thyroid disease

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Does any one have any knowledge of whether the thyroid can be restarted so to speak. My girl was diagnosed a little while ago and put on soloxine, she lost 6kg in 6 weeks and acted like she was on speed, still it was nice to see her happy and with energy again but when the pills ran out the vets didn't have them in stock and the it was a week before I could go and pick up more, I then went on holiday with them in my handbag so she hasnt had any for 3 weeks and is still a bouncing loon. Is it possible that the thyroid disease was temporary? I always thought it was a lifetime thing but her behaviour has me wondering.
 
Was it an underactive thyroid? Sounds like it is a bit overactive now. As long as she is healthy, I wouldnt worry! Id be interested to see any other replies as my dog has underactive thyroid too.
 
Yes its under active. I thought the weight loss and how extra bouncy age is might have meant that the dosage was too high but when she had her last blood tests they said it was in range but still a little low, that was before the 3 weeks without pills and her energy levels havent dropped as a result of being off the pills so just a bit puzzled
 
Not sure about dogs but I'm hypothyroid and certainly I have fits and starts with mine. If it hasn't been removed and is slowing down, it can have a burst of compensatory activity as it tries to function normally. That's what happens with hashi's hypothyroidism, as the immune system attacks the thyroid. Sometimes I'm full of beans, next day I could feel like death and have a puffy face! You'll get peaks and troughs and will gradually need more meds. I could miss a week at the start, now I notice if I miss a couple of days. The tablets have a half life of a week so it wouldn't have left your dogs system for a week anyway. Best not to have breaks if you can avoid it, as it puts a strain on everything trying to compensate. Well, it does in humans!
 
My Toller has hypothyroidism. She has put weight on, blown her coat and is sluggish, but then she is 15.5 years old now! She has been on Syloxin now for about 10 years. She has blood tests every year now, to make sure she still needs them and on the correct dosage. I have to stop giving them to her for a few weeks before the blood tests, so that we get a true picture.
I think I've come out in sympathy as I too have an under active thyroid, and it's taken several years to get the right dosage, and I'm checked every 6 months with blood tests.
If you want to really understand about thyroid problems, you might find this interesting
http://healthypets.mercola.com/site...ar-heads-up-that-your-dog-is-hypothyroid.aspx and Dr. Jean Dodds has written an excellent book explaining thyroid problems, you'll find the details here http://hemopet.org/
 
Superhot how strange, my old GSD had to have half his thyroid removed 6 months after i was diagnosed, due to malignant cancer. I guess we have more links with them than we know! My GSD was 10, apparently even with a benign tumour the prognosis was 12 months but he lived happily until 13.5. I find thyroids very unsatisfactory and would like a refund on mine ;)
 
i would think that she was on too high a dose and that the effect is cumulative so she is still doing well even without being given soloxine for a few weeks. I don't think that the thyroid ever repairs itself, but that the soloxine builds up in the system.

I hope you get the dosage right and that your dog continues well. My dog is on 2 x soloxine (0.8) a day, and there has been a big improvement in her.
 
She is on 2 per day too and I thought that the effects seemed high and the excess building up would explain why she is still bouncing without it but at her last blood test the vet said it was still low so not really sure now although the article in one of the above replies was interesting when it said about different breeds having different norms so maybe low is normal for a mal and the vet is pushing for a higher number that would suit a different breed?
 
It might be worth emailing Jean Dodds at Hemopet with your test results. She is really helpful and will know the normal range for any breed of dog.
 
Thanks teaselmeg thats a good idea, I think she would probably be ok on 1 pill per day not 2 at 0.8mg each but just wouldn't be comfortable disputing the vets advice, but it makes sense to me that a malamute would have a slower metabolism than say a hyper spaniel as the mal ois designed to survive in harsh conditions only eating sporadically when they catch prey so stands to reason that their thyroid would be lower as a norm.
 
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