I was diagnosed with hyperthroidism in July my doctor said levels were not bad and he believed it would go away on its own so he said come see him in a month in the mean time i still continued to loose weight, let me say this i started at 230 solid muscle able to bench press 400lbs by i the months end i was 218, weeks later 202 and barly able to bench press 135 the doctor finally put me on meds propylthiacil a week ago I'm exercising lifting weights i was wondering if someone could tell when i should return to my old self again thanks in advance
Hi Donald
You can have hyperthyroidism due to an inflammation of the thyroid gland because of a virus, in which case it will go away, or more commonly, you could have it because you have an autoimmune disease like Graves' disease or Hashimoto's disease or a combination of both Graves' and Hashimoto's, in which case you would have antibodies which are attacking your thyroid gland and which can be measured in the blood so ask your doc if he thinks you have an autoimmune disease and then ask him to measure your antibodies. The patients who do the best are those who become empowered, educate themselves and take control of making decisions. The first step is to ask for copies of any blood work that is done on you every time it is done. Also if it is found you have Graves or Hashimoto's, you need to be referred to an Endocrinologist. The usual tests for hyperthyroidism are Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH), free T3 (FT3) and free T4 (FT4). The lab report will show you your result with the normal range beside it so you see where on the chart you fall. The drug he gave you (called PTU for short) was to block the uptake of the excessive thyroid hormones. Hyperthyroid patients lose carnitine, an amino acid from their muscles which is why you feel muscularly weak. This can be replaced by taking regular L-Carnitine or Acetyl-L-Carnitine which you can purchase at a health food store. Your doctor will not know about the Carnitines but there was a study done in Italy showing that hyperthyroid patients benefitted if they replaced the carnitine they were losing from their bodies. I tried both the Regular L-Carnitine and the Acetyl-L-Carnitine and the Acetyl worked better at raising my TSH result and lowering the other two FT3 and FT4. In hyperthyroidism, the TSH is low and the FT3 and FT4 are high. The dose of regular L-carnitine you can take is up to 3,000 mg and the Acetyl-L-Carnitine up to 2,000 mg (I took 1,000 mg of the Acetyl). Hyperthyroid patients also are deficient in vitamin D so adding vitamin D supplements, 1,000 to 5,000 units also helps. People believe that autoimmune diseases are caused by "leaky gut" so watching your diet, avoiding Aspartame in your diet, avoiding sugar and gluten are also helpful. A naturopath could help you with the diet. If you supplement with L-Carnitine, you need to have your blood work done regularly (minimum every 6 weeks) and adjust your carnitine dose and PTU dose downward, according to the improvement in your lab results. Hope this information is helpful for you.
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Thank you India187, you've helped me so much