Guest guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Yeah idiopathic that's exactly what he said. So now he has me stopping the T3 for a few days and see what happens. I felt hypo before doing this so that was a concern so he said to back to the levoxyl, I said I am losing too much hair since I started the levoxyl. I know others on it that experienced that same thing. SO, I have to wait for some blood tests he took last Fri. I am giving him another chance The compounding pharmacist said it could be my adrenals reacting to the T3 making me hypersensitive to the T3 and she recommended I see an adrenal specialist. I told her we were treating Rt3 and she said Adrenals should be taken care of first. I also told her my 24 hr saliva results and said he should be treating me with those numbers. He doesn't seem at all concerned about them.....and yet I am going down hill fast. Venizia > > > > > > Okay, now I am breaking out in hives!!! I had been taking 50mcg of > > Timed-released compounded T3 for 2 weeks. Then my doctor last Friday > > raised it to another 50 mcg and took me off the T4 FINALLY! So I am > > taking 50 mcg twice a day. I am breaking out in hives! I called the > > pharmacist and they say there are practically no fillers or the > > fillers they have almost nothing to them and she didn't think it was > > the T3. She suggested an adrenal problem and they are reacting to the > > T3. ANy thoughts! :( I am so tired of all of this. My doctors > > answer, " call the pharmacist and ask her....do I think my doctor > > doesn't know what the hell he is doing??????!!!!! This is my 6th > > doctor, I am done. I am going to the naturopath I saw last week. The > > pharmacist recommended I see one but they don't accept my insurance. > > But the one I saw last week does SO.......that's a no brainer at this > > point. > > > > Venizia > > > > Venizia > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.1/1605 - Release Date: 8/11/2008 4:59 PM > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 What about this thinking....hives are usually a histamine reaction. This is because I don't have enough cortisol in my body to calm inflammation. My cortisol levels with the 24 hr saliva test were low. Venizia > > > > > > > > > Okay, now I am breaking out in hives!!! I had been taking 50mcg of > > > Timed-released compounded T3 for 2 weeks. Then my doctor last Friday > > > raised it to another 50 mcg and took me off the T4 FINALLY! So I am > > > taking 50 mcg twice a day. I am breaking out in hives! I called the > > > pharmacist and they say there are practically no fillers or the > > > fillers they have almost nothing to them and she didn't think it was > > > the T3. She suggested an adrenal problem and they are reacting to the > > > T3. ANy thoughts! :( I am so tired of all of this. My doctors > > > answer, " call the pharmacist and ask her....do I think my doctor > > > doesn't know what the hell he is doing??????!!!!! This is my 6th > > > doctor, I am done. I am going to the naturopath I saw last week. The > > > pharmacist recommended I see one but they don't accept my insurance. > > > But the one I saw last week does SO.......that's a no brainer at this > > > point. > > > > > > Venizia > > > > > > Venizia > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.1/1605 - Release Date: > 8/11/2008 4:59 PM > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Thanks Chuck. I have been really depressed today because in talking with my doctor today, I just got the feeling he doesn't know what to do. But after reading what you had to say, I am going to give it more time with him. Although I am not sure he knows how to treat Rt3. First he had me talking T4 with T3, when I told him after two weeks the fatigue was not at all improved, he took me off T4 which I was glad for because I kept reading NO T4 when correcting Rt3, he then gives me twice as much T3 from 50mcg to 100 mcg a day. I am wondering if this is why I have dealing with so much itching and hives. I read we are to increase slower than this. Venizia -- In hypothyroidism , Chuck B <gumboyaya@...> wrote: > > Venizia, > > You wrote: > > ...I told her we were treating Rt3 and she said > > Adrenals should be taken care of first.... > > I would agree if you had a clear cut adrenal insufficiency, and the RT3 > was closer to normal. However, your saliva test was marginal, consistent > with what being hypoT will cause. So, to me the priority goes to the > more severe condition, which clearly is the RT3. You could always treat > both! > > Chuck > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 At this point I do not feel hyper. In fact I feel hypo...very tired, weight gain, depressed, brain fog...you name it. I am going to bring up all your ideas from you last two posts to him. Thank you, you are extremely helpful and as I told Crystal, don't done what I would do without this group to keep me sane. Venizia > > ... I kept reading NO T4 when correcting Rt3, he then > > gives me twice as much T3 from 50mcg to 100 mcg a day. I am wondering > > if this is why I have dealing with so much itching and hives. I read > > we are to increase slower than this. > > I would think so, especially if you are still loaded with T4. It takes a > week to remove half from your system. It would be less shock to your > system to bring in the T3 gradually to replace what the T4 had been > supplying instead of piling it on top. Plus, 50 mcg of T3 should be > equivalent to 200 mcg of T4. Doubling that is a recipe for hyperT, > especially when much of the T4 effect was neutralized by RT3. The extra > excitability would not help hives, either. > > Chuck > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Well, I don't know that there is such a thing as an adrenal specialist either. But I am seeing a naturopathic MD on Tuesday. My doctor said I would get the results of my labs this week and I never heard from him. The way I feel, I need to get the right treatment fast...he doesn't seem to be moving fast enough for me and I don't think he is taking me seriously. Venizia > > > good for the compounding pharmacist. I never knew there was such a thing as adrenal specialist..... besides me of course. > Gracia > > Yeah idiopathic that's exactly what he said. So now he has me stopping > the T3 for a few days and see what happens. I felt hypo before doing > this so that was a concern so he said to back to the levoxyl, I said I > am losing too much hair since I started the levoxyl. I know others on > it that experienced that same thing. SO, I have to wait for some > blood tests he took last Fri. I am giving him another chance The > compounding pharmacist said it could be my adrenals reacting to the T3 > making me hypersensitive to the T3 and she recommended I see an > adrenal specialist. I told her we were treating Rt3 and she said > Adrenals should be taken care of first. I also told her my 24 hr > saliva results and said he should be treating me with those numbers. > He doesn't seem at all concerned about them.....and yet I am going > down hill fast. > > Venizia > > Recent Activity > a.. 15New Members > Visit Your Group > Meditation and > Lovingkindness > > A Group > > to share and learn. > > Health > Early Detection > > Know the symptoms > > of breast cancer. > > Y! Groups blog > The place to go > > to stay informed > > on Groups news! > . > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.0/1604 - Release Date: 8/11/2008 5:50 AM > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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