Question:
> and I got a thyroxin Harmon as tablets about 200 mg per day > after this high dose all my body was very active and diarrhea attacked > me very hard > and I lost control > Doctors said to me that thyroxin dose is irrelevant and I had to take > the 200 mg > and if I did not take the dose my body will shut down
mmm I think the very good folks at alt. support thyroid have a different opinion on this. You are on a very high dose of thyroid medication ( is Harmon a brand name?). And this can certainly cause diarrhea. Please post latest blood tests, preferably on the thyroid group for more knowledgeable info. They can help in this area. What country are you in? Another thyroid medication, something which contains T3 might be much more suitable for you but not always obtainable in every country. It is very possible your T4 stays low, or you have symptoms and they just give more T4. The body suppose to convert this to T3 but sometimes has trouble doing this. There are a lot of doctors who dispute this possibility. If that is the case with your doc he probably didn’t even test for T3. Do give your lab values with the testing numbers though. They can vary a lot from lab to lab and country to country ( different testing methods) Please note, usually on these support groups there are no doctors, but on the thyroid group there are some very knowledgeable people who might know more then the average endocrinologist. Please do give your blood test results for an opinion; but also what happened with your thyroid. Why does your doc think it will shut your body down? Did you have thyroid cancer, or radiation, or…. Please include all that info. It does change things.
Response:
I have sever and chronic diarrhea from 14 year and I did a lot of investigations in 3 different countries I spent at Germany about 15 days in investigation but unfortunately all investigations was negative the only test that I was positive is lactose intolerance but I already did not eat any milk product from 14 years the result of all investigations that I have not any physical disease and my colon move very fast for no reason may be as Irritable Bowel Syndrome I take 10 tablets of Imodium 2 mg Lopramide HCL every day and a lot of other colon medicine but I still suffer too much from this disease and some doctors said to me that may I have a disease but they did not discover I tried with all colon ulcer medicines and I tried a lot of anti bacterial diseases and other medicine for no reasons but Imodium is the only medicine that have effect Now after 10 years for stable case with Imodium I was sick from thyroid my thyroid vanished through 3 years as doctors said and they don’t know why and I got a thyroxin Harmon as tablets about 200 mg per day after this high dose all my body was very active and diarrhea attacked me very hard and I lost control Doctors said to me that thyroxin dose is irrelevant and I had to take the 200 mg and if I did not take the dose my body will shut down Now the last test I did is colonodcopy and Gastroscopy at 3-9-2004 and apparently I have normal 100% result as my G.P said and Now I am again suffer too much from this disease any one have any help or even suggestion? if any doctor interested at my case I can send all my papers thanks