Re: Dosage conversion from T4 or cytomel to all Armour

[Guest guest]

HI and thanks for sending that. I do want folks to know,

though, that the Armour conversion chart is not high enough. You

will end up needing a lot more. Janie )

> Finally found the chart:

>

> http://www.armourthyroid.com/faq.html#q5

>

> If anyone is looking into moving from a t4 drug or cytomel to

Armour

> that's the place to find the correct dose of Armour = to your

> current dose.

>

>

> http://peacemanor.50megs.com

[Guest guest]

Why will I need alot more? What dose to people usally land up on

from what grain to what grain?

>

> HI and thanks for sending that. I do want folks to know,

> though, that the Armour conversion chart is not high enough. You

> will end up needing a lot more. Janie )

>

> > Finally found the chart:

> >

> > http://www.armourthyroid.com/faq.html#q5

> >

> > If anyone is looking into moving from a t4 drug or cytomel to

> Armour

> > that's the place to find the correct dose of Armour = to your

> > current dose.

> >

> >

> > http://peacemanor.50megs.com

[Guest guest]

These converion charts are just to get you started and done mainly

in the hope of preventing people from getting too much T3 too

quickly and having problems that might send you to the hospital with

an adrenal crisis. So, they are modest.

Today, thyroid doses are far too low for the majority of people.

Thyroid doses have dropped to 1/3 of what they were for 83 years

prior to heavy reliance on the TSH test. So, most people will need

higher doses of Armour than their Synthroid if they want to get

their health back. But, you can't do it all at once and have to

start somewhere. people who have been on Synthroid a long time and

at such low doses as to have caused their adrenals to become very

weak will need to be careful switching to Armour with it's 24% T3.

So, you should start out low and carful and then slowly work up

untill you are well.

Tish

[Guest guest]

These converion charts are just to get you started and done mainly

in the hope of preventing people from getting too much T3 too

quickly and having problems that might send you to the hospital with

an adrenal crisis. So, they are modest.

Today, thyroid doses are far too low for the majority of people.

Thyroid doses have dropped to 1/3 of what they were for 83 years

prior to heavy reliance on the TSH test. So, most people will need

higher doses of Armour than their Synthroid if they want to get

their health back. But, you can't do it all at once and have to

start somewhere. people who have been on Synthroid a long time and

at such low doses as to have caused their adrenals to become very

weak will need to be careful switching to Armour with it's 24% T3.

So, you should start out low and carful and then slowly work up

untill you are well.

Tish

[Guest guest]

These converion charts are just to get you started and done mainly

in the hope of preventing people from getting too much T3 too

quickly and having problems that might send you to the hospital with

an adrenal crisis. So, they are modest.

Today, thyroid doses are far too low for the majority of people.

Thyroid doses have dropped to 1/3 of what they were for 83 years

prior to heavy reliance on the TSH test. So, most people will need

higher doses of Armour than their Synthroid if they want to get

their health back. But, you can't do it all at once and have to

start somewhere. people who have been on Synthroid a long time and

at such low doses as to have caused their adrenals to become very

weak will need to be careful switching to Armour with it's 24% T3.

So, you should start out low and carful and then slowly work up

untill you are well.

Tish

[Guest guest]

Oh geez...this just gets more complicated as I keep reading here. I'm already in

overwhelm. All I need is to go one step at a time here & I'm not sure I even

know what the next step is since I've seen my new doctor & gotten new blood

tests that all say " normal " including thyroid.

So obviously she's not going to want me to stop taking Synthroid if she thinks

it's making me " normal " . All she's prescribed otherwise is Motrin which I

haven't gotten at the drug store yet. And told me to start walking 5-10 minutes

a day. She advised counseling for me too for the depression which I can't

afford. So that's out. Then she wants me come back next week so she can get me

onto an anti-depressant.

So more drugs (Motrin/anti-inflammatory & an anti-depressant), walking &

counseling are her remedies for all my problems as it now stands with her. Like

all my aches & pains & depression & chronic fatigue are all in my head & I'm

lazy or something.

I still don't know what to tell her next because I'm so in overwhelm with all

this informatiion I keep reading here every day that I don't even know if she

will help me with.

Now my car's completely died as of today when I had to have it towed home & it's

unfixable & will have be trashed, or given to a chairty I'm sure. So now I have

no way to even get the new prescriptions or get back to see her next week, even

if she could help me. Let alone try to find another doctor a further drive away

from here.

Re: Dosage conversion from T4 or cytomel to

all Armour

These converion charts are just to get you

[Guest guest]

counseling for me too for the depression which I can't

afford.

____________________

Depression is a symptom of low thyroid. When thyroid levels are too

low, the brain does not get sufficient oxygen and energy and the

person becomes depressed. Synthroid itself interferes with energy

production in the brain. Please forget about this doctor and find a

good one. It will save you so much money and suffering in the end.

Go to http://www.thyroid.about.com and look at their top doc list.

Or go to the wilson's thyroid site and find one of the ones that is

on their list http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/ Or go to the Armour

site and check their list http://www.armourthyroid.com/ Cross

reference them between sites if you can to narrow it down to a good

open minded doctor. Usually, the Synthroid Nazi's like you seem to

have will not change no matter what you sey or bring to them.

Tish

[Guest guest]

counseling for me too for the depression which I can't

afford.

____________________

Depression is a symptom of low thyroid. When thyroid levels are too

low, the brain does not get sufficient oxygen and energy and the

person becomes depressed. Synthroid itself interferes with energy

production in the brain. Please forget about this doctor and find a

good one. It will save you so much money and suffering in the end.

Go to http://www.thyroid.about.com and look at their top doc list.

Or go to the wilson's thyroid site and find one of the ones that is

on their list http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/ Or go to the Armour

site and check their list http://www.armourthyroid.com/ Cross

reference them between sites if you can to narrow it down to a good

open minded doctor. Usually, the Synthroid Nazi's like you seem to

have will not change no matter what you sey or bring to them.

Tish

[Guest guest]

Thanx for the links, Tish. I've already done search for good thyroid drs.

There's none at all in my area. I have to drive far afield to get to one. So

hope there's one available that's not too far a drive. Otherwise I'm out of

luck.

Re: Dosage conversion from T4 or cytomel to

all Armour

Depression is a symptom of low thyroid.

[Guest guest]

>

>

> counseling for me too for the depression which I can't

> afford.

if the depression is caused by physiological stressors, then treating

your thyroid and feeling better physically will be the most sensible

and economic way to treat the depression. therapy is expensive and

takes a long time. it's indeed incredibly powerful and useful and i

think it can only help. however, i also think that a great way to lift

depression is experience a new lease on life which you will when you

recover.

best,

baron

[Guest guest]

I agree. Any " life " at all would be good at this point in my " existence " . Thanx

for the insights.

Re: Re: Dosage conversion from T4 or cytomel

to all Armour

if the depression is caused by physiological stressors, then treating

your thyroid and feeling better physically will be the most sensible

and economic way to treat the depression. therapy is expensive and

takes a long time. it's indeed incredibly powerful and useful and i

think it can only help. however, i also think that a great way to lift

depression is experience a new lease on life which you will when you recover.

best,

baron

[Guest guest]

I agree. Any " life " at all would be good at this point in my " existence " . Thanx

for the insights.

Re: Re: Dosage conversion from T4 or cytomel

to all Armour

if the depression is caused by physiological stressors, then treating

your thyroid and feeling better physically will be the most sensible

and economic way to treat the depression. therapy is expensive and

takes a long time. it's indeed incredibly powerful and useful and i

think it can only help. however, i also think that a great way to lift

depression is experience a new lease on life which you will when you recover.

best,

baron

[Guest guest]

I agree. Any " life " at all would be good at this point in my " existence " . Thanx

for the insights.

Re: Re: Dosage conversion from T4 or cytomel

to all Armour

if the depression is caused by physiological stressors, then treating

your thyroid and feeling better physically will be the most sensible

and economic way to treat the depression. therapy is expensive and

takes a long time. it's indeed incredibly powerful and useful and i

think it can only help. however, i also think that a great way to lift

depression is experience a new lease on life which you will when you recover.

best,

baron

[Guest guest]

Oh, no, Caroline! I'm so sorry about your car! Hope you can get some

help.

in Va.

Now my car's completely died as of today when I had to have it towed

home & it's unfixable & will have be trashed, or given to a chairty I'm

sure. So now I have no way to even get the new prescriptions or get back

to see her next week, even if she could help me. Let alone try to find

another doctor a further drive away from here.

[Guest guest]

Oh, no, Caroline! I'm so sorry about your car! Hope you can get some

help.

in Va.

Now my car's completely died as of today when I had to have it towed

home & it's unfixable & will have be trashed, or given to a chairty I'm

sure. So now I have no way to even get the new prescriptions or get back

to see her next week, even if she could help me. Let alone try to find

another doctor a further drive away from here.

[Guest guest]

My son will come here this Friday to tow my car back to his shop 3 hours drive

south of here. He'll work on it there. If fixable, he'll drive it back here with

his wife who'll drive his truck here to drive him back home. If not fixable,

he'll buy another car for me which I have no way to pay him back for. I won't

know either way for about a month or so. So nothing about my health care is

going anyplace for about that long at least.

RE: Re: Dosage conversion from T4 or cytomel

to all Armour

Oh, no, Caroline! I'm so sorry about your car! Hope you can get some

help.

in Va.