Posted by BarbaraCat on November 3, 2003, at 10:08:35
In reply to Re: hypothyroid » BarbaraCat, posted by katia on November 3, 2003, at 0:36:31
Do you have a doctor or other health person who could monitor this? Usually if a person has definite symptoms but the blood test is normal (do you know what your numbers were? sometimes the 'normal' TSH values are too high. they should be less than 2.0) then an enlightened doc will prescribe it. I read your post to mean that you would just take the meds on your own but maybe you meant to just do it with your doc (hmmmm, that almost sounds like getting on the table with your pdoc). The other thing is getting hold of the med. You can always get them over the internet but they're a whole lot cheaper at a drugstore with a script from your doc. Yeah, I'd say definitely do a trial.
Oh, oh, oh, I just remembered something!! I don't where I found this but I wrote this down in my notebook: Depakote can cause hypothyroid just as lithium does!! I'm going to do a Google search on thyroid+depakote and you might want to do the same.
> If it's not good to just try the meds for it; then what other diagnostic tool do I have? The general thyroid test was normal. I've been taking my temp and blood pressure; so if there's a comprehensive test out there anyone know of one? Yes, I'm 33 yrs. old. I have to be careful about gaining weight. Even when I'm thin, I'm a fat person in a thin body if you know what I mean. I'm never happy with it and I'm always on the verge of losing it if I don't monitor it - like NOW! A lot of overweight people in my family.
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