4th January 2004
Hi,
You are right about the antibodies attacking in waves, even when you are on meds it still will happen, but not as bad.
I started on Unithroid about 2-1/2 years ago, felt o.k., not great though for about 1-1/2 yrs, then this past summer my reg dr changed me to Thyrolar which is a T4, T3 med because my FT3 levels were low. I still was having problems so I went back to my endo, he took me off Thyrolar because I then had too much T3 and put me back on the Unithroid and added Cytomel which is T3 but not as much as I was getting in the Thyrolar. I have been on the new meds now for about 8 weeks. I did notice a lot of difference once on a T4 T3 combo.
I have Hashi's, so I have the antibodies, I still don't feel real good, some days are better, some are worse, but I don't have all the symptoms I did have before starting on meds and I don't get colds as often, before being on meds I would gets colds all the time and every winter I'd get the flu. Also I am hypoglycemic so that adds to the feeling crappy :(
If you have a thyroid problem and they put you on meds, it will take 4 to 6 weeks for them to really kick in and then you will notice the symptoms subside slowly, but it will get better.
I am suppose to go to the cardiologist tomorrow to find out the results of the tests they did. Yesterday and today the skipping has been a little worse :( maybe its anxiety over the upcoming results :eek:
Take care, hope you feel better soon.
You are right about the antibodies attacking in waves, even when you are on meds it still will happen, but not as bad.
I started on Unithroid about 2-1/2 years ago, felt o.k., not great though for about 1-1/2 yrs, then this past summer my reg dr changed me to Thyrolar which is a T4, T3 med because my FT3 levels were low. I still was having problems so I went back to my endo, he took me off Thyrolar because I then had too much T3 and put me back on the Unithroid and added Cytomel which is T3 but not as much as I was getting in the Thyrolar. I have been on the new meds now for about 8 weeks. I did notice a lot of difference once on a T4 T3 combo.
I have Hashi's, so I have the antibodies, I still don't feel real good, some days are better, some are worse, but I don't have all the symptoms I did have before starting on meds and I don't get colds as often, before being on meds I would gets colds all the time and every winter I'd get the flu. Also I am hypoglycemic so that adds to the feeling crappy :(
If you have a thyroid problem and they put you on meds, it will take 4 to 6 weeks for them to really kick in and then you will notice the symptoms subside slowly, but it will get better.
I am suppose to go to the cardiologist tomorrow to find out the results of the tests they did. Yesterday and today the skipping has been a little worse :( maybe its anxiety over the upcoming results :eek:
Take care, hope you feel better soon.