RE: I'm new to your group and I have some questions

[Guest guest]

HI, Aria,

So nice to meet you! I love your name! It sounds so beautiful. Since I'm so

far behind reading your e-mail,

I'm going to assume that others have already addressed your questions.

I have fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, and depression also. (And other things

too. LOL) If you want to discuss this

Further you can e-mail me at cubfan23@....

I want to get back into quilting myself. I need some new scissors. Do you

recommend any particular scissors for

Quilting that you've found works well? I'm going to ask for some for

Christmas.

Take care and I hope you get the help you need to improve your health and

get you feeling good!

in Va.

My name is Aria. I'm 49 yrs old, married to Terry for 32 years. Live

in Northern Indiana just outside of Fort Wayne in a very small town

called Roanoke. Have a daughter, (30), married and has 2

wonderful daughters. Have a son, Greg (26), married and also has 2

wonderful daughters. My main hobby is quilting.

I have Fibromyalgia, CFS, low thyroid, depression, RA, OA, and other things.

I take Levoxyl .0625 a very low dosage. Each time the Dr checks to

renew my prescription he says it's where it's suppose to be. I don't

feel any better now then when I started taking it. I've been on it for

several years now. I'm always exhausted. No energy.

I actually have 2 questions right now. I've been reading some of the

messages to try and get an idea. What is Armour and what is T3, T4????

I need some energy, I don't like feeling I need to sleep all day. I

want my life back.

I'm on more medicine then just levoxyl.

Soft Hugs

Aria in Indiana, USA

[Guest guest]

Hi Aria! My grandfather was born and raised in Rising Sun.

CFS is undertreated/untreated hypothyroid, by the way. Many cases of

Fibro are undertreated/untreated hypothyroid. Depression is usually

the result of undertreated/untreated hypothyroid (it's low T3).

Levoxyl is a T4-only med. T4 is a storage hormone meant to convert

to T3, the active hormone. Your thyroid doesn't " just " give you T4.

It gives also gives you direct T3 (the active hormone which gives

you complete overall health), T2, T1 and calcitonin. Thus, it is a

FAR superior treatment to T4-only meds like Levoxyl.

Your doctor is a typical ignorant doctor who bases " normalcy " on

whether you fall within a range on a lab. It's ridiculous. When

folks here are optimally treated on Armour, their TSH is WAYY below

range...i.e. below 1, and their free T3 is usually over range. By

those ranges, that would imply we are HYPER, which is FAR from the

truth.

And....the TSH if the worst method of accessing if you are getting

the thyroid hormones that you need. A far more informative lab is

the FREE T3 (note the word FREE which measures what is available and

unbound). When your free T3 is at the top of the range and OVER, you

are optimally treated. I have yet to see ANYONE on T4-only meds get

their free T3 above mid-range, and it's usually in the low end.

You need to find a doc who will treat you with Armour, and will

treat you MUCH more by symptoms rather than labs. Check out the

LINKS section for the Armour Locate-A-Doc in your area. If you use

the TOP DOCS, you will need to read carefully since it's open to any

doc that someone liked, and not necessarily a good ARMOUR doc. You

can also go to a large pharmacy and ask the pharmacist (NOT the

employees) who prescribes Armour.

Also take time to read the FILES section. We are glad you are here.

It's time to be your own best advocate, dear one.

Janie

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> My name is Aria. I'm 49 yrs old, married to Terry for 32 years.

Live

> in Northern Indiana just outside of Fort Wayne in a very small

town

> called Roanoke. Have a daughter, (30), married and has 2

> wonderful daughters. Have a son, Greg (26), married and also has

2

> wonderful daughters. My main hobby is quilting.

>

> I have Fibromyalgia, CFS, low thyroid, depression, RA, OA, and

other things.

>

> I take Levoxyl .0625 a very low dosage. Each time the Dr checks

to

> renew my prescription he says it's where it's suppose to be. I

don't

> feel any better now then when I started taking it. I've been on

it for

> several years now. I'm always exhausted. No energy.

>

> I actually have 2 questions right now. I've been reading some of

the

> messages to try and get an idea. What is Armour and what is T3,

T4????

> I need some energy, I don't like feeling I need to sleep all day.

I

> want my life back.

>

> I'm on more medicine then just levoxyl.

>

> Soft Hugs

> Aria in Indiana, USA

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