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8/5/10 8:41 P

Yes, I had that same problem last year! I was on a .175 dosage of Synthroid for several years and was doing fine up until April of last year, when I went in for my annual checkup. and the blood work showed that I was Hyperthyroid! Evendently I wasn't Hyper for very long before it was discovered. But I was noticing that I did gain weight, I felt more tired, dizzy spells, my Heart rate was up, which it usually is during my Running but it used to go back down to normal, but by April of Last year, HR would go up and stay up? That got alittle scary...my initial thought was maybe I was drinking too much Caffeen? Because I was drinking alot of Starbucks coffee and Frappe's at work.

Although I was never put on any heart meds all my Dcotor did was slowly decrease my Synthroid over the course of 3-4 months. He finally got me down to .75mcgs. I was pretty skeptial that by taking a lower dose, would I gain more weight? Actually I lost weight! Imagine that! in 6 months since he lowered my Synthroid dose, I lost about 10 lbs! The real kicker was that I did alot of reading up on taking an additional T3 med called Cytomel He agreed to let me try it. so I also take 10mcgs of Cytomel (2 5mcgs with my .75mcgs of Synthroid) I started feeling Great! got back alot of my energy too!

But currently my weight loss kind of stopped, I know that my diet has slacked off terribly since Summer started, been nursing a Stess fracture in my heel due to some intense Training for a 12k this spring so haven't been exercising as much as I want, Now that the Heel fracture has heeled to where I can get back to doing more running, The Weather is too danged hot to spend too much time out in and I hate working out on my Treadmill it's so boring even watching TV or listening to music. I'm a out Door person.

current weight: 161.0

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6/28/10 7:15 A

hypothyroidism can sure drag you down,it did me the beggining of the year For years I thought I was suffereing depression and it could have been my thyroid. You hit rock bottom in a matter of days and it takes months for you to get back to your old self.In future if I feel depressed I will be getting my thyroid checked

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6/22/10 2:11 P

I wish I knew. I am due for some more blood work so they can hopefully get the right dosage because I am also up and down. Today I am also hungry for I don't know why. Sometimes, I call it a nervous hungry and am usually OK the next day. I try to drink more water to try to help.

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6/22/10 12:19 P

I've been avoiding this board for a few weeks because I went from suffering from two forms of hypothyroidism, to becoming hyperthyroid because we went too high on my levothyroxine without knowing the last dose would be too high 'for me.' I have felt pretty alone with all these symptoms and decided maybe I should post here anyway...I was wondering if anyone else has had this happen?

I have a lot of heart problems, and they are all at potentially very dangerous levels right now. I'm terribly nervous. I'm eating all the time (and still gaining weight). My body feels very weak (probably from all the stress on my heart conditions), my muscles are shaky, and I'm generally not well at all. I can't believe how much my attitude/personality has changed. My husband says I'm terribly irritable and not my normal self. I'm afraid I'll do or say something while in this state that will harm my career or relationships.

Of course I'm on a lower level of medicine now, and higher doses of heart pills, etc. But my doc thinks it will take an additional 6 or 7 weeks from now to really be 'evened out.' I've heard of some people thinking that being 'a little hyperthyroid' would be nice and good for weight loss. The truth is that you can still gain weight because your body can tell you that you're much hungrier than you really are. And the truth is that this is miserable...I wouldn't wish it on anyone. And for someone with my health problems, it is dangerous. I can't even exercise right now.

I wish I was better NOW, but it could be a while, and I'm doing my best to just get through all this. I know I will get better, and I'm grateful for that and feel lucky about that. It's just rough right now, and I don't know anyone else who has gone through this.