[Anonymous August 25, 1997 at 4:30 pm Post count: 93172]

#1054050

I was diagnosed in Oct ’96 went through RAI and have been on synthroid
ever since, dropping dosages every six weeks! Last Monday had another
TSH test and was told on thursday afternoon for the first time my range
was normal 2.3!!!! Yippi or so I thought (I was feeling fine for some
time) and then the next day friday I started feeling all jittery my
heart rate increased some as if I was going back to my orginal state of
being hyper/ but yet I felt tired also… but as long as my test results
are normal that’s all that counts. Right! yea right… Now what do
I measure my progress by? If you ask me its stickly by how you feel!
I purposely missed a dose on saturday and started to feel just fine again.
Then I truely forgot on Sunday to take my synthroid and was still feeling
fine. I did remember later in the evening so I took it and started to
feel alittle jittery…Does this sound familiar to anyone?????
My Prayers to all……TroyBoy

[Anonymous June 23, 2001 at 7:23 pm Post count: 93172]

#1157727

Hi there I finally got my computer back and was reading up on posts. I ahve a question I ahd my thyroid out in April and was put on Synthroid right away 100 mg . I feel now like I am moving at a snails pace and can’t stand it! I seen the doc already before I was feeling like this and will call him on monday. Is there anything that they can give me to make me feel normal again? I was looking in the stores and every thing has DO NOT TAKE if you have a thyroid blah blah ……. So I thought i read a post before about a med that I can take.
Thanks
Annette

[Anonymous June 23, 2001 at 9:15 pm Post count: 93172]

#1157728

I hate to tell you this, Annette, but you don’t start feeling instantly better just because you’ve started the replacement hormone. An endocrinologist at the last convention suggested the analogy of a hurricane. The storm is gone in a day or so, but the damage can take months to clear up. Having too much thyroid hormone is like a hurricane for your body. Different parts have been affected in different ways, and it takes time to HEAL. For one thing, the muscle mass that starts to return once we are at normal levels of thyroid hormone is weak muscle, and we need to exercise to get it strong and develop stamina. There is not instant magic in a pill. YOu need to get good nutrition, take good care of yourself, and start exercising as soon as your doctor tells you it’s okay. But start exercising slowly at first. There were days when I would drag myself out for walk, and weight work, because I didn’t feel like it. But it really did help.

I know it’s hard, but this is a time when you have to be patient with the process.

Bobbi — NGDF Asst. ONline Facilitator

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