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

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What you want to do is get Broda ' superb book on

hypothyroidism. Broda was an MD and PhD who devoted his life

to studying the thyroid - U of Chicago and elsewhere - came up with

some fascinating insights, and was then cold shouldered.

Cutler alludes to his work, but it is only in reading his book that

you really get it.

Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness

said to ignore any and all blood work, as all that it says is

how much hormone is in the blood, and not what it is doing, and rather

to test what it is doing by measuring your body temperature upon

waking up. He treated several thousand people with amazing results;

amazon has quite a few grateful reviewers whose life he totally changed.

half.com sells it for $2.50.

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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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