Posted by danelor on May 30, 2003, at 9:37:51
I have been trolling these boards every day since I first stumbled across them about 2 months ago. This is a great site! For example, I have been treated for hypothyoroidism for 15 years. I have no idea what type. No doc has even mentioned that. My TSH has never been below 3.8 It usually runs in the 4 to 5 range. All my docs thought this was perfectly normal. However, for years I have felt "somewhat" depressed. The only symptoms are anhedonia and low energy. So my docs try several AD's with no effect. I come to this site and find out that I am never been in the euthroid range for the 15 years I have been treated (ENDO's new range is 3.0 to .35 right?). I also had never heard about cytomel. I put together some research and took it to my doc. He hadn't heard of cytomel either. He agreed to try it, but followed the directions in one of the articles and cut back my Levoxyl (from .125 to .075). He started me out on only 5 micrograms of cytomel. The pharmacy said they never carry that low of a dose and had to order it. After one month we do another TSH and guess what?!?!?!
I'm cured!!!! Oops, no, thats right high numbers are bad on the TSH. It was 6.5
But hey, at least I'm on the right track now. Once I can get a TSH of around 1 or 2, I believe most of what I have thought as depression will go away.
So, I would like to thank everyone for this site and all the info that is exchanged. I have been fascinated by the depth of knowledge availabe. You can find more info on everything from SAME-e to bupenorphine. Often it is more active than what you get at the Docs office.Take care,
Dane
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