Guest guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Hi Lynda, Hope you're feeling better now? I just wanted to tell you I can relate to what you are saying about exhaustion. I've been on differing doses of Armour & Levothyroxine since November last year & am now on Armour 3 grains daily. Every time I switch doses, & even when I started taking it sublingually (same dose), I get episodes of fatigue where I've just had to go to bed. I have also felt a kind of generalised discomfort in my thyroid region at times (although I had most of mine chopped out in 1998). I think that getting used to thyroid treatment & changing doses is all ups & downs, & is a matter of time. How long though I don't know. I'm also in the UK. How long have you been on Armour? Did you get your GP to prescribe it? And are you seeing an NHS endocrinologist or did you have go privately? My GP prescribes Armour although I believe it's pretty rare. My Endo on the NHS was a deaf sadist who made me think I was a hypochondriac. I pay to see top thyroid doctor Skinner now, he's ace. Fee x > I had been feeling much better the last 2 weeks or so. Then this morning I was doing some work on the computer, I had been busy for about half an hour, when suddenly I felt completely overcome by exhaustion. I have not felt so overwhelmed for a long time. My throat started hurting, not as in a sore throat but more like a pain first at one side of my thyroid then it moved over to the other side. > I increased my armour by a quarter grain yesterday and I was wondering if it could have had this effect. I have not experienced this before when I have increased the dosage. Any ideas? > Lynda (in the UK) > ps as an aside, I am doing volunteer work transcribing births, deaths and marriages for a genealogy site called FreeBMD. If any of you have English or Welsh ancestors you might like to have a look at it. It is not yet complete, a whole load of volunteers are working on it and they expect it to be complete by 2007. > the url is http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Hi Fee good to hear from you. I am feeling better now, only the one day of exhaustion, so perhaps it was the increase of armour that caused it. I am self-treating and I buy my armour on the internet. I also saw Dr Skinner and thought he was good but my doc didn't agree with him and threatened to fire me if I kept taking the thyroxine that Dr Skinner prescribed. So, ok, I am not taking thyroxine anymore and he does not know that I am taking armour <g> Can't lose him as a GP as there is such a shortage where I live. As long as he keeps signing my sick notes that's all I need him for (and that's probably all he is good for too) Lynda Re: exhaustion I'm also in the UK. How long have you been on Armour? Did you get your GP to prescribe it? And are you seeing an NHS endocrinologist or did you have go privately? My GP prescribes Armour although I believe it's pretty rare. My Endo on the NHS was a deaf sadist who made me think I was a hypochondriac. I pay to see top thyroid doctor Skinner now, he's ace. Fee x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 >When I told him 80mcg of thyroxine, he looked at my notes and said >that it hadn't been rxd for me and where was I getting it from. >When I told him from Dr Skinner he went beserk and told me to stop >taking it immediately and if I didn't - in his words " I would be on >my own " What a JERK of a doctor that is!!!!! He not only threatens you, he also tells you to get WORSE by getting off a thyroid meds. Do I smell a bit of professional jealousy here?? At least it ended up turning you in a positive direction towards Armour. Amazing. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 yeah, he is a jerk. I am seeing him only when I need to with run of the mill stuff. I also need him to give me a certificate every six months to satisfy my insurance company as I am claiming sickness benefit from them. That only pays out for 2 years so once that is up I will need to see him even less <g> Lynda Re: exhaustion What a JERK of a doctor that is!!!!! He not only threatens you, he also tells you to get WORSE by getting off a thyroid meds. Do I smell a bit of professional jealousy here?? At least it ended up turning you in a positive direction towards Armour. Amazing. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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