hypothyroidism

[veronica_rich]

So I'm taking the lazy woman's way to finding out something about a newly-diagnosed condition. Is anyone reading this taking medication for/living with low thyroid production? If so, how did you feel before treatment and has medication helped you, and how? I have pills to start taking tomorrow; I've lived with this for so long (gradual continuing weight gain despite exercise and better diet, fatigue, increasing loss of mental function and memory for nearly four years) that I'm afraid to hope it can all go away with a pill.

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[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I have to have a blood test in three weeks and go back to the doctor to see if my dosage needs adjusted, yes. I know nothing about numbers, measurements, but the doctor said something about the number on your T3's, I think, being 10 as the highest you want - and mine's over 16. Does that mean anything to you?