Success! Doctor Prescribed Armour for Normal TSH!

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I actually got my doctor to prescribe Armour for my husband, even

though all his labs were " normal. " FT3 was 249, FT4 was 1.1 and TSH

was 1.47. First he gave me the B.S. about his TSH was normal, and

raising thyroid might cause osteoporosis. I argued that he had all

the symptoms: low basal temps, constipated, depressed, fatigued,

tinnitus, brain fog, etc., and that I wanted to try a trial,

therapeutic dose, just to see if it might help, since his FT3 was low

enough that even if it came up, it'd still be within " normal " range.

I think doc was uncomfortable prescribing the Armour so suggested we

see an endocrinologist. Oh great, I thought, that's the end of

that. But when we called the endo, the earliest available appt

wasn't till February, so we called my doc back and told him that. I

again pressed for a trial therapeutic dose, argued how TSH was a

pituitary hormone and not actual bioavailable thyroid, etc. and I

guess rather than argue with me, he agreed! So now I've got a

prescription for 15 mg, 2x/day, with 2 refills. Alas, hubby's temps

are still not stable and we're still increasing Isocort. But I

actually jumped the first hurdle. Could not believe it.

So to everyone out there--there IS hope. I think it helped that my

doc is a D.O. and only in his early 30s. Probably too young to be

set in his ways like a real endo yet. Didn't even know what Armour

was when I first saw him for a refill as a new patient. Had to look

it up in his drug manual. He did ask then why I didn't take

Synthroid though--told him I had a conversion problem, and I guess

that satisfied him.

Barb