On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:38:17 -0000, Nicky wrote:
> "Skinny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:04:13 -0000, Nicky wrote:
> >
> >> "Bev-Ann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> > No, I'm not diabetic.
> >>
> >> Thyroid problems? I'm much less sleepy now I'm on a reasonable dose of
> >> thyroxine. Although I do sometimes feel zonked even now,after any sort
of
> >> meal.
> >
> >
> > Are thyroid symptoms often triggered by some meals, when a person feels
> > fine
> > and energetic and awake at other times and after other meals?
>
> I personally haven't spotted a pattern. But I'm sure that what you eat has
> an affect on thyroxine absorption - check out the American and UK thyroid
> sites. One tells you to avoid soy but ignores dairy, the other tells you
to
> avoid dairy and ignores soy... You're generally told to take thyroxine
when
> you wake up, but there was a study done on people in an old folks' home,
and
> whether the timing mattered; it didn't seem to. All very confusing, and
> possibly YMMV - with no nice feedback mechanism like a bg reading.
>
> The other thing is that most doctors medicate only on the TSH value. My
lab
> normal is .5-5.0, but I felt lousy around the 5 mark, and so, so much
better
> around the 2 one; that seems to be common, reading the newsgroups. So like
> an A1c reading, is the high mark skewed by lots of untreated
hypothyroidism?
> Also, it's rare to test for free T3, but some people do much better on a
> combined T3/T4 pill (thyroxine is T4).
>
> It's very common for thyroid problems and diabetes to go hand-in-hand -
you
> may concievably be in the early stages of both. : (
>
> Nicky.
I looked up THS + diabetes. At first glance a thyroid excess or deficiency
seems unlikely, because I flipflop several times a day between the symptoms
listed for hyperthryoid and hypothryoid.
http://www.diabetes.org.nz/about/thyroid.html
The pituitary gland produces thyroid stimulating hormone (or TSH). This
hormone promotes thyroid hormone production and releases the hormones into
the blood stream.
When the thyroid hormone level is low, the pituitary gland senses this and
releases TSH, which, in turn, tells the thyroid gland to make and release
thyroid hormone into the bloodstream.
This process is often compared to the working of a furnace: a thermostat
senses cold air, tells the furnace to turn on and produce heat, and when the
air is warm enough, the thermostat tells the furnace to shut off.
I suppose it might fit my condition if the pituatary, like the pancreas, can
sputter around, some hours producing too much THS and some hours too little.
Skinny
--
A1c 5.5, F, 125 lbs, Phase I loss since 1970s,
post-prandial lethargy
Still pre-diabetic after all these years,
depending on which definition.
