Posted by KaraS on September 4, 2004, at 13:53:38
In reply to Re: I've lost track......... » KaraS, posted by Simus on September 4, 2004, at 1:07:31
Hi Simus,
Are you feeling better today?
> > > Kara,
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> > > The thing that has me confused is that my total T3 is high normal and my free T4 is normal. I don't understand this. I could understand the high TSH if the T3 and/or T4 were low. So I am wondering if something else, like pituitary, is involved.
> >
> > You got me on that one. Sorry for going into all the basics then. Didn't mean to talk down to you - I just didn't understand what your issue was. Have you had a chance to ask your doctor that question?
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> You didn't talk down to me at all. No, I haven't asked the doctor yet. The cynical side of me doesn't really expect the doctor to know what is causing it either.
I understand. You get weary after a while.
> > > The past two weeks I have been dizzy, anxious, very oily skin, hair loss, no weight gain/loss though...
> >
> > Have you started taking any supplement or anything that might have caused these side effects? As you probably know, only the hair loss is typical for hypothyroid (that I know of anyway). How strange! Maybe when you know who gets back from daddy mode, he'll have some insights.
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> I have noticed that I seem to have a yearly "symptom" cycle. Right around August I have had anxiety and just feel generally dizzy/nausious and yucky. Then around January I have had to deal with depression and low energy. I am wondering if the thyroid can fluctuate between a little too high and a little too low throughout the year.Have you ever considered bipolar disease? I know it seems like a stretch but I was reading other posts by people who were diagnosed with that and some of them had very mild conditions. Do you remember BarbaraCat? Did you ever read any of her posts? I would never have guessed by the symptoms she listed that she was bipolar. Yet that was her diagnosis and lithium ended up helping her immensely. Did you have these symptoms prior to the Lexapro because medications can bring on the bipolar condition? Jane Pauley's condition was brought on by steroids which obviously effect the sex hormones. Lexapro definitely effected your sex hormones as it gave you the menopausal syptoms. Maybe messing with the hormones is enough to do it. OTOH, if you were bipolar, then wouldn't the Wellbutrin have made you quite manic? I don't know. If you think this might be worth looking into, I'll find the BarbaraCat posting(s) for you.
> > Wish I could help you more than that. Sometimes it's two steps forward and one step back I guess.
> > How frustrating for you though. Know that I'm thinking of you and hoping that you'll be feeling better soon.
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> Thanks. =)
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> > > Thanks so much for your continued concern and support. I know you have enough to deal with in your own life. God bless you.
> > >
> > > Simus
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> > I've been doing a bit better and I got a temporary (but full-time hours) job. The people seem very nice. There's the possibility of it becoming permanent though it probably still wouldn't be enough to live on. It's a an afternoon to evening job so I'll still have the mornings to interview for something better. So, all in all, a good first step.
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> WOO-HOO!!! I am happy for you! Hey, I celebrate any progress forward in any area of my life at this point, and I am sure you are in the same boat.
> >
> > Fortunately, this opportunity came after I'd already been feeling somewhat better so that i could do well on the interview. (Had it been a week earlier, I doubt I could have risen to the occasion.)
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> Timing is everything. Just this week I spoke to some people where I used to work. They have too much work and need people, but I just felt so bad... If it had been just a month earlier...Yes, but if you had gone back to work and then gotten sick like this, it could have been disasterous for you both physically and mentally.
> > It's a long road sometimes I guess.
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> Yeah. It sure is. Sometimes it seems endless...
Yeah, I know. But then when something good happens again, you feel encouraged again and it doesn't seem so endless.
> > Please keep me posted on how you're doing.
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> Ditto. If we don't have any good news to report, we can always resort to pondering the truth about the elusive Larry. Hey, I have one. Could it be that the young Hoover boys are actually Larry clones? Maybe he just couldn't keep up with all the questions here, and so he is multiplying himself. What do you think?
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> Simus
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>Yes, that's a good idea! He's been so busy, I'm not sure he's even reading these. Just think of all the fun we could have! I'm certain you're right about the cloning. Knowing Larry, he figured out how to do it years ago. I just can't wait for them to grow up and help us out here when that selfish Larry decides to take vacations. (LOL)
BTW, did you notice how excited Larry got about the article I posted for him? He was so funny. (I was so glad I sent it as I had been debating whether or not he'd be interested in it.)
Keep the faith,
Kara
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