Rupp Diagnosed With Hypothyroidism

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physical stress,mental stress it happened to me.

Hi HGH

I was just surfing the net, and saw your comments about your overactive thyroid and running. I've just been diagnosed with an over active thyroid as well, and I'm addicted to running!! (Don't get me wrong - I'm one of those slow but consistent types!!). Anyway, did you continue to run once the medication had kicked in and your heartbeat had settled down? I've been on medication for 2 months and feel fine, so have started running again. But, I'm totally knackered in the afternoons & evenings (I run early mornings) and wondered if you had experienced this as well? I really don't want to give up running for a while...

Ikeylius wrote:

"Endurance athletes who train extensively (as opposed to those who call themselves athletes but don't train) typically have thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels a little higher than the general population. Your 8.48 is a little above the range I've seen in athletes, but that by itself does not indicate that you need treatment."

Wait, who is that quote from?? You are quoting some "expert" ? I am just curious because that is the first I have ever heard that a TSH of 8.48 could be "normal" for an athlete. I don't think so. Show me what this opinion is based on.

Thanks.

face the facts

what thyroid medication is best to go on for a runner? what brand did rupp take? I am currently not overweight but was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Does that mean I will lose weight when I start taking the medication?

Nike has a special doctor for you to see.

What we do physically isn't necessarily healthy for our bodies. The stresses we apply are somewhat absurd in that our survival does not demand it.

There is something in elite sport that just seems so hypocritical with all these TUE's (thereapeutic use exemptions). Why are so many elite athletes taking asthma medications, that have also been shown to slightly help with recovery? A ridiculous amount of cyclists in the ProTour are on medication that is otherwise against the WADA guidelines without a TUE.

I appreciate SteveM contributing to the conversation here. I'm not trying to specifically call anybody out for taking medications that they need to function normally. But if you need a medication to be normal, maybe your body isn't cut out to train line an elite athlete?

I get the feeling I would be slightly faster if I got a doctor to prescribe me albuterol to use before I workout/race. And how do I justify it and still compete in races where money is on the line? Well, I can say without it I am limited somewhat. No shit, that's why it's banned right?

And if my testosterone falls below the low range of "normal", well then I can get a TUE for testosterone. And if my hematocrit falls below 36%, well I can get a TUE for EPO.

I don't have any problems with people using medicine to improve the quality of their lives, but if it's to improve the quality of their performances in a competitive sport where people are trying to make a living, well that just rubs me the wrong way so long as we are going to have anti-doping rules.

Again, I'm not trying to be an ass here, hell, my mother takes thyroid medication, my stepmother is on hormone therapy, and they are both happier and healthier because of it. My gripe is that athletes are held to a higher standard than the rest of the population when it comes to using pharmaceutical products; we either need to drop the anti-doping rules or ACTUALLY FOLLOW THEM.

this is a depressing thread

just get healthy and get off the meds

then you won't have to worry about it any more.

does anyone know what medication he is on?

which medication wrote:

does anyone know what medication he is on?

Only Alberto knows for sure.

wanted to dredge up a hypthryoid thread in hopes that those of you who have it might have some insight..

i've been on the same doses of levoxyl and cytomel for the past 3 years and things have been going well. i just got my annual labs back and my TSH was below normal (indicating i'm over medicated). My doc called and told me to drop back on the dose. I then got the labs in the mail and noticed that both my T3 and T4 are normal.

i really don't want to drop the dose down because i don't think i have any hyp*e*rthyroid symptoms as my TSH would indicate and i had thought ultimately, that the TSH is really an indicator of your T3 and T4 levels. i'm hesitant to drop the dose back cause i suspect i'll tank again.

i plan to call doc back but it's been phone tag. so, in the meantime, i'm wondering if any of you hypothyroid runners out there have had this happen and what you did about it.

thanks

I have a controversial opinion on this issue, but feel like I have the knowledge to make a strong argument. I ran collegiately, and have am a M.D. with a sports medicine fellowship. The runners/patients who I have talked with about this condition usually have been doing too much high intensity training, which induces a response in the body that causes several hormonal and chemical disturbances. There is absolutely no reason why healthy young athletes should be having thyroid issues. They would not be able to train hard in the first place if they did. Their thyroid is not operating at 100% because they have simply been pushing their bodies too hard. You might have an endocrinologist tell you otherwise, but he likely does not know the first thing about endurance training. Running fast is very hard on your body, both inside and outside, it is as simple as that.

But, do you know if the hypothyroid runner patients have a family history of thyroid disese? Are the ones who have no family history being diagnosed in the same proportion as those who have no family history?

I don't doubt the intensity/stress plays a role but i would think (maybe hope) that it's due to genetic disposition rather than just the intensity. The intensisty/stress just brings it on.

If it's just intensity, it kind of goes with the theory that some people just weren't meant to be endurance runners, which, is not unreasonable.

Yeah, some months ago my endo left a msg on my answering machine telling me to cut back on the Cytomel because my TSH tested way low, like point zero something. Since I was feeling good and definitely not hyper-, and yeah, not looking forward to reducing the dose and feeling and running and functioning much worse, I was prepared to argue "let's treat the symptoms, not just the lab numbers" and thinking ahead to scenarios and whether I might want to find another doc or whatever.

In the followup appt it turned out my numbers had moved back into a normal range. So yeah, I'd definitely suggest getting retested before you make any changes.

thanks pendejo. i was prepared to reduce because cause the long term consequences of being hyper probably aren't good. but when i saw the inconsistency in the labs, i changed my tune. my tsh was .07 but my T3 was at the bottom quartile of range and my T4 was right in the middle. after all the landis discussion of false postitive tests, it got me thinking that maybe the low t3 is just a fluke. i have another test in 6 weeks.

noname wrote:

the low t3 is just a fluke.

correction...low TSH

I guess this means he won\'t be the next American under 13? or 27?

I love all those who nuttin off to him after his 27:33, thanks.

Can we stick a fork in him or what?

Also how come every post that questions Rupp's cleanliness gets deleted?

Was Ritz diagnosed with hypo too now that he is in Oregon?