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I was extremely depressed for years. FIVE suicide attemps in my teens

and 20's! Then I started getting on antidepressants and seeing

counselors. Now wit plenty of T3 in my system, I no longer have suicidal

thoughs, in fact I seldon cry and when I do now it is for real things

nto imagined doom and gloom. Low T3 is a major source of depression with

hypothyroidism runnign at epidemic proportions everywhere and then being

treatesd wiht T4 only meds. I really feel many on antidepressants need

nothing more than optimizing T3.

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I was extremely depressed for years. FIVE suicide attemps in my teens

and 20's! Then I started getting on antidepressants and seeing

counselors. Now wit plenty of T3 in my system, I no longer have suicidal

thoughs, in fact I seldon cry and when I do now it is for real things

nto imagined doom and gloom. Low T3 is a major source of depression with

hypothyroidism runnign at epidemic proportions everywhere and then being

treatesd wiht T4 only meds. I really feel many on antidepressants need

nothing more than optimizing T3.

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Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

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hi rhonda! i'm on just regular hc 15 mgs as i feel good on that

dose. i have tried 5-htp before after i weaned off effexor to try

keeping serotonin levels up, but still think most of my depression

is thryoid related now. i might take a little of it until i get

optimized to help lift my mood more, though i'm seeing improvement

on armour already.

funny you ask about sleeping bc it's my nights that are hardest as i

get nighttime anxiety and have pretty bad dreams to the point of

night terrors though they also are seeming to get better...they are

so very frightening!

how have you been doing? are you making some progress too? i hope

so ;)

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> Shar~ I have been wondering how you are doing. Where are you

at with the Cortisol SR? I finally am taking it once a day. I have

been having depression also. Have you been able to up the T3 yet?

i just went out and bought some 5HTP today and had a similar post.

I felt calm after taking it but I am not sure of the long term

effects. How are you sleeping. Rhonda

> depression question

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> i've mentioned being on and off antidepressants and anti-

anxiety meds

> on and off for years really thinking now that's it's been more

related

> to adrenal/hypot and currently am not on any other than ativan

for

> panic attack emergencies.

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> my depression has been lifting somewhat and wonder if others

have

> found their depression has nearly resolved once optimized and

felt

> even better than when on ADs previously?

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> i'm wondering if i should add in some 5-htp until i get

optimized or

> if i should just wait longer not needing it when i find my

right dose

> of armour. are others taking armour AND ADs and find that

helps most?

> i've heard mixed answers on this and trying to get some other

> experiences. thanks!

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How long since you weaned off Effexor? Could the night terrors/bad

dreams be lessening from not taking it anymore? Effexor caused me a lot

of bad side effects, I think including worse nightmares. But it took

Cymbalta to ramp up the night terror type dreams to where instead of

wanting desperately to sleep, I was terrified of sleep. Nobody warned me

that bad dreams could be a side effect of these kind of meds.

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shar_141414 wrote:

> i weaned off effexor..................

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> funny you ask about sleeping bc it's my nights that are hardest as i

> get nighttime anxiety and have pretty bad dreams to the point of

> night terrors though they also are seeming to get better...they are

> so very frightening!

>

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hi sol...i've been off effexor now for several months. it was the

last antidepressant i tried bc, like cymbalta, it effects

norepinephrine as well as serotonin and my doc told me that could

help with my 'fibromyalgia'...yea right...more like armour for the

pain from hypot! i admit i was less depressed on it but it just made

me numb...not happier just a little more stable...but all the while

my hypo symptoms worsened.

i'm not sure about the night terror issue. i don't recall if it made

my situation worse honestly...i've had night terrors on and off for

as long as i can remember and used to relate it to being 'depressed,

anxious, panic ridden' but since nothing helped except ativan at

times of panic attacks i'm thinking it was all along adrenal/thyroid

related and seems to be getting better.

the night terrors for me were/can be so frightening it's

indescribable along with horrible vivid dreams of sickening scary

stuff. i really hope the armour and hc in time put them to rest for

good.

> > i weaned off effexor..................

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> > funny you ask about sleeping bc it's my nights that are hardest

as i

> > get nighttime anxiety and have pretty bad dreams to the point of

> > night terrors though they also are seeming to get better...they

are

> > so very frightening!

> >

> >

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