Re: Introduction/

[Guest guest]

Hi , I just wanted to welcome you and let you know that we live

relatively close. I live near Burgaw which is one county over.

Hang in there....it is typical to feel worse after 3-4 weeks, an

indication that you need more meds. I am on Armour Thyroid after a

long battle with synthroid. It has helped more than anything. Good

luck.

Kat

>

> Hi,

> I'm new here, my name is . I was diagnosed 7 weeks ago with

> hypothyroidism. I began treatment 6 weeks ago (we had to do a

> second lab test to be sure, because I was taking a diet pill-

HotRox-

> that was questionable as to whether it was affecting my levels or

> not). My TSH was 24, and the doctor started me out on Synthroid

> 75mcg.

>

> After realizing that I needed to take it in the morning to avoid

> insomnia, I began noticing a pattern: I took it at 8am, ate at

9am,

> had energy from 8:30-noon, then begin a rapid downhill slide that

> resulted in my taking a nap around 3-4pm for a couple hours, then

I

> would wake up and was able to function until it was time to go to

> bed (around 10pm). This scenario lasted the first couple of weeks.

>

> Then began week 3 (an on to the present, at week 4), and a whole

new

> routine. I would get up and take the medicine at the same time as

> usual, eat an hour later, but never experienced the energy spike.

> Conversely, I was feeling worse than ever, even worse than before

I

> started the medication! I finally hit rock bottom the day before

> yesterday, cried half the day, slept the other half, and got up

> yesterday and took one and a half times the dose I was prescribed

> (on 75mcg, took one and a half pills, equalling 112 mcg) and I

felt

> wonderful all day, like myself again, better than I had in a long

> time. Of course, you're not supposed to do that, but I just felt

> like I needed a " break " from feeling so lousy. I went back to

> taking the prescribed dose this morning, just one pill, and I was

> able to get through the morning but around 1 I started that old

> familiar downhill slide and I'm tired again.

>

> I realize that this just means I need to wait 2 more weeks until

my

> next blood test so they can raise my dosage, but I'm scared that

the

> test results will show I'm " normal " and they won't raise it, or

that

> my having taken this extra half of a pill will mess it up

somehow.

> I hear all the horror stories of people's labs being normal but

them

> not feeling better. Am I overreacting to that possibility? I

just

> hope and pray that the doctor will raise my dose, to at least

112mcg

> or 135mcg, if not double it to 150.

>

> My mom is hypo, too, but it's been a while since she went through

> this, so she doesn't really seem to understand (she even said as

> much, that it had been a while and she didn't remember how long it

> took for her to feel better).

>

> My initial complaint was inability to lose weight. The last time

I

> was able to lose weight was Spring of 2002, and it was a struggle

> then, even. I have tons of symptoms, things I wrote off as other

> things or as being directly related to being overweight, such as

> swollen ankles, aches and pains in joints, feeling tired, along

with

> the dry brittle hair (thought it was because of the salty air,

since

> we moved to ville, NC about the same time as I am thinking

I

> began having hypo problems), dry skin, memory loss (that's the

only

> one I didn't have an explanation for, and I'm glad I have one

> now!).

>

> Anyway, this is terribly long, but I guess I needed to vent more

> than I realized.

>

> I'm glad to meet all of you, and I look forward to getting to know

> you all. I wish us all energy, well-being, and happiness!

>

>

> USMC Wife

> ville, NC

> Synthroid: 75mcg since 15Sept05

>