anyone have good news about there Hashimotos..

[suzanna1]

is there anyone with good news because this sight is starting to depress me even more.. its supposed to be here for support but its just depressing...  someone please tell me something good that has happened to them with hashimotos...  that the medication worked good and you feel great or somethin!!!

[Barb135]

I don't know how long you've been dealing with Hashi's, but it does take time to get everything leveled out.  

Meds will work, but it takes time and a lot of times the doctors would rather treat the lab numbers than the patient......... It's not always an road go down...  

Good luck and stick around.  There really ARE some success stories.......

[smora]

The meds work great and do make you feel alot better if your on the correct dose.  But one thing to be careful is to have your blood drawn every 6 weeks or so for the first year.  When I was first diagnosed my T4 was so low that I was placed on a very high dose of both Cytomel and levoxyl.  Well after about 8 weeks I ended up in th ER with a heart rate of 190.  Which was not only painful but scary.  It takes awhile to adjust the meds.  Just be diligent and follow all of your Drs instructions.....

[Smilerdeb]

There are a lot of success stories but unfortunately most dont stick around as they feel they dont need this site.
When in actual fact they could be helping someone else.

Myself, I have Graves Disease and had Hyperthyroidism with Thyca.
I had RAI 12 months ago, TT 9 months ago and am doing brilliant!
Not a Hashi's sufferer but a success story none the less.

[goolarra]

My meds worked...almost too well.  I immediately felt better and all my symptoms went away.  The only problem was that my doctor (at the time) was trying to push me into the ideal range for Hashi's...not me!

We, on this forum, are not the mainstream.  We are the exceptions to the rules.

I feel fine.  I have since first starting levo.  However, my numbers just don't behave.  It's taken a while, but I've found an endo who finally agrees with me.

How long hae you been dealing with Hashi's?  Do you still have hypo symptoms?