Posted by 2sense on May 7, 2003, at 7:24:59
In reply to ANYBODY notice a REAL difference on Gingko Biloba?, posted by McPac on May 5, 2003, at 16:48:01
I wrote something -- posted it and it must have taken a wrong turn on the info-highway ... so trying again ... desperate for input from you all.
Jill -- (for anyone really)
I saw the post on Gingko and sexual side effects and since you’re a woman and it helped you I figured I’d ask. I have a thyroid disorder that took 4 years to diagnosis and during that time was on Serzone and then went to Wellbutrin SR (I am still on this). When I went on the Synthroid-T4 it was like a miracle. The Hashimoto’s antibodies kick up and the dose needed to be readjusted. I have ADHD and take Ritalin, in the FYI department as far as meds. I have suffered from atypical anorexia on and off since the early ‘90s when the SSRI’s were just out. I was stuck on Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc. None helped (I wasn’t depressed … docs eventually figured out that bulimics benefit more from the SSRI’s) and they all made me within 3-5 days anorgasmic – not just lowered libido, etc. I have been sort of a Murphy’s Law in terms of help problems – almost all complications of the Hashimoto’s being untreated. Surgeries, etc. (hands for Carpel Tunnel, Partial Hysterectomy (I’m 40) last ½ -- have the ovaries), etc. Anyway last August we had a real disaster and my husband sort of closed down and the trickle effect on the two teens, the 7 year old and me. The doc added Cytomel-T3 10 mcg. 12/30/02. I had been also taking Ambien for sleep (hubby snores and has the restless leg and his anger and depression over death of mother …). By mid Jan. 03 my mood was 50+% better; by the first week of Feb. 03 120% better. I had read med articles about the addition of T3 to Synthroid-T4 and mood – and man it worked. On 12/30/02 doc (pdoc) also lowered Synthroid-T4 from 112 to 100 mcg. (Synthroid 6-8 weeks to have full effect, T3 10-14 days). After 7 weeks my mood crashed. But at the same time I got the flu and was in bed three weeks (husband also in the middle down for 10 days) – kids were “ruling” the house. Went to doc mid-March to ask for more T3 (at mood crash – also insomnia back, all that – initially slept like a baby, appetite, exercise, everyone saw this incredible difference). He upped the T3 from 10 to 20 – after one week felt shaky and trouble sleeping (had returned to the Ambien 10 days into flu and mood crash)… pdoc on vacation so I lowered to 15 mcg. for 2 weeks (also had sexual SE’s initially for a week on T3 and then when at 20 mcg. – doc said I’m hypersensitive – everybody’s different). Long to short – back on the 112 mcg. Synthroid and 10 mcg. Cytomel-T3; still on the Ritalin and Wellbutrin SR (150 mg. 2X day) no changes there – he added Effexor XR 37.5 mg (tried this before same result) – I feel somewhat better within 3-5 days but “numb” from the waist down. I feel destined to be depressed OR no sex life (and it is a really good one physically and emotionally and therefore emotionally intimacy, etc. I’m sure everyone knows this) OR gain weight which I haven’t suffered a bout of the anorexia in 2+ years and I just do not want to go there and I turned 40 end of 11/02 and know I can’t cope – even if it is subconsciously (the control thing .. childhood – blah, blah … not the place or time) by not eating. Teen daughter is testing us to the Nth – and stress is at a premium. ANY INPUT will be deeply appreciated. (Have tried low doses of Celexa and Lexapro – same thing.)
2Sense
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