Re: Ok I need some help here

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Alyssa wrote:

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> alright now if I go off PTU for 2 days I will be fine because that is

> less than last time before I went hyper or thought I went hyper anyway

> what do I need to do once I'm on 50mgs of PTU do I just split it 3

> ways I mean what on earth do I do with THAT?

I'm on 50mg PTU a day. I split it in two, because 25 mg every 12

hours works okay so far, and cutting it in 3 would be painful. I

take it midnight and midday (my brain can remember that mostly).

> Alyssa needs advise on pill cutting now especially since I'm getting

> knocked down from 100mgs to 2 days off PTU then on again at 50mgs per

> day now I only have 50mgs pills so do I ask for 25mgs pills gosh this

> is getting more and more confusing!!!!!!!!!

25mg pills - we'd be so lucky!

I have a pill cutter and cut 50 mg pills in half down the score

already in the pills. Pill cutters are really cheap, just

plastic with a blaze mounted, and some guide rails to line the

pills up with - very simple, but a bit fiddly.

For me two days off would be a potential problem, but I think

most people get hyper more slowly than I do when the medication

stops, so I think stopping two days and going to 50mg is not

unreasonable. If you start sweating buckets probably best to

start the PTU again and go see a doctor if it doesn't stop

sharpish.

Hope you get a stable maintenance dose soon, I was feeling

pretty fed up when I was at your levels, but it got better when

the thyroid hormone levels crept back to " normal " , and my TSH

vanished again for a few months.

Simon

Simon