Posted by Chloe on June 3, 2003, at 14:15:47
In reply to Re:Has my thyroid shut off? » Chloe, posted by Pfinstegg on June 2, 2003, at 22:08:14
> Hi.. it certainly sounds like you are completely off, thyroid-wise. Is there any way to ask your internist or regular doctor to check your TSH, T3 and T4 as soon as possible? He might be able to give you the readings, and you might be able to work with him to try to make things better. A month or two is so long to wait when you are obviously miserable and unwell. Do you take T4 along with the T3?
Hi,
Yes, I guess I should get my reg. MD involved in this. I just keep hopeing the endo would come through...I have been trying since the beginning of march to get an appt. with this endo. I don't think it's gonna happen...I just take T3. I have never has anything else. Does T4 NOT shut of the thryoid like T3 does? I know T3 is what the thyroid makes, so perhaps taking the supplement turns off my thyroid. Does T4 do the same?
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> 10 mcg is considered a substantial, pretty standard dose, but I do think you need medical help in making changes- you could possibly go down to 5mcg. while you are waiting to get this help, but you probably should not discontinue it, because you don't know what your thyroid is able to do on its own at this point.I did half my dose from 10 to 5 mcgs. I felt unbelievable horrible, tired, constipated beyond belief, irritable. Then after about two weeks, I started to feel a little more "normal", but my mood was not as stable, unfortunately. And that is where I am now. 5 mcgs, some hypo symptoms, but not as crippling. But my mood is up and down, though mostly down and getting worse.
Thanks for your help
Chloe
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> Pfinstegg
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