Stimulants Thyroid Problem and Amphetamine...

After taking dexedrine, and examining my past.. i went to a doctor to check if i have add/ahd which i think i have. He got me to do a blood test, etc and afterwards he got me to consult a specialist in endocrinology and metabolism. It seems like i have a thyroid problems... Any people prescribed with stimulants for thyroid problems ? ... found that adderrall can me one option of medication for thyroid problems... Should i let the specialist know that i have experimented with amphetamine and that it seems to do the job?????????

First you should go to your doctor so they can find out exactly which type of thyroid disease you may have; there are different types.
Secondly, if you've never actually been prescribed a specific medicine for a SPECIFIC type of thyroid disorder, then I am almost certain your doctor will find it in your best interest, to take the suited medication THEY find appropriate for your condition.

Telling your doctor you are pretty sure you have a thyroid problem, and you have used amphetamines and think they are what you need, might just get you right back out the door you came in, then having to find a new doctor. I wouldn't say what you were thinking about saying...

your post is extremely vague, but if you like the amphetamines b/c they give you more energy and you're able to concentrate, then you may be in a hypothyroid state.
If your thyroid isn't synthesizing enough of its hormones (T4, T3), then you feel really lethargic, can't concentrate, among a lot of other symptoms. If you get your thyroid problem fixed, you may not need amphetamines.

And amphetamines aren't really used to treat thyroid conditions, to the best of my knowledge

I think amphetamines would be an absolutely horrible treatment for thyroid problems. They make special thyroid medicine for a reason.

my bad for being vague. but i dont mean i to say i "think" I do have a thyroid problem... an excess of t4 so hyperthyroidism. I read up on a site that adderall can one of the many medications used to treat hyperthyroidism. so should i make it easy for my doctor and tell him that i have tried dextroamphetamine, or is that just plain retard as it will make me seem like a junkie

TripleOG said:

my bad for being vague. but i dont mean i to say i "think" I do have a thyroid problem... an excess of t4 so hyperthyroidism. I read up on a site that adderall can one of the many medications used to treat hyperthyroidism. so should i make it easy for my doctor and tell him that i have tried dextroamphetamine, or is that just plain retard as it will make me seem like a junkie

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Hyperthyroidism makes your system run faster than normal. Adding a CNS stimulant such as dexedrine would only make the symptoms worse. Hyperthyrodism is one of the containdictions of amphetamines like dexedrine or adderall.

If you had hypothyroidism in which your system runs slower, then some doctors may prescribe some stimulant to help with the weight gain and fatigue associated with the condition.

Treating hyperthyroidism with dexedrine makes as much sense as treating schizophrenia with meth.

Amphetamine is not a treatment for hyperthyroidism.

Just listen to your doctor's advice.

I,ve been using amphetamine on a daily basis now for a number of years and was recently diagnosed with an underactive thyroid, i just wanted to know if the prolonged amphetamine use could of been the cause of my thyroid problem or could of contributed to it ? I have always been healthy otherwise and rarely would even catch colds or flu even when the rest of the family had them, Thanks.

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism when I was two weeks old. I have taken Synthroid since then.

I believe that it is a difficult condition to treat. My blood test results are always normal, but I still have symptoms, which is actually a common situation among sufferers.

I can only see how amphetamine could be an addition to other meds for hypothyroidism (but certainly not as a fundamental treatment, and certainly not for hyperthyroidism). The symptoms are sluggishness, difficulty focusing, depression, etc, and dealing with them has attracted me to all sorts of substances throughout my life, amphetamine being the most significant.

Anyway, getting your thyroid levels in check does not equal a 100% relief from the condition.