Re: Newbie questions....Sandy

[Guest guest]

But, I'm > confused and wonder if anybody can give me any insight into

whether

> once I'm weaned off the meds, (I hear they don't like you to be on

> them for longer than 18 months) if the HyperT symptoms might still

> be there or what to expect?

Welcome. As Terry mentioned it's crucial to split your dose as long as

you can. Once you're on 5 mg. a day, you may do well just taking it once

a day but if you're very sensitive to dosage changes you may still want

to split it.

It's important to wean off the meds gradually. Also, you shouldn't go off

the ATD until you've had a TSI antibody test and it comes out not just

normal but just about undetectable, at less than 2%. If you're already on

a minimum dose of Tap and the Tap, and this is all months away for you,

but you still have a significantly higher TSI, you'll want to stay on

this maintenance dose of Tap till the TSI is appropriately low. (And,

just to add to the confusion, if this minimum dose of Tap is making you

hypO, your doctor may want to add synthroid to balance you out and allow

you to stay on the ATD till your TSI is OK. But we can jump off that

bridge when we get to it ;-)

Take care, Fay

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