Posted by Gary_SSRI_Guy on June 14, 2008, at 19:51:05
I went to the website you referenced and read much of it.
I took the Synthroid 25mcg at night for the last two nights, not tonight. Yesterday I felt really down and had a crying spell, today my depression was as bad as it gets, but I havn't been that bad lately. I was having and my big issue has been anxiety. So, today, I cried several times and was really bad, snot out the nose galore. I'm exhausted, my eyes hurt. Amazingly, my anxiety isn't too bad today. I know it's a big puzzle, but since the SSRI's and mood stabilizers haven't done much, I'm now on this Thyroid kick.
After reading that site, I'm just a little confused. Should I ask my doc. for the Armour which is T3,T4 or should I continue on the Synthroid and add Cytomel (T3), or should I just ditch the Synthroid and go with the Cytomel only. It appears that T3 should be the augmenter and not T4 after the reading.
BTW, I found some old bloodwork from a year ago which showed normal TSH, T3 and T4. That was from 08/2007. Then I found a TSH that was low from 07/2007, but they didn't run the T3 or T4. The TSH from 08/2007 was 1.79 on the low side and the TSH from 07/2007 was 0.95, which is really on the low side. But what doesn't make sense is that the August TSH is higher than the July TSH. I guess I should have it checked again, being it's been a year, but in the meantime can you answer the above question and comment on the blood levels? Thanks as always.....Gary
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