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  • I'm all through it and managed to take no casualties...and I made it through without HRT! I did discover one thing that was a tremendous help with my moods and that is Vitamin D3. My doc tested me and discovered that I was low. He prescribed 2000 units per day and that didn't do anything. I went to 5000 units and felt…
    in An Emotional Menopause.......... Comment by Scrapper58 May 2013
  • I've battled the 'lab results' forever...I always come back in the normal range and no dosage change unless I called my doctor and begged for a change. Then once he surprised me and did a TSH test when I wasn't expecting it and I had been taking extra! Oops, I came in at .02 and that was too hyper and he lowered my dose!…
    in After all these years Comment by Scrapper58 March 2013
  • Hi Toni, What time of the day are your blood tests done? I find my TSH will report lower(more hyper) if I have the test done in the afternoon...so I always go in the morning for the best results. I take my synthroid in the morning so I had 95% of my thyroid removed in 1999, then it took 3 years before I was prescribed…
    in After all these years Comment by Scrapper58 March 2013
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