Adrenal vs thyroid

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My TSH showed a little high at my annual physical about the end of March

[i think]; prior to that it had been normal. We retested a month later

and it had gone up from 5.x to 6.x, so I was started on 50 mg Synthroid

for 6 to 8 weeks. At that time my TSH was just within the old high

range, a little over 5. We decided to increase to 75 mg Synthroid to

lower it more; I believe T3, T4, and adrenals tested normal at that time.

As far as I know I had no hypo symptoms, and I cannot tell any

difference so far with the Synthroid. I did have some weird reactions

to the Synthroid at first, but that didn't really surprise me; they're

gone now. As a matter of fact most of my symptoms would probably

indicate hyper, rather than hypo, thyroidism. If I went strictly by

symptoms I'd probably be taking something to INCREASE my TSH; a recipe

for disaster.

I think we all desire a doctor with good clinical skills, and some of

those skills for me include knowing what tests to run and how to

interpret the results. Symptoms are another indicator; but they're no

doubt often more ambiguous than test results.

Message: 15 Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 23:14:27 -0400 From: " Gracia "

<circe@...> Subject: Re: Adrenal vs thyroid Yeah this is what

hapopens to most of us. We spend years thinking we have all kinds of

diseases, when we really have untreated hypothyroidiism. So how are all

those tests and $ynthroid working out for you? Give me a doc with

clinical skills anyday. Gracia

>>

>> I had no hypo symptoms that could not be attributed to hundreds of other

>> illnesses [or age], until the TSH tests showed abnormal. I've had

>> absolutely no symptomatic response to having the TSH brought within

>> normal [high] range; but we have increased the Synthroid to bring it

>> closer to the norm.

>

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