Guest guest Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 I don't even want to say this but we have found here from past posts that some people are put on these kinds of drugs when it was hypoT problems to being with--- doctors will give you antidepressants before they even test to see if you have thyroid problems first---they did this to my daughter as well--and I told them no way you find out why first---don't give me a band-aid-- we would rather keep patients hooked on drugs than find out why we are sick to begin with---this is the sad part about our doctors today!!!!!!!! > I have been on 40mg of prozac for about 10 years and 600mg lithium > and 10mg nitrazepam and now I have Hypothyrodism so it just goes to > show how dangerous these drugs are. I was told that they were all > safe! Yeah I can see how safe!!! > > Sorry to rant and thats for being here for me guys. > > All the best > > Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 I finished the last of the 55 pages of the " Gail " website this afternoon. One endocrinologist tried to prescribe antidepressants for her as well. As she said, her blood was not lacking in Prozac, it was lacking in T3! I thought that was well put. Gail > > I have been on 40mg of prozac for about 10 years and 600mg lithium > > and 10mg nitrazepam and now I have Hypothyrodism so it just goes to > > show how dangerous these drugs are. I was told that they were all > > safe! Yeah I can see how safe!!! > > > > Sorry to rant and thats for being here for me guys. > > > > All the best > > > > Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 I have read that LOW dose lithium is very useful, especially when there is alcoholism in the family, but one should always take EFAs with it. Gracia > I have been on 40mg of prozac for about 10 years and 600mg lithium > and 10mg nitrazepam and now I have Hypothyrodism so it just goes to > show how dangerous these drugs are. I was told that they were all > safe! Yeah I can see how safe!!! > > Sorry to rant and thats for being here for me guys. > > All the best > > Lyn > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Lyn. Hi, I have a cousin who used to be on lithium as well as many SSRI's. He just turned 40. When he was born...he was a little premature and had a very low birth weight. only 3 pounds. His mother was single, and this was 1964! you just don't do that. My mother was pregnant with me at the time and I was born a week later. She took both of home from the hospital at the same time as if we were twins. She raised my cousin with me until he was about five. My mother was unable to breastfeed for some reason...inverted nipples I think. Anyway, I had to drink a formula that she made from powdered milk. My cousin could not really tolerate it though. She said he was always physically uncomfortable. He cried after most feedings until he fell asleep. Ultimately he was put on a formula that her osteopath concocted from canned condensed milk and honey with vitamin drops. He was better afterward. By the time he was eating solid foods though, he started to have problems again. My Aunt met a man and got married and then came and took Dave away from us when he was five. So we didn't see him for a long time. It wasn't long before he was having trouble in school etc...and he didn't like to eat. He was sent home a lot from school with " tummy aches " . By the time he was 11 he was drinking beer. He spiraled downward pretty fast. He was either full of energy, or had none at all. And pretty moody. He still didn't eat much. Eventually my Aunt took him to a Psychiatrist. They told her he was bipolar and needed lithium. The lithium made him even more " jazzed up " . Always wired. So, they gave him an antidepressant to slow him down. When that wasn't enough, they put him on a powerful anticonvulsant. Between all of the meds it wasn't long before he had little to no thyroid output. They put him on Synthroid. This all occurred during his teen years and into his early twenties, and when he was in his thirties, he took control of his own health and went to see a Naturopath. What he told him was fascinating. He suspected that Dave had always had food allergies. Primarily grain allergies, but also yeast and lactose. So between the funky formula, and all of the grain based processed foods we were fed as kids, and of course the beer...it made perfect sense. He was always afraid to eat because everything " hurt " . And without adequate protein and nutrients, your mental and cognitive functioning really deteriorate. And you begin to have emotional problems, and many people to turn to alcohol and drugs in order to cover it up. Once Dave was introduced to the proper way to eat..and knew what to avoid, his whole world turned around. Unfortunately he was on SSRI's for so long that there is still some residual effects that he will always live with. However, he was able to get off of lithium and Dilantin completely. He only takes his Synthroid now at 75 mg. And he is doing well. I know this was really super long. But what we put into our bodies has such a profound effect of our health, and we just don't know the truth about it, or we choose to ignore it. And sometimes the answer is so simple, we just can't believe it, or see it. We eat things we weren't designed to eat all of the time and we pay for it. Grains in particularly are for animals with a " two-gut " system like a cow or a monkey. (they can extract nutrients from sticks!) Humans do NOT have the same ability. So what happens when we eat whole grains? it stays in our digestive tract long enough to ferment and make us sick. Not to mention the tiny holes it can rip in the lining of our gut, and mold and chemicals that we simply cannot process. Watching the incredible changes in my cousins life, prompted me learn to more and integrate what I learned into my own. It was astonishingly simple and effective. I too have thyroidal issues, but when I changed the way I think about food, and watch what I put into my body, I was able to cut down on the amount of Synthroid I take. Ultimately I hope to not need it all. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 great story Chriss and so happy this man could be saved!!!! most of these kinds of endings are not!!!! thanks for sharing--I send these kinds of stories to the college kids--they must see what drugs can do to them!!!!!!! thanks tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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