Re: Re: Mixing Armour and Levothroid

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I think that those that have had the fastest responses actually had much

more thyroid hormone resistance and lack of T3 than I did. That's why I

have adjusted around so much. It could be that I did not need that level of

T3, maybe just a little. Some people literally " hum " in the very first week

of Armour because their bodies were totally without the benefits of T3. In

my case, it could be (not sure) that I needed just that little bit to send

me " over the line " , plus the other benefits of Armour. I wish there was a

concrete lab that proves it, but I don't really have any way of proving it.

The sad fact is that I was totally unaware that I needed Free's testing

until around March or so of 2003, so I have no idea what they were running

for all these yrs. When I was tested for the first time, though, suddenly

my TSH was running in the 30s, as it had run down to around 5.5 (which I

know was too high for me) for the past several yrs, and then around 9-10

when I started loudly complaining to a doctor. I believe that that could

have to do with antibodies, but I haven't tested for many yrs for this, and

didn't when I had the Frees run. To put it simply, it's sort of like

screwed up communication between the hypothalamus and the pituitary, and my

thyroid is taking the punishment for it, since it's still alive, so to

speak.

Tx

Re: Mixing Armour and Levothroid

> See, the way that it had been described to me( the doctor AND many

> people on this board and others) is that you feel good IMMEDIATELY.

> You are the first person to say that it took awhile for you to feel

> better. I've only been on T4 meds for about 2 years so maybe there's

> hope for me yet!!

>

> P

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> > Some people feel better right away on the Armour. It took me much

> longer to

> > start feeling better, and I'm still having problems, but I was on

> T4 meds

> > for 8 yrs or so. I started Armour back in the last week of August,

> or first

> > wk of September, and have been adjusting up and down, and finally

> this combo

> > of both. I wasn't about to give up after only 3 wks. It took me

> plenty of

> > time to get this way, so I figure it will take some time to undo

> what CAN be

> > undone.

> >

> >

> > Tx