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v4msi
v4msi

hello.

my T3 and T4 count is 84, normal is 12-22,

my question is,

how long it will take to come noramal.?

and

is it true, antithyroid medications need to take life long for hyperthyroid patients ?

im sorry im not fluent in english.

if i type anything wrong.

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  • linda187
    linda187 v4msi

    Posted

    I think everyone's course is unique.  My FT3 and FT4 were only slightly elevated, not more than by 10 points when I was diagnosed.  I was started on 10 mg of Methimazole and my FT3 and FT4 immediately came into the normal range but my TSH remained at 0 for two years. Then I read an article on the benefits of using L-Carnitine on thyroid patients and I added 3,000 mg of L-Carnitine and vitamin D, 1000 units to my treatment program.  My TSH rose for the first time 59 0.05 and I felt better.  I was able to lower my dose of methimazole to 7.5 mg.  Then I tried different carnitines and I added Acetyl-L-Carnitine, 500 mg and my TSH rose well into the normal range and my FT3 and FT4 decreased as well.  I was able to lower my dose of methimazole to 5 mg daily.  However, I and others found that being on Acetyl required very frequent and careful monitoring with lowering of the dose of Acetyl and/or methimazole as levels changed.  I am currently on 2.5 mg of Methimazole daily and off the carnitines altogether now.  Still on Vitamin D.  I did get tested for Total and Free carnitine levels before I started on it and I was deficient. Also tested for Vitamin D and I was deficient.
    • v4msi
      v4msi linda187

      Posted

      thank you very much for ur quic response,

       

  • linda187
    linda187 v4msi

    Posted

    Correction in my previous response:  my TSH rose for the first time to 0.05
  • leigh25499
    leigh25499 v4msi

    Posted

    Hi - No you wont have to take medication for overactive thyroid for all your life, it should start to come normal within a few months.  It helps to eat healthy as possible and reduce or cut out eating cheese I have been told will help.  Also try and reduce stress. best wishes.  
    • v4msi
      v4msi leigh25499

      Posted

      thank you,i feel a bit relax to see ur comment.

       

    • shirley50030
      shirley50030 leigh25499

      Posted

      You are wrong you do not stop taking medication once your levels are reached...
  • shirley50030
    shirley50030 v4msi

    Posted

    I have been on tablets for over 30 years. You have to take medication for life
    • linda187
      linda187 shirley50030

      Posted

      I have known many Graves patients who have been off medication and in remission for years.  It depends on how you are managed with medication and most docs do not know enough about this disease and how to manage it properly.  Also, some people discontinue meds when their lab tests normalize, without checking if their antibodies have normalized and if they go off meds before that happens then they often will get rebound Graves symtpoms.
  • linda187
    linda187 v4msi

    Posted

    Medication helps you to go into remission.  Being in remission is different than being euthyroid (having normal thyroid levels).  To be in remission, your TRab and TSI antibodies have to come into the normal range.  If they are, then you can stop the meds. 
  • fern12
    fern12 v4msi

    Posted

    I have heard that about 20% of Graves' Disease patients go into remission after being treated with anti-thyroid drugs, possibly with a time limit like within the first 2 years.  That means that 80% of patients might not go into remission, or that they choose to have the thyroid removed or killed with radioactive iodine.

    It also seems like patients get their T4 and T3 hormones into the normal range long before their TSH will rise into the normal range.

    I have both the stimulating antibodies of Graves' Disease and the thyroid destroying antibodies of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, and the doctors don't care whether I have any antibodies present as long as they balance each other and my thyroid numbers are in the normal range.

    I was diagnosed with Graves' Disease about 5 years ago, but I have not been told to take anti-thyroid drugs for a little over 2 years, now.

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