RE: Re: New to the group and question about hypothyroidism

[Guest guest]

Welcome ,

Many of us have or had your symptoms and most of us at one time or another have

felt like we were losing our minds...Unfortunately , It seems to be usually be

after we see our doctors...Good luck and dont stop your research

wrote:

realize I am not crazy. Sometimes I wonder as I am losing my mind,

> Hi there and welcome. Yes, you have much to be excited about

> that you joined this group. Because we can definitely confirm to

you

> that you are most likely very hypothyroid....and your doctor is an

> idiot.

>

> Additionally, you seem to have female hormonal issues, but we can

> get to that later.

>

> First, your labs are hard to comment on when you don't give

ranges.

> So please grab those and repost them, ok?? Also you said you

> requested the free's, but you then said the tests were T3 and T4.

> Let us know exactly what you got, because a T3 is different from a

> Free T3.

>

> Next, you need to be on Armour, NOT levothyroxine. Levothyroxine

is

> a T4-only med. T4 is a storage hormone. It is meant to convert to

> the active hormone T3. But it never converts enough to what you

> need. It's a med that docs were hoodwinked about by the

> pharmaceuticals many decades ago--and it's left millions of folks

> SICK for the same amount of decades. Read my own bio on the

homepage

> of this site.

>

> Compare what you are on...to Armour. Armour contains exactly what

> our own thyroids would be making: T4, T3, T2, T1 and calcitonin.

Big

> difference, isn't it? My life made a 360 degree turn around on

> Armour. Imagine what YOU can do by getting off of levothyroxine

and

> getting on Armour!!

>

> You may need another doc. Your doc is awful. There are Top Doc

lists

> in the LINKS section of this site. Try the Armour locate-a-doc

site

> first. With Shoman's Top Doc site, you have to read the lists

> CAREFULLY since anyone can post any doc whether they prescribe

> Armour or not.

>

> Also, take time to read the articles in the FILES section. That

will

> certainly give you a head start. YOU, , are you own best

health

> professional!!

>

> Janie

>

>

> > I'm new to the group and I am excited to be a part of this

group.

> I

> > hope to find some answers that I am not getting from my dr. Here

> are some of the symptoms... hot flashes, extreme

> > sweating when everyone is comfortable(but if you touch me I am

> cool

> > to the touch), night sweats, extreme memory loss, foggy brain,

> > easily confused, hair thinning, dry skin and brittal nails,

> > significant weight gain in just a few months(even though

watching

> > what I eat and exercising regulary), headaches, ringing in ears,

> > sore throat, hard time swallowing, severe fatigue and

sleepiness,

> > achy muscles and joints, and more but I won't go on. My mother

> has

> > low thyroid and I hear it is hereditary. My temperature has

been

> > below normal for almost 3-4 years now. It use to stick right

> around

> > 96.9 but is right about 97.2-97.5 now.

[Guest guest]

>>>It isn't the same thing but my endo was surprised that I am taking

Thyrolar - he didn't know anyone still prescribed it. So of course he

wanted me to switch to $inthroid + cytomel.

Louise

My rheumatologist, who felt all along that my neuropathy could be related to

hypo, wanted me to try Thyrolar, but none of my doctors agreed. This

was before I found this group and heard about Armour. I asked the new endo

when I took my Mom if she could have Armour... no... how about Thyrolar.....

nope......... but he did add the Cytomel.

....joan

[Guest guest]

If you took Armour, it would probably cost about one tenth that.

Blessings,

Debbie K.

Re: New to the group and question

about hypothyroidism

It isn't the same thing but my endo was surprised that I am taking

Thyrolar - he didn't know anyone still prescribed it. So of course he

wanted me to switch to $inthroid + cytomel. I held my ground saying I

felt better on thyrolar AND oh by the way it's a non preferred

medicine so it cost $80 for a 90 day supply and I checked and cytome

is too sooooooooo it would cose me more to take 2 meds instead of 1

that has both. hmmm that might work with Armour because it does have

T3.

Louise

[Guest guest]

Well, thirty 60mg Armours cost me about eight dollars. I'm in the US,

southeast Alabama to be exact.

Blessings,

Debbie K.

Re: New to the group and question

> about hypothyroidism

>

>

> It isn't the same thing but my endo was surprised that I am taking

> Thyrolar - he didn't know anyone still prescribed it. So of course

he

> wanted me to switch to $inthroid + cytomel. I held my ground saying

I

> felt better on thyrolar AND oh by the way it's a non preferred

> medicine so it cost $80 for a 90 day supply and I checked and

cytome

> is too sooooooooo it would cose me more to take 2 meds instead of 1

> that has both. hmmm that might work with Armour because it does

have

> T3.

>

> Louise

>

>