Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Sheila,

About the irritable bowel syndrome, I have it too, but I've

heard/read that meds are not good for it in the long term. Are you

taking triphala? That solves much of the problem for me. I've also

heard that biofeedback -- in your spare time? ;-) -- is very helpful

for it. I imagine yoga would also help.

Hugs,

> Hi all. well, i saw the nurse practitioner today at my endo's

> office, and she is Rxing Armour 60 mgs., once daily. (I think I

> should cut mine in half & take it twice a day--seems like I keep

> reading that).

>

> In addition to the Armour, she wants me to continue to take the

> Cytomel (5 mcg twice a day). She said I could increase the Cytomel

> if I don't feel like it's enough in a few weeks and take 2 Cytomel

> twice a day.

>

> Anyway, i haven't heard of anyone taking both Armour and Cytomel.

> Anyone here doing that combo? I need to call her back and ask her

if

> I'm supposed to take the Cytomel the same time I take the Armour

or

> what.

>

> Opinions...comments...She told me adding the Cytomel with the

Armour

> would increase my energy. I just hope I can feel a big difference

> with the Armour

>

> She is quite aware of that my TSH is in the hyper range. She had a

> bunch of tests run on me today...including testing for Sjogren's.

>

> She said as long as I'm not having signs of being over-medicated,

we

> don't have to worry too much about the TSH...just concentrate on

my

> symptoms.

>

> She also seems more interested in getting to the bottom of my

> symptoms. She's running some more glucose tests on me. she also

> asked if there's a possibility I may have attention deficit

> disorder. I said no way. My husband, who was with me, disagrees.

> i go tomorrow to be evaluated by a state group which helps people

> with disabilities. They have accepted me as a client. I will be

> evaluated by my counselor tomorrow. Then she will schedule

> psychological testing for me so someone can finally determine if I

> indeed that dyscalculia as my pysch professor diagnosed me with.

>

> I'll just mention to my counselor that I want to know about

> attention deficit disorder too and why.

>

> she also thinks i have irritable bowel syndrome. I told her i was

> previously diagnosed with that but the medicine I was prescribed

> didn't help. so she has prescribed another.

>

> she also said we could look at me possibly going on some

medication

> which would increase the chances of saving my pancreas and

> decreasing the chance of me becoming diabetic.

>

> Oh, she told me something interesting. She said in the year that

she

> has worked for my endo, every single person whom she has talked to

> who has switched from T4 or T4/T3 and gone to Armour has said they

> felt SO much better. I hope, I hope, I hope this stuff works for

> me!!!

>

> so that was my endo appt. on the 5th floor of the hospital at 2

p.m.

>

> At 1 p.m., I as on LL2 of the hospital seeing the nurse

practitioner

> at my doctor's office where I work. I've been miserable for

several

> days now. She said I have bronchitis and URI. She's given me an

> antibiotic and a cough medication that she says is okay for me to

> take with my thyroid issues. I can't remember the name of it.

>

> When we went to the pharmacy to fill the prescriptions, they were

> out of the cough medication; they said they can't keep it in stock.

>

> I am contagious, so poor Kemal will probably end up getting this

> crud!

>

> So that's been my day...coughing, sneezing, but finally...oink,

> oinking!! A hopeful member of the piggy club, Sheila