Posted by Chloe on November 2, 2002, at 18:25:14
In reply to Re: Should I add SYNTHROID if T3/4 are normal??? » Chloe, posted by Ritch on November 2, 2002, at 13:24:20
> Chloe, I looked some more and the most info I could find was that 10-20mcg is a common "starting" dose. It is usually taken 2-3 times daily. Couldn't find anything about empty stomach or not. Did they give you any patient information with your script when you got your Cytomel filled? If this works out well, maybe you could add a 2nd 5mcg. tablet after you get all your thyroid tests back. I noticed the "chattiness" on Celexa, too. Other SSRI's do that as well. If I take more than just a little bit I will get hypomanic.... Mitch
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Hey Mitch,
I am going to have a level drawn on Wednesday. I am very curious if it is effected at all. Because now I feel very quiet and "normal." I don't feel revved up or racy any more. I am sure my pdoc wanted to start me out slow. I am so sensitive to every med I take. She might bump up the dose next week when the tests are back.
The only patient info I got with my script said that "there are no typically reported side effects if you take this medication as directed." I thought that wasn't very helpful...No other instructions came with the medicine.
Oh, I have to be so careful with the SSRI's as you know. If I take more than a milligrams or so, I get hypomanic too. I start making really stupid decisions and doing things I wouldn't normally do. So as little as possible in the SSRI department. I took about .75 mgs Celexa today. That seemed like the upper limit. The phone rang tonight, and I really had to rein myself in, not to keep blabbing and blabbing. I did talk for over an hour and a half! But at least it wasn't pressured like it was when I started the Cytomel. The combo on Cytomel and Celexa for me is a potent one. I have been able to cut my Celexa in half without any added depresson.
Ooh, I feel so lucky all this stuff is working :)
Thanks
Chloe
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