Posted by floatingbridge on April 25, 2011, at 10:48:50
In reply to Rapid cycling + thyroid med, posted by alchemy on April 24, 2011, at 14:18:35
Hi Alchemy.
> There is a lot on the net about using high doses of thyroid meds for rapid cycling. I have been taking a tiny dose of synthroid for over a year (and of course am still rapid cycling).
I haven't seen any of this. Any links? I think I've seen reference to what is said how low thyroid can mimic Bipolar disorders, esp lll and nos. But not read that thyroid med can help in cases of actual BPnos (nos being pretty vague, yeah?).
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> I recently started taking Armour (also increased T3 rather than just T4). I don't
think it is doing anything.
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> Has anyone tried a higher dose? How long for a response time?
>I have taken thyroid, synthroid, levoxyl, now armor for about 6 years. But I do have documented thyroid dysfunction.
One of the worst, worst times for me was 6 years ago and someone had the brilliant idea of treating me with just cytomel (t3). This was my very first thyroid treatment. I went down in flames and had to present to a pdoc
again :( Just my experience :(What else are you doing?
*a rose by any name
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