Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 >>>My doctor, who is the chief of staff at our university hospital, quickly told > me that he had nothing against armour, and would start me on it > after two weeks of clearing synthroid out of my system. <<<<<< Sim, Just curious... do you think it was necessary to clear the synthroid out of your system before starting Armour? Why couldn't you have decreased one while starting another? It seems to me that being without thyroid med would have made you crash, did it? Glad Armour is working so well for you! Crystal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 > > >>>My doctor, who is the chief of staff at our university hospital, > quickly told > me that he had nothing against armour, and would > start me on it > after two weeks of clearing synthroid out of my > system. <<<<<< > > Sim, > > Just curious... do you think it was necessary to clear the synthroid > out of your system before starting Armour? Why couldn't you have > decreased one while starting another? > > It seems to me that being without thyroid med would have made you > crash, did it? > > Glad Armour is working so well for you! > Crystal Hi Crystal; Well, first we have to keep in mind that we are dealing with an endocrinologist in this situation ; ) That said, I guess I'm just happy that he even prescribed armour , or else I'd still be sitting here with nothing, cause my armour from myrxforless has not come yet. That being said, he told me that he wanted to see if the synthroid was causing the bad symptoms, or maybe it was something else, like the actual illness itself. Turns out, I think that both he and I are satisfied that the synthroid did cause some bad mood related symptoms. By the time I was taken off synthroid, there was nothing to really crash from. I felt so terrible on the darned stuff; that just getting off of it and regaining my perspective on life was worth any thing else. By the time I started armour, however, two weeks later, I was pretty tired and sluggish with ice cold feet , hands and nose. Fortunately, the whole family understood from day one that I was a synthroid experiment, so everyone was pretty understanding. But it took the full two weeks being off synthroid to get to that point. It also really made me see the difference with armour. Sim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 You can completely get off Synthroid one day, and onto Armour the next, as long as you are able to raise the introductory dose of Armour fairly soon. If you have a stupid doc who only gives you one month of 1/4 grain, for example, yes, it would be wise to stick with the Synthroid a bit. There is no equivalent dose of Armour to Synthroid. The equivalency charts are supremely off and too low. And Carolyn has it right--there is no need to get the Synthroid out of your system before starting Armour. Another ridiculous doctor statement. Janie > I went off 125mcg Synthroid (ran out of my Rx) for about a week before I started taking the 15mg generic Armour my newest dr prescribed. Without the Synthroid & on such a low dose of Armour I crashed & went into a funk, felt worse & worse until I started upping my dosage of Armour gradually. Now I'm at l l/2 grains & still not feeling perfectly well but somewhat better in some areas, worse in others. So I'm still not on high enough dosage & will continue to upgrade it until I feel more human again. > > But I see no reason stop the Synthroid for two weeks first. As the folks on here told me, just cut back on the Synthroid a bit depending on how much Armour you start on. Then after two weeks of raising the Armour by l/4 grain a week, stop taking the Synthroid. If you're on an equivalent dosage of Armour to the Synthroid, then take l/2 a pill of Synthroid for about 2 weeks if I'm understanding this right. The others will let you know tho. This has just been my experience with it. I think I should have stayed on the Synthroid until my Armour dosage was at least equivalent to it. > Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Hey Caroline; Thanks for the advice. I hope that you continue to feel better and better. Never give up; you'll get there! especially with this great list! These people rock! Have you ever tried l-tyrosine? I supplement with that, DMAE, very strong E's, C, and B-complex, and I find that this tweaks the thyroid meds even more. I was only on 25 mcg of synthroid, and that was only for two weeks. The first few days I felt much more energetic, but slightly shaky. From there, things started to go downhill. Uhoh. Hubby is ranting because he wants us all to do the holiday shopping .Gotta go Talk to you soon! Sim > I went off 125mcg Synthroid (ran out of my Rx) for about a week before I started taking the 15mg generic Armour my newest dr prescribed. Without the Synthroid & on such a low dose of Armour I crashed & went into a funk, felt worse & worse until I started upping my dosage of Armour gradually. Now I'm at l l/2 grains & still not feeling perfectly well but somewhat better in some areas, worse in others. So I'm still not on high enough dosage & will continue to upgrade it until I feel more human again. > > But I see no reason stop the Synthroid for two weeks first. As the folks on here told me, just cut back on the Synthroid a bit depending on how much Armour you start on. Then after two weeks of raising the Armour by l/4 grain a week, stop taking the Synthroid. If you're on an equivalent dosage of Armour to the Synthroid, then take l/2 a pill of Synthroid for about 2 weeks if I'm understanding this right. The others will let you know tho. This has just been my experience with it. I think I should have stayed on the Synthroid until my Armour dosage was at least equivalent to it. > Caroline > Re: amour thyroid/Sim... > > >>>My doctor, who is the chief of staff at our university hospital, > quickly told > me that he had nothing against armour, and would > start me on it > after two weeks of clearing synthroid out of my > system. <<<<<< > > Sim, > > Just curious... do you think it was necessary to clear the synthroid > out of your system before starting Armour? Why couldn't you have > decreased one while starting another? > > It seems to me that being without thyroid med would have made you > crash, did it? > > Glad Armour is working so well for you! > Crystal > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 I was on all those supplements except DMAE (what's that?) plus scads of others. Had to stop taking them all due to severe acid indigestion & hiatal hernia I developed. So am taking only what I can digest now & that's all. So far only E, B-complex w/C & that's about it & not all at the same time. Changed my diet too to mostly alkaline...had to in order to get the aciidity under control. So we'll see how it goes & what I can add again later. So far so good tho...am doing much better today than yesterday when I was miserable with the stomach problems. Could have an ulcer too. Don't know yet. Got to ask my doc & get tests when I see her again in a couple of weeks. Good luck & continued feeling better to you too. Caroline Re: amour thyroid/Sim... Hey Caroline; Thanks for the advice. I hope that you continue to feel better and better. Never give up; you'll get there! especially with this great list! These people rock! Have you ever tried l-tyrosine? I supplement with that, DMAE, very strong E's, C, and B-complex, and I find that this tweaks the thyroid meds even more. I was only on 25 mcg of synthroid, and that was only for two weeks. The first few days I felt much more energetic, but slightly shaky. From there, things started to go downhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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