

I rearranged a few pieces of furniture and swiffed in the bedroom

earlier and my heart rate zoomed up to 120! What is wrong? I'm

supposedly hypo! (w.o Graves, tho) I was hot and sweating, on a

very cold day in NYC with the windows open in my apt. Clearly I

can't go back to work yet. How frustrating.

I did talk to the endo and he will order the Free T3 test though he

thinks it's useless now. I had one before the surgery and he

agreed that it was valuable then because of the toxic nodule but

doesn't think it's needed now. I don't follow this line of thinking. I

just hope that I won't have to pay for it myself! Will have to get the

code from the lab (Quest) to see if Oxford disallows it. I can't

imagine why they would for a patient post-surgery....but, it's an

HMO.

Just venting here. Grrr.

Jan

[Guest guest]

Thanks all, for the replies.

Well, I have asthma and have to vacuum and dust at least once a

month or I'm in trouble! I'm also in NYC and the dirt accumulation

is incredible. You can't tell that you've dusted the next day.

I rearranged a few pieces of furniture and swiffed in the bedroom

earlier and my heart rate zoomed up to 120! What is wrong? I'm

supposedly hypo! (w.o Graves, tho) I was hot and sweating, on a

very cold day in NYC with the windows open in my apt. Clearly I

can't go back to work yet. How frustrating.

I did talk to the endo and he will order the Free T3 test though he

thinks it's useless now. I had one before the surgery and he

agreed that it was valuable then because of the toxic nodule but

doesn't think it's needed now. I don't follow this line of thinking. I

just hope that I won't have to pay for it myself! Will have to get the

code from the lab (Quest) to see if Oxford disallows it. I can't

imagine why they would for a patient post-surgery....but, it's an

HMO.

Just venting here. Grrr.

Jan

[Guest guest]

Hi Jan,

I don't think that small dose of Synthroid is enough to keep your hypo

symptoms at bay. Hypot also makes the heart work harder, causing

palpitations, shortness of breath etc. The fact that your TSH is rising so

quickly shows that your body's cells aren't getting enough thyroid hormone

for their needs. It is common to start on a low dose, but it's usually

increased every 2-3 weeks until your levels are stable. Take care, Elaine