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Old 12-20-2016, 09:18 PM   #21
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I can relate. My endo put me on 12.5mg of atenolol a day (which probably is the smallest amount you could prescribe) and that was way too much for me. (I felt like I could faint). I went ahead and halved my dosage upon his approval but strangely enough, he suggested that I upped my sodium intake by drinking a cup of bullion soup!

Anyway it takes awhile to turn this thing around but the remission rate is pretty high and even if it doesn't go into remission, like in my case, it is quite manageable with medication, and as you know, there are other more radical options if the medication route doesn't work.

I lost a lot of hair when my thyroid was hyper. Once the thyroid is under control, that will stop (and you will get more hair again). Dry eyes too will go away. I definitely lost some muscle too, but I tried to eat as much as I could.


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