Re: not tolerating thyroid/Iodine supplementation

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What differences did you feel? Did your temp go up?

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> I got on the Iodoral from Lynn's research and suggestion to check it

> out, and I noticed a difference right away. (Was I supposed to? I don't

> know...) Apparently there are other forms that are less expensive

> than the Iodoral though....it's just the first one I got my hands on.

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> ~Inga

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What differences did you feel? Did your temp go up?

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> I got on the Iodoral from Lynn's research and suggestion to check it

> out, and I noticed a difference right away. (Was I supposed to? I don't

> know...) Apparently there are other forms that are less expensive

> than the Iodoral though....it's just the first one I got my hands on.

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> ~Inga

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[Guest guest]

What differences did you feel? Did your temp go up?

>

> I got on the Iodoral from Lynn's research and suggestion to check it

> out, and I noticed a difference right away. (Was I supposed to? I don't

> know...) Apparently there are other forms that are less expensive

> than the Iodoral though....it's just the first one I got my hands on.

>

> ~Inga

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Yes, my temps went up some.

It feels like Iam getting " more thyroid " . Actually, things are very

squirrelly with me.

I have now quit Armour thyroid alltogether as of about 3 days ago, and am

taking about 25 or a little mor mcg of straight T3 a day (unfortunately,

not timed release, so I try to spread it out) At one time I was on as much

as 5 grains of Armour a day.

I have also been on as little as 2 grains a day.

Right now, I am seeming to feel better on none.....then again, ithas only

bebe a few days since I quit, so I am keeping close tabes on things and

jsut watchin ghow I feel. I can alsways start taking it again, I figure.

My heart has been doing real bad...racing, shortness of breath....soe of

it is form food allergies...I am thinking I will do better on just

straight T3....we shall see.

Anyway, I jsut felt more oompf after taking the Iodoral.....it was subtle,

but my body seems to like it.

~Inga

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>> I got on the Iodoral from Lynn's research and suggestion to check it

>> out, and I noticed a difference right away. (Was I supposed to? I don't

>> know...) Apparently there are other forms that are less expensive

>> than the Iodoral though....it's just the first one I got my hands on.

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>> ~Inga

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Yes, my temps went up some.

It feels like Iam getting " more thyroid " . Actually, things are very

squirrelly with me.

I have now quit Armour thyroid alltogether as of about 3 days ago, and am

taking about 25 or a little mor mcg of straight T3 a day (unfortunately,

not timed release, so I try to spread it out) At one time I was on as much

as 5 grains of Armour a day.

I have also been on as little as 2 grains a day.

Right now, I am seeming to feel better on none.....then again, ithas only

bebe a few days since I quit, so I am keeping close tabes on things and

jsut watchin ghow I feel. I can alsways start taking it again, I figure.

My heart has been doing real bad...racing, shortness of breath....soe of

it is form food allergies...I am thinking I will do better on just

straight T3....we shall see.

Anyway, I jsut felt more oompf after taking the Iodoral.....it was subtle,

but my body seems to like it.

~Inga

> What differences did you feel? Did your temp go up?

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>> I got on the Iodoral from Lynn's research and suggestion to check it

>> out, and I noticed a difference right away. (Was I supposed to? I don't

>> know...) Apparently there are other forms that are less expensive

>> than the Iodoral though....it's just the first one I got my hands on.

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>> ~Inga

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> >> I got on the Iodoral from Lynn's research and suggestion to check it

> >> out, and I noticed a difference right away. (Was I supposed to? I

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> >> know...) Apparently there are other forms that are less expensive

> >> than the Iodoral though....it's just the first one I got my hands on.

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> >> ~Inga

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You're scaring me again Inga!

IM>>>>>>Sheesh, sorry, I didn't mean to do that! I have been messing with

this thyroid dosing for a long time now, and it doesn't seem to do much

for me one way or the other, excpet that me heqrt keeps on gettng worse,

so I am tyring to do it a different way. Maybe I can not convert, and with

the Armour, keep way too much T4 floating around...

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How fast did you decrease the dose down

> to nothing? (not that I know how to decrease properly; I've never

> done it).

IM>>>>>Firt of all, let me say that I don't think anybody should simply

try and copy what I have been doing.

For years I was at 2 grains. Did nothing except for give me my periods back.

About 2 years ago,I started wriing on raising my thyroid becasue the NTH

forum seems to suggest that all my problems laid in not having my thyroid

up to where it needed to be. I got all the wya up to 5 grains, and then

finally my pulse got a little racey, so I dropped back to 4 1/2 grains.

Not realizing I had adrenal fatigue, because, it was not a clear cut case

by symptoms, at this dose, my adrenals crashed, and I began taking

cortisone.

I dropped back from 4 1/2 grains last year over a period of probably a few

weeks.

After taking cortisone, for about a year, and then sat at 3 1/2 for a long

time. NOne of this seems to affect my temperatures or pulse very much.

Come this spring, with my heart getting worse and worse, and yet temps

still low, and resting heart rate never going up, in March, I dropped down

to 2 1/2 grains.

Later on this summer I began going back and forth between 2 and 2 1/2

grains, and began adding in some straight T3.

Adding the Iodoral, my temps are better than they were, even at 3 1/2 and

4 1/2 grains.

Then I sat at about 1 grain for a week or two, while still adding a little

straight T3.

I have also been weaning off of cortisone, and when I quit the Armour

alltogether, I also quit the cortisone (again)

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> T4 stays in the body for some time, so the effects of stopping it

> might not be immediately noticeable.

IM>>>>>Yes!!!!!!!! and I am well aware that I might run into trouble right

around the corner and am keeping a close watch on things.

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I remember when I switched from

> Thyroid to synthetic T4 plus T3 it was about 3 or 4 days before I 'hit

> the wall' and I thought that I was keeping the doseages about the

> same. Same thing happened when I switched from Synthroid to Thyroid.

IM>>>>>Hmmmm...I noticed nothing when they switched me from Armour to

Synthroid for 2 months and then back again.....nothing

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> When I hit the wall I was driving.... merging into cars, turning in

> front of cars, missing turnoffs and so on. (If I was you I wouldn't

> drive until you see how this decrease is working out).

IM>>>>>>Oops...been driving every day....can't walk much, LOL.

Fortunately, I don't go near cities, and am out in God's country, where

the roads are pretty much wide open.

I have run out of thryoid before, and know " the wall: to which you refer,

although mine did not hit with the severity yours seems to have, and

presented more like severe adrenal fatigue, where the ensuing weakness,

was debilitating and made me almsot break down and cry.

I have my straight T3 to take though, and I keep my cortisone handy.

EVERYTHING YOU SAY ARE GOOD WORDS OF ADVICE AND WELL HEADED.

, it is simply that I have to do something to save my life....my

heart is getting really bad, and downregulation of thyroid can help to

preserve the heart...in a way, and to a degee. (Read up on Cheney and what

he has to say about the heart regarding Chronic Fatigue)

And so, I am not necessarily trying to just downregualte, per se, but if

my body is not converting all of the T4 anyway, and maybe not even using

much of the T3, then having it float around in me isn't doing much good

either.

Andy writes that it is the T4 that actually makes the heart go thump,

thump, thump, (or thumpity-thump.... in his words).... and so I am trying

to stay on either all, or at least only a very small part Armour, and see

how I do with just T3.

Time will tell.

I crashed doing jsut T3 about 1 1/2 years ago too (when I ran out of

Armour), but my adrenals were way down at that time, and I had been doing

more Armour then, and definitely didn't replace with enough T3, I think

.......

Wish me luck....I definitley need it.

~Inga

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You're scaring me again Inga!

IM>>>>>>Sheesh, sorry, I didn't mean to do that! I have been messing with

this thyroid dosing for a long time now, and it doesn't seem to do much

for me one way or the other, excpet that me heqrt keeps on gettng worse,

so I am tyring to do it a different way. Maybe I can not convert, and with

the Armour, keep way too much T4 floating around...

==============

How fast did you decrease the dose down

> to nothing? (not that I know how to decrease properly; I've never

> done it).

IM>>>>>Firt of all, let me say that I don't think anybody should simply

try and copy what I have been doing.

For years I was at 2 grains. Did nothing except for give me my periods back.

About 2 years ago,I started wriing on raising my thyroid becasue the NTH

forum seems to suggest that all my problems laid in not having my thyroid

up to where it needed to be. I got all the wya up to 5 grains, and then

finally my pulse got a little racey, so I dropped back to 4 1/2 grains.

Not realizing I had adrenal fatigue, because, it was not a clear cut case

by symptoms, at this dose, my adrenals crashed, and I began taking

cortisone.

I dropped back from 4 1/2 grains last year over a period of probably a few

weeks.

After taking cortisone, for about a year, and then sat at 3 1/2 for a long

time. NOne of this seems to affect my temperatures or pulse very much.

Come this spring, with my heart getting worse and worse, and yet temps

still low, and resting heart rate never going up, in March, I dropped down

to 2 1/2 grains.

Later on this summer I began going back and forth between 2 and 2 1/2

grains, and began adding in some straight T3.

Adding the Iodoral, my temps are better than they were, even at 3 1/2 and

4 1/2 grains.

Then I sat at about 1 grain for a week or two, while still adding a little

straight T3.

I have also been weaning off of cortisone, and when I quit the Armour

alltogether, I also quit the cortisone (again)

==============

>

> T4 stays in the body for some time, so the effects of stopping it

> might not be immediately noticeable.

IM>>>>>Yes!!!!!!!! and I am well aware that I might run into trouble right

around the corner and am keeping a close watch on things.

===============

I remember when I switched from

> Thyroid to synthetic T4 plus T3 it was about 3 or 4 days before I 'hit

> the wall' and I thought that I was keeping the doseages about the

> same. Same thing happened when I switched from Synthroid to Thyroid.

IM>>>>>Hmmmm...I noticed nothing when they switched me from Armour to

Synthroid for 2 months and then back again.....nothing

=================

> When I hit the wall I was driving.... merging into cars, turning in

> front of cars, missing turnoffs and so on. (If I was you I wouldn't

> drive until you see how this decrease is working out).

IM>>>>>>Oops...been driving every day....can't walk much, LOL.

Fortunately, I don't go near cities, and am out in God's country, where

the roads are pretty much wide open.

I have run out of thryoid before, and know " the wall: to which you refer,

although mine did not hit with the severity yours seems to have, and

presented more like severe adrenal fatigue, where the ensuing weakness,

was debilitating and made me almsot break down and cry.

I have my straight T3 to take though, and I keep my cortisone handy.

EVERYTHING YOU SAY ARE GOOD WORDS OF ADVICE AND WELL HEADED.

, it is simply that I have to do something to save my life....my

heart is getting really bad, and downregulation of thyroid can help to

preserve the heart...in a way, and to a degee. (Read up on Cheney and what

he has to say about the heart regarding Chronic Fatigue)

And so, I am not necessarily trying to just downregualte, per se, but if

my body is not converting all of the T4 anyway, and maybe not even using

much of the T3, then having it float around in me isn't doing much good

either.

Andy writes that it is the T4 that actually makes the heart go thump,

thump, thump, (or thumpity-thump.... in his words).... and so I am trying

to stay on either all, or at least only a very small part Armour, and see

how I do with just T3.

Time will tell.

I crashed doing jsut T3 about 1 1/2 years ago too (when I ran out of

Armour), but my adrenals were way down at that time, and I had been doing

more Armour then, and definitely didn't replace with enough T3, I think

.......

Wish me luck....I definitley need it.

~Inga

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> I have also been weaning off of cortisone, and when I quit the Armour

> alltogether, I also quit the cortisone (again)

> ==============

> >

> > T4 stays in the body for some time, so the effects of stopping it

> > might not be immediately noticeable.

>

> IM>>>>>Yes!!!!!!!! and I am well aware that I might run into trouble

right

> around the corner and am keeping a close watch on things.

> ===============

>

> I remember when I switched from

> > Thyroid to synthetic T4 plus T3 it was about 3 or 4 days before I 'hit

> > the wall' and I thought that I was keeping the doseages about the

> > same. Same thing happened when I switched from Synthroid to Thyroid.

>

> IM>>>>>Hmmmm...I noticed nothing when they switched me from Armour to

> Synthroid for 2 months and then back again.....nothing

I have no idea why I am so sensitive to slight changes of dose. Just

have to tell you in case you notice anything. I don't listen to the

thyroid forums so I don't know what others experience.

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> > When I hit the wall I was driving.... merging into cars, turning in

> > front of cars, missing turnoffs and so on. (If I was you I wouldn't

> > drive until you see how this decrease is working out).

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> IM>>>>>>Oops...been driving every day....can't walk much, LOL.

> Fortunately, I don't go near cities, and am out in God's country, where

> the roads are pretty much wide open.

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Same with me, small prairie city with lots of spaces to hit between

the cars.

> I have run out of thryoid before, and know " the wall: to which you

refer,

> although mine did not hit with the severity yours seems to have, and

> presented more like severe adrenal fatigue, where the ensuing weakness,

> was debilitating and made me almsot break down and cry.

>

Shows how different we can be. For me it was space cadet of the

century, no fatigue.

> I have my straight T3 to take though, and I keep my cortisone handy.

>

> EVERYTHING YOU SAY ARE GOOD WORDS OF ADVICE AND WELL HEADED.

>

> , it is simply that I have to do something to save my life....

I understand. I wish there was something I could do to help.

All the best

my

> heart is getting really bad, and downregulation of thyroid can help to

> preserve the heart...in a way, and to a degee. (Read up on Cheney

and what

> he has to say about the heart regarding Chronic Fatigue)

>

> And so, I am not necessarily trying to just downregualte, per se, but if

> my body is not converting all of the T4 anyway, and maybe not even using

> much of the T3, then having it float around in me isn't doing much good

> either.

>

> Andy writes that it is the T4 that actually makes the heart go thump,

> thump, thump, (or thumpity-thump.... in his words).... and so I am

trying

> to stay on either all, or at least only a very small part Armour,

and see

> how I do with just T3.

>

> Time will tell.

>

> I crashed doing jsut T3 about 1 1/2 years ago too (when I ran out of

> Armour), but my adrenals were way down at that time, and I had been

doing

> more Armour then, and definitely didn't replace with enough T3, I think

> ......

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> Wish me luck....I definitley need it.

> ~Inga

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