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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

hollysmom

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3. thank you for your help, I have been avoiding the final test

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 01:34 AM

Feb 2013

to see if I have a low thyroid. I prefer to not take medication but I also hate sleeping so many hours a day and fighting to keep the weight off. When I was put on blood pressure medication, I went on vacation and my stress level dropped and I over dosed on the medication and if I had not gone to the emergency room for just feeling strange, I would have died - well I did die, but they resuscitated me. I am terrified of adding a new medication, especially since I live alone now.

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Have you ever read or heard of someone complaining because their script for thyroid hormone [View all] hedgehog Feb 2013 OP

I haven't heard this hollysmom Feb 2013 #1

I've has a slowly declining thyroid for almost 20 years - hedgehog Feb 2013 #2

thank you for your help, I have been avoiding the final test hollysmom Feb 2013 #3

Don't be afraid of thyroid medication. trishtrash Dec 2013 #5

thank you, but apparently my thyroid bounced back up to normal in retests. hollysmom Dec 2013 #6

Watch out for endocrinologists tonekat Nov 2013 #4

My endo is like that, too. murielm99 Feb 2014 #7

They only go by the TSH test. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2015 #8

I don't know what their problem is with Armour. murielm99 Nov 2015 #9

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