t know anything about that - all I know is that before Aricept, I was in a gray mist, and after five months of Aricept, everything seemed to make more sense. Before Aricept, it was as if I had low water pressure - I just couldn't get enough juice in my brain to put thoughts together. On Aricept, suddenly my brain could make connections.
The only trippy thing I noticed was an almost hi-def moire behind my eyeballs when I went to sleep.
My husband has been taking 10mg of Aricept for 2 years now and I have not noticed any significant difference in his memory. Actually, my observation is his memory is becoming worse. I'm struggling with whether I should discontinue the medication since I don't see improvement and because it is quite costly. I also know Aricept is designed to slow down the dementia so if I discontinue it I'm wondering if he will become worse much faster.
If a person has not been diagnosed with alzheimers but is taking aricept, is it okay? will it hurt to be taking it?
You pay for these tests and they are YOUR results, you are entitled to them and it is necessary that you know. When I go in, even before I see the doctor, I ask for a copy of my latest test results for my spreadsheet at home. My spreadsheet contains what my results were, the date and what, if any, med change was made, as well as any significant symptoms I was having.
On a sidenote... I was asked to go over to my neighbors house yesterday because she was having chest pains.
When looking up what the blood tests mean the common denominator seems to be leukemia. I was having joint and bone pain and fatigue and some other weird symptoms.
Please help!!!
The results are as follows
NRBC #
0.01 X10^3/ul (High
NRBC Automated
0.1 Num/100WBC (High
Abs Baso #
0.10 X10^3/ul (High
Abs Lymph #
3.90 X10^3/ul (High)
Hct
47.8 % (High
C Reactive Prot
1.02 mg/dL (High)
In March the wbc and rbc were abnormal.
It has been observed that Aricept improves cognition and function, which includes effects on memory and performing everyday tasks, hence it would have been prescribed.
The effect of memory is exerted through one such chemical called acetylcholine. This chemical helps carry messages from nerve cell to nerve cell in the brain. Memory is lost by disrupting these messages between cells.
It is thought that Aricept may help reduce the breakdown of this chemical.
Hope this helps.
Bye.
I am back on Armour Thyroid, now that it is available again. My TSH reading three months ago was 0.05. I just had a lab test done three months later and my reading now was 0.01. My Doctor said that everything looked good, but I don't understand how it can be because my reading is lower than when it was 0.05.
Does my Armour Thyroid medication increase or decrease my TSH levels.
Any suggestions?
TSH is the test that correlates worst with symptoms. FT3 is best, followed by FT4. TSH is a pituitary hormone and can be affected by any number of things in the thyroid/pituitary/hypothalmus circle. FT3 and FT4 are the actual thyroid hormones and give a much better picture of thyroid status than TSH. TSH IS accurate these days, but it should never be used alone to evaluate thyroid.
Your symptoms are gone, and you say you are feeling well.
Hi all! I recently received a copy of my lab tests and I am confused as to what they indicate. My TSH is 5.71 (reference range .40-4.5), FT4 is 1.1 (reference range 0.8-1.8), and FT3 is 4.9 (reference range 1.8-4.6). I am currently taking Synthroid 25 mcg daily (for 10 weeks). I'm still having multiple hypothyroid symptoms, but wondering what is causing the elevated FT3...any input is appreciated! Any ideas?
Thanks so much!
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