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Ann09 
7:21pm, October 6, 2009
Hello Everyone! 
I had to take a break from reading about and researching thyroid because of the awful fatigue.
I don't know what it is to feel well anymore, but beginning to accept that this may be just the way it will be. I know there are so many people in worse situations and I tell myself that everytime I start to feel self pity. I got my doctor to order a cortisol saliva test (which Hashithing had said was the best way to test cortisol levels) and couldn't find a lab that had a testing kit. One lab finally offered to order one in for me and I picked it up today. I don't know if this is the correct one, because you take a saliva sample once in the morning and then once in the evening (8am & 4pm) similar to when I had the blood test for cortisol levels. I went twice for blood work on the same day. So, Hashithing, if you're reading this, please let me know if I got the right test. The doctor has also ordered a DHEA test for adrenal function as well. Last time tested, TSH is still hypo and I'm not aware that I'm still cycling back and forth . I read that after cycling back and forth from hypo to hyper, your thyroid eventually just burns out completely. So, maybe that is what's happened recently. Having blood work tomorrow, but don't think the levels have changed very much by the way I feel. May have to increase thyroid medication. I found a local compounding pharmacy to make my Naturethroid (desiccated) thyroid capsules. My endocrine doctor's secretary called today to say that the doctor got my ultrasound test results and wants to see me much sooner than my November appointment to discuss the results. Wonder what the ultrasound revealed? Depression and anxiety are back (big time) since the psychiatrist took me off Lexapro after only 2 months of treatment. She said, "it's the thyroid that's causing the depression". Meaning what? I can't take an antidepressant anymore?
So, I started taking St. John's Wort and not having as good a result as the Lexapro. Sleeping much better, but no improvement with mood. I may try 5HTP as it is similar to Lexapro in composition (serotonin). I'm doing this under the care of a Naturopathic. I don't what people to think I'm playing around with these treatments on my own. Not with the terrible brain & memory fog I'm experiencing. It is taking me forever to type this, so I will end here with a "good to be back among friends who understand."
God bless you all, Ann
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