Opioidus
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- May 22, 2019
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Hey folks, I'm a 31 year old male suffering from severe fatigue and ADHD like symptoms for as long as I can remember. But lately the fatigue is getting much worse, mentally and physically I don't wake up until late in the afternoon, and I find it very difficult to do my daily activities. I took a battery of tests last week and everything came back normal, even optimal. Very high testosterone with low conversion to estrogen, normal tsh, t3 and t4.. Everything looked good but I still feel 95 years old.
I decided to try t3 and t4 on my own since I had read that in the past doctors used to treat the symptoms with synthetic thyroid regardless of lab results. I took 8 mcg of levothyroxine and immediately I felt relief. High energy, more focused, mora social. But after a couple of days I started showing hyperthyroid symptoms, like insane appettite (4000+ calories and still hungry), burning eyes and urinary issues. And after that the effects started to diminish as well.
So I'm really confused. Here is some additional information about my condition:
- I feel much better at night, it's like I wake up at 10 pm
- I have a really hard time putting on muscle even though I lift like a mad man and have very high t levels
- My ADHD does not respond to stimulants at all. Methylphenidate and Adderall only give me a headache. SSRIs don't work either. Anything that works with serotonin or dopamine doesn't do anything for me, but norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors help me veyy much, even at extremely low doses they still give me a boost in mood, attention span and confidence.
- b6 tends to help a bit, but it causes neuropathic pain after a couple of days.
- I also have urinary issues, it's hard to start and then it ends abruptly, my stream is weakened as well and I have post voiding dribble. My PSA is negative and my prostate is at the highest "normal range" size.
- I have a resistant ringworm infection on my face and scalp which is under control with ketoconazole shampoo but I can't tolerate three to six months of oral fluconazole to cure it.
- I'm always cold. I'm like a walkung corpse. I never sweat. My joints hurt and I always have dark circles around my eyes even if I sleep for 12 hours.
- my diet is standard, I don't avoid anything but I don't indulge excessively either.
So there you go. If anyone has any advice for me I'd really appreciate it. T4 made me feel like how normal humans are meant to feel for a couple of days, but then it took it away. Knowing how strong I can be and then having it yanked away has made me depressed too.
I decided to try t3 and t4 on my own since I had read that in the past doctors used to treat the symptoms with synthetic thyroid regardless of lab results. I took 8 mcg of levothyroxine and immediately I felt relief. High energy, more focused, mora social. But after a couple of days I started showing hyperthyroid symptoms, like insane appettite (4000+ calories and still hungry), burning eyes and urinary issues. And after that the effects started to diminish as well.
So I'm really confused. Here is some additional information about my condition:
- I feel much better at night, it's like I wake up at 10 pm
- I have a really hard time putting on muscle even though I lift like a mad man and have very high t levels
- My ADHD does not respond to stimulants at all. Methylphenidate and Adderall only give me a headache. SSRIs don't work either. Anything that works with serotonin or dopamine doesn't do anything for me, but norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors help me veyy much, even at extremely low doses they still give me a boost in mood, attention span and confidence.
- b6 tends to help a bit, but it causes neuropathic pain after a couple of days.
- I also have urinary issues, it's hard to start and then it ends abruptly, my stream is weakened as well and I have post voiding dribble. My PSA is negative and my prostate is at the highest "normal range" size.
- I have a resistant ringworm infection on my face and scalp which is under control with ketoconazole shampoo but I can't tolerate three to six months of oral fluconazole to cure it.
- I'm always cold. I'm like a walkung corpse. I never sweat. My joints hurt and I always have dark circles around my eyes even if I sleep for 12 hours.
- my diet is standard, I don't avoid anything but I don't indulge excessively either.
So there you go. If anyone has any advice for me I'd really appreciate it. T4 made me feel like how normal humans are meant to feel for a couple of days, but then it took it away. Knowing how strong I can be and then having it yanked away has made me depressed too.