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Old Mar 24, 2010, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by kim_johnson View Post
wow. it is like the opposite problem. are things managed okay with the medication? it is annoying to take?
Things are managed OK as long as meds are taken every day. It becomes just another one of those things you have to do every day-- like brush your teeth. I get up, take a pill- and then start my day. (over and over for the past 20 years and.... the next 20 years... maybe...)

It's like Echoes said-- the side effects are if you DON'T take the meds. No matter if you are hyper or hypo thyroid-- one will get effects if they don't take the medication.

and Echoes-- I think it's like you said--thyroid disorders are an autoimmune disorder-- I don't believe they are a result of an autoimmune problem -- they ARE the autoimmune problem.

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Last edited by purple_fins; Mar 24, 2010 at 10:08 AM. Reason: typo-- oops!