So messed up!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
So messed up!
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Thu, 01-19-2006 - 10:15pm

I am so frustrated right now. After the fiasco with the "thyroid specialist" at the end of last year, my internist is trying to get me back on track. But I'm so hypo right now (even without any lab numbers) that I am having trouble functioning day to day. I just want to kill my thyroid and get it over with. But I know that's not really the answer. It has been almost two years since I have felt "good" and that is so discouraging to me. I had lost 65 pounds from the fall of 2000 until the spring of 2003 then it all came crashing down on me. I've gained 40 of those pounds back, most in the last nine months. I have stopped stepping on the scale because all it does is make me cry. I just don't know how to get myself out of this slump ...

Sue

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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: mstillie
Thu, 01-19-2006 - 10:56pm

Hi Sue,


I think you have the right idea by not stepping on the scale at this point.

 

Calley7

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: mstillie
Thu, 01-19-2006 - 11:04pm

Right now I'm on a "maintenance dose". I'm having labs drawn next week and see my doc on the 31st. She wanted to get all the cytomel out of my system before increasing my meds. I was originally on 125 synthroid but when the "specialist" added cytomel, I ended up on 75 of synthroid before my doc realized I was so overmedicated. I did up my dose a few weeks ago to 100 (I had some in the medicine cabinet) but know that I am still so hypo that I need the 125 but want to wait until I see her since I already did my own increase without her knowing it. I can almost bet that my TSH will be over 10 when the labs are done next week.

Thanks for your support. I really need to know that someone understands!!!

Sue