Re: New Here...And New to Armour

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>>What is wrong with me?!

I've struggled with this awful fatigue and so many symptoms for all of

my adult life...<<

Put these two sentences together and you have answered your own question. Being

hypothyroid for years has it's own set of symptoms and problems! Like poor T3

conversion, and resistance to normal amounts of thyroid meds. Part of it is just

I think the receptors shut down for lack of use after a while. Your body tries

to adjust to the lower hormones and it will take longer to feel well ( & WAY more

meds) than a person that is first diagnoses & treated right away. I have been on

Armour straight for 6 years now and am still seeing a slow improvement, but it

is very slow the remaining symptoms I have. The first year was miraculous and

then it has been steadily getting better since then, but still not completely

resolved. I went 25 years on none & Synthroid which is like none to me.

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/3/2004 12:22:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,

desertrosejw@... writes:

> I knew going in that things would take time, in fact, my doctor warned

> me that healing could take quite a while because of the length of time

> I went untreated. But I seem to have had such a slow start to seeing

> improvement as opposed to so many others who feel better right away.

>

>

your doctor is smart. so many doctors seem to think you take the pill and

everything is just fine. but your doctor is right. i think that's one of the

hardest things about having this disease and not having had treatment for a

while...it takes TIME.

Although I did feel better the first two weeks, that didn't last. It was up

and down for quite a while. I think what happens is that the body is so

hungry for thyroid hormone that some parts of the body just grab on to it

leaving

other parts still without...and then eventually everything just sorta starts to

balance out. But do expect ups and downs...but just don't lose faith.

Knowing you're on the right path is something that has kept me

going...knowing my body was in a healing mode. It's hard to look ahead a year

in the

future...but healing is a journey. Keep the faith...and when you're feeling

low,

there's always someone here to let you know it's gonna work out. These ladies

kept me going...and still do.

Cindi

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your response, .

It helps to know that you had dramatic improvement the first year. To

be honest, I don't think I even know what feeling " good " (much less

" great " ) feels like...but I'm hoping to experience it for myself.

~~

> >>What is wrong with me?!

> I've struggled with this awful fatigue and so many symptoms for all

of

> my adult life...<<

>

> Put these two sentences together and you have answered your own

question. Being hypothyroid for years has it's own set of symptoms and

problems! Like poor T3 conversion, and resistance to normal amounts of

thyroid meds. Part of it is just I think the receptors shut down for

lack of use after a while. Your body tries to adjust to the lower

hormones and it will take longer to feel well ( & WAY more meds) than a

person that is first diagnoses & treated right away. I have been on

Armour straight for 6 years now and am still seeing a slow

improvement, but it is very slow the remaining symptoms I have. The

first year was miraculous and then it has been steadily getting better

since then, but still not completely resolved. I went 25 years on none

& Synthroid which is like none to me.

> *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindi...thank you for sharing your experience with me.

I knew going in that things would take time, in fact, my doctor warned

me that healing could take quite a while because of the length of time

I went untreated. But I seem to have had such a slow start to seeing

improvement as opposed to so many others who feel better right away.

Hopefully the next increase will be more helpful. It helps to know

that others here are feeling better even while healing continues.

~~

> yes, things will get better. it does take time. sometimes some

trial and

> error. and sometimes fixing other things along the way that got

messed up with

> the hypo.

>

> I've been taking Armour for about 9 months...and in many ways, feel

better

> than I have during the last 10 years. I'm on 3 3/4 grains. But I

know I'm

> still healing in ways. So hang in there.

> Cindi

[Guest guest]

,

I wanted to welcome you to the group! I hope you've gotten some answers by

now. And hopefully, you are beginning to feel better.

In Va.

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