Posted by Chloe on October 28, 2002, at 10:52:51
In reply to Re: Should I add SYNTHROID if T3/4 are normal??? » Chloe, posted by Ritch on October 25, 2002, at 20:35:53
>> Chloe, that is interesting (once a day)? Oh well, so much for how memory serves me. My Mom is clinically hypothyroid. She has had two thyroid surgeries-I've had one-both of us have only half a thyroid now. I knew that my Mom's last thyroid tumor was cancerous and I *thought* she told me that it was all removed the last time. But, I told her I can't understand how she can get by without thyroid hormone replacement with NO thyroid. So, I told her that I think they just removed a tumor the first surgery, and then the 2nd surgery they took 1/2 the thyroid. She can't remember for sure! Anyhow, she always complains about being cold all the time, being constipated, her skin is dry, thin, and flaky. I have told her several times over the last year: HELLO, get your TSH checked and take supplements! She never gets around to it. She will take some Dilantin if she feels any kind of feeling that she used to experience before she had her seizures at night, but she won't go get her thyroid hormones checked. You see, when she had her last surgery and her TSH was too high, they put her on T4, but the dose was way too high, and she did get nervous on it and didn't like it so she just quit it. The endo she was seeing wasn't very flexible to say the least.
Hi Mitch,
I have only been on Cytomel for three days, but so far, I really feel an improvement. I think I am going to be able to make it to my next maintanence ECT without a major suicidal crash. AND with your history and with only half a thyroid, I would imagine some form of T3 or T4 might really smooth things out for you. (WOW, and even more so for your poor mom. How can she survive the winters with her body turned down so low???) It may be too early for me to be reporting. But I have felt "up" but not manic for at least 24 hours. And I was able to sleep through the night. Yipee!
Your guinea pig,
Chloe
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