and Polly

[Guest guest]

, your family is beautiful! Thanks for sharing the web site

Polly, Guess you can count us as lucky too. Both of my boys take

L-thyroxine which is an IV form of T4 and both have had improved

hypothyroidism symptoms. I'd definitely have to disagree with you saying

that most people do not get better with synthetic T4. . I have to think

that if there was no improvement to be had that endocrinologists would not

be prescribing it . Undetected Hypothyroidism caused my son's Mito disease

to become progressive when it had been stable for years and I am thankful

every day that he responds as well as he does to L-thyroxine or he would be

dead now.

I do not know anything about the products you speak of so would not presume

to comment upon them. But I do feel you need to be careful with what you

are saying - treating true thyroid problems without the advice and watch of

an MD is unsafe . That's not to say that the products you speak of are not

helpful - but labs and symptoms need to be watched. As Jeannine stated -

if the thyroid problems are due to pituitary hypofunction then there is a

good chance that the ability of the pituitary to stimulate cortisol

production is impaired. This absolutely must be tested before ever

starting on thyroid replacement. A person could die if they have

undetected cortisol insufficiency and they start taking boatloads of

thyroid replacements. The thyroid hormone will 'eat up " cortisol and in a

person who can not produce adequate stress amounts....well it can be

lethal. I've been there and done that with a son who landed in ICU so

please be careful with what you are advising on this list.

Anne