Originally Posted by
m_nettleship
dlatch, wat side effects do you get with the levothyroxine (spelling police)
When i was 18 i was that far overactive it tuk ages to get bk to norm, at the mo, im off all tabs and still monitoring it. iodine treatment is next on the list 4 me. Wow i thought i was in the minority at that age.
no side affects with levo but i think you mean the drugs to lower the thyroid output? i forget the names it was 18 years ago but two of them gave me pain in my joints like arthritis so bad it was even a struggle to get out of bed and affected every joint in my body, last one i tried had no side affects but was inaffective in bringing down the thyroid lvls, so i had the decision to either have the gland removed (like tony) or go for the radioactive treatment.
ok now the consquences of going for the radioactive treatment are this (all what i experienced personnaly) You drink the stuff through a straw which is mixed with water and placed in a lead lined pot, they fill it up a few times it just tasted like stale water and was fine, after affects immediatley after treatment was just a mild sore throat this immediatley brought the gland under control but the dosage is a bit hit or miss i understand. lucky for me i ended up with it being just slightly under active.
Then you have some time to adjust to the new way your body feels, when you are overactive you are almost in a constant hyper state and with the lowering of the glands output it really does literally slow you down which does take some time to get used to but you quickly adjust.
the only long term side affect i have suffered is 10 years after the treatment my teeth started to crumble resulting in me now having no bottom teeth at all and just a few crowns on the top
my dentist was convinced it was the radioactive treatment that caused it judging by the way they fell apart he had seem exactly the same in cancer patients in his care.
but thats another long sad story
question to toe knee and m_nettleship
i was told the same as you guys thats its very unusual to get this at such a young age but with you two i now know of 6 people all having the same thing happen, i have a theory on this and its cannabis did you guys used to smoke it? as the other 4 people i know also used to smoke it same as i did.
(pm me or ignore question if un willing to say on a public forum)
edited to add i gained no super human powers from the radioactive treatment
unless wasting money on cars counts
