The remainder of my hypothyroidism treatment story will appear soon.
I have been experiencing the all too familiar sleep difficulties the last few days and they leave me with the dreaded "brain fog" all day! Not as extreme as in 2005 so do not worry.
My story, and the process of recording it in this blog, is very emotive for me and I need to be somewhere near my best to do it justice.
I hope you are enjoying the blog so far. All I hope for is empathy and sympathy but absolutely zero pity! I will not allow it, do you hear me!
I hope to report back for duty soon....
You can get well mate. if you are taking T4 only you probably wont. i am 38 and have been ill since 1993.
ReplyDeletemy body collapsed on me at 21 and i was tired, couldnt breath properly, lost weight, and basically became a shell. a yr later they said depression. and so i tried may anti d's until 2008. We are trying for a baby and nothing happened and so we found out i have lower fertility problems. i started thinking this was related to my depression and so did some research.
I basically self diagnosed hypo thyroidism and self treated with natural thyroid hormones.
I now use synthetic T4 and T3 and i am as well as i have ever been. It has taken 2 yrs to get balanced from finding out what was wrong with me, but it is worth it.
I stopped the anti'd 2 mths after starting thyroid meds and never missed them. they were doing very little for me because i was not depressed, i actually had a shortage of basic hormones !!
There are lots of help groups out there and TPA in the UK is excellent run by Sheila and realthyroidhelp.com has a lot of knowledgable posters there.
Wow, thanks fella!
ReplyDeletePlease keep reading and commenting, thank you.
Wishing you continued good health, Hypoman.
Take your time. You know about Mary Shomon. I suggest you find more info on T3. I know it's all but illegal in in the UK. But I found it with the need for an Rx in Mexico. They shipped to the U.S. My doc still did the prescribing. If you use it without an Rx, do a LOT of reading. The info is out there.
ReplyDeletePaula, thank you so much for taking the time to comment.
ReplyDeleteT3 is a recurring theme (see above) and I need to educate myself. I'll start will Mary's excellent book "Living Well....".
I'm in a place where going to visit my doctor fills me with dread as I always come away frustrated. My fault for not being assertive enough!
Thank you, HypoMan.
T3 is marketed as a drug called Tetroxin or Liothyroiline and made by Goldshield pharmaceuticals. It is allowed on the NHS on an FP10 from your GP, following agreement from an Endocrinologist. The main issue is cost compared with T4 alone, and a recent study has shown that continual use of T3 can lead to other conditions - heart problems especially. I was on both T3 and T4 for about 10 years and stopped the T3 about 2 years ago.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment "Anglers Rest", it is very much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI need to continue to give this T3 issue much thought.
Please keep reading my blog and always feel free to comment, HypoMan.
As I said I was on the combination of T3 & T4 for about 10 years. I discussed with my Endocrinologist the risks, as at that point the results of the Bristol trial were not known. I decided to try the combination. As I really could not feel any worse! When I came off the combination two years ago the results showed that there could be further complications as I said above. I was provided a copy of the paper at the point of starting the treatment and I really could not have asked for a nicer Doctor. I will locate the the paper, somewhere in my bulging study and post the reference to it as this might be of interest to other blog readers.
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