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From: willbill on 14 Aug 2008 08:39 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
From: Alan B. Mac Farlane on 14 Aug 2008 18:54 in article g8196b01ctp(a)enews2.newsguy.com, willbill at trek(a)worldwide.net wrote on 8/14/08 5:39 AM: > does anybody know what complications one runs > the risk of, when one runs their TSH either > 1) too high or 2) too low? the Physicians Desk Reference would have that information (look under synthyroid I am guessing) ... and it is usefull to check out ... about one and half pages of very small print.
From: willbill on 14 Aug 2008 19:56 Alan B. Mac Farlane wrote: > willbill wrote on 8/14/08 5:39 AM: > >> does anybody know what complications one runs >> the risk of, when one runs their TSH either >> 1) too high or 2) too low? > the Physicians Desk Reference would have that information (look under > synthyroid I am guessing) ... and it is usefull to check out ... about one > and half pages of very small print. is there an on-line ref for this? bill
From: Alan B. Mac Farlane on 14 Aug 2008 21:32 in article g82gof019q3(a)enews2.newsguy.com, willbill at trek(a)worldwide.net wrote on 8/14/08 4:56 PM: >> the Physicians Desk Reference would have that information (look under >> synthyroid I am guessing) ... > > is there an on-line ref for this? > > > bill try www.google.com ... type in the subject (Physicians Desk Reference Synthyroid) ... then hit the "I am feeling lucky button" and see what happens. There are no seats belts for the information highway so better hang on. :)
From: Rod on 15 Aug 2008 03:03
willbill wrote: > 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 Bill, Given that even the most sceptical doctor would diagnose hypothyroidism with a TSH of 32, you can expect to be in for any of those symptoms. I'd suggest that you consider whether your magnesium and potassium levels are adequate. Just try supplementing with magnesium citrate and potassium gluconate (these seem to be the forms that are tolerated best). Muscle weakness (a likely part of the cause of your bowel problems) can and does occur with both hypoT and hyperT. <http://www.thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/pages/conditions/thyroid/hyposymptoms.html> <http://www.thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/pages/conditions/thyroid/hypersymptoms.html> But you also need to consider whether water/salt issues exist - could your problem have been because your body was desperately trying to retain water/salt? (I am not sure which salts could be involved - but I am fairly sure that it is not just sodium chloride.) Also, there are mixed reports about the effects of low vitamin B12 and thiamine - both are reported as causing constipation. <http://www.ion.ac.uk/healthnotes.php?org=ion&ContentID=1287007> Do keep us posted. All the best. -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org> |