Newbie question about herbs

[Guest guest]

Hi

I have just joined the group. I was first diagnosed as hyper in

late 2001, was put on the double trouble carbimazole and thyroxine,

had 15 months of hell of docs incompetently trying to get me within

the normal range, eventually reaching it, having 3 months

of 'normality' then kicked off it. Stayed normal another 18 months

or something and went hyper again.

Docs then gave me the unenviable choice of having my thyroid cut out

or frazzled or if I was very good they might let me go through

thyroid drug hell again.

Funnily enough I didn't really fancy any of that and I had read

about Bugleweed and Lemon Balm being good alternative options. So I

got some and have been grinding it up and putting it into capsules

for about a couple of years now. It took a couple of months to get

the dosage right, but now when I get my thyroid test results I am

always bang in the middle of the normal range.

So this is all really good. But I am wondering whether I can ever

stop taking them? Can I taper them off, wait a few weeks and have a

test and see if its still normal like what they do when they taper

you off the drug regime? Or should I only stop if my results start

coming back in the hypo range which might indicate that I don't need

it any more?

Any thoughts/experiences/suggestions would be most welcome.

Cheers

Karisha