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Doses Of Throid hormones aren`t related to your weight , but to the level of your TSH [it should be 0.35-5.5 mIU/L for a woman in her 60 and T4-free [it should be 10-20 pmoI/L for a woman in her 60 mirjam

On 7 Sep 2006 07:32:21 -0700, "hesira" spewed >forth : > >>Yikes! I"ve got Graves, too. I had RAI about a month ago, and didn't >>have a storm. I felt a little worse for a while, but nothing I >>couldn't handle. I've been feeling great for several weeks, but I'm >>starting to slow down a little. I'm hoping the hypo won't be too bad, >>and I can continue to function, but nobody said anything about slurred >>speech or loss of fine motor control. I have a friend who just flew >>through her Graves, after treatment of course. I guess everyone is >>different. > >If you're starting to slow down now is the time to ask your doc to >start you on replacement therapy, not in a month or two when you're >having the speech and coordination problems. > >I knew that 50mcg wasn't going to be adequate, my doc knew it too. >Based on my current weight I'm thinking 100mcg ought to be adequate >once it kicks in, then I may be able to drop the dose slightly as I >start losing weight again. But we'll see; when I was slightly >hyperthyroid I felt fabulous and had plenty of energy, so I may need >to bump up to 125mcg or more before I start feeling "fabulous" again, >then gradually reduce the dose as I'm able to start losing weight >again. > >> >>I hope you get your dosage worked out soon. What a terrible drag. >>I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. > >Thanks, and same to you :D > > >+++++++++++++ > >Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. >This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. >Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...
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On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:05:08 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@actcom.co.il (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) spewed forth :

Yes yes. The prescribing info recommends a starting dose based on weight, to be titrated every few weeks as necessary to achieve the optimal dose based on symptom relief plus testing. My doc treats symptoms first, labs second, and I feel much better when I'm slightly hyperthyroid. So we'll see.

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