PCOS Messages for November, 2001: Re: Lack of sex drive & PCO ATTN: Jude

Re: Lack of sex drive & PCO ATTN: Jude

From: anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:00:35 -0600 (CST)

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Jude,

I have hashimoto's, no need for RAI, my body is slowly destroying my thyroid on it's own LOL. I've been hyper due to over medication, it's absolutely horrible, worse than being hypo. from the hashi's. My 5th (yes FIFTH) endo says my TSH level should be close to 1, I'm currently at 2.51 and feeling okay, and have finally lost weight. I exercised like crazy and dieted for 8 months without losing a single pound so I'm thrilled to have lost 6/7 pounds. I gained about twenty last year when I was hypo (ate everything in sight).

I keep a chart of my TSH, T4 and T3 levels along with the medication I'm taking. I've been getting progressively worse in the past year so my meds have to be increased to keep up with it. I tried a T3 medication - cytomel but after initially feeling much better I felt horrible, I noticed that my T4 went way down on it. Now my levels are real even, I don't know what to attribute it to, the increase in Unithroid, the glucophage, or the iron supplements I've been taking (my ferritin levels were borderline low).

Anyway, I do feel much better, and even find myself wanting to have sex -- but like I write, this just started a few days ago, knock on wood it continues.

--
Anne

At Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Jude wrote:
>
>Anne: I saw your post to Trisha and felt compelled to write.  I have
>also been delaing with thyroid problems (close to getting my level just
>right) and am recently back on 2000mg of met.
>
>Would you mind telling me what your thyroid condition is? I have Graves
>and decided to have a radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment to kill off my
>thyroid back in June.  I am having a terribly time with weight loss
>since the RAI, even worse than before.
>
>Have you experienced anything similar? The met helped me feel better and
>lose some weight when I was on it before, but it doens't seem to be
>helping with the weight this time.  At least I feel a bit better!
>
>Thanks for your time.
>
>P.S.  I have had problem with low libido that I also believed to be
>thyroid related.  I've been hypo and hyper (neither helps).  I agree
>that losing a few pounds - it helps the body image which is a big
>problem for those of us who do the right thing and don't see too much in
>the way of results.
>
>Best of luck to you! If I find anything that really helps I'll be sure
>to let you know.
>
>At Wed, 28 Nov 2001, anne wrote:
>>
>>Trisha,
>>
>>I've been having a problem with low libido for a few years now - I also
>>have thyroid disease and I thought it was the sole culprit.  I just got
>>up to 1500mg of glucophage xr a couple of weeks ago, (and got my thyroid
>>levels correct a couple of months ago) the side effects are waning (gi
>>upset, fatigue) and I'm starting to feel more alert and more amourous...
>>I've also lost 6-7 pounds which has boosted my confidence.
>>
>>Hang in there.
>>
>>--
>>Anne
>>
>--
>Jude
>

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