erfa

[Brucergoldberg]

Ok for the sake of not hijacking the other thread on the subject of Erfa i had a couple questions.

For those of you who take Erfa,  do you take your entire daily dose at once or do you split dose?  There was a very defensive argument on the Erfa page a while back regarding multi dosing.  The head pharmacist said it was made to dose only once a day.  But we all know what is good for one, may not be good for another.

Also,  does anyone know the chemical compound of a 1 grain pill (t4 and t3)?

[Brucergoldberg]

what the hell is that?    My pharmacist told me she has one lady on 4 grains.  Im feeling much better now.   Last 3 days I've felt much better.   closest I've felt to normal in 3 years.

HAIL ERFA!  KING OF ALL HORMONES!      HAIL HAIL ERFA!!!!

[deceived]

Bruce - are you still good with ERFA?

[kl42]

you might need a heidelberg gastric analysis. see why you not absorbing that thyroid. med. ?? figure it out.

[kl42]

that's seem crazy high dose for a little person. . do you have diverticulitis? or a gastric problem.   have you had an digestive evaluation done? vitamin absorption?  

[kl42]

that's crazy your numbers were close to perfect last time!

[Brucergoldberg]

well kevin,  I had my thyroid out Feb 16.   Was chugging along on my 2 grains or whatever i was taking and doing just dandy.  30 days after the surgery we went to vacation in hawaii.  I started to feel pretty lousy and it just kept getting worse.   I came back home and my labs were a little off.  TSH was like 5.27 or something and the FT4 was low  and the FT3 was low mid.  So they bumped me a little bit.    Then i kept getting worse and got to a point where i was the worst I've ever felt.  So i went back in 6 weeks after my increase and my labs were

tsh 24.9
ft4 was .5   ranges 1.3 to 2.8
and the ft3  was 2.8      2.3 - 3.4

so that is why i felt so bad.  I must of crashed after surgery.   Im now at 3 grains, i think I'm on like day 4, feeling better than above but still way far away from acceptable.   I think when all is said and done ill probably be on 4 grains, at least 3.5 easily.   ear ringing all that crap.

Now my problem is i cant breathe at night.  Went and saw a specialist and he thinks my windpipe is out of sorts from the TT so I'm snoring now.   loud breathing, sound like a sucker fish at night LOL

I think I'm on a lot of meds for my size.  I'm 5'10 174.  she wants to spot check me in 3 weeks and retest in 6.  Joy!

[kl42]

you were close what happened????