Will my thyroid get affected?

[Smokescreen]

I take Dexedrine. An amphetamine aka "speed". I take it everyday due to my ADD. Will this med affect my thyroid? Will it cause it to slow down within time?

 

[shirlene29]

i didn't research this but...dexi is a CNS stimulant....it should NOT affect your thyroid
yes you get "speedy" from it and everything sort of alters to maintain homeostasis...but I've personally taken a lot in the amphetamine salts class and have never had my thyroid numbers altered by it (my thyroid is closely monitored)

 

[Smokescreen]

I really thought that all forms of speed including fat burners would slow down the thyroid. Hence why fat burners are able to burn fat for 2-3 weeks before it's effects stop. I always thought it was from the thyroid being slowed down.

 

[snuggy]

Are you following this as per the doctor’s prescription?

Following these steps will balance thyroid.
Adding coconut in your diet will help balance thyroid.

Eat vitamin A rich foods like yellow vegetables, carrots and dark green vegetables and low calorie foods

Minerals like Calcium, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Neodnium, Terbium, Thullium are good for metabolic reactions for thyroid.

B complex supplements can help.

Sea vegetables like arame, kelp, dulse, hijike, nori, wakame an kombu are rich in Iodine.