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Hi all,
writing on the road. recieved call from RN re: lab. she said i may recieve call from pcp as TSH was low. 0.7 she said normal is .5 - 5.0 so as i have not spoke to pcp yet, what does this mean?
Thank you
rose
writing on the road. recieved call from RN re: lab. she said i may recieve call from pcp as TSH was low. 0.7 she said normal is .5 - 5.0 so as i have not spoke to pcp yet, what does this mean?
Thank you
rose
thank you for your comments.
i just got back last night really needed a do nothin day. actually found pcp had left msg for return call late today. i will call tomorrow and be sure to get the referrals i need.
haven't been taking thyroid pill. now feel very tired.
thank you all for watchin my back. you all know a lot more than i do know about this stuff.
rose
i just got back last night really needed a do nothin day. actually found pcp had left msg for return call late today. i will call tomorrow and be sure to get the referrals i need.
haven't been taking thyroid pill. now feel very tired.
thank you all for watchin my back. you all know a lot more than i do know about this stuff.
rose
LOOK IT'S NOT THE TREATMENT MEDS IT'S YOUR THYROID
Graves' Disease is a type of autoimmune disease that causes over-activity of the thyroid gland, causing hyperthyroidism...The thyroid gland helps set the rate of metabolism, which is the rate at which the body uses energy. When the thyroid is too active, it makes more thyroid hormones than the body needs. High levels of thyroid hormones can cause side effects such as weight loss, rapid heart rate and nervousness.
What are the symptoms of Graves' Disease?
These are the most common symptoms of Graves
Graves' Disease is a type of autoimmune disease that causes over-activity of the thyroid gland, causing hyperthyroidism...The thyroid gland helps set the rate of metabolism, which is the rate at which the body uses energy. When the thyroid is too active, it makes more thyroid hormones than the body needs. High levels of thyroid hormones can cause side effects such as weight loss, rapid heart rate and nervousness.
What are the symptoms of Graves' Disease?
These are the most common symptoms of Graves
My TSH dropped to 0.0 - it's the Interferon causing an AUTOIMMUNE reaction inside you. The med is attacking your thyroid thinking it is BAD like the hep and it's killing it off just like it's killing off the virus. It's confused medication - think of it that way.
Heart racing IS a sign of HYPERTHYROIDISM. It can be VERY VERY dangerous if you DONT do something about it long term. Thyroid storm or something like that it's called. You can stroke out or have a heart attack.
At first I went drastically HYPERTHYROID (what you are now). While this is more dangerous - USUALLY if it is caused by the interferon you later quickly go the exact opposite way to HYPOTHRYOID at the drop of a hat.
You need to see an ENDOCRONOLOGIST doc NOT a PCP. He will prescribe a Nuclear Imaging Scan to take pics of your thyroid. They have you take two iodine pills 24 hours in advance and then you have these MRI like pictures taken. I fell asleep during it.
In the 3 weeks I waited for my appt I went from 0.0 to the other direction and was like over 7.5 or something. The radiologist was shocked she said I thought you were hyper but you are VERY VERY hypo - and I was so confused!
Now I take a pill every day, Synthroid 75mg (mcg?)and my TSH stays at 2. I wouldn't just STOP taking any medication for any amount of time without talking to my doctor first, especially if it's for your thyroid. You know how important thyroid function is to you?
I've been taking Paxill 20mg since a month BEFORE treatment to combat any signs of anxiety or depression. Interferon can SERIOUSLY cause these and can get so bad that you might need to stop treatment sometimes. So my doc put me on them in advance and it's worked GREAT for me - a usually nervous person and I guess I might hav eALWAYS needed them! NO more middle of the night panic attacks.
A LOT of people experience panic attacks with the IFN and with hypothyroid already making your heart beat too fast...well it can seem overpowering. It can give the same symptoms if you see. But it's NOT a panic attack. Or if you have them together oyvey I can't imagine how bad it must feel!
Google Graves Disease - this is hyperthyroid condition you have. You will notice that the symptoms are the SAME in many cases as for treatment so it's easy to not notice them until they are very very bad.
Have you lost a lot of weight? I'd imagine so. I'm skinny to start and lost 20 in NO time ... it was bad.
But now with the med I'm all ironed out and if I eat too much gain and if diet lose like anybody else.
Hang in there - it's a fixable problem.
Debby
Heart racing IS a sign of HYPERTHYROIDISM. It can be VERY VERY dangerous if you DONT do something about it long term. Thyroid storm or something like that it's called. You can stroke out or have a heart attack.
At first I went drastically HYPERTHYROID (what you are now). While this is more dangerous - USUALLY if it is caused by the interferon you later quickly go the exact opposite way to HYPOTHRYOID at the drop of a hat.
You need to see an ENDOCRONOLOGIST doc NOT a PCP. He will prescribe a Nuclear Imaging Scan to take pics of your thyroid. They have you take two iodine pills 24 hours in advance and then you have these MRI like pictures taken. I fell asleep during it.
In the 3 weeks I waited for my appt I went from 0.0 to the other direction and was like over 7.5 or something. The radiologist was shocked she said I thought you were hyper but you are VERY VERY hypo - and I was so confused!
Now I take a pill every day, Synthroid 75mg (mcg?)and my TSH stays at 2. I wouldn't just STOP taking any medication for any amount of time without talking to my doctor first, especially if it's for your thyroid. You know how important thyroid function is to you?
I've been taking Paxill 20mg since a month BEFORE treatment to combat any signs of anxiety or depression. Interferon can SERIOUSLY cause these and can get so bad that you might need to stop treatment sometimes. So my doc put me on them in advance and it's worked GREAT for me - a usually nervous person and I guess I might hav eALWAYS needed them! NO more middle of the night panic attacks.
A LOT of people experience panic attacks with the IFN and with hypothyroid already making your heart beat too fast...well it can seem overpowering. It can give the same symptoms if you see. But it's NOT a panic attack. Or if you have them together oyvey I can't imagine how bad it must feel!
Google Graves Disease - this is hyperthyroid condition you have. You will notice that the symptoms are the SAME in many cases as for treatment so it's easy to not notice them until they are very very bad.
Have you lost a lot of weight? I'd imagine so. I'm skinny to start and lost 20 in NO time ... it was bad.
But now with the med I'm all ironed out and if I eat too much gain and if diet lose like anybody else.
Hang in there - it's a fixable problem.
Debby
Hi,
made it home okay, that is not a drive i would ever want to repeat. way too long. discovered that i am really crazy for the smell of desert air.
thank you for your continued offer of suggestions. i will look into the flaxseed oil that sounds like a good thing. i was actually using [crushed?] flaxseed in oatmeal just ran out not long ago. i will try the liquid.
you are about twice as many weeks ahead of me so you have much more experience. i am glad to hear that you cleared, are you Geno 1?
made it home okay, that is not a drive i would ever want to repeat. way too long. discovered that i am really crazy for the smell of desert air.
thank you for your continued offer of suggestions. i will look into the flaxseed oil that sounds like a good thing. i was actually using [crushed?] flaxseed in oatmeal just ran out not long ago. i will try the liquid.
you are about twice as many weeks ahead of me so you have much more experience. i am glad to hear that you cleared, are you Geno 1?
You have probably already left, but you can get this when you arrive home. I just remembered the best thing for a panic attack. That is flaxseed oil. Take 2 tablespoons a day with yogurt or cottage cheese. It works better with a calcified protein. It can prevent a manic attack. It also greatly helps 30 other ailments because of the Omega 3's it contains. I like the Spectrum brand it has a nutty taste.
Hi,
No, I don't think hep. C or tx gives you panic attacks. I've never had any. It's the way you deal with your stress. You have to learn to deal with it in a healthy way. Walking and exercise helps work off the tension and gets you breathing deeply. You will feel better once your thyroid is normal and you take magnesium. You take twice as much calcium as magnesium every day. Get a formula with both of them in it. I found one with selenium also.
I got hep. C from a blood transfusion in 1977. But it really doesn't matter at this stage. I have been undetectible since week 13. I'm on week 22 now. I have to go 51 weeks the doctor said.
I'm glad you had a hot bath finally. That must have made you feel good. Have a nice holiday and drive back to your home. I used to average 500 miles per day with 2 children in the car. It took 5 days. The last time we came out we flew on a plane. It is a beautiful country and much nicer to see it by car.
No, I don't think hep. C or tx gives you panic attacks. I've never had any. It's the way you deal with your stress. You have to learn to deal with it in a healthy way. Walking and exercise helps work off the tension and gets you breathing deeply. You will feel better once your thyroid is normal and you take magnesium. You take twice as much calcium as magnesium every day. Get a formula with both of them in it. I found one with selenium also.
I got hep. C from a blood transfusion in 1977. But it really doesn't matter at this stage. I have been undetectible since week 13. I'm on week 22 now. I have to go 51 weeks the doctor said.
I'm glad you had a hot bath finally. That must have made you feel good. Have a nice holiday and drive back to your home. I used to average 500 miles per day with 2 children in the car. It took 5 days. The last time we came out we flew on a plane. It is a beautiful country and much nicer to see it by car.
i thank you for advice w/experience.
i felt that i should not take thyroid stuff for a few days. i will make sure i get a consult when i return.
we figured out the faucet has a safety to control how hot water gets. it was a quick n easy fix. finally enjoyed a much needed hot bath. we drive about 800 miles tomorrow, and 600 the following day.
thanks for telling me about the magnesium thing. seems l like i could really benefit to relax. i have been feeling really skitish since tx began, and i am sometimes given to panic attacks. (do you think that has anything to do with hep c? that began about 4 yrs ago, about the same time of fatique, sleepless nights, body aches, arthritis sx.?? sometimes i wonder when the real sx began, i found out had hep quite recently didn't know how or when acquired.
i felt that i should not take thyroid stuff for a few days. i will make sure i get a consult when i return.
we figured out the faucet has a safety to control how hot water gets. it was a quick n easy fix. finally enjoyed a much needed hot bath. we drive about 800 miles tomorrow, and 600 the following day.
thanks for telling me about the magnesium thing. seems l like i could really benefit to relax. i have been feeling really skitish since tx began, and i am sometimes given to panic attacks. (do you think that has anything to do with hep c? that began about 4 yrs ago, about the same time of fatique, sleepless nights, body aches, arthritis sx.?? sometimes i wonder when the real sx began, i found out had hep quite recently didn't know how or when acquired.
We can also take melatonin for sleep, but don't take more than 3 mg. because then your body won't produce it's own melatonin.
Do not take calcium with your thyroid medication. I take my calcium/magnesium after dinner and my thyroid medication early in the a.m. on an empty stomach. Be sure you are taking calcium/magnesium every day - that will help your nerves and help you sleep too.
thank you for sharing that with me. i have been so worried about this.
I am grateful for the information.
I have trouble sleeping i know others share the same. this is no picnic.
i wish I could sleep.
I am grateful for the information.
I have trouble sleeping i know others share the same. this is no picnic.
i wish I could sleep.
I would skip the thyroid meds until you talk to your doctor. A few days won't hurt you at all and it really might help. I did that when I was overactive in Sept.
You must take 1/2 as much magnesium as calcium. It's very good for your nerves and many other things. It will help calm you down also. Remember Epsom salts baths? That is pure magnesium and makes your muscles relax so well. The water has to be very hot to dissolve that stuff.
Your best is good enough. Just do the best you can from day to day. Worry depletes your energy. Keep faith and pray and do your best. You have been through tougher things in this life already and you survived. The Lord can do miracles. He's just waiting for us to turn to him.
Your living conditions sound hippielike. You should write a book about it later. How kind of you to help your daughter with her new home. You are a good mother.
You must take 1/2 as much magnesium as calcium. It's very good for your nerves and many other things. It will help calm you down also. Remember Epsom salts baths? That is pure magnesium and makes your muscles relax so well. The water has to be very hot to dissolve that stuff.
Your best is good enough. Just do the best you can from day to day. Worry depletes your energy. Keep faith and pray and do your best. You have been through tougher things in this life already and you survived. The Lord can do miracles. He's just waiting for us to turn to him.
Your living conditions sound hippielike. You should write a book about it later. How kind of you to help your daughter with her new home. You are a good mother.
Sleeping is also my most difficult issue with this tx.
There are so many herbal tranquilizers we cannot take (valerian root, kava kava) because they are not good for the liver and can harm it. Before bed I take one each of: 5-HTP by Nature's Way , 1/2 nightrest by Solar Naturals, L-Theanine and 5 mg. Ativan by prescription. That puts me to sleep and keeps me asleep half the night. I keep waking up to urinate all through the night. I try to go back to sleep afterwards. Sometimes I have a different dream each nap I take.
At night I take a warm bath. I start preparing for bed at 8 PM and go to bed at 8:30 or 9 PM at the latest. I don't watch anything exciting on t.v. Even Deal or no Deal is too exciting for me. I don't even like to talk on the phone before bed.
Don't have any tea or caffine after noon. I come from a long time of insomniacs.
There are so many herbal tranquilizers we cannot take (valerian root, kava kava) because they are not good for the liver and can harm it. Before bed I take one each of: 5-HTP by Nature's Way , 1/2 nightrest by Solar Naturals, L-Theanine and 5 mg. Ativan by prescription. That puts me to sleep and keeps me asleep half the night. I keep waking up to urinate all through the night. I try to go back to sleep afterwards. Sometimes I have a different dream each nap I take.
At night I take a warm bath. I start preparing for bed at 8 PM and go to bed at 8:30 or 9 PM at the latest. I don't watch anything exciting on t.v. Even Deal or no Deal is too exciting for me. I don't even like to talk on the phone before bed.
Don't have any tea or caffine after noon. I come from a long time of insomniacs.
after i wrote you last night i had the hardest time sleeping. i have traveled 1300 miles w/daughter to see her new home. it is empty but comfortable so we sleep on floors, hot water at tub/showers does not get beyond tepid, but the sinks do. very frustrating (her home is very nice so much more affordable this part of the nation). heading back home early tomorrow for another 2 day drive. i just worry about getting enough rest before this quick turn around.
I have been taking all the vitamins with am meds. but i am only taking regular calcium, they didn't tell me to take calcium w/magnesium. i take a multivitamin w/o iron. i guess i just don't know that much about vitamins. i do have melatonin with me but haven't been taking it for a few days. it does seem to help w/sleep but i have only been taking intermittantly
i stopped taking thyroid med yesterday am .050 mcg (of my own accord). still don't know if i want to take it today either. still no advice from pcp doctor. though i could not sleep again last night - the racing heart was not so bothersome.
I have been taking all the vitamins with am meds. but i am only taking regular calcium, they didn't tell me to take calcium w/magnesium. i take a multivitamin w/o iron. i guess i just don't know that much about vitamins. i do have melatonin with me but haven't been taking it for a few days. it does seem to help w/sleep but i have only been taking intermittantly
i stopped taking thyroid med yesterday am .050 mcg (of my own accord). still don't know if i want to take it today either. still no advice from pcp doctor. though i could not sleep again last night - the racing heart was not so bothersome.
Yes, the meds can change the thyroid. Please ask your doctor the specifics. That's one of the things I was told before I started treatment because my thyroid is underactive and I have a small goiter. I don't want to scare you. I will check my hep. C book.
"Thyroid disease is the most common autoimmune disorder occurring in people with HCV. An autoimmune reaction is a condition in which the body's immune system attacks it's own organs because it mistakenly identifies the organ (in this case they thyroid) and hyperthyroidism (an overly fast thyroid) have been noted to occur. Thyroid disease may worsen once therapy with interferon has been initiated, specially if antithyroid antibodies were present prior to treatment." p. 125 Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide to Hepatitis & Liver Disease.
p. 151 "Thyroid abnormalities occur while on interferon therapy in approximately 8 percent of people...... Thyroid abnormalities that develop while a person is on interferon usually resolve after interferon is discontinued."
8% is not a high percentage of patients at all. The books says nothing about a thyroidectomy and I don't know anyone who had it done.
"Thyroid disease is the most common autoimmune disorder occurring in people with HCV. An autoimmune reaction is a condition in which the body's immune system attacks it's own organs because it mistakenly identifies the organ (in this case they thyroid) and hyperthyroidism (an overly fast thyroid) have been noted to occur. Thyroid disease may worsen once therapy with interferon has been initiated, specially if antithyroid antibodies were present prior to treatment." p. 125 Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide to Hepatitis & Liver Disease.
p. 151 "Thyroid abnormalities occur while on interferon therapy in approximately 8 percent of people...... Thyroid abnormalities that develop while a person is on interferon usually resolve after interferon is discontinued."
8% is not a high percentage of patients at all. The books says nothing about a thyroidectomy and I don't know anyone who had it done.
do i understand this correctly? the meds can cause thyroid changes either direction, if it swings hyper is it possible that it adjust?
what do you know of people who have removed? i knew only one person previously, they had major health problems from thyroidectomy w/radioidodine what ever the process was.
what do you know of people who have removed? i knew only one person previously, they had major health problems from thyroidectomy w/radioidodine what ever the process was.
Hi,
I have been hypothyroid for about 10 years now. It's very confusing to understand because when you are low you are taking too much and when your high you are taking too little. It drives me nuts. So I run it past my coworker who has studied it thoroughly.
Before I started tx I was hyperthyroid from taking too much Synthroid. Now I'm a little low because they want to suppress my goiter. My TSH is .264 now, that is low but the Dr. said it O.K. and the range is .350-5.500. My T4 is normal.
I hate when it's overactive and you get that racing heart. I can hardly sleep.
Good luck with it. It pays to study up on it. Of course, the meds can mess with it. Often people with overactive thyroid have to have it removed after tx.
Take good care.
I have been hypothyroid for about 10 years now. It's very confusing to understand because when you are low you are taking too much and when your high you are taking too little. It drives me nuts. So I run it past my coworker who has studied it thoroughly.
Before I started tx I was hyperthyroid from taking too much Synthroid. Now I'm a little low because they want to suppress my goiter. My TSH is .264 now, that is low but the Dr. said it O.K. and the range is .350-5.500. My T4 is normal.
I hate when it's overactive and you get that racing heart. I can hardly sleep.
Good luck with it. It pays to study up on it. Of course, the meds can mess with it. Often people with overactive thyroid have to have it removed after tx.
Take good care.
that is what i am thinking. well i heard this as i am in the car leaving town. felt fine when i got the care but that night my heart was racing in a way it normally doesn't, the blood work was from the day before. (2/13 the phone call 2/14).
i didn't want to take my thyroid stuff today, tried to call pcp but no return call yet.
thanks
rose
rose
i didn't want to take my thyroid stuff today, tried to call pcp but no return call yet.
thanks
rose
rose
At wk 26 of INF/Riba I was told I was hypothyroid. Received a call today from my doctor. My blood work showed my TSH at 8.75 so he upped my levothyroxine from 50 to 75mcg. Could your results mean your hyperthyroid?
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