Posted by BarbaraCat on August 4, 2004, at 12:03:27
In reply to Re: Opiates for depression, posted by paulbwell on August 3, 2004, at 18:52:03
> I cant stand booze, however a belly of Codeine and some valium does it for me. It takes away the constant cold i feel, gives comfort, like im ok right now like feeling.
**Constant cold, huh? Have you had your thyroid checked? A good indication of low thyroid is to take your temperature 3 times a day at the same time (usually before breakfast, before lunch, before dinner) for 3 days. An old fashioned mercury thermometer is best for this. Your average for the 3 days should be 98 to 98.2 (taking into account typical low morning temps). Even if a TSH test comes back normal, having low body temperatures indicates low thyroid. A quickie test is to take your temp while resting after a few minutes during the daytime. It should be 98.6. Hypothyroids will typically have temperatures drop while resting during mid-day hours. Mine hardly gets above 98 during resting, and I'm on thyroid meds.
I may be speaking to the choir here, but hypothyroid condition will make you feel horrible, awful. The thyroid controls all metabolic processes. I sure do understand the warmth feeling from opiods, a warm fuzzyness like a nice blanky. Maybe you've been self-medicating the crummy feeling from a low metabolism all these years. - Barbara
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