Re: OT: Armour dosing instructions (was) Armour and Testing thyroid

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Okay ,

Thanks for this, I am saving it for reference...

Jim

PS: Last year I had a TSH of .30!! That was the perfect low, I felt much better

while on 1 1/2 grains of Armour... But it didn't last...

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> > Hi ,

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> > Did you think I was not going to stop Synthroid 1 week before the test...

> > :-) C'mon!

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> > Okay, so lets assume when I get back on Armour and I am self adjusting,

> > what

> > happens if I start taking too much? Am I aiming to get close to hYper or

> > don't

> > I want to go that far? *This happens to me all the time. I hold steady

> > on 2 grains for a few weeks, but it just isn't quite enough. Then I'll take

> > 2.5 for a few days or even a week. When I have a day that I'm a little

> > shaky, maybe my heart is a little fast - then the next day I'll back down to

> > 2. Believe me, you've had far worse herxing days than a day with a little

> > too much thyroid. As long as you are paying attention - you can back off

> > the next day. If you're not paying attention and you get really hyper -

> > just stop your dose for a day or two. People get so freakin' exact about

> > thyroid - as if our bodies need the exact amount of it everyday. That's

> > illogical. Some days we need more protein, water, sleep, Vit C, etc. It's

> > the same with thyroid - only not so instant.*

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> > *THIS IS IMPORTANT:*

> > *Also, if your adrenals can't handle the thyroid you will have hyperT

> > symptoms - even though you are fatigued and undertreated. Remember back in

> > March/April when I fried my adrenals from over coiling? I had to back down

> > to .5-1 grain of Armour. My TSH shot up to almost 6, but I couldn't

> > tolerate any more Armour because my adrenal couldn't process it. I had

> > horrible hypO symptoms, but couldn't take more thyroid. Now that I've been

> > babying my adrenals for a few months, I'm back up to 2-2.5 grains. (At one

> > time I was at 3) *

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> > Well I presume the test will tell if I am a good converter or not, but my

> > preference

> > is still Armour... Right now I have gained back some of that lost fatigue

> > when I

> > started Synthroid, said this may happen, it did.. I am sleeping

> > better, but

> > not last night, but all the other nights since starting it is helping me

> > sleep better.

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> > I've got to find the right dose, once I do then I will be able to tell how

> > much fatigue

> > is still Lyme... I don't believe all of my fatigue is Lyme, I think thyroid

> > takes the blame

> > for some if not a lot...

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> > Jim

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