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T4 is the storage hormone... it is converted by the body into T3... a T3

molecule is (Janie jump in here) 7 times stronger??? than a T4..... so as

the T4 builds in your system, you aren't going to feel it right away...

but as the body starts converting the excess T4 into the usable T3.. that

is when the over dose is realized and the hyper symptoms begin.

So... you are exactly right, if the T3 in the Armour you are taking is

too high, you will feel it rather quickly, for some, with the first

dose...but... the T4 is built up in the body tissues and your system and

your body starts converting to T3... now your body is reacting to not

just the T3 that you have taken in your Armour dose.. but also to what

your body has made by converting the storage T4 hormone into the usable

T3 hormone.

If you have been without adequate hormone for a length of time.. the

storage T4 in your system can be depleted... Follow me on this,

please.... so your reserves are on empty and you take your Armour... you

feel it's not enough and keep taking more and more to get to the level of

T3 that you need to feel good..... ooooppss while you are building up the

T3 doses to the point of feeling good.. that T4 is replenishing the

reserves that were depleted.... when it gets built up enough again for

the body to have enough there to convert WHAM now you are dealing with

the T3 you are dosing with (in the Armour) PLUS all the T3 your body is

now producing.

Now you are experiencing hyper symptoms... depending on how much those T4

reserves built up before the conversion kicked your T3 levels too high..

it can take a few days, to a few weeks, to a few months to use up that

excess T4.

That's what makes it so tricky, and important, that you don't increase

too much too quickly... if that T4 builds up and the body has more and

more to convert.. that is the excess T3 that triggers the hyper state.

There are even more variables... A person that is a poor converter can

tolerate a much higher level of T4 and needs it.. because they don't

convert well, I'm one of those.... Now.. add selenium and vitamin C to

the mix and your body becomes a better converter.... Now, realize that

your adrenals are fatigued and start supplementing them and the

conversion rate is even more efficient along with the fact that the body,

now having the adrenal support that it needs is better able to use the T3

hormone as well..

Or.... your feeling better and your adrenals, pooped to begin with, can't

handle your body having the thyroid hormone levels up and becomes even

more fatigued and starts going on vacation... now even though your

thyroid levels were up and your were starting to feel pretty good.... you

now need to help your adrenals to keep up with the new thyroid level.

It can actually be a pretty tricky balancing act.. but once you find the

balance that is right for you... you get to have a life again.

I've been juggling this for 18 months now... first building up the

thyroid meds... 1/4 tab at a time... after 5 months adding adrenal, too

much, and then backing off (took a month to find out that 1/2 tab of

adrenal glandular was too much for me to start with at the time) Backing

of adrenal for a month then starting again at 1/4 tab... waiting a month

and then starting with 6 1/4 mg of DHEA.... some of my thyroid and

adrenal increases were 8 and 12 weeks apart.. and never at the same

time.. just tweaking them each up, one at a time, alternating... until I

see to have found what I need...

2 1/2 grain Thyroid (split to 5 doses per day)

80 mg Adrenal Glandular (split to 4 doses per day)

12.5 mg of DHEA (split to 2 doses per day)

300 mcg of Selenium (split to 3 doses per day)

plus the multi-vitamins (split to 8 times per day), extra vitamin C and

E, and iron (all taken in 1 dose per day)... all to get my body to where

it's able to do stuff that it needs to do again.

I'm still tweaking and testing... wondering if I can get it even better.

I'm sleeping through the night (after 20 years of insomnia) I am awake

and alert from the time I get up until the time I go to sleep (even if

the household is active and I get to bed late and get woke early, I still

feel great the next day. When I go to the bathroom every thing works

right! (after years of painful constipation alternating with explosive

diarrhea). The list goes on... I can wash dishes and cook at the stove

without having to sit down.. I can go up and down the stairs without

feeling like fainting. My chronic headaches, rib pain, foot pain, back

aches, muscle cramps are gone (unless I over exert, a good nights rest

and I'm doing pretty good the next day). Last winter, sweeping the snow

off the deck was done in shifts and took all day to do.... with a lot of

pain.. This year.. I can do it in 20 minutes, without sitting down and

then go in and play in the kitchen... I can knead bread standing without

arms that hurt for three days after. I can peel apples and potatoes

without my hands cramping into claws!

With the addition, in early October, of the mini meals... I'm also now

losing weight...... So... I'm getting really close to figuring out my

personal body puzzle.

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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:18:48 -0500 " VITO LABELLARTE "

writes:

> THere is a lot of confusion here, and I would like to clarify

> something. It isn't the T4 that sends you into hyper. IT is the

> T3. The shakey hands, heart palps, nervousness..that is all caused

> by the T3. Those are the symptoms that a patient watches for when

> increasing the T3/T4 meds. A T3 rush is common and if only lasting

> a few minutes is ok, when lasting longer it isn't good and the

> patient should lower the dose the next dosing, if take any at all

> for that period. Yes the T4 takes longer to get into the system,

> yet doesn't have the same effect as T3. Thats why a person will

> know almost immediately if they have too much Armour for that dose

> because it is the T3 that causes the hyper symptoms.

> Patti

> PS..Also some are sensitive more than others...and each person is an

> individual...and you don't know until you try for yourself. So

> being on the safe side go slowly..

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T4 is the storage hormone... it is converted by the body into T3... a T3

molecule is (Janie jump in here) 7 times stronger??? than a T4..... so as

the T4 builds in your system, you aren't going to feel it right away...

but as the body starts converting the excess T4 into the usable T3.. that

is when the over dose is realized and the hyper symptoms begin.

So... you are exactly right, if the T3 in the Armour you are taking is

too high, you will feel it rather quickly, for some, with the first

dose...but... the T4 is built up in the body tissues and your system and

your body starts converting to T3... now your body is reacting to not

just the T3 that you have taken in your Armour dose.. but also to what

your body has made by converting the storage T4 hormone into the usable

T3 hormone.

If you have been without adequate hormone for a length of time.. the

storage T4 in your system can be depleted... Follow me on this,

please.... so your reserves are on empty and you take your Armour... you

feel it's not enough and keep taking more and more to get to the level of

T3 that you need to feel good..... ooooppss while you are building up the

T3 doses to the point of feeling good.. that T4 is replenishing the

reserves that were depleted.... when it gets built up enough again for

the body to have enough there to convert WHAM now you are dealing with

the T3 you are dosing with (in the Armour) PLUS all the T3 your body is

now producing.

Now you are experiencing hyper symptoms... depending on how much those T4

reserves built up before the conversion kicked your T3 levels too high..

it can take a few days, to a few weeks, to a few months to use up that

excess T4.

That's what makes it so tricky, and important, that you don't increase

too much too quickly... if that T4 builds up and the body has more and

more to convert.. that is the excess T3 that triggers the hyper state.

There are even more variables... A person that is a poor converter can

tolerate a much higher level of T4 and needs it.. because they don't

convert well, I'm one of those.... Now.. add selenium and vitamin C to

the mix and your body becomes a better converter.... Now, realize that

your adrenals are fatigued and start supplementing them and the

conversion rate is even more efficient along with the fact that the body,

now having the adrenal support that it needs is better able to use the T3

hormone as well..

Or.... your feeling better and your adrenals, pooped to begin with, can't

handle your body having the thyroid hormone levels up and becomes even

more fatigued and starts going on vacation... now even though your

thyroid levels were up and your were starting to feel pretty good.... you

now need to help your adrenals to keep up with the new thyroid level.

It can actually be a pretty tricky balancing act.. but once you find the

balance that is right for you... you get to have a life again.

I've been juggling this for 18 months now... first building up the

thyroid meds... 1/4 tab at a time... after 5 months adding adrenal, too

much, and then backing off (took a month to find out that 1/2 tab of

adrenal glandular was too much for me to start with at the time) Backing

of adrenal for a month then starting again at 1/4 tab... waiting a month

and then starting with 6 1/4 mg of DHEA.... some of my thyroid and

adrenal increases were 8 and 12 weeks apart.. and never at the same

time.. just tweaking them each up, one at a time, alternating... until I

see to have found what I need...

2 1/2 grain Thyroid (split to 5 doses per day)

80 mg Adrenal Glandular (split to 4 doses per day)

12.5 mg of DHEA (split to 2 doses per day)

300 mcg of Selenium (split to 3 doses per day)

plus the multi-vitamins (split to 8 times per day), extra vitamin C and

E, and iron (all taken in 1 dose per day)... all to get my body to where

it's able to do stuff that it needs to do again.

I'm still tweaking and testing... wondering if I can get it even better.

I'm sleeping through the night (after 20 years of insomnia) I am awake

and alert from the time I get up until the time I go to sleep (even if

the household is active and I get to bed late and get woke early, I still

feel great the next day. When I go to the bathroom every thing works

right! (after years of painful constipation alternating with explosive

diarrhea). The list goes on... I can wash dishes and cook at the stove

without having to sit down.. I can go up and down the stairs without

feeling like fainting. My chronic headaches, rib pain, foot pain, back

aches, muscle cramps are gone (unless I over exert, a good nights rest

and I'm doing pretty good the next day). Last winter, sweeping the snow

off the deck was done in shifts and took all day to do.... with a lot of

pain.. This year.. I can do it in 20 minutes, without sitting down and

then go in and play in the kitchen... I can knead bread standing without

arms that hurt for three days after. I can peel apples and potatoes

without my hands cramping into claws!

With the addition, in early October, of the mini meals... I'm also now

losing weight...... So... I'm getting really close to figuring out my

personal body puzzle.

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:18:48 -0500 " VITO LABELLARTE "

writes:

> THere is a lot of confusion here, and I would like to clarify

> something. It isn't the T4 that sends you into hyper. IT is the

> T3. The shakey hands, heart palps, nervousness..that is all caused

> by the T3. Those are the symptoms that a patient watches for when

> increasing the T3/T4 meds. A T3 rush is common and if only lasting

> a few minutes is ok, when lasting longer it isn't good and the

> patient should lower the dose the next dosing, if take any at all

> for that period. Yes the T4 takes longer to get into the system,

> yet doesn't have the same effect as T3. Thats why a person will

> know almost immediately if they have too much Armour for that dose

> because it is the T3 that causes the hyper symptoms.

> Patti

> PS..Also some are sensitive more than others...and each person is an

> individual...and you don't know until you try for yourself. So

> being on the safe side go slowly..

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Having been through both extremes of hyper and hypo... hyper definitely

is more scary... at that state you can be just not doing a blessed thing

and die... or get up and walk to the bathroom and die.. no warning just

drop dead.... if severely hypo... you get into longer and longer and

longer sleep periods... all kinds of signals to warn you that you are

getting more severely hypo.... not so with hyper.....

But I think I like sitting on top of the fence... as close to normal as

possible.. just looking over the sides on occasion as I continue to tweak

to get it just right! heheheeheh

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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:30:32 -0800 " JAMY "

writes:

> As one who was overmedicated too soon, I can tell you the fatigue was

> the first symptom. It wasn't till the end that I knew I was hyper.

> Feeling hyper was a lot scarier than being hypo as much as I hate

> being hypo.

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Having been through both extremes of hyper and hypo... hyper definitely

is more scary... at that state you can be just not doing a blessed thing

and die... or get up and walk to the bathroom and die.. no warning just

drop dead.... if severely hypo... you get into longer and longer and

longer sleep periods... all kinds of signals to warn you that you are

getting more severely hypo.... not so with hyper.....

But I think I like sitting on top of the fence... as close to normal as

possible.. just looking over the sides on occasion as I continue to tweak

to get it just right! heheheeheh

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:30:32 -0800 " JAMY "

writes:

> As one who was overmedicated too soon, I can tell you the fatigue was

> the first symptom. It wasn't till the end that I knew I was hyper.

> Feeling hyper was a lot scarier than being hypo as much as I hate

> being hypo.

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Having been through both extremes of hyper and hypo... hyper definitely

is more scary... at that state you can be just not doing a blessed thing

and die... or get up and walk to the bathroom and die.. no warning just

drop dead.... if severely hypo... you get into longer and longer and

longer sleep periods... all kinds of signals to warn you that you are

getting more severely hypo.... not so with hyper.....

But I think I like sitting on top of the fence... as close to normal as

possible.. just looking over the sides on occasion as I continue to tweak

to get it just right! heheheeheh

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:30:32 -0800 " JAMY "

writes:

> As one who was overmedicated too soon, I can tell you the fatigue was

> the first symptom. It wasn't till the end that I knew I was hyper.

> Feeling hyper was a lot scarier than being hypo as much as I hate

> being hypo.

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Ah... but why are you hypo? Are you resistant to the hormones? Do you

have a really bad conversion? Do you eat foods that bind the hormones? It

would be interesting to hear.

For me, I was hyper due to a genetic TSH receptor malfunction. Hypo due

to an over dose of RAI. Then stayed hypo due to undermedication on

synthetics (based on weight med ratios I was some 30% underdosed), then

had no access to meds, then went on naturals (self medicating) and

gradually worked up... then took too much and went hyper..... Now.. back

to what is normal, for now....

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:08:25 -0000 " astrodiana "

writes:

> I think a distinction has to be made as to whether you have ever been

> hyper, had hashi's or have no thyroid and if you are otherwise

> healthy, wothout pituitary or parathyroid involvement...we're all

> individuals....I think nothing short of a stick of dynamite could

> make me hyper...but I am simply hypothyroid, period..and pretty

> healthy otherwise...when my son began to up his dose on Armour, he

> did not go hyper, but became more exhausted...this is when the

> doctor

> tested his adrenals. There are so many variables.

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Ah... but why are you hypo? Are you resistant to the hormones? Do you

have a really bad conversion? Do you eat foods that bind the hormones? It

would be interesting to hear.

For me, I was hyper due to a genetic TSH receptor malfunction. Hypo due

to an over dose of RAI. Then stayed hypo due to undermedication on

synthetics (based on weight med ratios I was some 30% underdosed), then

had no access to meds, then went on naturals (self medicating) and

gradually worked up... then took too much and went hyper..... Now.. back

to what is normal, for now....

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:08:25 -0000 " astrodiana "

writes:

> I think a distinction has to be made as to whether you have ever been

> hyper, had hashi's or have no thyroid and if you are otherwise

> healthy, wothout pituitary or parathyroid involvement...we're all

> individuals....I think nothing short of a stick of dynamite could

> make me hyper...but I am simply hypothyroid, period..and pretty

> healthy otherwise...when my son began to up his dose on Armour, he

> did not go hyper, but became more exhausted...this is when the

> doctor

> tested his adrenals. There are so many variables.

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Ah... but why are you hypo? Are you resistant to the hormones? Do you

have a really bad conversion? Do you eat foods that bind the hormones? It

would be interesting to hear.

For me, I was hyper due to a genetic TSH receptor malfunction. Hypo due

to an over dose of RAI. Then stayed hypo due to undermedication on

synthetics (based on weight med ratios I was some 30% underdosed), then

had no access to meds, then went on naturals (self medicating) and

gradually worked up... then took too much and went hyper..... Now.. back

to what is normal, for now....

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:08:25 -0000 " astrodiana "

writes:

> I think a distinction has to be made as to whether you have ever been

> hyper, had hashi's or have no thyroid and if you are otherwise

> healthy, wothout pituitary or parathyroid involvement...we're all

> individuals....I think nothing short of a stick of dynamite could

> make me hyper...but I am simply hypothyroid, period..and pretty

> healthy otherwise...when my son began to up his dose on Armour, he

> did not go hyper, but became more exhausted...this is when the

> doctor

> tested his adrenals. There are so many variables.

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Supposedly, the Armour will help on that but my ranges aren't making any sense.

A DR that is not into Armour willing upped the dose because my levels are so

low. I am starting to run into people that are adding cytomel to their Armour.

As far as getting better at some point with converting? Again, I am seeing if

you take it slow and easy and allow the body to heal. I swear that is why

did so well when she really should have been a mess. She took it slow and easy

and allowed the health to come back. I think with her the nutrition became a big

part. I really think the absorption issues are not being looked at enough. I

think most thyroid people regardless of weight are suffering from malnutrition.

JMHO

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> My body does not convert at all which is why I am now on Armour

and the free t3 stays at the bottom. My free t3 then was flagged as

low. I no longer have the severe fatigue when I increase slowly even

with the low results. I have lots of room to increase, but for once

in over a year, I can think and function.

Is it possible that when a person is a poor converter, her problem

can be remedied for good at some point?? about 11 years ago I was

on .2 SYNTHROID....FT4 always tested WAY HIGH over the range, while

FT3 way below range. This is when he put me on 50mcg, cytomel as

well...and my FT3 came up, but not very much..about 6 months later he

put me on Armour. He mentioned that once I was getting my FT3 in a

decent range, the problem would be " solved " and it now seems to

be. I'm going to a different doctor now, but is this true? does a

poor converter " solve " the problem by taking Armour, and therefore

now more RT3's a produced?? Is it because I am not only a poor

converter, but also hypothyroid??

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Supposedly, the Armour will help on that but my ranges aren't making any sense.

A DR that is not into Armour willing upped the dose because my levels are so

low. I am starting to run into people that are adding cytomel to their Armour.

As far as getting better at some point with converting? Again, I am seeing if

you take it slow and easy and allow the body to heal. I swear that is why

did so well when she really should have been a mess. She took it slow and easy

and allowed the health to come back. I think with her the nutrition became a big

part. I really think the absorption issues are not being looked at enough. I

think most thyroid people regardless of weight are suffering from malnutrition.

JMHO

Re: discouraged and whining

> My body does not convert at all which is why I am now on Armour

and the free t3 stays at the bottom. My free t3 then was flagged as

low. I no longer have the severe fatigue when I increase slowly even

with the low results. I have lots of room to increase, but for once

in over a year, I can think and function.

Is it possible that when a person is a poor converter, her problem

can be remedied for good at some point?? about 11 years ago I was

on .2 SYNTHROID....FT4 always tested WAY HIGH over the range, while

FT3 way below range. This is when he put me on 50mcg, cytomel as

well...and my FT3 came up, but not very much..about 6 months later he

put me on Armour. He mentioned that once I was getting my FT3 in a

decent range, the problem would be " solved " and it now seems to

be. I'm going to a different doctor now, but is this true? does a

poor converter " solve " the problem by taking Armour, and therefore

now more RT3's a produced?? Is it because I am not only a poor

converter, but also hypothyroid??

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Supposedly, the Armour will help on that but my ranges aren't making any sense.

A DR that is not into Armour willing upped the dose because my levels are so

low. I am starting to run into people that are adding cytomel to their Armour.

As far as getting better at some point with converting? Again, I am seeing if

you take it slow and easy and allow the body to heal. I swear that is why

did so well when she really should have been a mess. She took it slow and easy

and allowed the health to come back. I think with her the nutrition became a big

part. I really think the absorption issues are not being looked at enough. I

think most thyroid people regardless of weight are suffering from malnutrition.

JMHO

Re: discouraged and whining

> My body does not convert at all which is why I am now on Armour

and the free t3 stays at the bottom. My free t3 then was flagged as

low. I no longer have the severe fatigue when I increase slowly even

with the low results. I have lots of room to increase, but for once

in over a year, I can think and function.

Is it possible that when a person is a poor converter, her problem

can be remedied for good at some point?? about 11 years ago I was

on .2 SYNTHROID....FT4 always tested WAY HIGH over the range, while

FT3 way below range. This is when he put me on 50mcg, cytomel as

well...and my FT3 came up, but not very much..about 6 months later he

put me on Armour. He mentioned that once I was getting my FT3 in a

decent range, the problem would be " solved " and it now seems to

be. I'm going to a different doctor now, but is this true? does a

poor converter " solve " the problem by taking Armour, and therefore

now more RT3's a produced?? Is it because I am not only a poor

converter, but also hypothyroid??

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Which time? The first my TSH was .01 and I was given beta blockers for 3 days My

heartrate was 200 beats per minute. The next time they didn't do the tsh, just

gave me beda blockers because my resting was 167.

Jamy

Patient Advocate/Board Member American Thyroid Patients

Website:http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/California_Thyroid_Groups/

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How bad did your hyper get, Jamy? How long did it last?

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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:45:13 -0800 " JAMY "

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> I was made hyper on 100% t4.

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Which time? The first my TSH was .01 and I was given beta blockers for 3 days My

heartrate was 200 beats per minute. The next time they didn't do the tsh, just

gave me beda blockers because my resting was 167.

Jamy

Patient Advocate/Board Member American Thyroid Patients

Website:http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/California_Thyroid_Groups/

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How bad did your hyper get, Jamy? How long did it last?

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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:45:13 -0800 " JAMY "

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> I was made hyper on 100% t4.

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Which time? The first my TSH was .01 and I was given beta blockers for 3 days My

heartrate was 200 beats per minute. The next time they didn't do the tsh, just

gave me beda blockers because my resting was 167.

Jamy

Patient Advocate/Board Member American Thyroid Patients

Website:http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/California_Thyroid_Groups/

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How bad did your hyper get, Jamy? How long did it last?

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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:45:13 -0800 " JAMY "

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> I was made hyper on 100% t4.

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Are you taking Selenium? How much?

Selenium is a mineral. It used to be something we got a lot of in the

foods we eat but with all the commercial farming and chemical fertilizers

our natural food sources are severely deficient.... So natural selenium

sources aren't even a matter of what foods we eat, it's where they are

produced, what parts of the country and how intensely that farm land is

cultivated and how it is fertilized. That is why brazil nuts are

considered an excellent source of selenium.. the trees are very old and

the method used to grow them and the part of the world that they grow

causes them to be rich in selenium, making the nuts an excellent source.

The numbers given are the 3 to 5 nuts per day provide the RDA of Selenium

all on their own.

The body uses Selenium to pull an Iodine molecule off of a T4 molecule,

turning it into a T3..... From what I've been reading - poor conversion

can be just a trait of the individual or, most often, a lack of

sufficient selenium in the system to allow for that chemical conversion.

I have read that many of the thyroid issues people face today result

from the thyroid burning itself out trying to provide sufficient amounts

of T4 in the body to allow for conversion of T3 to allow normal

function.... as time goes on and poor conversion continues or

increases... the thyroid simply burns itself out....

You can safely increase Selenium intake to 400 mcg per day. For myself...

I split my intake to 100 mcg three times per day, one with breakfast, one

with dinner, and one about an hour before bedtime when I take the rest of

my supplements.... I also have about 100 mcg of Selenium in my

Multi-vitamin that I take with each meal (I split the tabs to allow me to

take one with each mini-meal) To me this seems to have increased the

levels enough in my system to make me a pretty good converter.... I don't

have any roller coaster symptoms all day... I dose my thyroid 5 times per

day.... but even though the T3 in that is worn off before the next dose I

don't feel down inbetween.

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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:55:19 -0000 " astrodiana "

writes:

>

> > My body does not convert at all which is why I am now on Armour

> and the free t3 stays at the bottom. My free t3 then was flagged as

> low. I no longer have the severe fatigue when I increase slowly

> even

> with the low results. I have lots of room to increase, but for once

> in over a year, I can think and function.

>

> Is it possible that when a person is a poor converter, her problem

> can be remedied for good at some point?? about 11 years ago I was

> on .2 SYNTHROID....FT4 always tested WAY HIGH over the range, while

> FT3 way below range. This is when he put me on 50mcg, cytomel as

> well...and my FT3 came up, but not very much..about 6 months later

> he

> put me on Armour. He mentioned that once I was getting my FT3 in a

> decent range, the problem would be " solved " and it now seems to

> be. I'm going to a different doctor now, but is this true? does a

> poor converter " solve " the problem by taking Armour, and therefore

> now more RT3's a produced?? Is it because I am not only a poor

> converter, but also hypothyroid??

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Are you taking Selenium? How much?

Selenium is a mineral. It used to be something we got a lot of in the

foods we eat but with all the commercial farming and chemical fertilizers

our natural food sources are severely deficient.... So natural selenium

sources aren't even a matter of what foods we eat, it's where they are

produced, what parts of the country and how intensely that farm land is

cultivated and how it is fertilized. That is why brazil nuts are

considered an excellent source of selenium.. the trees are very old and

the method used to grow them and the part of the world that they grow

causes them to be rich in selenium, making the nuts an excellent source.

The numbers given are the 3 to 5 nuts per day provide the RDA of Selenium

all on their own.

The body uses Selenium to pull an Iodine molecule off of a T4 molecule,

turning it into a T3..... From what I've been reading - poor conversion

can be just a trait of the individual or, most often, a lack of

sufficient selenium in the system to allow for that chemical conversion.

I have read that many of the thyroid issues people face today result

from the thyroid burning itself out trying to provide sufficient amounts

of T4 in the body to allow for conversion of T3 to allow normal

function.... as time goes on and poor conversion continues or

increases... the thyroid simply burns itself out....

You can safely increase Selenium intake to 400 mcg per day. For myself...

I split my intake to 100 mcg three times per day, one with breakfast, one

with dinner, and one about an hour before bedtime when I take the rest of

my supplements.... I also have about 100 mcg of Selenium in my

Multi-vitamin that I take with each meal (I split the tabs to allow me to

take one with each mini-meal) To me this seems to have increased the

levels enough in my system to make me a pretty good converter.... I don't

have any roller coaster symptoms all day... I dose my thyroid 5 times per

day.... but even though the T3 in that is worn off before the next dose I

don't feel down inbetween.

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:55:19 -0000 " astrodiana "

writes:

>

> > My body does not convert at all which is why I am now on Armour

> and the free t3 stays at the bottom. My free t3 then was flagged as

> low. I no longer have the severe fatigue when I increase slowly

> even

> with the low results. I have lots of room to increase, but for once

> in over a year, I can think and function.

>

> Is it possible that when a person is a poor converter, her problem

> can be remedied for good at some point?? about 11 years ago I was

> on .2 SYNTHROID....FT4 always tested WAY HIGH over the range, while

> FT3 way below range. This is when he put me on 50mcg, cytomel as

> well...and my FT3 came up, but not very much..about 6 months later

> he

> put me on Armour. He mentioned that once I was getting my FT3 in a

> decent range, the problem would be " solved " and it now seems to

> be. I'm going to a different doctor now, but is this true? does a

> poor converter " solve " the problem by taking Armour, and therefore

> now more RT3's a produced?? Is it because I am not only a poor

> converter, but also hypothyroid??

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Are you taking Selenium? How much?

Selenium is a mineral. It used to be something we got a lot of in the

foods we eat but with all the commercial farming and chemical fertilizers

our natural food sources are severely deficient.... So natural selenium

sources aren't even a matter of what foods we eat, it's where they are

produced, what parts of the country and how intensely that farm land is

cultivated and how it is fertilized. That is why brazil nuts are

considered an excellent source of selenium.. the trees are very old and

the method used to grow them and the part of the world that they grow

causes them to be rich in selenium, making the nuts an excellent source.

The numbers given are the 3 to 5 nuts per day provide the RDA of Selenium

all on their own.

The body uses Selenium to pull an Iodine molecule off of a T4 molecule,

turning it into a T3..... From what I've been reading - poor conversion

can be just a trait of the individual or, most often, a lack of

sufficient selenium in the system to allow for that chemical conversion.

I have read that many of the thyroid issues people face today result

from the thyroid burning itself out trying to provide sufficient amounts

of T4 in the body to allow for conversion of T3 to allow normal

function.... as time goes on and poor conversion continues or

increases... the thyroid simply burns itself out....

You can safely increase Selenium intake to 400 mcg per day. For myself...

I split my intake to 100 mcg three times per day, one with breakfast, one

with dinner, and one about an hour before bedtime when I take the rest of

my supplements.... I also have about 100 mcg of Selenium in my

Multi-vitamin that I take with each meal (I split the tabs to allow me to

take one with each mini-meal) To me this seems to have increased the

levels enough in my system to make me a pretty good converter.... I don't

have any roller coaster symptoms all day... I dose my thyroid 5 times per

day.... but even though the T3 in that is worn off before the next dose I

don't feel down inbetween.

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:55:19 -0000 " astrodiana "

writes:

>

> > My body does not convert at all which is why I am now on Armour

> and the free t3 stays at the bottom. My free t3 then was flagged as

> low. I no longer have the severe fatigue when I increase slowly

> even

> with the low results. I have lots of room to increase, but for once

> in over a year, I can think and function.

>

> Is it possible that when a person is a poor converter, her problem

> can be remedied for good at some point?? about 11 years ago I was

> on .2 SYNTHROID....FT4 always tested WAY HIGH over the range, while

> FT3 way below range. This is when he put me on 50mcg, cytomel as

> well...and my FT3 came up, but not very much..about 6 months later

> he

> put me on Armour. He mentioned that once I was getting my FT3 in a

> decent range, the problem would be " solved " and it now seems to

> be. I'm going to a different doctor now, but is this true? does a

> poor converter " solve " the problem by taking Armour, and therefore

> now more RT3's a produced?? Is it because I am not only a poor

> converter, but also hypothyroid??

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Do you means me? I take about 250 a day of it. They have no idea why the ratio

isn't going up.

Re: Re: discouraged and whining

Are you taking Selenium? How much?

Selenium is a mineral. It used to be something we got a lot of in the

foods we eat but with all the commercial farming and chemical fertilizers

our natural food sources are severely deficient.... So natural selenium

sources aren't even a matter of what foods we eat, it's where they are

produced, what parts of the country and how intensely that farm land is

cultivated and how it is fertilized. That is why brazil nuts are

considered an excellent source of selenium.. the trees are very old and

the method used to grow them and the part of the world that they grow

causes them to be rich in selenium, making the nuts an excellent source.

The numbers given are the 3 to 5 nuts per day provide the RDA of Selenium

all on their own.

The body uses Selenium to pull an Iodine molecule off of a T4 molecule,

turning it into a T3..... From what I've been reading - poor conversion

can be just a trait of the individual or, most often, a lack of

sufficient selenium in the system to allow for that chemical conversion.

I have read that many of the thyroid issues people face today result

from the thyroid burning itself out trying to provide sufficient amounts

of T4 in the body to allow for conversion of T3 to allow normal

function.... as time goes on and poor conversion continues or

increases... the thyroid simply burns itself out....

You can safely increase Selenium intake to 400 mcg per day. For myself...

I split my intake to 100 mcg three times per day, one with breakfast, one

with dinner, and one about an hour before bedtime when I take the rest of

my supplements.... I also have about 100 mcg of Selenium in my

Multi-vitamin that I take with each meal (I split the tabs to allow me to

take one with each mini-meal) To me this seems to have increased the

levels enough in my system to make me a pretty good converter.... I don't

have any roller coaster symptoms all day... I dose my thyroid 5 times per

day.... but even though the T3 in that is worn off before the next dose I

don't feel down inbetween.

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:55:19 -0000 " astrodiana "

writes:

>

> > My body does not convert at all which is why I am now on Armour

> and the free t3 stays at the bottom. My free t3 then was flagged as

> low. I no longer have the severe fatigue when I increase slowly

> even

> with the low results. I have lots of room to increase, but for once

> in over a year, I can think and function.

>

> Is it possible that when a person is a poor converter, her problem

> can be remedied for good at some point?? about 11 years ago I was

> on .2 SYNTHROID....FT4 always tested WAY HIGH over the range, while

> FT3 way below range. This is when he put me on 50mcg, cytomel as

> well...and my FT3 came up, but not very much..about 6 months later

> he

> put me on Armour. He mentioned that once I was getting my FT3 in a

> decent range, the problem would be " solved " and it now seems to

> be. I'm going to a different doctor now, but is this true? does a

> poor converter " solve " the problem by taking Armour, and therefore

> now more RT3's a produced?? Is it because I am not only a poor

> converter, but also hypothyroid??

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Do you means me? I take about 250 a day of it. They have no idea why the ratio

isn't going up.

Re: Re: discouraged and whining

Are you taking Selenium? How much?

Selenium is a mineral. It used to be something we got a lot of in the

foods we eat but with all the commercial farming and chemical fertilizers

our natural food sources are severely deficient.... So natural selenium

sources aren't even a matter of what foods we eat, it's where they are

produced, what parts of the country and how intensely that farm land is

cultivated and how it is fertilized. That is why brazil nuts are

considered an excellent source of selenium.. the trees are very old and

the method used to grow them and the part of the world that they grow

causes them to be rich in selenium, making the nuts an excellent source.

The numbers given are the 3 to 5 nuts per day provide the RDA of Selenium

all on their own.

The body uses Selenium to pull an Iodine molecule off of a T4 molecule,

turning it into a T3..... From what I've been reading - poor conversion

can be just a trait of the individual or, most often, a lack of

sufficient selenium in the system to allow for that chemical conversion.

I have read that many of the thyroid issues people face today result

from the thyroid burning itself out trying to provide sufficient amounts

of T4 in the body to allow for conversion of T3 to allow normal

function.... as time goes on and poor conversion continues or

increases... the thyroid simply burns itself out....

You can safely increase Selenium intake to 400 mcg per day. For myself...

I split my intake to 100 mcg three times per day, one with breakfast, one

with dinner, and one about an hour before bedtime when I take the rest of

my supplements.... I also have about 100 mcg of Selenium in my

Multi-vitamin that I take with each meal (I split the tabs to allow me to

take one with each mini-meal) To me this seems to have increased the

levels enough in my system to make me a pretty good converter.... I don't

have any roller coaster symptoms all day... I dose my thyroid 5 times per

day.... but even though the T3 in that is worn off before the next dose I

don't feel down inbetween.

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:55:19 -0000 " astrodiana "

writes:

>

> > My body does not convert at all which is why I am now on Armour

> and the free t3 stays at the bottom. My free t3 then was flagged as

> low. I no longer have the severe fatigue when I increase slowly

> even

> with the low results. I have lots of room to increase, but for once

> in over a year, I can think and function.

>

> Is it possible that when a person is a poor converter, her problem

> can be remedied for good at some point?? about 11 years ago I was

> on .2 SYNTHROID....FT4 always tested WAY HIGH over the range, while

> FT3 way below range. This is when he put me on 50mcg, cytomel as

> well...and my FT3 came up, but not very much..about 6 months later

> he

> put me on Armour. He mentioned that once I was getting my FT3 in a

> decent range, the problem would be " solved " and it now seems to

> be. I'm going to a different doctor now, but is this true? does a

> poor converter " solve " the problem by taking Armour, and therefore

> now more RT3's a produced?? Is it because I am not only a poor

> converter, but also hypothyroid??

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Do you means me? I take about 250 a day of it. They have no idea why the ratio

isn't going up.

Re: Re: discouraged and whining

Are you taking Selenium? How much?

Selenium is a mineral. It used to be something we got a lot of in the

foods we eat but with all the commercial farming and chemical fertilizers

our natural food sources are severely deficient.... So natural selenium

sources aren't even a matter of what foods we eat, it's where they are

produced, what parts of the country and how intensely that farm land is

cultivated and how it is fertilized. That is why brazil nuts are

considered an excellent source of selenium.. the trees are very old and

the method used to grow them and the part of the world that they grow

causes them to be rich in selenium, making the nuts an excellent source.

The numbers given are the 3 to 5 nuts per day provide the RDA of Selenium

all on their own.

The body uses Selenium to pull an Iodine molecule off of a T4 molecule,

turning it into a T3..... From what I've been reading - poor conversion

can be just a trait of the individual or, most often, a lack of

sufficient selenium in the system to allow for that chemical conversion.

I have read that many of the thyroid issues people face today result

from the thyroid burning itself out trying to provide sufficient amounts

of T4 in the body to allow for conversion of T3 to allow normal

function.... as time goes on and poor conversion continues or

increases... the thyroid simply burns itself out....

You can safely increase Selenium intake to 400 mcg per day. For myself...

I split my intake to 100 mcg three times per day, one with breakfast, one

with dinner, and one about an hour before bedtime when I take the rest of

my supplements.... I also have about 100 mcg of Selenium in my

Multi-vitamin that I take with each meal (I split the tabs to allow me to

take one with each mini-meal) To me this seems to have increased the

levels enough in my system to make me a pretty good converter.... I don't

have any roller coaster symptoms all day... I dose my thyroid 5 times per

day.... but even though the T3 in that is worn off before the next dose I

don't feel down inbetween.

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:55:19 -0000 " astrodiana "

writes:

>

> > My body does not convert at all which is why I am now on Armour

> and the free t3 stays at the bottom. My free t3 then was flagged as

> low. I no longer have the severe fatigue when I increase slowly

> even

> with the low results. I have lots of room to increase, but for once

> in over a year, I can think and function.

>

> Is it possible that when a person is a poor converter, her problem

> can be remedied for good at some point?? about 11 years ago I was

> on .2 SYNTHROID....FT4 always tested WAY HIGH over the range, while

> FT3 way below range. This is when he put me on 50mcg, cytomel as

> well...and my FT3 came up, but not very much..about 6 months later

> he

> put me on Armour. He mentioned that once I was getting my FT3 in a

> decent range, the problem would be " solved " and it now seems to

> be. I'm going to a different doctor now, but is this true? does a

> poor converter " solve " the problem by taking Armour, and therefore

> now more RT3's a produced?? Is it because I am not only a poor

> converter, but also hypothyroid??

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I agree with the malnutrition part.. that is why I got goofy and started

splitting my vitamins... I now chop the capsules into 8 bits... I take

one with each of my mini-meals and one at bedtime.. if I didn't eat 7

mini-meals that day I take the leftovers at night....

My thought was that in this way I'm getting a broad range of nutrients

with everything I eat, no matter what it is... If my body is having

trouble processing something and the left over gets peed out (our bodies

flush the blood roughly every 30 minutes or less....) then all the

vitamins and minerals that I couldn't process just went to go sit in my

bladder.... this way.. I have far much less waste.. I get little bits of

it every two to three hours, whenever I eat....

It's hard to get used to the multi dosing.. I'm literally taking

something every hour of the day.. anywhere from a quarter tab of thyroid

or adrenal to the little pile I take at night that has calcium and

vitamin E and DHEA and multi-vitamin and selenium and iron.... but

darn... I just feel good.. No pain, and not on pain meds. Being able to

do things, simple things like wash dishes or cook a scrambled egg without

having to sit down because of the pain to my back, legs, knees, feet and

arms...

I've gotten used to it now... If I'm not in my office I have a home made

16 compartment pill box that fits in my shirt pocket... I also have a PDA

with an hourly chime.... when it chimes, I take whatever is in the next

cup in my pill box, or its time for a meal and a vitamin chip..... I

consider every time I answer that hourly chime to be another step toward

having a normal life... It's not a chore... in the frame of mind that

I've set for myself.. it's a positive step to feel good versus taking

pain meds or sleeping for the day to make up for being less attentive to

my health.... 10 tiny steps forward with never a step back gets you a lot

farther today then 3 big steps forward and 2 bigger steps back!

I may have to do this for the rest of my life... if so I'll deal with

it.. but there is a little part in the back of my brain that likes to

remind me that it took years to get this run down, and heavy and

miserable.. it could take years to recover from it... and maybe, just

maybe... I'll get to the point where I won't have to make this such a

constant attention thing..... For now... It's gorgeous and sunny out. My

pants fell off when I got up because I forgot the clip the suspender

clips.... I'm not at all hungry even though it's time for a mini-meal...

My lips are not chapped, my skin is not peeling. I have no sores from

scratching... I have no bruises from mystery imps during the night. My

tinitis is almost completely gone, I slept like a baby last night and

stretched when I got out of bed. My bladder didn't wake me during the

night and my bowels worked right on time this morning. My feet and ankles

are normal size! I have gaps between my toes again, they aren't crammed

together like little pork sausages! I bop along to songs on tv.... It's

worth every minute of chopping pills and setting up my boxes (about 2

hours once every 23 days) to feel this wonderful!

.... I'll stop now... I'm having trouble with my soap box today! heheheeh

sorry.

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:11:49 -0800 " JAMY "

writes:

>

> Supposedly, the Armour will help on that but my ranges aren't making

> any sense. A DR that is not into Armour willing upped the dose

> because my levels are so low. I am starting to run into people that

> are adding cytomel to their Armour. As far as getting better at

> some point with converting? Again, I am seeing if you take it slow

> and easy and allow the body to heal. I swear that is why did

> so well when she really should have been a mess. She took it slow

> and easy and allowed the health to come back. I think with her the

> nutrition became a big part. I really think the absorption issues

> are not being looked at enough. I think most thyroid people

> regardless of weight are suffering from malnutrition. JMHO

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I agree with the malnutrition part.. that is why I got goofy and started

splitting my vitamins... I now chop the capsules into 8 bits... I take

one with each of my mini-meals and one at bedtime.. if I didn't eat 7

mini-meals that day I take the leftovers at night....

My thought was that in this way I'm getting a broad range of nutrients

with everything I eat, no matter what it is... If my body is having

trouble processing something and the left over gets peed out (our bodies

flush the blood roughly every 30 minutes or less....) then all the

vitamins and minerals that I couldn't process just went to go sit in my

bladder.... this way.. I have far much less waste.. I get little bits of

it every two to three hours, whenever I eat....

It's hard to get used to the multi dosing.. I'm literally taking

something every hour of the day.. anywhere from a quarter tab of thyroid

or adrenal to the little pile I take at night that has calcium and

vitamin E and DHEA and multi-vitamin and selenium and iron.... but

darn... I just feel good.. No pain, and not on pain meds. Being able to

do things, simple things like wash dishes or cook a scrambled egg without

having to sit down because of the pain to my back, legs, knees, feet and

arms...

I've gotten used to it now... If I'm not in my office I have a home made

16 compartment pill box that fits in my shirt pocket... I also have a PDA

with an hourly chime.... when it chimes, I take whatever is in the next

cup in my pill box, or its time for a meal and a vitamin chip..... I

consider every time I answer that hourly chime to be another step toward

having a normal life... It's not a chore... in the frame of mind that

I've set for myself.. it's a positive step to feel good versus taking

pain meds or sleeping for the day to make up for being less attentive to

my health.... 10 tiny steps forward with never a step back gets you a lot

farther today then 3 big steps forward and 2 bigger steps back!

I may have to do this for the rest of my life... if so I'll deal with

it.. but there is a little part in the back of my brain that likes to

remind me that it took years to get this run down, and heavy and

miserable.. it could take years to recover from it... and maybe, just

maybe... I'll get to the point where I won't have to make this such a

constant attention thing..... For now... It's gorgeous and sunny out. My

pants fell off when I got up because I forgot the clip the suspender

clips.... I'm not at all hungry even though it's time for a mini-meal...

My lips are not chapped, my skin is not peeling. I have no sores from

scratching... I have no bruises from mystery imps during the night. My

tinitis is almost completely gone, I slept like a baby last night and

stretched when I got out of bed. My bladder didn't wake me during the

night and my bowels worked right on time this morning. My feet and ankles

are normal size! I have gaps between my toes again, they aren't crammed

together like little pork sausages! I bop along to songs on tv.... It's

worth every minute of chopping pills and setting up my boxes (about 2

hours once every 23 days) to feel this wonderful!

.... I'll stop now... I'm having trouble with my soap box today! heheheeh

sorry.

Topper ()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:11:49 -0800 " JAMY "

writes:

>

> Supposedly, the Armour will help on that but my ranges aren't making

> any sense. A DR that is not into Armour willing upped the dose

> because my levels are so low. I am starting to run into people that

> are adding cytomel to their Armour. As far as getting better at

> some point with converting? Again, I am seeing if you take it slow

> and easy and allow the body to heal. I swear that is why did

> so well when she really should have been a mess. She took it slow

> and easy and allowed the health to come back. I think with her the

> nutrition became a big part. I really think the absorption issues

> are not being looked at enough. I think most thyroid people

> regardless of weight are suffering from malnutrition. JMHO

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