fed up of this

[mandy72]

just called dr for thyroid bloods

3 months ago TSH 20

6 weeks ago TSH 12.3

last week TSH 21

no wonder i feel like crap

allso need to see them for glucose as thats still high

will get print off soon

was on 50mcg levo

now self medicating 1/2 grain nature throid

[Clutter]

Mandy, You should probably have been on 75mcg to 100mcg Levothyroxine to bring down your TSH.

How long have you been taking 1/2 grain? That's roughly equivalent to 37.5mcg-50mcg T4.

[mandy72 in reply to Clutter]

i been on half grain for 2 weeks, added another 1/4 grain yesterday

[Clutter in reply to mandy72]

Mandy, you can probably raise 1/2 grain every two weeks. If you get palpitations cut back to the previous dose for a few days and try raising again.

[mandy72 in reply to Clutter]

thanks clutter ill try that

[galathea]

Well you are clearly not on enough meds...... Behave you been on a low dose for a while or are you raising every 4 / 6 weeks?

[mandy72 in reply to galathea]

i was started on 25mcg levo when TSH was 20, increased to 50 TSH 12.3

been complaining ever since with all the symptoms to be ignored

i seen a dr last week for anxiety and depression and he said it sounded like i wasnt on enough levo but needed to wait on blood test first

ive felt ive been undermedicated since day q

i did mention NDT nd he said i could try but he wouldnt prescribe

will be increasing slowly every 3 to 4 weeks

[dgleds]

To me sounds so dumb they started you at 25mcg, with your thyroid like that...In the beginning my thyroid was like not even at 5.0 yet, and they started me at 75...Mind you they made me wait a whole year before they gave me any meds for my thyroid, and I gained weight pretty quickly. (gp just gave me Zoloft for depression, and I wasn't depressed)...They never even said how often to be checked...

I hope you feel better soon, because when its all out of wack you sure feel YUK!

All the best..

[mandy72 in reply to dgleds]

the dr whos dealing with my thyroid is hypo herself so you would think she would have more sense but no she said low dose and increase at each blood test

weight is piling on me faster than anything and i have zero energy, i had one dr ask about exercise and i told her i get out the chair and up the stairs fr toilet and that does me in

i dont sleep so was given trazdone last year and it worked a treat, few weeks ago it stopped working so dr increased my dose and i was like a zombie next day

anxiety, depression and paranoia are at an all time high

on 20mg prozac and now on herbal sleeping tablets as trazadone was stopped

hopefully soon i can come off prozac and sleeping tablets

[dgleds in reply to mandy72]

yup ive had the sleep issues too...argggg

Some gp are super weird, and I just don't understand them at all...

If the herbal sleeping things don't work, you might try motion sickness pills that you buy over the counter...In Canada they are called gravol pills, but are dimenhydrinate 50mg...try one or 2 for sleep with some milk....they last about 6 hours, and are harmless...

[mandy72 in reply to dgleds]

i sometimes wonder how dr's got through med school

the herbal sleeping tablets do help, not as good as trazadone but i sleep

before trazadone i was awake until between 4 and 5 am every morning

i might have a look into the motion sickness pills

[dgleds in reply to mandy72]

Well all the good gp are retiring over here in BC, Canada...Many new ones seem afraid to touch you, and just give pills...I think they seem to see you for like 10 minutes.. Yup try the motion sickness pills maybe at some point, but just the ordinary 50 mg dimenhydrinate...1or 2 pills...They make these other 24 hour kind, they are awful...Regular are best, without the ginger...