Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Sue {{{{{{Big Hugs to You}}}}}}} Those doctors should be told how they robbed you of a life for so long! To me living like a zombie is no life...you do what you have to to make a living and then feel lazy cause you are sooooo tired and don't feel like doing the things normal people do...like the dishes after dinner! Bless your heart honey..you are going to experience a life change once you find out your right armour doseage. How many mgs did he put you on...I can't imagine having a tsh of 14.5 for that long and no docs doing anything about it! I know I had a tsh of 27 and didn't know it until after I got in a serious car accident...just was sooo tired all the time! Doctors don't think Hypo is serious enough to treat with the best meds evidently...afterall aren't most patients with it female..and females are such hypochondriacs right? (sacarsm to be noted) I hope you will find encouragement and love here in this group. Let us know how you feel after your armour...you can feel an immediate difference usually but I've found it takes me at least 3 days to feel the best after taking it. Hang in there! Blessings, Loriann > I hurt all over, and constantly > tired (far beyond what 12 hour night shifts will do to ya') and my > skin feels like sandpaper and my hair's still falling out. I'm not > expecting miracles right away, but I AM expecting a miracle! If > anybody has any words of encouragement, I could sure use them! > > Thanks, > Sue > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Thanks for the chuckle! You're Too Funny!!! Loriann > I said, " Hello bed. I LOVE YOU " with a heartfelt > sigh.......GEEZ! If anybody had heard me, I would have to deny the > whole conversation ever took place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Thanks guys for all the encouragement and support! This is great! I've felt so bad for so long that just your words are making me feel better already! I took my first dose about an hour ago. I was soooo tired this morning when I crawled into bed, I was talking to the bed! I said, " Hello bed. I LOVE YOU " with a heartfelt sigh.......GEEZ! If anybody had heard me, I would have to deny the whole conversation ever took place. But truthfully, I meant every word. My feet hurt all the way up to my eyeballs. So, thanks to Keisha, Lorianne, and all the others for being my " cheering section " ! I'm more than ready to feel better soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Hi Sue. Have you gotten enough encouragement yet??? haha You are talking to group of miracles and changed lives. What is the dose that you started on? It's important that you understand that most folk's initial is way less than needed, so you don't want to stay on it too long before increasing. 2-3 weeks is a good measure, but it depends on what you are on. Also note that to eliminate symptoms, and if you go by labs, you have to be willing to let that TSH go to one or LESS, if necessary, and that free T3 to the top of the range, if not higher. Also, check out the FILES on this site. There is a lot there that will help get you educated when you are dealing with a doc who probably won't know much. Janie aka ThyroDiva > Hi! My name is Sue. I'm a nurse, working in the ICU 12 hour night > shifts. I've been diagnosed hypothyroid for about 3-4 years. I've > been taking synthroid all this time. I was up to 250mcg/day, and > still have a TSH of 14.7 along with a low free T4. I was getting > really frustrated, along with feeling like crap. My family doctor > sent me to an endo, who, for all intents and purposes, was a quack. > First thing he told me was......... " wow, you're fat " . Well, DUH! > And this man went to medical school all those years for that? Then, > instead of focusing on my throid condition, he started talking about > diabetes and ordered all sorts of tests for it. Hardly addressed my > throid issue at all. Needless to say, I haven't been back. I > finally talked my family doctor into prescribing Armour thyroid for > me and am picking up the rx today! I'm so excited! I truely believe > that this will make a difference. I hurt all over, and constantly > tired (far beyond what 12 hour night shifts will do to ya') and my > skin feels like sandpaper and my hair's still falling out. I'm not > expecting miracles right away, but I AM expecting a miracle! If > anybody has any words of encouragement, I could sure use them! > > Thanks, > Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Hi, Sue, Welcome to our little home on the web! I am Dianne, disability retired since 1992, living in the desert of southern California. Like you, I had to deal with doctors who were quite stupid when it came to treating me for Hypo. I was started on Synthroid (or Levoxyl, depending on the pricing because of my health plan at the time) in 1991 and was on that (dose increased all the way up to .25 mcg) and still felt awful. In 1999 I prevailed upon my current doctor to change me to Armour. Wow! Even though the dose was still too low, there were immediate results within a week on a long-term depression problem. I stopped taking the meds for that a year earlier. My doctor recently increased my Armour by 1/4 grain. I noticed the difference and will be asking him for another increase when I see him next week. Mostly I am finding that dealing with the doctor involves educating myself and him about what is and is not improving in the way of symptoms. My knees, according to my MRI, need to be replaced. I even had the Synvisc injections last year for the pain. Well, the 1/4 grain increase in Armour is the only thing i have changed in my meds and supplements, yet the pain is decreased in the knees, muscles, and my level of fatigue has dropped yet again. The doctor can say what he wants to, but I attribute this to the increased Armour dose. Granted, many people do not respond as quickly as I did. I have been hypothyroid since my late teens, but no one treated it until much later. I am now 57 and am feeling much better than I have for years. I have to think that it is the Armour that is making this difference. Nothing else explains it. BTW, I stopped taking my Celebrex (for " arthritis " ) two months before increasing the Armour. I am waiting for my doctor to find an explanation for that... He won't, but I will let him deal with that. Dianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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