Re: Thyroid dose info and more

[Guest guest]

> I have been researching thyroid doses prior to reliance on the TSH

> test which was somewhere around 1973. I have really just begun.

But,

> I have found interesting material that I thought people might like

> to read. My comments are in parethesis at the end of paragraphs and

> have a star by them.

>

> Tish

From 1967 to 1973 I was put on 3 grains Armour - or natural -

thyroid...in 1973, my doctor who had treated me by the Broda

method of symptoms and low temp had died and testing came into

vogue...it was decided I did not need thyroid hormones and it was

taken away from me for the next 20 years....in that time i succumbed

to rheumatoid arthritis, my adrenals burned out, I got severe

hypoglycemia, firbromyalgia, constant infections and became host to

the mother of all chronic fatigue organisms which was replicating in

my ogans to the point I was sleeping 23 hours a day and totally

useless ...went from doctor to endo to doctor for many

years...finally got back on thyroid at age 43 - got rid of my RA at

44 (had it from age 26), and slowly improved. The addition of

thyroid again helped me fanntastically. In January I just completed a

5 year protocol of antibiotics which wiped out the chronic fatigue

organism - a bacteria (bacillus) which acts like a retrovirus....so I

know what you're saying here!!

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/17/2004 11:04:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,

saltillo@... writes:

> Sometimes this entails finding the amount that causes

> symptoms of overdosage and then giving somewhat less

I'm glad to see someone else thinks this...I've been having some thoughts

along these lines.

cindi

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/17/2004 11:04:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,

saltillo@... writes:

> (*Two texts found that the body adapts to high levels of thyroid

> hormones by clearing them out of the system at a higher rate. This

> is why a slight excess should not be a big problem. No mention of

> osteoporosis was made with respect to Armour replacement.

interesting....i like this...

cindi

[Guest guest]

The body does not clear out excess thyroid hormone. The body goes into

hyper mode with excess hormone, and if this happens for an extended period

of time, a person may/can have a heart attack. I do believe in the old ways

of treating by symptoms, which is the way that it always should have been,

but we have to remember that everything learned about the thyroid up to now

was NOT known at that time. Excess thyroid hormone never just goes out of

the body like the water soluble vitamins do. We're getting into dangerous

terrritory here.

Re: Thyroid dose info and more

> In a message dated 7/17/2004 11:04:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> saltillo@... writes:

>

> > (*Two texts found that the body adapts to high levels of thyroid

> > hormones by clearing them out of the system at a higher rate. This

> > is why a slight excess should not be a big problem. No mention of

> > osteoporosis was made with respect to Armour replacement.

>

> interesting....i like this...

> cindi