another month, another test
Posted on: December 28, 2005 | Posted in: My Story
And on and on it goes. Getting low on my 150 levothyroxine pills, went in for another blood test today, and will be seeing the doctor Friday to find out how my ‘levels’ are doing. I’m rather anxious to hear my TSH is within normal range, so I can try adding T3 to my medication (either as a second synthetic pill, or in a natural thyroid product like Armour Thyroid). Right now I’m still losing weight, still sleeping better, still staying warm, still having unreasonable good moods… but I still feel kind of ‘run down’ and apathetic about so many things. It just doesn’t seem quite right.
I’ve seen so many improvements in the last three months, it almost seems ungrateful to keep expecting more, in a way… and I can’t help but wonder: How will I know when I’m “normal” again, symptom-wise? How much improvement can I really expect? What if I really am a naturally depressed person?
In the Thyroid Power book, the authors say some of their patients didn’t get complete relief from their symptoms until their TSH output was almost completely supressed. What if my tests start showing I’m normal, when I still don’t feel very good? Will my doctor go along with my requests for more medication, or will I have to start being pushy? I really hate being pushy with doctors.
Of course, considering I don’t find out what my results are until Friday, fretting over it now seems a little futile, no? So I suppose the thing to do is relax and see what the doctor says later this week…
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