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From: Elizabeth on 18 Aug 2008 20:42 Hi willbill, I'm no expert, but if your thyroid levels had been stable for many years, could the relatively new digestive problem be attributed to it? Unless you've switched medications, it would seem that something else must be the cause. Like any illness, though, being hypothyroid may exacerbate it, but I would look at other things, as Rod suggests, and perhaps get back to the hormone levels you were at before. Any new updates? Elizabeth "willbill" <trek(a)worldwide.net> wrote in message news:g8196b01ctp(a)enews2.newsguy.com... > complications with wrong thyroid amount? > > i've been taking thyroid hormone since early '02, > and have gotten my TSH to a consistent result > between .5 and 1.0, where the "normal" range is > .4-to-5.5 > > in April my bowel movement stopped, and i went > into emergency for a day, and they gave me > a lot of strong fluid laxative that got my bowels > working again > > in followup visit with my specialist doctor, > he suggested that i should try letting my > TSH go to the high side; i.e. to the > 5-to-6 range > > so i'm in the process of doing that. my last > TSH test got a result of 32 (!) > > my regular doctor went ballistic when he > saw the TSH of 32, and chewed me out for > not talking to him before making med changes > (i'm starting to think that my regular doctor > does NOT have a clue) > > one surprise was that i've felt OK even with that > high TSH number; another nice surprise has been > that my blood pressure has returned to normal > > does anybody know what complications one runs > the risk of, when one runs their TSH either > 1) too high or 2) too low? > > i mean, my bowel movement does seem to be > slightly improved from running higher TSH > this past 3+ months, but even there it's still > way too early to start making judgements > > TIA for any comments and/or ideas > > bill |