I have a friend who was diagnosed w/hypothyroidism several years ago.....but now I believe he is abusing the drug to his benefit. He gets into shape rather quickly and admits the hormone assists in recovery. How rampant is this thyroid hormone in endurance sports?
probably not very rampant.
side effects of too much thyroid hormone include weight loss, muscle wasting and weakness, elevated heart rate, profuse sweating, insomnia, high blood pressure, and tremors.
not really the things you want if you're an elite athlete.
honestly wrote:
I have a friend who was diagnosed w/hypothyroidism several years ago.....but now I believe he is abusing the drug to his benefit. He gets into shape rather quickly and admits the hormone assists in recovery. How rampant is this thyroid hormone in endurance sports?
what is he doing that makes you think he's abusing it?
noname wrote:
honestly wrote:I have a friend who was diagnosed w/hypothyroidism several years ago.....but now I believe he is abusing the drug to his benefit. He gets into shape rather quickly and admits the hormone assists in recovery. How rampant is this thyroid hormone in endurance sports?
what is he doing that makes you think he's abusing it?
did you even READ the post?
ya i read the post....
but if he's comparing his recovery now to prior to taking the thyroid supplements AND he was hypothyroid - it's a no brainer that he's going to recover better. not being able to recover is a key symptom of hypothyoridism.
if you are hypothryoid and not treated, you will go out for one hard run, the run will suck, and be thrashed for a week. is that normal recovery for anyone?
so again, what is this guy doing that makes you think he's abusing it?
Are you serious? Hyperthyroid is a pretty serious condition, and can destroy a person's running. I had a hyperthyroid condition one season and I was running over a minute slower for 5k than the guy I had been training with throughout much of the year. I felt absolutely terrible in races, and had many symptoms mentioned in a different post. There is no way people would try and boost their thyroid levels unless they had a hypothyroid condition because too much thyroid is just as bad as too little.
unless you had say a doctor who knew what he was doing - maybe a doctor in Houston?