I just thought I'd put this out there. How do you find the two together?
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I just thought I'd put this out there. How do you find the two together?
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I am not on anti-d's but just wondered if your dose of NDT is high enough?
Yes the docs don't know what they are doing! Watch Out there's a psychiatrist about.
If you get beyond their knowledge
they get you hooked.
Try St Johnswort if you must take something. Go to relaxation classes. Join a interest club do evening classes if you have enough energy.
Soon as they say depression and you let them drug you it's a slippery slope.
You need to find someone who knows what they are looking at.
Be very careful of St John's Wort - it has lots of effects including (possibly) causing elevated TSH. Read up thoroughly before doing anything else.
For example:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/117...
Rod
You should not be taking anti - depressants and thyroxine, One of Hypothyroid's main symptoms is depression!!
I was put in anti depressants (citalopram 10mg a day) about a month back and was on 125/120mg (5/2 days a week) levothyroxine. I also started on 400iu vit d because I was deficient (29). I began to feel a bit better after a week and much better now but I have also started to reduce levo (by 25mg) and add NDT (quarter grain) and seeing further improvements. There was a big discussion about antidepressants yesterday which was interesting - will post the link.
In addition to hypothyroidism low vit D can make you feel rather low -due to the exhaustion, non restorative sleep and the pain and weakness it gives you. Am surprised your GP hasn't wanted to see what increasing your Vit D level and increasing your thyroid meds would do first. I am not aware though that you can't take anti-depressants with thyroid meds. Hope you feel better soon.
Dr P talks about this in his book. Fluoxetine is a no no because it contains Flouride, Lithium also bad. He also talks about other drugs and supplement interactions with NDT
I have been taking 20mg of citalopram ( anti-depression) for the past 3 years and feel very well... I've also been on levothyroxine for 15years with a dosage of 200mg for 11 years, it was decreased to 175mg, 4 years ago.....
hi linda I am on citalopram for 20/30 and I was increased the thryroid medications for 100mcg and it dis nt work . no trying small dosage of t3 with the 25mcg of love I am having.
I was wondering how you are doing?