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Posted by furball on January 29, 2008, at 5:59:32
I have been on 100 mcg of synthroid. Then for the last 6 months was on 5mcg of cytomel. I was feeling good - some heart palpipations at night when I lay down but great energy - losing inches and increased stamina when working out. Able to sustain 5 days a week 1.5 hour a day work out routine. Waoke up fresh and ready to go. No afternoon sleepiness like before. Then doctor discovered I was vitamn D deficient put me on 1.25 mg prescription vitamin D and took me off the cytomel saying i didn't need it and that it "muddied" test results. Bee off cytomel for about 2 weeks and I started sprouting facial hair and just feel yucky - sluggish like someone had sucked the energy out of me. Doc insists the cytomel dosage was too low for it to have any effect. I am still taking the synthroid. Now also diagnosed with fatty liver (non alcoholic) and have started on Liv 52 today. Have lost 43 lbs and 3 dress sizes in the last 4 months and feel great. My BP is normal (118/80) without meds now and resting heart rate was 60 when checked a week ago. It has been so hard for me to start losing weight and I feel so good and am scared to go back to feeling like crap again and not being able to sustain my excercise level.
I still need to lose another 40 lbs to reac my goal (ideal) weight of 160 lbs. Should I insist that I resume the cytomel or is this just psychological and should I just stay off it?
Please help!
Posted by Phillipa on January 29, 2008, at 10:31:21
In reply to cytomel, posted by furball on January 29, 2008, at 5:59:32
I too tried cytomel didn't work for me except to be like coffee jitters went off it and it was 5mcg too. I've heard that is low too. Good luck in finding an answer you see an endo? Phlllipa
Posted by bleauberry on January 29, 2008, at 16:59:10
In reply to cytomel, posted by furball on January 29, 2008, at 5:59:32
Nobody knows you like you do. Nobody knows how you feel like you do. You could do one of three things:
Be respectful, polite, yet very firm with doctor in getting back to where you were.
Get another doctor.
Order your own on the net. Thyroid meds are easy to get.
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