New Year Resolution, start that diet (again !!)

[emma_t]

Thats so reasurring as I have felt like this for a while with tiredness, lack of concentration, also not remembering things.
This has been so worrying but hope now I been diagnosed it will improve with time, thanks so much for your advice it really does help to 'speak' with someone who knows what it feels like..... i was strting to worry in case people who know me thought I was being just plain old lazy.
i have also been prescibed with metformin to run alongside the thyroxine - such a lot to take in yesterday but I can't remember what this is for. Did you also have this?

[aguise]

Metformin helps to cotrol sugar levels, I guess they maybe were a bit high. The thyroxine will replace the thyroid hormone that you are lacking. What dose of thyroxine have they given you. I was not prescribed metformin just thyroxine. Quite normal, if it is low to feel the way you have been, hopefully not for much longer though. They will check your levels quite a bit probably evbery six weeks until they get fairly normal levels. I now only have mine checked once a year. Also if you are on thyroxine be aware yopu are entitlerd to a prescription exemption card, so you wont have to pay for any of your prescriptions. Get the form from your chemist and your doc has to sign it. It covers all prescriptions not just the thyroxine.

Ang

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[aguise]

Sorry about the rotten typing.

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[emma_t]

Thanks again Ang, it has been such a relief to chat with you.[:)]
He has prescribed 50mg of thyroxin and 500mg metfromin and I have to see him in 4 weeks and have more blood tests.

Also thanks a lot for informing me about the free prescriptions, I had no idea and have been spending a fortune on them lately. So thats great news

Thanks again
Emma

[emma_t]

just to add to that;
its 1 x 50mg tablet of thyroxine daily and the metformin I start on 1 500mg tablet then after 10 dyas go up to 2 then on day 21 go up to 3 tablets a day

[aguise]

They will start you on a lower dose and build on it if necessary. I am on 175mcgs at the moment.Its because of the thyroxine you will get them free, but not till you get your card so get the form asap from any chemist and get it signed by your gp and send it off, they are usually quite quick in getting it back.
I am always around if you feel down, I have been there.

Ang

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[emma_t]

thanks ever so much, it has really helped me
Emma x

[aguise]

Any time emma X

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[jayne]

Hi Emma
I also have pcos - I go on a good discussion forum on the net - tap verity into google and go to their website - they have good discussion boards - very useful.
All the best

[Kiska]

hi all, this forum is brill, i want to loose about a stone, my main reason is because i have about 10 pairs of jeans that do not fit anymore[V]and i cant affort to go out and replace them. at the mo i have 2 pairs that fit and thats not all the time because i suffer with IBS and some days i can be so swollen that nothing fits.

anyone else suffer with the same thing?

[Skippy]

I was diagnosed with IBS years ago Kiska. I've found that the foods that cause me the most problems are dairy products. I now have soya milk and try and buy most things that are dairy free - I know I shouldn't say this on a diet thread but Sainsburys do some lovely coconut and chocolate chip biscuits! It hasn't cured the IBS 100%, but it's loads better than it was.

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[hallway]

Can I join please got weighed today 10st6ibs heaviest iv ever been,Iv spent my life being I skinny size 8-10 and now am at least a 12-14 my wardrobe is full of nice clothes that dont fit me and I feel so fat and unhealthy.My main problem is that I can be good all day anmd them go to work at night and just cant resist all the mountains of sweets brought in by grateful families and just to make me feel worse iv just leant on computer table and broken it .

[johnz]

Hi guys.

Just wanted to say well done to everyone that's sticking with it. You're all brilliant.

I'm putting my whole get fit thing on hold for a couple of weeks. I'm getting some really bad side effects from my antidepressents and am only sleeping around 2 - 3 hours a night, so am too shattered to do anything. The good thing is that I'm too tired to eat, so that should help [:)]

Anyway's the doc says that after 3 weeks I should feel fab. Been on them for 11 days, so 10 more days and I should be able to get my lardy butt down the gym [:D][:D]

Johnz

[Skippy]

Hope you're feeling better soon Johnz x

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[emma_t]

thanks very much for that info jayne, I need to find out a bit more about it[:)]

Johnz
Hope you start to feel a bit brighter soon[:)]