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Date: | Tue, 18 Mar 1997 12:22:40 -0800 |
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Hi Donna,
> The prescription is for 100 pills with 5 refills! that's 500 days! Isn't that a
> long time? How does she know I'll need it for that long? I know
It is for life... and, difficult to find a happy medium with synthroid.
I see an endocrinologist. Although my internist is great, he is not
familiar enough with thyroid problems.
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> The internist also put me on Prozac. I suffer from chronic pain from a
> botched Ulnar nerve transposition 3 years ago and she said my insomnia
> was caused by depression due to chronic pain.
I noticed that quite a few people suffering with hypothyroidism also
suffer from fibromyalgia (chronic pain, trouble sleeping, fatigued etc....)
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I guess my real question is something like: "Can low thyroid function
> cause insomnia, high blood pressure, weight gain, and a feeling like most
From my experience low thyroid hormone can mess our metabolism. I put
on 50 pounds in a few years.. until the synthroid was regulated.
> days I would rather just pull the quilt up over my head and stay in bed all
> day rather than force myself to get up and go to work?" I realize that I
Yes, I have felt that way and still do.
Jacquie
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