Posted by BarbaraCat on April 15, 2002, at 15:01:37
In reply to Re: Lithium and thyroid disorders » BarbaraCat, posted by HMK on April 15, 2002, at 11:55:50
Well, great news. Hopefully the nurse will go for some higher ed credits cause that's just awful. Forgive me for taking this personally but I had a similar incident where my lab results were 'borderline low' (read 4.0) and I dragged my weary butt around for a year before finally finding a doctor who said 'WHAT!' and treated me.
If you're still not feeling more zippy and clear-headed after adding the extra Synthroid, I urge you to talk to your Dr. about his/her thoughts on T3 (Cytomel is the med name). If it's something that's going to work for you, it'll work like gangbusters, and is especially indicated for people with depression. If it's not gonna work, then you'll know cause you'll feel kind of hyper. Anyhow, I know that for myself and many others of us hypothyroids, taking T3 has been a pretty important piece of the antidepressant puzzle. - Barbara
> Good news, everyone- I convinced my doctor to prescribe a higher level of Synthroid. She agreed that our goal should be to get my TSH between 1-2. Turns out, my nurse just had the old fashioned information (that TSH is normal if under 6) and not my doctor. Hooray for educated family practitioners! Am really hoping that things will turn around for me once I get on the right level of thyroid medication. Right now all I do is work and sleep. And sleep.
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> On a manic upswing today so I'm pretty hyper. I hate this disorder!!! Neurontin just isn't keeping my moods under control!
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> Best wishes,
> Heather
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