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I see Dr. Brownstein - he lets me do whatever dose I feel good on. He uses

labs to guide me. I was over the range on FT3 one time but felt good and he

left me alone. It was when I was chelating mercury so I suspect that is

why.

Steph

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I just started today

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Just keep asking questions. Join Naturalthryoidhormones group too.

That's how I learned. You have to do it for the sake of your kids. I lost

6 years of my son's life.

New here

>I know I need to be more assertive!! I normally am about things. I was

> just raised that doctors know more, becuase they went to med school. I

> do know better now. I am just a big baby I guess. I am trying to grow

> up and take a stand....I just don't want to fall on my face and look

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Thank you for your help. Are you sure you can't fit in my pocket when I

see or call the doctor? I will keep asking questions....Is there

anythig you can recommend for me to do right away.... call doctor, go

to local health store etc.

Tabitha

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I would do some tests to see where your body is.

Ferritin

Iron

B12

If you can do saliva tests (I know cost is an issue most of the time).

http://www.canaryclub.org/content/view/247/99/

Canary Club Advanced Saliva Test

Reproductive & Adrenal Hormone Panel. Four cortisols.

$159.00 Available to order.

Click here for details on the Advanced Saliva Test

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> Thank you for your help. Are you sure you can't fit in my pocket when I

> see or call the doctor? I will keep asking questions....Is there

> anythig you can recommend for me to do right away.... call doctor, go

> to local health store etc.

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WOW! That was a jaw dropper....(the price) And I take it that

iunsurance does NOT cover anything? Well, I will watch my money to save

up for that. With school out in 7 days . . I will be out of a job...

My husband works... but 2 incomes are better than one. Tabitha

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the world of natural medicine. No insurance does not cover it.

That is why it is important to get a Dr that will do it for you - not saliva

but blood. You can order your own blood labs from www.healthcheckusa.com

too. No Dr needed just a local lab to draw it.

Steph

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> WOW! That was a jaw dropper....(the price) And I take it that

> iunsurance does NOT cover anything? Well, I will watch my money to save

> up for that. With school out in 7 days . . I will be out of a job...

> My husband works... but 2 incomes are better than one. Tabitha

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Is this where calling doctors to find out where they stand is important?

Okay, what type of questions should I ask? Again, I want to understand

first. I am in North central Indiana, if anyone knows any good docs

here. Tabitha

[Guest guest]

Are you near South Bend? I am in the Grand Rapids MI area. There are some

Dr's there. You can look in the files section of the Natural Thyroid

Hormones group. There are recommended doctors there. I would start there

because they are the tried and true ones I drive 2 1/2 hours to see Dr.

Brownstein. It was hard when I felt bad but now I like the time alone -

when I get it. My mom sees his partner and my two hypo kids also see him.

That's another thing. Watch your kids. Take their basal body temps (under

arm before rising) and it should be 97.6 or higher My kids were both low.

95.7 and 96.1. The are both on 1 1/4 grains.

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> Is this where calling doctors to find out where they stand is important?

> Okay, what type of questions should I ask? Again, I want to understand

> first. I am in North central Indiana, if anyone knows any good docs

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How were your children diagnosed? Do they see Dr. B or Dr. N? Do

all the doctors at CHM see children regulary?

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> Are you near South Bend? I am in the Grand Rapids MI area. There

are some

> Dr's there. You can look in the files section of the Natural

Thyroid

> Hormones group. There are recommended doctors there. I would

start there

> because they are the tried and true ones I drive 2 1/2 hours to

see Dr.

> Brownstein. It was hard when I felt bad but now I like the time

alone -

> when I get it. My mom sees his partner and my two hypo kids also

see him.

> That's another thing. Watch your kids. Take their basal body

temps (under

> arm before rising) and it should be 97.6 or higher My kids were

both low.

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Hi Tabitha: I just wanted to send you some support. I know what you mean about being intimidated by doctor's. Can your husband or someone else go with you to your appts.? I can usually stand up for someone in my family more easily than myself. If you forget something, your husband can be there to support you and ask questions too. Just a thought. I also started taking notes at all my doctor's appts. bc when I get home I usually forget some of the info they had given me. You may want to get copies of all of your tests and blood work to keep a file on yourself. You must be so overwhelmed. Take it one day at a time, you are not alone in your fight for a healthy body. Ask questions, not only at your appts., but on this website and any others that are helpful. Good luck. Tabitha <free_2_stamp@...> wrote: I know I need to be more assertive!! I normally am about things. I was just raised that doctors know more, becuase they went to med school. I do know better now. I am just a big baby I guess. I am trying to grow up and take a stand....I just don't want to fall on my face and look stupid!Tabitha

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I went from 90mg to 240mg Armour in one week, once I got cortef and enough estrogen. going slow was not an option. I had been untreated for 30 years after a partial thyroidectomy.

Gracia

You need to get it up fast. I went from 2 gr to 4 grains in 3 1/2 mos. You need to be assertive. Re: New here>I forgot to mention due to the low dose of Armour, my TSH was over> 100. I was on the 2grains for 2 weeks and started on the 2 1/2grains> today. I am a mother of two very energetic boys, I just want my health> back.>>> ------------------------------------>>>>>

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OMG I wonder how you are surviving on that dose. it's appalling.

Gracia

I have been cancer free for 1 1/2 years. I currently am taking 2 1/2 grains of Armour. I take no other meds. Which I know needs to change.Tabitha

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> Welcome to the world of natural medicine. No insurance does not cover it.

> That is why it is important to get a Dr that will do it for you - not

saliva

> but blood. You can order your own blood labs from www.healthcheckusa.com

> too. No Dr needed just a local lab to draw it.

> Steph

I have had a number of hormone saliva tests (estrogen, progesterone, DHEA-S,

testosterone, cortisol) ordered by my physician from Aeron Life Cycles. My

insurance paid 100% of the cost of every test. If a consumer orders a test

directly and doesn't have a physician order, then insurance will not pay.

But I think a blanket statement that insurance does not cover it is

incorrect.

Lynn

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Wow that's great because my insurance won't cover them.

Steph

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>> Welcome to the world of natural medicine. No insurance does not cover

>> it.

>> That is why it is important to get a Dr that will do it for you - not

> saliva

>> but blood. You can order your own blood labs from www.healthcheckusa.com

>> too. No Dr needed just a local lab to draw it.

>> Steph

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> I have had a number of hormone saliva tests (estrogen, progesterone,

> DHEA-S,

> testosterone, cortisol) ordered by my physician from Aeron Life Cycles.

> My

> insurance paid 100% of the cost of every test. If a consumer orders a

> test

> directly and doesn't have a physician order, then insurance will not pay.

> But I think a blanket statement that insurance does not cover it is

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Dear positive thinker,

I think I can help you out. You follow few simple rules in your life.

1)Please make sure that it is clear to your sub-conseous mind the

other person's behaviour is not your control and never try AND WASTE

your time and energy in controlling other person's behaviour. You

can definately control your behaviour and make so much cosistently

possitive towards the other person so that you help him in improving

his behaviour by improving and setting example for him.

2)For achieving above, you convince yourself with following

hypothesis.

" You have two arms but you are not arms, you have a heart but you

are not heart, You have a brain but you are not brain. In shortyou

have a body, but you yourself is not body. Agrred?

Now the question is then who you are?

The answer is you are pure form of Soul who is not effected by any

out side effect and is always happy and peaceful in any situation.

What ever happens is to your body only and not to you i.e. the

Soul.The Soul is a highly concentrated form of energy which runs the

body.

To make little simple, let me give you an example of COMPUTER. Our

body is hardware and the operating system is " the soul " Whenever

your mind is unhappy due to any reason, think that you are pure form

of Soul which is not effected by any adversity in this world. So you

should not be unhappy or disturbed.

3)What ever happens in this world is made to happen with some

perticular possitive purpose by nature which may not appear to be

favourable to you but definitely it bring out some possitive outcome

somewhere in the world.

If these concept is embeded and entered in your subconseous mind,

you can always make yourself peaceful.

Kirit mehta

>

> Hi all,

> I am new to this group. I wanted to join as I have been wanting

to

> learn " how " to meditate. I need to find a way to deal with my

stress

> and my anger and frustration! I have to say that I have truly had

a

> desire to learn how to meditate since I was very young, but now I

> realize I truly NEED to find...I suppose a sense of peace. My

question

> is, how do I meditate. It seems as though the more I " research "

it the

> more confused I get. Can anyone help me? I know a lot of

people " get "

> so much out of it. I am looking forward to finding peace within!

> Thanks in advance for any information and/or advice anyone can

give!

> Thanks again!

> Holly

>

[Guest guest]

---hello in the same situation. good luck to us.

tina

In , " choose2bsober "

<choose2bsober@...> wrote:

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> Hi all,

> I am new to this group. I wanted to join as I have been wanting to

> learn " how " to meditate. I need to find a way to deal with my stress

> and my anger and frustration! I have to say that I have truly had a

> desire to learn how to meditate since I was very young, but now I

> realize I truly NEED to find...I suppose a sense of peace. My question

> is, how do I meditate. It seems as though the more I " research " it the

> more confused I get. Can anyone help me? I know a lot of people " get "

> so much out of it. I am looking forward to finding peace within!

> Thanks in advance for any information and/or advice anyone can give!

> Thanks again!

> Holly

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Holly

Here is what I can tell you about how to meditate. This is to concentrate your attention on something for sometime. We can use our 5 senses - we can either gaze at something, noticing its beauty etc., we can concentrate on our breath - on how we breathe, we can read mantra (like om), or we can listen to the music. Usually people concentrate on breath. You have to learn how to breath through your abdomen not much through your chest, that way we can breath fully, but with chest only 1/3. To concentrate on your breath you can count it. If any other thoughts will come to you during your concentration time (meditation) then let them go and come back to your breath and to the counting, you can continue count or you can start from 1 again.

That is it for the beginning and very important you have to do it twice daily morning and before sleep and when it become your habbit you'll enjoy complete peace of mind, because you'll learn by then how to control your thoughts - you'll be able to concentrate on whatever you choose to concentrate on and your life will go as you want it to go.

I wish you good journey. It will not be hard - it just will take some time, but the results are wonderful.

Best regards

Your friend

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---hello in the same situation. good luck to us.tinaIn PositiveThinkingAnd Meditation, "choose2bsober"<choose2bsober@ ...> wrote:>> Hi all,> I am new to this group. I wanted to join as I have been wanting to > learn "how" to meditate. I need to find a way to deal with my stress > and my anger and frustration! I have to say that I have truly had a > desire to learn how to meditate since I was very young, but now I > realize I truly NEED to find...I suppose a sense of peace. My question > is, how do I meditate. It seems as though the more I "research" it the > more confused I get. Can anyone help me? I know a lot of people "get" > so much out of it. I am looking forward to finding peace

within! > Thanks in advance for any information and/or advice anyone can give!> Thanks again!> Holly>

[Guest guest]

Ulanda, Thank you so much. I had heard about this, but wasn't sure if there was more too it. Do you usually do this for a set amount of time? I am going to give it a try starting first thing tomorrow. I am looking forward to experiencing peace of mind and being able to concentrate more easily on things! Thank you again for all the information and I look forward to getting to know you better! Take Care! Your friend, Holly Ulanda Bat <undarlaa05@...> wrote: Dear Holly Here is what I can tell you about how to meditate. This is to concentrate your attention on something for sometime. We can use our 5 senses - we can either gaze at something, noticing its beauty etc., we can concentrate on our breath - on how we breathe, we can read mantra (like om), or we can listen to the music. Usually people concentrate on breath. You have to learn how to breath through your abdomen not much through your chest, that way we can breath fully, but with chest only 1/3. To concentrate on your breath you can count it. If any other thoughts will come to you during your concentration time (meditation) then let them go and come back to your breath and to the counting, you can continue count or you can start from 1 again.

That is it for the beginning and very important you have to do it twice daily morning and before sleep and when it become your habbit you'll enjoy complete peace of mind, because you'll learn by then how to control your thoughts - you'll be able to concentrate on whatever you choose to concentrate on and your life will go as you want it to go. I wish you good journey. It will not be hard - it just will take some time, but the results are wonderful. Best regards Your friend Re: New here ---hello in the same situation. good luck to us.tinaIn PositiveThinkingAnd Meditation, "choose2bsober"<choose2bsober@ ...> wrote:>> Hi all,> I am new to this group. I wanted to join as I have been wanting to > learn "how" to meditate. I need to find a way to deal with my stress > and my anger and frustration! I have to say that I have truly had a > desire to learn how to meditate since I was very young, but now I > realize I truly NEED to find...I suppose a sense of peace. My question > is, how do I meditate. It seems as though the more I "research" it the > more confused I get. Can anyone help me? I know a lot of people "get" > so much out of it. I am looking forward to finding peace within! >

Thanks in advance for any information and/or advice anyone can give!> Thanks again!> Holly>

[Guest guest]

Thank you so very much for this post! I truly understand what you are saying and look forward to living this way everyday! Much love and appreciation! Holly kkmehta2147 <kkmehta2147@...> wrote: Dear positive thinker,I think I can help you out. You follow few simple rules in your life.1)Please make sure that it is clear to your sub-conseous mind the other person's behaviour is not your control and never try AND WASTE your time and energy in controlling other person's

behaviour. You can definately control your behaviour and make so much cosistently possitive towards the other person so that you help him in improving his behaviour by improving and setting example for him.2)For achieving above, you convince yourself with following hypothesis." You have two arms but you are not arms, you have a heart but you are not heart, You have a brain but you are not brain. In shortyou have a body, but you yourself is not body. Agrred?Now the question is then who you are?The answer is you are pure form of Soul who is not effected by any out side effect and is always happy and peaceful in any situation. What ever happens is to your body only and not to you i.e. the Soul.The Soul is a highly concentrated form of energy which runs the body.To make little simple, let me give you an example of COMPUTER. Our body is hardware and the operating system is " the soul" Whenever your mind is

unhappy due to any reason, think that you are pure form of Soul which is not effected by any adversity in this world. So you should not be unhappy or disturbed.3)What ever happens in this world is made to happen with some perticular possitive purpose by nature which may not appear to be favourable to you but definitely it bring out some possitive outcome somewhere in the world. If these concept is embeded and entered in your subconseous mind, you can always make yourself peaceful.Kirit mehta >> Hi all,> I am new to this group. I wanted to join as I have been wanting to > learn "how" to meditate. I need to find a way to deal with my stress > and my anger and frustration! I have to

say that I have truly had a > desire to learn how to meditate since I was very young, but now I > realize I truly NEED to find...I suppose a sense of peace. My question > is, how do I meditate. It seems as though the more I "research" it the > more confused I get. Can anyone help me? I know a lot of people "get" > so much out of it. I am looking forward to finding peace within! > Thanks in advance for any information and/or advice anyone can give!> Thanks again!> Holly>

[Guest guest]

Hi Dianna,

I have switched from Synthroid to Armour Thyroid. The Armour works much better for me. Read this website: www.stopthethyroidmadness.com There is great information here! Especially read Things We Have Learned, and Mistakes Patients Make, and all of it really.

Best Wishes,

Lynn

>> Hello Everyone!> I'm new here, just joined a couple of days ago. I have been reading > all of your posts. I am about to be 42, and have low thyroid. My > doctor only ran t-3, and t-4, she said thats all she needed to > run. ?????? I feel exhausted most of the time, and have an irregular > heart beat. My weight is out of control, and it is making my joints > hurt, and my feet. I am also having hair loss, and PCOS, which I > don't know if it has anything to do with iodine deciciency. with all > of this, I'm at my whits end! My doctor prescribed me a low dose of > Levothyroxine, but it has done nothing for me. The posts about the > nascent iodine caught my attention, so I went online and did a bit of > homework. I would like to give it a try, maybe this will help me? > Have any of you who take it, had any weight loss? Maybe someone here > can point me in the right direction. I live in a very small town, and > we don't have access to alot of doctors here. I'm tired of feeling > this way, and want to feel like myself again. Can anyone tell me > where I can buy this nascent iodine? I saw plenty of websites, but > I'm leary, and would rather go to a reliable source. Thanks for your > time,> > Blessings,> Dianna>

[Guest guest]

Thank you , Lynn!

Guess I have lots of homework to do, LOL! Thank you for the link, going there now. Have a great evening!

Blessings,Dianna

Re: New Here

Hi Dianna,

I have switched from Synthroid to Armour Thyroid. The Armour works much better for me. Read this website: www.stopthethyroidmadness.com There is great information here! Especially read Things We Have Learned, and Mistakes Patients Make, and all of it really.

Best Wishes,

Lynn

>> Hello Everyone!> I'm new here, just joined a couple of days ago. I have been reading > all of your posts. I am about to be 42, and have low thyroid. My > doctor only ran t-3, and t-4, she said thats all she needed to > run. ?????? I feel exhausted most of the time, and have an irregular > heart beat. My weight is out of control, and it is making my joints > hurt, and my feet. I am also having hair loss, and PCOS, which I > don't know if it has anything to do with iodine deciciency. with all > of this, I'm at my whits end! My doctor prescribed me a low dose of > Levothyroxine, but it has done nothing for me. The posts about the > nascent iodine caught my attention, so I went online and did a bit of > homework. I would like to give it a try, maybe this will help me? > Have any of you who take it, had any weight loss? Maybe someone here > can point me in the right direction. I live in a very small town, and > we don't have access to alot of doctors here. I'm tired of feeling > this way, and want to feel like myself again. Can anyone tell me > where I can buy this nascent iodine? I saw plenty of websites, but > I'm leary, and would rather go to a reliable source. Thanks for your > time,> > Blessings,> Dianna>

[Guest guest]

And I'm not trying to "advertise," but the forums that used to be on STTM, moved last August to www.realthyroidhelp.com.- Janet B.On Jun 12, 2008, at 7:21 PM, Lynn wrote:Hi Dianna,I have switched from Synthroid to Armour Thyroid.  The Armour works much better for me.  Read this website:  www.stopthethyroidmadness.com   There is great information here!  Especially read Things We Have Learned, and Mistakes Patients Make, and all of it really. Best Wishes,Lynn

[Guest guest]

I too found that it made me sleepy so I take it about an hour before bed.

From: i_love_my_jeep & lt;i_love_my_jeep@... & gt;

Subject: New Here

Lexapro

Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 6:46 AM

Hi everyone ..

My doctor gave me free samples of Lexapro yesterday and I have to say

I am already feeling calm and clear headed .

I took it in the morning when I got back from my doctors appointment

and went to bed shortly .

I had a hard time falling asleep at night so I think I will take it

around 8 pm tonight .

I do notice some headaches but it's mild

I also take Prev acid for my Acid Reflux

So far I am happy with Lexapro

[Guest guest]

I think loving your jeep may be a criminal offence

 

 

 

From: i_love_my_jeep <i_love_my_jeep@...>

Subject: New Here

Lexapro

Date: Tuesday, 17 June, 2008, 11:46 AM

Hi everyone ..

My doctor gave me free samples of Lexapro yesterday and I have to say

I am already feeling calm and clear headed .

I took it in the morning when I got back from my doctors appointment

and went to bed shortly .

I had a hard time falling asleep at night so I think I will take it

around 8 pm tonight .

I do notice some headaches but it's mild

I also take Prev acid for my Acid Reflux

So far I am happy with Lexapro

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