& THYROID Issues - joanne

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> - I'm curious about your thyroid treatment. Mine was (and

still is) so OUT OF WHACK!. The first tests that were done seemed

normal, yet I was clearly hypothyroid. When I finally met up with a

doctor who was certain I was hypothyroid & did saliva tests to

confirm it, we started with Armour, got no results, then went to

Cytomel for T3 (which was proportionately low). I was at 50 mcg of

Cytomel before I got results!!!! Up until that time, I had virtually

no short-term memory & was living the life of an Alzheimer's patient -

WITH chronic fatigue. Later, I learned about the right supplements,

foods, etc., to manage mercury levels & all my thyroid levels held

steady in normal ranges. (I also took glandulars to support T4 which

I get from my doctor.)

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> My amalgams were removed in January, and my thyroid levels were

retested this month. Results now came back with my TSH at 0.0!!!!

So my Cytomel Rx was cut in half & I'm hoping I'll adjust soon to

this. Does anyone have experience with this?

TK--- Hi Joanne, testing just TSH means nothing by itself.

Appropriate Thyroid testing includes Free & total T3 & T4 ,T7, TSH

and maybe some others I am not aware of. There is a yahoo thyroid

forum that probably has very current suggestions on testing and

supplements etc. Hg chelation can help.

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> Also, about 9 years back I received an ADD diagnosis and took

Adderall for 3-4 years. As with those of you who've taken

antidepressants, perhaps it wasn't the right diagnosis or treatment,

but it kept me alive long enough & improved my mental ability enough

that I was able to read & learn & ultimately get on the right path to

finding out what had really gone wrong. Sadly, 12 years ago another

doctor had decided things could be resolved with a complete

hysterectomy. My hormones never did recover from that shock & when

we consider mercury was binding to what little I had.....

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> Joanne