Re: 3 months and little relief, advise please...

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In a message dated 10/20/2004 2:14:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,

FlyingDreams@... writes:

> Working on insomnia with

> supplements instead of drugs. It's hard. Worked ok for a couple

> days, then kept waking up. Any suggestions on how long to take

> sleeping pills (sonata). Am I just suffering for nothing struggling

> with supplements, when will normal sleep return

i started having trouble with insomnia and started taking melatonin and my

calcium/mag/zinc supplement about an hour before bedtime and that worked for me.

cindi

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In a message dated 10/20/2004 2:14:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,

FlyingDreams@... writes:

> It's really

> driving me nuts. I'm 37 and this is too young to feel this way!

>

at any age, it's not right to feel that way when help is available. have you

considered self-medicating. My first ENT was like your doc...wouldn't give

me more medication even though the Free T4 was still .77. I don't know what

kind of power trip they're on...but i don't have time for it. I learned there

was Armour available without a prescription from these forum groups...and they

taught me how to self-medicate...and it's probably the best medical decision I

ever made.

Cindi

[Guest guest]

Hi there . You simply need to be on a LOT more Armour with it's

direct T3. Yes, waiting nine weeks is far too long to keep you where

you are. You have to find a better doc, or send off for more Armour

from myrxforless. Additionally, you appear to have Hashi's, which can

skew your results---showing one thing at one particular test, and

something different at the next test. You have to dose by symptoms!

And an a.m. cortisol test is not enough. You could be " normal " in the

morning, yet high in the night, which can cause that insomnia.

Janie

After being on meds for 13 weeks (over

> 3 months) I'm REALLY concerned about the drowsiness and insomnia.

>

> My test results:

>

> Here's my test results:

>

> 8 wks on synthroid 50 = 3.04 before synthroid 6.9

> T4 free 1.4 (.8-1.8)

> T4 Total 9.7 (4.5-12.5)

> T3 free 325 (230-420)

> Thyroglobulin antibidies 7 H (<2)

> Thyroid Peroxidase <2 (<2)

>

>

> Thanks,

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Janie!

How much more armour, what do you recommend? How can I convince

another dr to give me more armour? I read for my weight 140 I

should be on about 100 synthroid, so equal to that is what I'm on

and I'm not getting relief. I have some cytomel (in 25 strength)

that I could add to the armour, how much of that would you suggest?

Thanks,

>

> Hi there . You simply need to be on a LOT more Armour with

it's

> direct T3. Yes, waiting nine weeks is far too long to keep you

where

> you are. You have to find a better doc, or send off for more

Armour

> from myrxforless. Additionally, you appear to have Hashi's, which

can

> skew your results---showing one thing at one particular test, and

> something different at the next test. You have to dose by symptoms!

>

> And an a.m. cortisol test is not enough. You could be " normal " in

the

> morning, yet high in the night, which can cause that insomnia.

>

> Janie

>

> After being on meds for 13 weeks (over

> > 3 months) I'm REALLY concerned about the drowsiness and insomnia.

> >

> > My test results:

> >

> > Here's my test results:

> >

> > 8 wks on synthroid 50 = 3.04 before synthroid 6.9

> > T4 free 1.4 (.8-1.8)

> > T4 Total 9.7 (4.5-12.5)

> > T3 free 325 (230-420)

> > Thyroglobulin antibidies 7 H (<2)

> > Thyroid Peroxidase <2 (<2)

> >

> >

> > Thanks,

> >