re: Anyone Familar With This Heart Defect?

quote:

---

I don't remember the exact reason she put me on it. It was an endocrinologist that I went to have my low tsh checked by. Maybe because my bp & pulse were high

It just made me so calm. Then when I went back the next week my tsh was normal & she told me to stop taking it

---

I've seen it used to treat anxiety, specifically panic attacks, and only for the short term. Maybe you have some anxiety and got some relief with it , but I haven't seen convincing indications for leaving people on it for psych/emotional/pickyourword personally. If you were talking with an endocrinologist, though, her end point is likely going to be different than someone who is treating your emotional state when giving a drug like that. If you do see a doctor for those sorts of things (other than that ends), mention how you liked how you felt when you were on it. They may not have a problem with you on it. You must beextremely responsible with it, though. Missing a dose could make your heart race, give you anxiety...it's really not pretty. It's much easier to give to a heart patient because you can say 'hey, your life really does depend on this' and when they don't take it, they get chest pain, know what's coming, and go and take it. In someone where it's slightly less 'life and death' compliance can be an issue, leading to more anxiety from that rebound effect from missing a dose, which really isn't the idea behind the drug. I haven't looked, but I am willing to bet there aren't good studies showing its benefit for what you are describing (though again, your doc may be totally on board).
Good luck