Guest guest Posted November 16, 2002 Report Share Posted November 16, 2002 Lorna, The easy weight loss of hyper may be tempting, but you lose more muscle than anything else when you lose that way, and that is really unhealthy! I could really tell when I was that hyper. I was trying to work out three times a week to minimize the muscle wasting, and I was losing about a pound a day, even when I ate a full meal every two hours! But I was constantly dropping the weight I could lift too. I started at about 1/3 to 1/2 what I could do when I was healthy, and dropped to less than half of that! It was really, really pathetic. Given the heart problems it courts, and the possibility of bone loss, it just isn't worth it. Sorry... -- in Fla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2002 Report Share Posted November 16, 2002 Lorna Schmidt wrote: > > I really don't want to start all over again and the thought of losing some > of the weight I put on during the treatment if very tempting. My heart rate > is between 100-120, will I be damaging it by putting off going to the doc? Just a me too.. I agree with the other two, with a resting heart rate of 100-120 go to the doctor, or call him for a betablocker prescription. Anything under 100 when resting is probably attributable to general unfitness, but many docs use 100 as the trigger for checking stuff out (although the arbitary nature of the limit is probably more to do with ease of memorising it that well researched medicine This is a " me too " in another way as well, as I think I'm hyper again (on the same dose of PTU), but my pulse is NO WHERE NEAR 100 yet. I'm losing weight despite eating more, I thought it might be this cold, or maybe the diarrhea was something else, but I'm beginning to doubt it. I can sympathise with the disappointment, I was really p'ed off when I relapsed after surgery (even if it was 6 years later), I thought this was something I'd put behind me. My advice, you obviously respond to the drugs quite well, I'm sure in three or four weeks you can be down to a minimal maintenance dose. Don't be tempted to leap at easy fixes, just because you are hacked off. Che sera sera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2002 Report Share Posted November 16, 2002 Hi Lorna, I see you already have replies, but I still always need to add something. :-) If you gained weight while you were on your ATD , it is most likely because you were not monitored and you dose adjusted in a timely fashion. I was kept too hypo for a long time and had the same thing happen , until I joined groups like this and learned I could get paper copies of each lab result and learn where my own individual 'set point' is. Once I got this figured out and was on the right dose for ME, the extra weight slipped away. I do understand your thinking at this point, but unfortunately the weight you are loosing right now is all muscle, and fat is sticking to you. You will get weak and flabby, then it will be even harder to get back in shape after you get back on your ATD. It is so sad that you have not had proper dosing and have been put through the wringer by not having your TSI tested before being taken off the ATD. Returning to hyper IS the expected result with this horrid treatment. Get in and get you beta blockers and ATD, and stick with us. You WILL learn how to do it right this time. The sooner you start the easier it will be, with less damage done and less bad antibodies building up. -Pam L- 3 1/2 yr.Graves and TED, PTU, Remission due to education, SLOW reduction of PTU, improved lifestyle, excellent nutrition,herbs, and looking at the BIG picture ! Pills alone only fix symptoms. We must help our bodies to heal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2002 Report Share Posted November 16, 2002 Hi Lorna, I see you already have replies, but I still always need to add something. :-) If you gained weight while you were on your ATD , it is most likely because you were not monitored and you dose adjusted in a timely fashion. I was kept too hypo for a long time and had the same thing happen , until I joined groups like this and learned I could get paper copies of each lab result and learn where my own individual 'set point' is. Once I got this figured out and was on the right dose for ME, the extra weight slipped away. I do understand your thinking at this point, but unfortunately the weight you are loosing right now is all muscle, and fat is sticking to you. You will get weak and flabby, then it will be even harder to get back in shape after you get back on your ATD. It is so sad that you have not had proper dosing and have been put through the wringer by not having your TSI tested before being taken off the ATD. Returning to hyper IS the expected result with this horrid treatment. Get in and get you beta blockers and ATD, and stick with us. You WILL learn how to do it right this time. The sooner you start the easier it will be, with less damage done and less bad antibodies building up. -Pam L- 3 1/2 yr.Graves and TED, PTU, Remission due to education, SLOW reduction of PTU, improved lifestyle, excellent nutrition,herbs, and looking at the BIG picture ! Pills alone only fix symptoms. We must help our bodies to heal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2002 Report Share Posted November 16, 2002 Thanks for your responses. I was 't taken off cold turkey it was a long and protracted exercise. My GP was treating me and I had a test about two months ago which was normal but he said he thought my next one (due in December) would be hyper again, he said if that was the case he wouldn't handle me anymore and send me elsewhere (not sure where, probably an endo. I hear what you are saying about the weight loss , Jody, I thought that myself this evening , I'd probably lose the weight and then go straight up again. My husband has threatened that he'll phone the doc on Monday if I don't, he's sick of me not being able to go to sleep because of being itchy all the time. By the way, one of the symptoms I seem to have this time which I don't recall last time is extreme breast tenderness, is this a normal symptom or am I just adding to my catalogue of symptoms that I already have? Lorna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2002 Report Share Posted November 16, 2002 Thanks for your responses. I was 't taken off cold turkey it was a long and protracted exercise. My GP was treating me and I had a test about two months ago which was normal but he said he thought my next one (due in December) would be hyper again, he said if that was the case he wouldn't handle me anymore and send me elsewhere (not sure where, probably an endo. I hear what you are saying about the weight loss , Jody, I thought that myself this evening , I'd probably lose the weight and then go straight up again. My husband has threatened that he'll phone the doc on Monday if I don't, he's sick of me not being able to go to sleep because of being itchy all the time. By the way, one of the symptoms I seem to have this time which I don't recall last time is extreme breast tenderness, is this a normal symptom or am I just adding to my catalogue of symptoms that I already have? Lorna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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