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None of those you mentioned helped with my leg weakness, however T3 (cytomel) does for me.
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seekhelp
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Interesting Dguy. My LLMD is making me do updated thyroid testing. Perhaps he'll catch something and decide to treat. Your opinion is in line with what I thought. Only thyroid problems seem to be a possible cause for leg heaviness, but I'd assume you need to be extremely hypothyroid, not marginally like me (2.0 - 3.0 TSH).
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Seek, it's hard to tell. My hypothyroidism predates lyme (and it also runs in my family). I had maintained it fine with meds before lyme but now I still feel hypo despite adequate T3/T4 intake and despite normal looking labs. I'm thinking that some unforeseen effect of the infection stunts regular hormone action. It's bizarre. Perhaps it's at the receptor level. I'm thinking that T3 only may be worth a try but it's hard to find an MD who goes along with this. I will say that this seems more than a simple conversion issue.
Did you try the cortef yet? I will say that adding testosterone (w/hcg) did stabilize me a bit but did not help with energy and fatigue issues. I think that all of this depends on clearing the infections.
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