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Celexa working - Synthroid too much
Hey all!
just a quick update. End of a 3-day weekend from the 2nd job (not so much on the first one). Tomorrow it's back to both jobs. Tonight watched a little Grey's anatomy, took a long bath . . . my sort of "vacation" :-)
Anyway just to let everyone know it's been a week on the Celexa (only 20mg) and I'm feeling a world of difference! If anyone out there is going through depression (especially through hypohell) talk to someone about whether or not you need antidepressants!
The Synthroid is still a problem though. The BP is still really high ans is the pulse rate. My TSH is <0.06. Got cut back from 175mcg to 150mcg. (dang it) I'm really hoping that things work out soon 'cause I'm tired of palpitations.
Hope everyone out there is doing well this week.
Tons of love and hugs to everyone!!!
(thanks for getting me through all this)
just a quick update. End of a 3-day weekend from the 2nd job (not so much on the first one). Tomorrow it's back to both jobs. Tonight watched a little Grey's anatomy, took a long bath . . . my sort of "vacation" :-)
Anyway just to let everyone know it's been a week on the Celexa (only 20mg) and I'm feeling a world of difference! If anyone out there is going through depression (especially through hypohell) talk to someone about whether or not you need antidepressants!
The Synthroid is still a problem though. The BP is still really high ans is the pulse rate. My TSH is <0.06. Got cut back from 175mcg to 150mcg. (dang it) I'm really hoping that things work out soon 'cause I'm tired of palpitations.
Hope everyone out there is doing well this week.
Tons of love and hugs to everyone!!!
(thanks for getting me through all this)
You all continue to make me smile and bring a tear to my eye. I don't know how I could get through all of this without all of you!!!
((HUGS))
((HUGS))
I am currently at .163 of Synthoid and want more. I'm pretty sure I'm in Hypo. It just takes a while adjust and for no apparent reason it can change. Life can be very interesting when you don't have a Thyroid.
Oh, boy! So, it is possible to have too much for your heart, yet not enough for the depression and mood swings???? I am loving that the thyroid business becomes a problem for other hormones (esp. estrogen). Can we lodge a complaint somewhere? That might make me feel better!
I was wondering, given your family situation, if you are being studied. Both my endo and my radiation oncologist said that thyroid disorders run in families, but that thyroid cancer is not hereditary. One of them told me it is so rare to have it run in families, that there are a few families being studied. I am also wondering about radiation and that connection for your whole family. I am sure you know this, but the only know cause for papillary cancer is radiation exposure. I was exposed to it when I lived in Europe when Tchernobyl melted down in 1986, and the only cancer with a marked increase in Russia and Europe as a result of that was thyroid cancer....something to think about....
I was wondering, given your family situation, if you are being studied. Both my endo and my radiation oncologist said that thyroid disorders run in families, but that thyroid cancer is not hereditary. One of them told me it is so rare to have it run in families, that there are a few families being studied. I am also wondering about radiation and that connection for your whole family. I am sure you know this, but the only know cause for papillary cancer is radiation exposure. I was exposed to it when I lived in Europe when Tchernobyl melted down in 1986, and the only cancer with a marked increase in Russia and Europe as a result of that was thyroid cancer....something to think about....
Wanna lodge a complaint?? You're at the right place! That's what we do A LOT OF here! :-)
Yes my family is in a study through the University of Connecticut. We all gave lots of vials of blood a couple of years ago but haven't heard anything. I know there are only a small handful of families worldwide (I think there are only two families in the U.S.) who have such a high incidence of papillary carcinoma.
The only radiation exposure we *might* have had would have been from the fallout from the nuclear tests in the Nevada desert during the 1950s. Many people in Southern Utah came down with all sorts of cancers (lots of thyroid cancer) because of "downwinder's syndrome".
http://www.downwinders.org/RECA%20summary.pdf
However, and here's the kicker(s): I'm the oldest in the family and I was born in 1966 - the tests concluded in 1957. The other kicker is that the county I grew up in (Utah County - just south of Salt Lake County) is *not* part of the area that "officially" the radiation covered (however we grew up drinking well water). Go figure. Oh, and my daughter (at age 16 - three years ago) was also diagnosed as "precancerous" after her TT. She did NOT grow up in Utah County and grew up on culinary water. Hmmmmm.
My conclusion (and this drives my mom nuts) is that my ancestors should have ventured a bit further from the family village when looking for mates. :-) My sisters think we suffered from "toxic parenting". I'll buy that.
Yes my family is in a study through the University of Connecticut. We all gave lots of vials of blood a couple of years ago but haven't heard anything. I know there are only a small handful of families worldwide (I think there are only two families in the U.S.) who have such a high incidence of papillary carcinoma.
The only radiation exposure we *might* have had would have been from the fallout from the nuclear tests in the Nevada desert during the 1950s. Many people in Southern Utah came down with all sorts of cancers (lots of thyroid cancer) because of "downwinder's syndrome".
http://www.downwinders.org/RECA%20summary.pdf
However, and here's the kicker(s): I'm the oldest in the family and I was born in 1966 - the tests concluded in 1957. The other kicker is that the county I grew up in (Utah County - just south of Salt Lake County) is *not* part of the area that "officially" the radiation covered (however we grew up drinking well water). Go figure. Oh, and my daughter (at age 16 - three years ago) was also diagnosed as "precancerous" after her TT. She did NOT grow up in Utah County and grew up on culinary water. Hmmmmm.
My conclusion (and this drives my mom nuts) is that my ancestors should have ventured a bit further from the family village when looking for mates. :-) My sisters think we suffered from "toxic parenting". I'll buy that.
I am so glad to hear the anti depressent is kicking in and helping ... this thyroid hormone really can do a # on our body .... I am glad you recognized you needed some help to help things keep regular .............my heart goes out to you ..you have been thru so much with 2 jobs and the health issues to deal with and your family ...know I'm thinking of you .. makes my stuff a walk in the park my friend ..
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Synthroid *isn't* right for everyone. No drug is. If your endo is telling you that consider finding a new endo.
For me it's Synthroid or nothing. I've tried other brands but they just didn't work.
For some reason everyone in my family has to be on a high dose of Synthroid. I actually started on 100mcg after my first thyroid surgery, 150mcg after the 2nd and it gradually increased to 200mcg. That's what it took to keep my TSH within range. My TSH kept going higher and higher and they were ready to increase my Synthroid dose, again, before the RAI.
After the RAI killed off the rest of my thyroid tissue and I stopped HRT at the same time (breast cancer risk is too high for me) the 200mcg dose was too high. We had hoped that I could still tolerate it (one of my sisters is taking 300mcg) but I'm not tolerating it at all. Of everyone in the family, I'm going to be on the lowest dose. I just don't want to slip back into a hypo state - I *need* a bit of energy!
The depression started during my LID diet and the RAI when my TSH hit over 75.9. I thought the depression would resolve itself when my TSH dropped but it didn't. Because the thyroid is a hormone many of us, hyper, hypo or "normal" find ourselves facing depression.
Ain't it fun?!?! :-)
For me it's Synthroid or nothing. I've tried other brands but they just didn't work.
For some reason everyone in my family has to be on a high dose of Synthroid. I actually started on 100mcg after my first thyroid surgery, 150mcg after the 2nd and it gradually increased to 200mcg. That's what it took to keep my TSH within range. My TSH kept going higher and higher and they were ready to increase my Synthroid dose, again, before the RAI.
After the RAI killed off the rest of my thyroid tissue and I stopped HRT at the same time (breast cancer risk is too high for me) the 200mcg dose was too high. We had hoped that I could still tolerate it (one of my sisters is taking 300mcg) but I'm not tolerating it at all. Of everyone in the family, I'm going to be on the lowest dose. I just don't want to slip back into a hypo state - I *need* a bit of energy!
The depression started during my LID diet and the RAI when my TSH hit over 75.9. I thought the depression would resolve itself when my TSH dropped but it didn't. Because the thyroid is a hormone many of us, hyper, hypo or "normal" find ourselves facing depression.
Ain't it fun?!?! :-)
I second that life can be interesting without a thyroid...I'm learning! I never know how I'm going to feel until I wake up that morning. At week 4 of a TT, shouldn't I be feeling really great by now???
I am sooo glad the celexa is working for you.I have been on lots of other antidepressents but the celexa has been the best for me.I still get mad sad and lots of emotions but It isnt the extreme bipolar reactions.I have normal reactions to the everyday stressers of living life and that is ssuch a relief after a lifetime spent in the extremeties of emotions that I have had.
So you keep on keeping on sis.The synthroid will get worked out too.I know we will be happy healthy and cancer free.
Love Venora
So you keep on keeping on sis.The synthroid will get worked out too.I know we will be happy healthy and cancer free.
Love Venora
Utahmomma, I am glad to hear that you are getting such good results from the Celexa. You really NEED a world of difference with the load that you are balancing on your shoulders.
Now I hope that the Synthroid adjustment will do good things for you, too. Cheryl described the situation perfectly when she wrote, "this thyroid hormone really can do a # on our body." So can the medication, even though we obviously need it.
By the way, I wonder whether Spuds' surgeon, when he said "it is the right med for everyone," meant that levothyroxine--not a specific brand of levothyroxine--is the right med for anyone whose thyroid gland needs support (or whose former thyroid gland needs to have its work taken over medicinally). Since Spuds is new to the hypothyroidism way of life, the fact that Synthroid is just one brand of levothyroxine may not be an obvious fact.
This crossed my mind as I was thinking about the impact on me of Levothroid (which is simply another brand of levothyroxine). I identify with you, utahmomma, when you mention being tired of palpitations. With each puny little 12.5 mcg. increase in my dosage level, I have endured a week or thereabouts of elevated blood pressure, an increased heart rate, a feeling at times that my cardiovascular system has been shifted into overdrive, and small attacks of palpitations every so often. This adjustment period is uncomfortable, but compared to the alternative, I'll take it. I know what you mean about needing a bit of energy.
In other words, life can be interesting even with a thyroid gland, if the gland is no longer able to bear up under its workload. You are so right, Utahmomma: Ain't it fun?!?! :-) I don't know what we would do without our fellow sufferers to help see us through to better days. I am sending tons of love and hugs back to all of you.
Now I hope that the Synthroid adjustment will do good things for you, too. Cheryl described the situation perfectly when she wrote, "this thyroid hormone really can do a # on our body." So can the medication, even though we obviously need it.
By the way, I wonder whether Spuds' surgeon, when he said "it is the right med for everyone," meant that levothyroxine--not a specific brand of levothyroxine--is the right med for anyone whose thyroid gland needs support (or whose former thyroid gland needs to have its work taken over medicinally). Since Spuds is new to the hypothyroidism way of life, the fact that Synthroid is just one brand of levothyroxine may not be an obvious fact.
This crossed my mind as I was thinking about the impact on me of Levothroid (which is simply another brand of levothyroxine). I identify with you, utahmomma, when you mention being tired of palpitations. With each puny little 12.5 mcg. increase in my dosage level, I have endured a week or thereabouts of elevated blood pressure, an increased heart rate, a feeling at times that my cardiovascular system has been shifted into overdrive, and small attacks of palpitations every so often. This adjustment period is uncomfortable, but compared to the alternative, I'll take it. I know what you mean about needing a bit of energy.
In other words, life can be interesting even with a thyroid gland, if the gland is no longer able to bear up under its workload. You are so right, Utahmomma: Ain't it fun?!?! :-) I don't know what we would do without our fellow sufferers to help see us through to better days. I am sending tons of love and hugs back to all of you.
WOW 175 of synthroid! Isn't that a huge dose? How is it that too much is causing heart palpitations (hyper symptom?) AND depression (hypo)? I don't understand how this stuff works AT ALL. When I asked my surgeon about synthroid this morning, and how long it would be until we knew if it was the right med for me, he said it is the right med. for EVERYONE....how is that possible?
Anyway, I am sorry you are having such a rough go, but you are certainly an encouragement and wealth of info to many here!! I will be praying for you and for your docs to be brilliant! :)
Anyway, I am sorry you are having such a rough go, but you are certainly an encouragement and wealth of info to many here!! I will be praying for you and for your docs to be brilliant! :)
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