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Q: Symptoms Related to Thyroid or Meds?
I take:
800 mg of Seroquel (Isn't that an unusually high amount? Has this been tested
for safety?)
600 mg of Triletal twice a day
25 mg of paxil
1/2 5 mg ambien
levoxyl .088
cytomel 1/2 .05
premarin
climara patch
naproxen for legs
mirapex for RLS
Is seroquel linked to hypothyroidism or not? If so - how? What could
restless leg syndrom and aching painful lower leg muscles be related to?
Seroquel or thyroid? or thyroid meds?
My psychiatrist says there is not realtionship between seroquel and hypothyroid
or the symptoms I am having.
symptoms:
Restless leg syndrome (interfering with sleep)
painful aching lower legs
alot of weight gain which I can't seem to get rid of.
muscle weakness (?)
constipation
soft/brittle breaking nails
slight hair loss
tiredness
not being sharp minded, slow thinking of words or names.
I am concerned about all of the meds I am on. We tried lowering the seroquel and
that did not go well. We tried changing to geodone - I only lasted 7 days, it
was awful. (nightmares, kind of acting "over the top" speeding in the car etc).
Help!
Sara
Hello Sara --
Sorry to say that combination of symptoms and medications is so complicated --
not that there are too many medications necessarily, but without having watched
what was happening at each step, I wouldn't quite know where to start to account
for the symptoms you've listed. Thyroid certainly sounds suspicious. But as
you've probably gathered, you have some symptoms that sound like too little and
some that sound like too much. My essay on
thyroid and
bipolar disorder might help you just a little in terms of understanding that
relationship. Seroquel 800 is high but not outrageous. A patient called me the
other day wanting a refill on her 1800 a day. I kind of freaked and asked the
company representatives. We asked around the group we were meeting with and
heard stories of 2400 and even higher. But theoretically you're right, that's
kind of "topped out" on 800.
Dr. Phelps
Published February, 2005
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