Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 so, on november 19th, i go in to see my endo again after 1 month (well, it will be 5 weeks by then) on 30mg (1/2 grain) of armour. unless something radical happens in the next four weeks, i will be asking her to increase my dose. how should that happen? is going from 30 to 60 too big a jump? do i need to go to 45 first? for how long? how long do we need to wait between dosage increases? thanks so much in advance. rachel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 > what's up with the iron? i feel like i'm missing something. , for some reason, lots of hypo folks are low in Ferritin. Ferritin refers to storage iron. And if you are low in Ferritin, it can cause problems down the line as you try to raise your Armour. It's wise to get it tested. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 > Many top docs feel that thyroid tests are unnecessary and invalid when you > have antibodies. You must dose my symptoms only. i have heard this alluded to, but have never been able to find anything written about it. > Have you seen the article on this by Dr. Woliner on mary shomans site? > i found an article that was about a patient named michelle, and a conversation woliner had with her about the different tests. is that the one you are referring to? i wish that i could find one that was more technical, one that my doctor might actually respect, you know? any suggestions? > My husband always had a low tsh, and I always knew he was hypo. Until we > tested for antibodies, we would have never known he did need the armour. He > is doing very well on it. I only wish he had gotten on it years ago. i'm glad that i pushed until the antibodies were tested, otherwise i'd still be suffering even more with no idea why. but frankly, i don't know why my doctor is treating me. i don't think it's because i have antibodies. my suspiscion is that she's only treating me trying to shrink my goiter and nodules. if they don't shrink, then we go FNA. rachel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Here's the link: http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/woliner.htm Thanks for the info! This is great! who has antibodies and not enough armour! > > > Many top docs feel that thyroid tests are unnecessary and invalid > > when you > > > have antibodies. You must dose my symptoms only. > > > > i have heard this alluded to, but have never been able to find > > anything written about it. > > > > > > > Have you seen the article on this by Dr. Woliner on mary shomans site? > > > > > i found an article that was about a patient named michelle, and a > > conversation woliner had with her about the different tests. is that > > the one you are referring to? i wish that i could find one that was > > more technical, one that my doctor might actually respect, you know? > > any suggestions? > > > > > > > My husband always had a low tsh, and I always knew he was hypo. > Until we > > > tested for antibodies, we would have never known he did need the > > armour. He > > > is doing very well on it. I only wish he had gotten on it years ago. > > > > i'm glad that i pushed until the antibodies were tested, otherwise i'd > > still be suffering even more with no idea why. but frankly, i don't > > know why my doctor is treating me. i don't think it's because i have > > antibodies. my suspiscion is that she's only treating me trying to > > shrink my goiter and nodules. if they don't shrink, then we go FNA. > > > > rachel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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