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« on: January 23, 2020, 10:40:29 am »
I went to the doctor yesterday to have my 3 month thyroid check.  I asked him yesterday about what my numbers had been, the first one was 19'something and last time it was 4.5 which he said is in the "ok" range.
I had a blood test and the nurse just now called and said that this time my reading is 8.5 so I'm supposed to take two 25mc pills a day instead of one and come back in 3 months.    I wonder why I went back the wrong way after being ok last time?   I'm sure you can't answer  my question, just wondering out loud. 

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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2020, 01:49:05 pm »
PS  I was thinking about doubling my dose of Levothyroxine and it made me think of you Moira and how you had to take a large dose of it and the fact that you had side effects?   I am sure you were taking way more than 50mcgs but I don't remember how many and I don't remember how you felt though it seems like you felt sort of nervous or maybe hyper?  I don't know if it was on this board or the other where we talked about it.  I think it was the old board so would do me no good to look for it.

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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2020, 08:19:46 pm »
OMG LINDA …...  You CAN hear me talking over here and you can READ my mind !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today we went to the recycle shop and it was so hot and humid I thought I might pass out..... I got home and put on the air con and lay on the bed to cool down. Ange was a bit concerned because I do suffer with the heat and she asked how much thyroxine I was taking..... she thought it may be too much !!!!!
 I have been on 100 mcgms for a few years but I was gradually getting HypO thyroid... not enough. I was slow and not much energy
 ( I am overweight too I do know that ! ) tired and basically lacking energy.    My GP put me on the extra 25mcgms last October so I am 125mcgms now and according to the last blood test ( Nov 2019)  I am normal … but I have not had a test for 2 months so Ange says I need another test.... I am going for one tomorrow. With this extra 25mcgms I would say I feel more talkative. Ange sent me a picture about how you might feel if your thyroid is OVER ( HypO)  active. Anxiety, nervous feelings, difficulty concentrating, feeling over heated,  not sleeping well,  feeling irritable or erratic.

I would say 50 mcgms is not much Linda but do you feel any different since you started talking the 25mcgms ?

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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2020, 08:36:02 pm »
Just looked up my results Linda.

My TSH was 4.5 back in  08/02/2017 I was taking 100mcgms.  OK but a bit High. ( O.30 - 4.00 )
My TSH was  10.00         20/10/2017   ...………...…..100mcgms . Too HIGH !!!!
My  TSH was   4.2            21/05/2018                     100mcgms.  Normal
     
I never had another test till 15/02/2019  TSH 3.4                       OK

Had the next test               18/09/2019  TSH 0.89                     LOW   ( 0.30 - 4.00 )
                                        18/10/2019  TSH 1.1                       Still a bit  LOW
                                        28/11/2019  TSH 0.92                     Normal !!~! 
 I am off tomorrow for another blood test and results should be through by Monday / Tuesday !





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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2020, 09:14:25 pm »
I hope the both of you get your thyroid problems sorted and soon. Good luck with the increase (((((Linda)))))

Moira, I don't blame Ange for being worried about you, that shouldn't happen, so I am glad that you are having another blood test to have it checked (((((Moira)))))

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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2020, 09:27:10 am »
Oh my goodness Moira, great minds do think alike or at least have similar events in their days!    Your TSH has been all over the place.  I really wonder what it will be when you get the next result. 
You will laugh.............I was fretting over doubling my Levothyroxine dose this morning.  I was lying in bed thinking about it before I went to sleep and I had about decided that I would cut one pill in half and take that along with the whole pill and then move up to the two pills in a week or two.  Then I thought about calling the doctor today to say that I didn't want to double my dose all at once and did I even HAVE to do it at all since I wasn't THAT far off.  Well, I fell asleep and had a dream.  I was at Joe and Susie's and was taking my pills there.  After doing so, I was horrified to see that I had taken THE CATS PILLS along with my own.  I don't even know if their cat TAKES PILLS!    I was really in a state about that, but I woke up and realized it was a dream.  SO...........I got up this morning and took both pills just as the nurse instructed me yesterday.  Enough stewing and fretting, I'll just try to forget about the side effects and hope I won't have any.
Let us know what you find out Moira, Ange probably knows what she is talking about.  ((((((((((Moira))))))))))

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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2020, 07:15:05 pm »
Bwahahaha what an awful dream Linda :) I used to take 125 mcgms one day and 100 the next,  way back in the beginning when I first had my thyroid out !!! Then a blood test said I was taking too much so I went back to 100 per day !
 Ange suggested I take 125 one day and 100 the next now but I will wait for today's blood  results to come through next week and take it from there. 

It has been SO hot and humid again today I have the air con on !

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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2020, 09:30:39 am »
You do take a high dose and it will be interesting to see what your results are next week.  Ange probably can regulate your dosage as well as a doctor. 
I had another odd dream last night, there was a person in my dream who looked like Tim, but when he talked it was Emma. 

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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2020, 09:52:18 pm »
Ange actualleh said I Am the best person to regulate my dose !!!!!!!! I will see what the results are next week and take it from there.  :) Are you having more dreams since you started taking extra levothyroxine OR are you stressing about it and having strange dreams ???????? ((((((((((((((((((((((Linda)))))))))))))))))))

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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2020, 11:38:57 am »
Ange is probably right about you regulating your own dose since you  know how you feel. 
I don't know about my dreams.  For a long time now I've been dreaming more and I don't know why.
The dream where Tim turned into Emma was so long and involved and interesting.  One does wonder why you dream what you do.  I'm pretty sure the dreaming has nothing to do with the Levothyroxine since I've been dreaming more for a couple of y ears now.  I'm on my 4th day now of the double dose and trying not to think too much about it.   ;D  My other emoticons don't work for me today? 

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« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2020, 08:29:57 pm »
I suppose it is better if you don't think or dwell on the fact you are taking more levothyroxine then you normally do, that makes sense to me ! I actually got my results in an email message on the clinic website today, it was sent yesterday Saturday ! I don't know how they came through so fast !!!!!

Anyway it is 0.33 ( 0.30-4.00 )  The result has Normal beside it as a comment and Ange says it is just within the normal range so carry on !

I have been looking at my results and I see I was 8.2 in August and that was when my GP upped my Thyroxine and within a month of taking 25mgms extra I went down to 0.82 which is Normal !

Your result after taking 25mgms was 8.5 so that is why you have been told to take an extra 25mgms. as it is still outside the normal range !

As for dreams every now and again I have long and involved dreams and I can remember them when I wake up... usually I cannot remember my dreams.

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« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2020, 09:59:10 am »
You did get a quick thyroid result and that's good and great that you are NORMAL!  So I guess you will just keeping taking the dose you have been taking?    I had another long dream last night and I remembered it when I woke up but now I can't remember a single thing about it.  I wish I could because I do recall that I was enjoying it! 
TOMORROW I have to go to the DENTIST, just a check up but I never enjoy that!!

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« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2020, 06:51:45 pm »
I hate that when I first wake up and remember the dream and it was a good one then half an hour later I cannot remember it !!!!!
 I am also with you when it comes to the dentist.... get them all out Hahahaha.   Dan also went to get a sore tooth fixed last week but he is still complaining and they go camping tomorrow for 10 days ….. they go every year with 3 other families ……. all with kids !!! It has taken them all day to load up the trailer !!!

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« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2020, 08:03:09 pm »
I usually only go to the dentist when I have to!!!!

It will be very quiet at your place then for the next few days Moira.

I dream all the time, sometimes I remember  them, sometimes not.

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« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2020, 06:56:00 am »
I have been to the dentist and had no cavities, no gum problems, etc.. so I was happy about that.  They did a flouride treatment to prevent cavities so I can't eat anything crunchy for six hours.   I used to go to the dentist twice a year, that's what "they" recommend but since I don't usually have a problem they say once a year is good so I won't be going back until 2021.   Larry has to go every 3 months to have his teeth cleaned because he wasn't always a good boy and flossed every day like I have for years.
His gums aren't good but he wants to keep his teeth so he goes.  When you say Dan has a "sore tooth", what does that mean?
Speaking of dreams Darien, don't you interpret dreams?