Re: I am new to the group>>

[Guest guest]

Hello Keisha. Here's a summary of most of us. First, most of us were

once on T4-only meds. And now, most of us are on Armour natural

thyroid. A few very lucky ones started right out on Armour, or

natural thyroid. Armour comes from pig thyroid, and contains the

exact same substances your own thyroid would be producing, T4, T3

T2, T1 and calcitonin. And most of us feel a lot better on this.

A few here are on synthetic T4 and synthetic T3, like yourself. We

are just as glad to have them here.

If you use labs to treat yourself, you are looking to get your free

T3 to the top of the range, if not slightly higher. At this point,

it is common to have a TSH below one. Mine, for example, is .009 on

an optimal dose. And my free T3 is above the top. This is not hyper

when you are being treated.

Even better is to treat by symptoms, NOT labs. Your brain fog will

go away when you find your personal optimal dose. For some, that is

within weeks. For others, a few months.

Hope that helps.

Janie aka ThyroDiva

I was wondering are any of you on those two meds >? or one of them?

>what exsperinces have you had with them? How long until you feel

>better? How about weight loss? How much and how long did it take to

>lose it? Any side effects? and How long until this (lovely) brain

>fog goes away?? lol--

[Guest guest]

--- In NaturalThyroidHormones , Keisha

> On thanksgiving my doc gave me the great new that I was hypo and he

decided to put me on synthroid.. 100mg! I noticed that I was

starting to feel better but not 100%. I still had my daily naps and

feeled drained- I did do and still do my daily walks-- that helps me

alot- I did noticed my weight going down slowly-- I weight 250 pounds-

Or I did in Nov..I recently ( two weeks ago) told doc to put me on a

t3 also, so I can see if I can start to feel 100%- well I have

noticed a big change- I do feel better and I do have more energy and

I have basically seen my weight ( melt) off of me-- ( Not literly) I

would say I feel maybe 80 percent better now. Not all the way just

yet= Doc put me on cytomel 25 mg.. I was wondering are any of you on

those two meds >? or one of them? what exsperinces have you had with

them? How long until you feel better? How about weight loss? How much

and how long did it take to lose it? Any side effects? and How long

until this (lovely) brain fog goes away?? lol--

> TAKE CARE-KEISHA

Hi Keisha....I was on both synthroid and cytomel about 11 years

ago...the one thing I want to stress that I found out is that cytomel

is VERY short-lived...it helped, but it was not consistent, unless I

cut my doses into 1/4's and took on every 1-1/2 hours...I was able to

do this, because I was taking 2 of the 25 mcg daily with my 200mcg

synthroid. I would take 1/2 in the am with my synthroid and 1/4

every 1-1/2 hours after that. I think now they do make a timed

release cytomel. What would be great is if you could get Armour

natural thryoid instead..this gives both (plus toher things your body

needs) and seems to work so much better...it did for me and has for

MANY others - you need a doc who is open to prescribing Armour for

you...with hypothyroidism...the slow metabolism sucks...you can't

lose weight with it, but once your dose is optimized and provided you

start dieting in a way you feel works for you, the weight will start

to come off as your metabolism gets more normalized...lots of luck,

darlin...I live near Chicago. diana

[Guest guest]

Hey, Keisha, welcome, I'm so glad you are here! I don't have any

advice to give because I'm a newbie too but just wanted to wave hi

and welcome you and wish you good health!

Gentle