6 Weeks off meds

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Hello everyone,

Well, after 4 weeks off meds I was feeling very hypo but now I'm feeling

just slightly hyper. Resting pulse has gone from 64 - 66 bpm to 70 - 74

bpm in the last two weeks. Lately my lower back has been killing me, I

have been having headaches almost daily and my head feels pressurized.

Also, my eyes have been kind of dry and scratchy. On the good news front

my weight gain stalled out and now I have lost about a pound. My

depression has lifted and I feel better emotionally overall, but I am

noticing some slight anger bursts here and there. Muscle weakness has

also been present, that happened just a few days off meds but seems to

be leveling off now and even improving slightly.

My thought is to continue without the meds for a few more weeks and see

if I stabilize on the high end or normal. If I do stabilize I will

continue without medication, if my levels rise and I feel more and more

hyper after 10 weeks of no meds I will then add a small dose of PTU

daily. I was thinking a dose of one PTU per day, half in the morning and

half in the evening, might keep me good. One thing I must do is stop

caffeine. In the morning I feel completely out of control after drinking

my coffee. Several hours later, when the caffeine wears off I feel

pretty good.

I didn't go for my new labs last week so will need to go either tomorrow

or Monday. My endo won't run a FT3 anymore, says it's a waste of time

and money so I'll only get a T3, FT4 and TSH. I like my endo but she

just doesn't seem to do much for me, if ya know what I mean. I go to see

her, she checks me over, asks how I'm feeling, writes down what I say

and then doses me by my labs anyway. And now she won't even run the labs

I want. My next appointment with her is in January and I'm going to have

to talk to her. I am not even going to be made to feel hypo again. The

depression over the summer was terrible, the weight gain was terrible,

the lack of energy was terrible and I refuse to feel like that again.

Been thinking I need to call my primary care and talk to her. I want to

be able to find a partner willing to help me feel my best. I don't want

someone who will tell me what to do irregardless of how I feel, had

enough of that already!

in MA USA

Graves since March 1997

Currently on 0 PTU tablets per day

Was euthyroid from 2000-2002, Hoping that I am now too!

Will not undergo RAI