Graves' Disease Support Group
Graves-Basedow disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including hyperthyroidism (over activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative exophthalmos (protruberance of one or both eyes and associated problems) and infiltrative dermopathy (a skin condition usually of the lower extremities). This disorder is the most common cause of...
Good Morning,
Well since Dec '12 I have been on .0625 mg of MMI daily. I take the full dose in the morning. After about 6 weeks I felt totally normal for about 5 weeks and then I started getting hot flashes, no sleep, etc. My blood work showed a
few changes from 12/5 to 2/22
FT4 1.15 range .71-1.7 down from 1.20 in Dec
FT3 3.45 range 2.5-4.3 first time he's done this
test for me..
T3 126 range 80-200 up from 106 in dec
TSH .146 range .270-4.20 down from .33 in dec
I eaited 10 weeks because I was feeling so good. Then gradually the hot flashes are back, lack of sleep and I've been feeling a little anxiety as to what is going on - and anxiety is a sign for me.
I'm taking selenium, D3, Cal/Mag, and trying a
muli without iodine and Omega 3.6.12. The only
change I have made is I have really upped the intensity of my exercise to reflect what I plan
to do this summer. I know symptoms overlap whether hypo or hyper but wasn't sure if anxiety
and hypo go together. My gut tells me I either
need to increase the meds or go off and I'm sure
some of what I am feeling is normal but I would
sure like your imput as so many of you have been through this and understand and know the stages
to remission.
Thanks so much!!!
Cindee
Well since Dec '12 I have been on .0625 mg of MMI daily. I take the full dose in the morning. After about 6 weeks I felt totally normal for about 5 weeks and then I started getting hot flashes, no sleep, etc. My blood work showed a
few changes from 12/5 to 2/22
FT4 1.15 range .71-1.7 down from 1.20 in Dec
FT3 3.45 range 2.5-4.3 first time he's done this
test for me..
T3 126 range 80-200 up from 106 in dec
TSH .146 range .270-4.20 down from .33 in dec
I eaited 10 weeks because I was feeling so good. Then gradually the hot flashes are back, lack of sleep and I've been feeling a little anxiety as to what is going on - and anxiety is a sign for me.
I'm taking selenium, D3, Cal/Mag, and trying a
muli without iodine and Omega 3.6.12. The only
change I have made is I have really upped the intensity of my exercise to reflect what I plan
to do this summer. I know symptoms overlap whether hypo or hyper but wasn't sure if anxiety
and hypo go together. My gut tells me I either
need to increase the meds or go off and I'm sure
some of what I am feeling is normal but I would
sure like your imput as so many of you have been through this and understand and know the stages
to remission.
Thanks so much!!!
Cindee
If it were me I'd stop the Selenium for now. It will drive up the FT3.
It is normal to bounce around a bit with thyroid levels as one goes down on the dosage as well as going off of it.
Maybe consider not training so hard with the exercises?
{{{hugs}}}
I wondered the same about the selenium although I stayed on it from Dec because the
Total T3 dropped drastically while the FT4 was stable. The FT4 has been hanging at 1.2 for months and without the FT3 though I have no feel for how that is working. I have the FT3 on this lab too. I have also backed off the exercise some but hasn't made much of a difference. Like we all know hypo/hyper overlap and I wasn't sure if anxiety can go either direction.....that is my elephant in the room....:))
Thanks again,
Cindee
Anxiety can be entirely separate from the thyroid, or can be caused by feeling out of whack one way or the other. IMO, it can also affect the blood test by stimulating FT3 production.
I thought selenium was supposed to help regulate the immune system to tone down its autoimmune response. Anyone have more information on that?
I guess I am in remission now. I took my last dose of MMI after my December blood test.
When I was on MMI I thought it was best to take my dose in the evening when I could tolerate being more on the hypo side. Even if you have to increase the dose a little, maybe the evening would be best for you too.