Re: Fairly new to groups - dosage question - armour for Hashi's/Fibro patients

[Guest guest]

i only take 15mg upon wake up. i'm trying to get it increased

b/c i'm not seeing results.

hillary

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>Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:21:13 -0500

>

>Subject: Fairly new to groups - dosage

question - armour for Hashi's/Fibro patients

>To:

>

> Hey there! I have been lurking on reading and

> learning for the past few weeks. Follow my signature

> links for more about me (I'm not big on talking

> about myself!).

>

> I have a question for all hashi's patients on Armour

> Thyroid. How much do you take and at what times

> during the day?

>

> At 8am I take 120 mgs

> At 4pm I take 30 mgs

>

> I used to take 120 in the am and 60 in the pm but I

> was having trouble sleeping so my doc lowered it to

> 30mgs. And I feel awful now! My fibro symptoms have

> tripled, I have the WORST brain fog and I STILL

> CAN'T SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!

>

> So before I go into my appt next month tof ollow up

> on the dosage change I wanted to poll the groups (I

> am sending this to all the thyroid groups I am on,

> sorry for cross posting!!) and see what others with

> similar ailments are finding success with.

>

> Thank you all so much in advance!

>

> Hannah Pasisz

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[Guest guest]

Wow.... Am I on a high dose? I was on the previous dosage for 5 years... before that I was on a variety of synthetic that did NOTHING. Do you also have fibro or just the Hashi's? My anti bodies are at an all time low of around 700..... I hear this may be very high as well.

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i only take 15mg upon wake up. i'm trying to get it increased b/c i'm not seeing results. :(hillary

[Guest guest]

oh, i'm such an idiot...no, i don't have fibro. sorry to

confuse you....apparently i do have brain fog though!

my antibodies are thru the roof as well. i'm the only one on

such a puny dose.

---- Original message ----

>Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:28:33 -0500

>

>Subject: Re: Fairly new to groups - dosage

question - armour for Hashi's/Fibro patients

>To: <Thyroiditis >

>

> Wow.... Am I on a high dose? I was on the previous

> dosage for 5 years... before that I was on a variety

> of synthetic that did NOTHING. Do you also have

> fibro or just the Hashi's? My anti bodies are at an

> all time low of around 700..... I hear this may be

> very high as well.

>

> Hannah Pasisz

> ----------------------------------------------------------

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>

> i only take 15mg upon wake up. i'm trying to get

> it increased

> b/c i'm not seeing results.

>

> hillary

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh my... why does your doctor hold out like that? Is he of the belief that the labs tell the whole picture? If so... move on to a new doctor ASAP! I spent too many years believing uninformed doctors... that I just needed to lose weight... all the trash. Since my doc lowered my dose it is the first time I've felt this bad in ages... except for the Fibro and other autoimmune junk I have going on (PCOS mainly). I was at my highest near to 300lbs. I am now (since i started with my current doctor) around 225 and losing about 1/2 lb a week. With no dieting or exercising (my fibro precludes anything but swimming and that's not exactly convenient for me).

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oh, i'm such an idiot...no, i don't have fibro. sorry to confuse you....apparently i do have brain fog though!my antibodies are thru the roof as well. i'm the only one on such a puny dose.

[Guest guest]

no, my doctor is ok. i'm going to a progressive health place

so i'm on many supplements as well as the armour. this is the

first person who looked beyond my labs, so she's being

cautious with the 15mg. i go back on monday to see if it will

be increased.

i know all about the doctors who say " lose weight " etc. ugh!

so frustrating.

-hillary

---- Original message ----

>Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:37:58 -0500

>

>Subject: Re: Fairly new to groups - dosage

question - armour for Hashi's/Fibro patients

>To: <Thyroiditis >

>

> Oh my... why does your doctor hold out like that? Is

> he of the belief that the labs tell the whole

> picture? If so... move on to a new doctor ASAP! I

> spent too many years believing uninformed doctors...

> that I just needed to lose weight... all the trash.

> Since my doc lowered my dose it is the first time

> I've felt this bad in ages... except for the Fibro

> and other autoimmune junk I have going on (PCOS

> mainly). I was at my highest near to 300lbs. I am

> now (since i started with my current doctor) around

> 225 and losing about 1/2 lb a week. With no dieting

> or exercising (my fibro precludes anything but

> swimming and that's not exactly convenient for me).

>

> Hannah Pasisz

> ----------------------------------------------------------

--

> http://www.starbrightdesigns.net

> http://www.cafepress.com/starbright

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnderExposed/

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WomenArtists/Work

> http://group.yahoo.com/LadiesCraftHour

>

>

> oh, i'm such an idiot...no, i don't have fibro.

> sorry to

> confuse you....apparently i do have brain fog

> though!

>

> my antibodies are thru the roof as well. i'm the

> only one on

> such a puny dose.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I was of the understanding that we can eat all of those things but

that we have to eat them in moderation, not just cut them all out of

our diets entirely.

Debbie

That's not allergy, though, it's just that we're not supposed to have

them because of our thyroids. >

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't think that eating something like one stalk of broccoli or a

little bit of cauliflower, occassionaly i.e. once a month or so would

really do us that much harm. As I stated, " moderation " is the key.

If somebody was eating those veggies every single day or even two or

three times a week, then maybe that wouldn't be so good for us but I

haven't read anywhere where they give you " specifics " as to how much

to eat, or not eat.

Debbie

> All of the literature I've read says that these foods can cause a

lot of

> inflammation in an already-inflamed thyroid gland and not to eat

them, if

> you have thyroid disease. I love them all, and, frankly, I still

imbibe,

> probably to my own detriment, from time to time. I don't seem to

be able to

> resist, and yes, I do have inflammation in my thyroid right now, as

we

> speak. Whether this is part of the problem, I can't say, it's only

a guess.

> We're told from birth that these are the best veggies for us, and

then we

> get hit with this disease, and the rules change. (((Sigh)))

>

>

> Texas