RE: Re: Synthroid & TSH

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Hi , Thanks for the advice. Here is a little info among many that I

have found relating to Thyroid problems and natural progesterone cream

http://www.health-truth.com/articles/thyroid02.asp check it out. I

have just started the natural progesterone cream which I purchased from

Arbonne at http://www.bonniedkz.myarbonne.com/arbonne/bonniedkz.nsf .

I did ask my GP doctor about the cream and he said it would be OK to

use. I also checked with my OBGYN and he also said it would be good to

use. My daughter has had some problems and she asked her surgeon and he

said it was also good to use. I also checked with the pharmacist to see

if there were any interactions and he said no unless you are taking

Estrogen HRT. So I figured it might help. My TSH was 8.37 at my last

test on 12/10 and my free thyroxine was 1.1 so the last test is within

normal range. So what is probably happening is my pituitary gland is

stimulating my thyroid to produce more thyroxine to keep my free

thyroxine level up to the normal range, I think.

Check out these sites I sent you.

Thanks

Peggy

Hi I am a little bit concerend with the treatment you are

using for your thyroid problems.natural

>progesterone cream is really for your adreanal glands and

although this is connected, your really treating your self

for adreanal stress.

is you TSH at 10? if so you are hypothryiod as it should be

around 0.3 -3.0.

Be careful sefl treating as with Afib is can casue problems.

C Uk

>

>Hi thanks for the reply. It seems when I am in afib my

thyroid is

>10, but it has also gone down again. I recently started on

a natural

>progesterone cream which is supposed to be good for your

thyroid. I am

>allergic to dairy products so I don't have anything with

dairy. I am 59

>and have had afib off and on for about 5 years. I always

have had some

>strange beats, and tacacardia occasionally, but no afib

that I knew of

>before that. I was on thyroid pills when I was pregnant

many years ago,

>but was told I did not need them any more. I started

getting really

>nervous, sweating and had a fast heartbeat so that is why

they stopped

>the thyroid pills. Now they told me I have an immune

disorder Hashamotos

>where my immune system is not only attacking bad things in

my system

>but also they are attacking my thyroid causing this

problem. I have not

>started the synthroid yet, but I probably will.

>

>Thanks

>Peggy

>

>

>

>Peggy,

>Both hypo and hyperthyroid can cause afib. Since I have had

Graves'

>Disease

>most of my life but my thyroid gland has never been killed,

my doctor

>checks

>my thyroid level (TSH and free T4) twice a year. Since I

stopped doing

>foolish

>experiments on my own, my thyroid level has been perfect in

every test.

>When

>I tried cutting Synthroid completely without my doctor's

approval, my

>afib

>worsened drastically. It seems that this is because the

adrenal gland

>secretes

>extra adrenaline when the pituitary tells the brain that

there isn't

>enough

>available thyroid hormone. The adrenaline can cause afib.

Similarly,

>too much

>thyroid can cause afib. I've had it both ways. Since I

switched to

>Levoxyl

>from Synthroid, my TSH has stayed stable and my afib

episodes are

>practically

>nonexistent. However, I attribute the decrease in afib

mainly to

>elimination

>of dairy products from my diet. You might want to ask your

doctor for

>more

>frequent thyroid tests, since results can vary widely. For

example, my

>brother

>in permanent afib showed low thyroid on the first two of

three tests

>given to

>him in a three week period. On a third test, the results

were normal

>and have

>been normal ever since. Fortunately his cautious doctor did

not

>prescribe

>thyroid hormone on the basis of the first two erroneous

tests. My

>experience

>with thyroid treatment is that it takes time and vigilance

to get the

>right

>treatment dose.

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In a message dated 12/28/2003 10:27:55 AM Pacific Standard Time,

danley7@... writes:

<< My TSH was 8.37 at my last

test on 12/10 and my free thyroxine was 1.1 so the last test is within

normal range. So what is probably happening is my pituitary gland is

stimulating my thyroid to produce more thyroxine to keep my free

thyroxine level up to the normal range, I think. >>

Peggy,

That TSH of 8.37 is too high, not within the acceptable normal parameters of

..34 to 5.6. (This, of course, is according to the measurement system of my

doctor's lab, but I think all labs use similar parameters.) Since I am not a

medical expert, I could be wrong, but at least you should ask your doctor about

this. My latest test this past week showed a TSH of 2.6 and free thyroxine of

..95, which my doctor said was perfect. What's perfect for me might not be

perfect for you, but I remember when my TSH was up around 8, 9, and 10 during my

foolish experiment in withholding Synthroid, I had numerous afib episodes. I

really think you should pursue thyroid imbalance as a source of afib, getting

a second doctor's opinion, preferably that of an endocrinologist, if

necessary. I know all too well that if thyroid is imbalanced, afib is usually

the

result. If your thyroid level is not right, I don't think anything else you do

will prevent afib.

in sinus in Seattle.