Posted by Daky on April 30, 2005, at 11:40:01
In reply to Re: Thyroid Treatment, posted by Cecilia on April 30, 2005, at 5:16:24
Cecelia,
I have anxiety also and find that I can have a TSH below 1 (currently .50) and not have it add to my anxiety. For me, insomnia is one of the first signs that I'm overmedicated.> Several people have mentioned that people with depression should try to keep their TSH around 1, or even lower. How do you stand this if you`ve also got a lot of anxiety? After nearly a year of very gradually increasing my levothyroxine, because the side effects are so unpleasant, and trying to clue my doctor in to the new norms for TSH (she still thought 5.5 was fine), I`ve finally gotten my TSH down from 12 to 2.5 on 0.0625 mg/day of levothyroxine. I don`t know if I should try to increase my dose any more or not. It certainly hasn`t helped my depression. My doctor (GP) is so patronizing. When I mentioned reading about a TSH of 1 being reccommended for people with depression, she said oh, we don`t treat depression with thyroid, we use antidepressants. Like I was a total idiot. She knows perfectly well that I`ve tried virtually every antidepressant ever made, they don`t work for me. I hate doctors!!!!!! I know nothing is ever going to cure my depression, my pdoc has long since run out of ideas, I`m just wondering how low you should try to get the TSH when you`ve got big time anxiety problems as well. Cecilia
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