Re: jaytee/was: Re: adrenal/thyroid support - when to start chelation

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J.,

I too find it hard to get the Armour dose " just right " with our little one

despite frequent blood testing. Can you give a synopsis at some time of the

advice Teitlebaum gives for dosing the Armour?

Thanks,

Re: adrenal/thyroid support - when to

start chelation

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>> Hi all,

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>> I've been on HC now for over a month and Armour for about 3 wks. I

>> know it's going to take awhile for the Armour to do its thing - I'm

>> just wondering if chelating while trying to stablize the thyroid would

>> do more harm than good?

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>>When is it " time " to start chelating?

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> Hi Val,

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> Just my opinions......

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> I can remember people in autism mercury saying to have a good

> supplement program in place for about a month before starting

> chelation. I think of the basic supplements as being important to

> protect against the damage that mercury causes. Andy has emphasized

> that it is best to get started on chelation early, rather than waiting

> to perfect everything, because chelation is a long term project and it

> is ultimately curative.

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> From my experience with HC, thyroid and chelation I would say to start

> chelating as soon as you have a feel for what the medications are

> doing. It is confusing to change too many things at the same time.

> If you find that you need to tweak the HC and thyroid doses you can

> always stop chelating if you need to.

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> In his 'From Fatigued to Fantastic " book Teitelbaum says to find the

> lowest dose of HC that 'feels the best'. Do you think that you have

> found that dose?

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> Do you have a doctor working with you to optimize the thyroid dose?

> When I was starting on thyroid medication my doctor started me on a

> low dose and had me taking small increases every 6 weeks. I see

> chelation as being compatable with gradual increases of thyroid

> medications (as long as chelation is with Andy's protocol and starting

> with the very low doses/gradual increases like TK suggests on this

> board).

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> I have found it difficult to get the thyroid 'just right' and I don't

> think I have the doses right after years of taking meds. I was happy

> to stay at a dose where I didn't feel chilled when the temperature was

> cold (like after swimming, or after being outside in the winter). Now

> that I have more than a year of chelation under my belt I am going to

> ask for more thyroid blood tests and try to tweak the doses. While

> looking at Teitelbaum's book this morning I notice that he has some

> advise about how to do that.

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> From what I can tell following these chelation support groups we are

> fairly well off (and therefore protected from harm) because we have

> the HC and thyroid hormones. Lots of people needed them but weren't

> able to get them because they couldn't find doctor support.

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> Hope my ramblings help.......

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> J

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>> Thanks,

>> Val

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