RE: GRANNY LABS BACK HELP AM I RAI BAIT?

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Don't panic, Alyssa. It is NOT unheard of to be told to stop taking your

ATD for a couple of days when you go hypo. They want you to build up some

hormone to get closer to normal. As for myself, I went off my MMI for three

days last winter when I had a TSH of 37. Then, I started back on a lower

dose. Everything worked out fine.

Now, the only thing that concerns me is that your TSH is just 5.98. It does

seem to me like a dose reduction only would get that back into check pretty

quickly. If you don't want to stop for 2 days, then just go ahead and lower

your dose instead. You'll eventually come back up to where you need to be.

It just might take a little longer.

Are you taking 50 mg. 2X a day now? Cutting your dose in half seems a

little drastic, but I know PTU is different from MMI. Cutting my MMI dose

by half sent me on a rollercoaster ride. Maybe you should try 25 mg. 3 X a

day for a few weeks and see how you feel. If you still feel hypo, then cut

on back to 25 mg. twice a day. I do know that you probably shouldn't just

take PTU once a day. It doesn't have a long enough half-life. Still, I

only took PTU for about two months, so my dosing experiencing is really only

with MMI. Someone who has been using PTU for a while will probably have

better advice.

You do need to follow your doctor's guidance, but if what he tells you to do

goes completely against what you KNOW is right for you, then follow your

instincts, use a little common sense, and do what you feel is right. It's

not going to hurt you to just cut back your dose without stopping for two

days. And it's not going to hurt you to take 25 mg. more than what the

doctor tells you to take. You'll know soon enough if the dose is right or

not. Then you can adjust accordingly. I do know from experience that it

will be much harder on you if you go back to being hyper after being hypo.

So, my advice is take it slow and easy...you'll get to where you need to be.

Take care,

Holly

Dx. 8/2001; 5 mg. MMI for last three months (and starting to get muscle

cramps again!)

GRANNY LABS BACK HELP AM I RAI BAIT?

THE Nurse called my LABS ARE

TSH is 5.98

FT4 is 1.0

She told me to not taking any PTU for 2 days then start on 1 PTU per

day 50mgs so should I do this again?

I thought this wasn't good for me to skip PTU maybe I better call her

back. What is going to happen ette, says this is a mess and how

can this be and that I am RAI bait cuz how can I get better in less

than a year right?

Granny what should I do? If I go off PTU for 2 days I will loose it

and I haven't taken my noon dose today cuz I'm so damned confused she

said, off the PTU for 2 days and back on 1 50mgs after that so am I

going to go hyper again and just be RAI bait?

help

Alyssa is a wreck!