Hypothyroidism

[connie753]

I am 48 years of age, I have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder from my psychologist.  He also informs me that I have Obsessive Compulsive tendencies and mood swings which resembles Bipolar.  I am currently taking Doxepin 100 mg with Trazodone 100 mg in which I take at bedtime for anxiety/depression issues in which I have had problems sleeping so my psychiatrist put me on.  Most of the day today I have felt like a 'zombie' walking around feeling very fatigue and 'wired' feelings of anxiety, shakey (shaky) at times...also have noticed of having fatigue headaches...wondering if my medicine needs to be changed.  I also have been medically diagnosed as having 'hypothyroidism along with 'borderline' diabetes.  I am currently taking Synthroid 50 mcg for my hypothyroidism but just watching my diet for the diabetes.  My prim dr tells me the anxiety is NOT caused by hypothyroidism but other people say it maybe a factor.  What do you think?

[flyingfool]

You are only 36 "points" high. With a range of 700 that is only high by about 5%.  So it really isn't that terribly high.

I have not heard of any side effects of too high of B-12.

Remember that many people have symptom relief when the FT3 are in the upper 1/3 of the range and the FT4 midrange.  The upper 1/3 of the range of FT3 would be 3.56.  So you are slightly below that.  Your FT4 is just about exactly mid range.

If you still have symptoms.  You still have some room to increase your T4 a bit.  Or you can add a T3 med and you may find relief.  Both to help get your FT3 levels up a bit more.  You may have trouble talking your Dr. into doing that if they believe in TSH only.  But I would try your best to do that.

[connie753]

I just went and got my blood drawn this morning, and was able to contact the lab to get the results and here they are:

TSH                 1.85        (Norm 0.35-5.50)            8.6   done in July
T3 FREE           3.0         (Norm  2.3-4.2)               2.9  done in April
T4 FREE           1.29       (Norm 0.8-1.8)                1.31 done in July
Vit B12              947        HIGH     (Norm 211-911)                

The VIT D and anti microsomal antibodies are not back yet.  But do you know why my
VIT B12 would be so HIGH?  Now that really scares me on why that would be high!

[Emmy4337]

Maybe danie17075rm  can see if these look like good information and are relevant/accurate.  

2 things I found with a quick internet search of "T3 medicine for depression"

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/thyroiddrugs/l/blt3depression.htm

http://www.psycheducation.org/thyroid/studies.htm

2 things I found with a quick internet search of "bi polar hypothyroidism"
http://www.psycheducation.org/thyroid/introduction.htm

http://www.psycheducation.org/thyroid/combostory.htm

I know when my thyroid medicine is off (like it has for the past year) that I feel like I am bi polar with massive mood swings and a great deal of depression, in addition to all the regular hypo symptoms (my husband thinks so too!).   I hope you are able to find some information that will help you.

[connie753]

I could not access this site

http://sz0102.ev.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/mail?app=mail#2

[gimel]

If you look through this listing of typical hypo symptoms, how many of the 26 would you say that you have to some degree?

http://sz0102.ev.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/mail?app=mail#2

[connie753]

I just went and got my blood drawn this morning, and was able to contact the lab to get the results and here they are:

TSH                 1.85        (Norm 0.35-5.50)            8.6   done in July
T3 FREE           3.0         (Norm  2.3-4.2)               2.9  done in April
T4 FREE           1.29       (Norm 0.8-1.8)                1.31 done in July
Vit B12              947        HIGH     (Norm 211-911)                

The VIT D and anti microsomal antibodies are not back yet.  But do you know why my
VIT B12 would be so HIGH?  Now that really scares me on why that would be high!