Posted by Pfinstegg on March 20, 2004, at 12:57:12
In reply to Calling for advice from BP2 Thyroid types, posted by Minnie-Haha on March 18, 2004, at 18:15:52
I have a somewhat similiar story- thyroid nodules found 10 years ago, treated with T4. In my case, the TSH was initially about 5. Because the onset of my severe depression coincided with the onset of the thyroid abnormalities, I kept trying to find out more about possible connections. To make a long story short, last year I asked my endocrinologist to cut the T4 supplementation in half, and add Cytomel (T3). For me, I think it's made a HUGE difference in the amount of depression I have.
My endo keeps the TSH below 0.5 (last reading was 0.38) and has me have a bone scan every year or two for possible osteoporosis, which can be a side-effect of keeping the thyroid values at these levels. With psychotherapy, I now am off all AD's for the first time in 10 years. Just therapy, T3 and T4 seems to be doing what's needed!
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