maybe you should check with the doctor.
love
bobby

Saw my GP today for a wellness exam. she was very thorough. will draw more labs and then decide if i will change meds or just add synthroid. I am thinking I have never tried tegretol before.
synthoid has to be taken empty stomach then can't eat or drink anything for an hour which would suck. I would rather not take it.
bizi

I'd research tegretol then. I mainly know it for seizures. I hope you can figure it out

I saw my GP today. liked her.
She wants to retest the TSH in a couple of weeks. I am hoping that I can quit drinking by then to see if that is what affected my thyroid.
I really don't want to be taking the thyroxine...one hour before eating or drinking....that would not be easy on me.
I am looking into tegretol, that is what she suggested the lamictal stopped working and that is why we switched to lithium in the first place.
I have not been happy on the lithium....don't want to constantly worry about my kidneys. I had stopped all of the calcium supplements and now magnesium ones too. due to elevated blood calcium. which is now normal. my vitamin d is low 37, for some reason she wants me to double it and take 10,000 units a day. for 2 months then go back to 5,000/day.

wonder why my d is low. I usually run 50-60??????
She is not happy with my total cholesterol 280 but that is because my hdl is 115. my ldl was higher too so she wants to recheck that is 6 months.
She did the kind of pap where you only have to have it done every 5 years so that is good. It hurts when she did it. ouch!
later this evening I sent a message via the on line portal Thanking her for our visit and her answering my concerns. and then I asked if she would prescribe klonipin .5mg because I was having a hard time sleeping.
will see what she has to say.
bizi

Hi,

These could be the reason for low vit D:

not enough sun
milk allergies,
a strict vegan diet.

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Vitamin D is produced by the body in response to skin being exposed to sunlight. It is also occurs naturally in a few foods -- including
some fish, fish liver oils, and egg yolks -- and in fortified dairy and grain products.

Good luck to you.


I Periodically take a few D pills from Solgar. -- often when I remember to take my fish oil.


M

hi Mari,
nice to see you.
I already take 5,000units a day. She wants me to take 10k.
wonder why it is 37????
bizi

my tsh came down to 5 and the t3 t4 are both normal

so no changes for now. retest in 6 weeks.
happy about that......
now this was from my pdoc office. we will see what my gp has to say.

bizi

sthis is what I wrote to pdoc:


Dr. Orazio,


After much thought, I decided that I don't want to wait until my thyroid is done for or for my kidneys to have damage either.
As you mentioned during our last visit., I would like to try tegretol as my mood stabilizer and discontinue the lithium.
If after giving the tegretol a fair shake and it doesn't work out then we can always go back to the lithium as a last resort.


Thank you for your consideration,
elizabeth

that is great!
love
bobby

heard from dr. orazio today.

She did not want to switch just yet.... and I did/do.
Hubby is in agreement.

So we are going to switch meds.
bizi