Is Debues-Stafford yet another pro that is on thyroid meds?

I've been doing it all wrong!

Let me take some Ertopotin....no no...it's not Erythropoietin because it's spelled differently.

And maybe some andstendyon

Because of muscle aches.

Oh...and extensive doses of Teocrine Honomydrate.

Because I can get there.

To heck with it. I take no medicines nor drugs

Take something? Don't compete

It's getting ridiculous.

Stoppit Smith wrote:

I've been doing it all wrong!

Let me take some Ertopotin....no no...it's not Erythropoietin because it's spelled differently.

And maybe some andstendyon

Because of muscle aches.

Oh...and extensive doses of Teocrine Honomydrate.

Because I can get there.

To heck with it. I take no medicines nor drugs

Take something? Don't compete

It's getting ridiculous.

Except if you took that stuff you'd still be slow.

Stoppit Smith wrote:

I've been doing it all wrong!

Let me take some Ertopotin....no no...it's not Erythropoietin because it's spelled differently.

And maybe some andstendyon

Because of muscle aches.

Oh...and extensive doses of Teocrine Honomydrate.

Because I can get there.

To heck with it. I take no medicines nor drugs

Take something? Don't compete

It's getting ridiculous.

You should take a lobotomy.

For what it's worth, Graves' disease involves having *too much* thyroid hormone in your system, and take meds to *reduce* it, which is the exact opposite of what you're suggesting.

"The primary treatment goals are to reduce the amount of thyroid hormones that the body produces and lessen the severity of symptoms."

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/graves-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20356240

ImpaIa31 wrote:

Stoppit Smith wrote:

I've been doing it all wrong!

Let me take some Ertopotin....no no...it's not Erythropoietin because it's spelled differently.

And maybe some andstendyon

Because of muscle aches.

Oh...and extensive doses of Teocrine Honomydrate.

Because I can get there.

To heck with it. I take no medicines nor drugs

Take something? Don't compete

It's getting ridiculous.

You should take a lobotomy.

+1

Poorly informed or poorly educated?

Do some research on what Graves Disease entails.

I'd be slow even if I got steroid injections in my legs daily.

That's why I don't support PEDs.

Do athletes think that they are above the common human when it comes to PEDs that they can finagle a claim to avoid a sanction?

It's starting to look that way.

"I had a slight cold so I took explodopene!!!! What???? It had androstenedione in it???? How??? The lab in East Podunkia must have slipped it in!!! Because we all take androstene for colds! Didn't you know that??"

Lol

The only thing Debues-Stafford is on is those springs for spikes made by Nike. She is a great athlete whose major breakthroughs were inflated because she had access to the technology before the masses.

She says she's not as snappy and speedy as a year ago but she's stronger. That is a very concerning comment because her speed was the thing that made her PR left and right amd that's ultimately what you need to win medals in the 1500 and 5k on the world level. She needs to do more strides, fast 150s or 200s at the start and end of workouts and be hitting the gym for fast twitches not the slow ones. I say this as a runner who made the mistake of losing speed.

it must really work wrote:

Did you see this quote from the article on the front page?

"Health will be paramount for DeBues-Stafford, who experienced a relapse of Graves' Disease — an autoimmune disorder that causes an overactive thyroid — during a break in training in August after a "training effort" racing in a 400 at Birchmount Stadium in Toronto."

I imagine she may be on thyroid meds but she actually looks like a rare one that should be on it.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/gabriela-debues-stafford-confidence-olympic-year-1.5856549

Graves' disease causes one to have an *overactive* thyroid, whereas Hashimoto's disease (what Kara Goucher has) causes an underactive one. Both occur because your immune system destroys your thyroid, and like other AI diseases are genetic in nature. Graves' disease is especially dangerous, and many people have to have they thyroids irradiated (ie. chemo) and then take thyroid hormones to replace its lost function. This happened to Debues-Stafford's sister, Lucia who also has Graves'.

You can't fake an AI thyroid disease diagnosis. There is objective testing for it in the form of antibodies. Both Hashimoto's and Graves' are relatively common disorders that are more prevalent in women. Most people with these illnesses are not elite athletes, and struggle to do sports because of the difficulty of managing their hormone levels (if your thyroid works properly, it adjusts to current demands... medications are static). Debues-Stafford had to take time off during university when she was first diagnosed.

See:

Articles on the Stafford sisters and their struggles with Graves':

Oh shut up you relic, it's 2021 and technology has advanced.

It's remarkable how many elite athletes have poor health. Is it because of what they do or a prerequisite?

Asthma, bad thyroid, TUEs. GDS may be an exception because Camada is ethical but for many other athletes NO COINCIDENCE lol.

If you think all athletes that take thyroid meds have either Graves or Hashimotos ive got an island to sell you. It's well known that docs like Dr. Brown will prescribe thyroid meds to an athlete whose thyroid level might be low-ish due to high training load. IMO that is part of overtraining and why it is unsustainable. Thats like taking steroids because your muscles arent bouncing back from 4 workouts a week.

In the case of GDS, if she is taking thyroid suppressing meds she is totally off the hook. Most athletes are gaming the system in the other direction.

Gail Devers also has Graves Disease that was first diagnosed in college, if I recall my Olympic fluff pieces correctly.