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BP person with Thyroid problems a link

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deleted_user
I looked under the advice section and there was a person that liked BP to thyroid problems in her book "The Thyroid Solution" by Ridha Arem,MD. Since I have both I will check into this.
deleted_user
deleted_user
let me know what you find here, if you can it would be good to know more. I have no thyroid function either.
TKVanGogh
TKVanGogh
My mom has been on synthroid for thyroidism (?) for as long as I can remember and she blamed her "manic" episodes on it for years...until I was 21.
I guess there are some similarities in the symptoms, tho'
deleted_user
deleted_user
Um, yeah, a lot of people sustain thyroid problems from lithium use and then have to take meds for it (like me)...however when thyroid plays up it presents like hypomania or depression and that is why docs usually rule it out before DX. love my thyroid meds, they really help my mood.
dobiedots
dobiedots
I got to the point where I could hardly move my body, my arms felt like lead. It was determined my thyroid stopped functioning because of the Lithium. Now I'm on Synthroid but they can't seem to get the correct dosage. Every time doc raises it I go into mania. I just took myself off of it until I can figure out what to do.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Please do check it out--I have both and when my thyroid goes haywire, so do my BP swings. My GP and pdoc stay in close contact for test results and ongoing treatments to keep the consistency right.
deleted_user
deleted_user
yep, agree #5
deleted_user
deleted_user
In an attemnpt to loose weight I upped my thyroid meds from 50mg to 200mg and ended up manic. So I slowly increased the dose and avoided the mania.

What is this book , as I asked my Pdoc about thyroid function and BP and he said there was no correlation. Weird mind you my pdoc is south african, not being racist just stating a fact. :))
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wow, thought the correlation was obvious...b4 I started the meds I couldn't stop crying, it was so weird, cause I don't cry much...thyroid meds fixed that immediately....my ma has become manic when her thyroid went hyper one time etc
deleted_user
deleted_user
Well so did I Lou, so I couldn't hit him up for another script, damn, will get one off my GP instead :))
deleted_user
deleted_user
:))
deleted_user
deleted_user
There's def a relation, esp. women rapid-cyclers, from the research I've done. Be careful though when discussing doses, though..it's in mcg's not mg's. I take 125 mcg's daily. If you took 50 mgs...dunno what would happen, but it wouldn't be good :-)
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