Re: Need advice or thoughts

[Guest guest]

Just a thought...have you had your Ferritin levels checked...iron

deficiency could be stoppping the Armour form doing its job....

Hb alone isn't enough. if you have just given birth your iron

levels may well be low and that will give " hypo " symptoms...

Hope you feel much better soon..

Fluffy

--- In NaturalThyroidHormones , " smcmille2002 "

<mcmilleb@b...> wrote

Well now....... I found a doc that supports

> armour and he put me on 3 grains approximately one month ago. I

feel

> awful. My joints hurt so badly in the morning I can hardly walk.

I

> feel like I have the flu 24 hours a day. I am forgetting things,

I

> definately have attention issues, I will go to do something in a

room

> in my house and then begin to do something else completely

forgetting

> what I originally was going to do. I feel like I am going crazy.

My

> house is a wreck, I would never allow anyone to come in to it

right

> now. I need to nap constantly. Please don't say it is because I

> have a baby, this is very different. All my energy is going to

her

> and my ten year old. My husband is very supportive and can sense

> when I am in pain so he takes over. I am a teacher and only work

2

> 1/2 days a week in a stress free environment so it is not work

> related. It is physiological I believe. Please post if any of

this

> sounds familiar to you.

> My hair is falling out, I am swollen in the face, my throat is

> sore. I sweat but my legs and feet feel cold, etc............

>

> Sorry sooooo long ( :

[Guest guest]

Hi,

So sorry you are feeling bad. I can empathize! It's so depressing when

you can't function and do simple tasks. I am currently trying to find

my optimal dose on Armour (became severely hypo after babies, although

I am certain I have had Hashi's for years). I suspect that your

thyroid is REALLY pooped out from the pregnancy. Perhaps you now need

more Armour than what originally made you feel well. Maybe this will

need to be adjusted back down once your hormones start to level out. I

will say that my hair did not start falling out, and I did not have

acne, severe fatigue, body aches, swollen tongue, carpel tunnel

etc.... until my daughter was approx. 12 months old. I had several

other symptoms including some of the above that waxed and waned over

the years, but never as bad as most recently. Have you been checking

your heart rate, basal temps, and blood pressure to see if your armour

dosage is doing the trick? Good luck to you!!!

>

> I posted awhile back about nursing. Just a brief history: I became

> hypo about ten years ago after the birth of my son. Took my doctor's

> advice as if it were the gospel. Took synthroid for many years,

> never felt well just assumed maybe in my head etc.... finally began

> research and discovered armour. Begged to be put on it and was

> finally granted the priveledge but not without rolling the eyes and

> being told it was not a superior drug.... well , I felt like a

> million bucks on 3 grains a day, lost 25 pounds, actually cleaned my

> house, etc.... also became pregnant after trying for 9 years.

> Doctor immediately made me quit armour and take synthroid. I got

> three different doctor opinions and they all agreed so I did as I was

> told and delivered a beautiful healthy baby girl in January. (I felt

> fine during pregnancy). Well now....... I found a doc that supports

> armour and he put me on 3 grains approximately one month ago. I feel

> awful. My joints hurt so badly in the morning I can hardly walk. I

> feel like I have the flu 24 hours a day. I am forgetting things, I

> definately have attention issues, I will go to do something in a room

> in my house and then begin to do something else completely forgetting

> what I originally was going to do. I feel like I am going crazy. My

> house is a wreck, I would never allow anyone to come in to it right

> now. I need to nap constantly. Please don't say it is because I

> have a baby, this is very different. All my energy is going to her

> and my ten year old. My husband is very supportive and can sense

> when I am in pain so he takes over. I am a teacher and only work 2

> 1/2 days a week in a stress free environment so it is not work

> related. It is physiological I believe. Please post if any of this

> sounds familiar to you.

> My hair is falling out, I am swollen in the face, my throat is

> sore. I sweat but my legs and feet feel cold, etc............

>

> Sorry sooooo long ( :

[Guest guest]

---

Thank you for your reply. If my ferratin levels are low, what do you

typically take for that??

In NaturalThyroidHormones , " fluffyowl2000 "

<fluffyowl2000@y...> wrote:

>

> Just a thought...have you had your Ferritin levels checked...iron

> deficiency could be stoppping the Armour form doing its job....

> Hb alone isn't enough. if you have just given birth your iron

> levels may well be low and that will give " hypo " symptoms...

> Hope you feel much better soon..

> Fluffy

>

> --- In NaturalThyroidHormones , " smcmille2002 "

> <mcmilleb@b...> wrote

>

> Well now....... I found a doc that supports

> > armour and he put me on 3 grains approximately one month ago. I

> feel

> > awful. My joints hurt so badly in the morning I can hardly

walk.

> I

> > feel like I have the flu 24 hours a day. I am forgetting things,

> I

> > definately have attention issues, I will go to do something in a

> room

> > in my house and then begin to do something else completely

> forgetting

> > what I originally was going to do. I feel like I am going

crazy.

> My

> > house is a wreck, I would never allow anyone to come in to it

> right

> > now. I need to nap constantly. Please don't say it is because I

> > have a baby, this is very different. All my energy is going to

> her

> > and my ten year old. My husband is very supportive and can sense

> > when I am in pain so he takes over. I am a teacher and only work

> 2

> > 1/2 days a week in a stress free environment so it is not work

> > related. It is physiological I believe. Please post if any of

> this

> > sounds familiar to you.

> > My hair is falling out, I am swollen in the face, my throat is

> > sore. I sweat but my legs and feet feel cold, etc............

> >

> > Sorry sooooo long ( :

[Guest guest]

---Also, what is Hb??

In NaturalThyroidHormones , " fluffyowl2000 "

<fluffyowl2000@y...> wrote:

>

> Just a thought...have you had your Ferritin levels checked...iron

> deficiency could be stoppping the Armour form doing its job....

> Hb alone isn't enough. if you have just given birth your iron

> levels may well be low and that will give " hypo " symptoms...

> Hope you feel much better soon..

> Fluffy

>

> --- In NaturalThyroidHormones , " smcmille2002 "

> <mcmilleb@b...> wrote

>

> Well now....... I found a doc that supports

> > armour and he put me on 3 grains approximately one month ago. I

> feel

> > awful. My joints hurt so badly in the morning I can hardly

walk.

> I

> > feel like I have the flu 24 hours a day. I am forgetting things,

> I

> > definately have attention issues, I will go to do something in a

> room

> > in my house and then begin to do something else completely

> forgetting

> > what I originally was going to do. I feel like I am going

crazy.

> My

> > house is a wreck, I would never allow anyone to come in to it

> right

> > now. I need to nap constantly. Please don't say it is because I

> > have a baby, this is very different. All my energy is going to

> her

> > and my ten year old. My husband is very supportive and can sense

> > when I am in pain so he takes over. I am a teacher and only work

> 2

> > 1/2 days a week in a stress free environment so it is not work

> > related. It is physiological I believe. Please post if any of

> this

> > sounds familiar to you.

> > My hair is falling out, I am swollen in the face, my throat is

> > sore. I sweat but my legs and feet feel cold, etc............

> >

> > Sorry sooooo long ( :

[Guest guest]

I got

>> three different doctor opinions and they all agreed so I did as I was

>> told and delivered a beautiful healthy baby girl in January. (I felt

>> fine during pregnancy). Well now....... I found a doc that supports

>> armour and he put me on 3 grains approximately one month ago. I feel

>> awful.

During pregnancy the thyroid works overtime and some women go hyper

-so the amount of synthetic hormone plus a ramped up thyroid would

have been fine. However, now that you are 4 months post partum, your

thyroid will have gone back to pre pregnancy rates of production and

it probably means that you just need more armour as your body needs

more hormone than it can make or is supplied by your present dose.

I'd also find out if you are anaemic - [iron deficiency ]

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[Guest guest]

Hb...haemoglobin

> ---Also, what is Hb??

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, For me, I take a product over the counter called Slow FE. It's a

bit more expensive than some other brands, however I know that it

kept my iron up during my massive female problems. It is gentle on

the stomach and most of it is absorbed by the body.

From my limited information, if your body has enough Iron it will

throw off what it considers as extra, however I try to dose within

reasonable limits established by the manufacturers recommendation.

Unless, now here is the kicker, I were to test for low Ferritin.

Then that throws a curve into my theory of treatment.

Gossimer

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Congradulations on the birth of your babies!!! both the 10yr old as

well as the baby!

I've got a whole host of questions here...

Are you taking any multi vitimins?

Are you taking any extra Iron?

Any extra Vit B complex?

Any extra Vit C (ascorbic acid version)?

Any Essential Oil Capsules

Are you taking anything to support your Adrenal glands?

How and what are you eating?

Did you jump from Synthroid to 3 grains of Armour directly or did

you do a slow increase onto Armour, starting at maybe 1 grain of

Armour and then every three weeks increased 1/2 a grain up to 3

grains?

Okay, the question that will be asked by a lot of us:

How long have you been on Armour?

When was the last lab blood workup done?

Could you post your lab results so that we could take a gander at

your levels of Free T3, Free T4 and any other test results that were

included in the lab testing...If you have them we could also use the

ranges of each of these tests. With the ranges of the lab tests for

each of the tests, we are able to see how your blood workup stacks

up against the labs tests.

Well thats a start, I'm sure that others will have other questions

as well as we throw in our two bits of help.

Gossimer

> Hi All,

>

> I posted awhile back about nursing. Just a brief history: I

became

> hypo about ten years ago after the birth of my son. Took my

doctor's

> advice as if it were the gospel. Took synthroid for many years,

> never felt well just assumed maybe in my head etc.... finally

began

> research and discovered armour. Begged to be put on it and was

> finally granted the priveledge but not without rolling the eyes

and

> being told it was not a superior drug.... well , I felt like a

> million bucks on 3 grains a day, lost 25 pounds, actually cleaned

my

> house, etc.... also became pregnant after trying for 9 years.

> Doctor immediately made me quit armour and take synthroid. I got

> three different doctor opinions and they all agreed so I did as I

was

> told and delivered a beautiful healthy baby girl in January. (I

felt

> fine during pregnancy). Well now....... I found a doc that

supports

> armour and he put me on 3 grains approximately one month ago. I

feel

> awful. My joints hurt so badly in the morning I can hardly walk.

I

> feel like I have the flu 24 hours a day. I am forgetting things,

I

> definately have attention issues, I will go to do something in a

room

> in my house and then begin to do something else completely

forgetting

> what I originally was going to do. I feel like I am going crazy.

My

> house is a wreck, I would never allow anyone to come in to it

right

> now. I need to nap constantly. Please don't say it is because I

> have a baby, this is very different. All my energy is going to

her

> and my ten year old. My husband is very supportive and can sense

> when I am in pain so he takes over. I am a teacher and only work

2

> 1/2 days a week in a stress free environment so it is not work

> related. It is physiological I believe. Please post if any of

this

> sounds familiar to you.

> My hair is falling out, I am swollen in the face, my throat is

> sore. I sweat but my legs and feet feel cold, etc............

>

> Sorry sooooo long ( :

[Guest guest]

> > Hi All,

> >

> > I posted awhile back about nursing. Just a brief history: I

> became

> > hypo about ten years ago after the birth of my son. Took my

> doctor's

> > advice as if it were the gospel. Took synthroid for many years,

> > never felt well just assumed maybe in my head etc.... finally

> began

> > research and discovered armour. Begged to be put on it and was

> > finally granted the priveledge but not without rolling the eyes

> and

> > being told it was not a superior drug.... well , I felt like a

> > million bucks on 3 grains a day, lost 25 pounds, actually cleaned

> my

> > house, etc.... also became pregnant after trying for 9 years.

> > Doctor immediately made me quit armour and take synthroid. I got

> > three different doctor opinions and they all agreed so I did as I

> was

> > told and delivered a beautiful healthy baby girl in January. (I

> felt

> > fine during pregnancy). Well now....... I found a doc that

> supports

> > armour and he put me on 3 grains approximately one month ago. I

> feel

> > awful. My joints hurt so badly in the morning I can hardly

walk.

> I

> > feel like I have the flu 24 hours a day. I am forgetting things,

> I

> > definately have attention issues, I will go to do something in a

> room

> > in my house and then begin to do something else completely

> forgetting

> > what I originally was going to do. I feel like I am going

crazy.

> My

> > house is a wreck, I would never allow anyone to come in to it

> right

> > now. I need to nap constantly. Please don't say it is because I

> > have a baby, this is very different. All my energy is going to

> her

> > and my ten year old. My husband is very supportive and can sense

> > when I am in pain so he takes over. I am a teacher and only work

> 2

> > 1/2 days a week in a stress free environment so it is not work

> > related. It is physiological I believe. Please post if any of

> this

> > sounds familiar to you.

> > My hair is falling out, I am swollen in the face, my throat is

> > sore. I sweat but my legs and feet feel cold, etc............

> >

> > Sorry sooooo long ( :