Re: Help for a complete noob?

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Hi Chris. Your girlfriend's experience is the experience of most all

of us here who were once on T4-only meds, both with continuing

symptoms as well as ignorant docs. It's sad.

Yes, there are many alternative sources. The keeper of those sources

is , and you can contact her here (just click on it even if

it's a broken link): artisticgroom@... We do not make them

public as to protect the sources.

Most of the OTC sources are now providing Naturethroid, which is

another brand name, and I think we would recommend that over the

generic, and definitely over Nutri-Meds. Nutri-Meds is a great in an

emergency, but there is no regulation as to whether it's sufficient

from dose to dose. Generics are used by several here, but it appears

to be weaker, meaning you would need more than Armour or

Naturethroid.

Hope that helps. Be sure to take a look at the NATURAL THYROID 101

which was posted earlier today. There are also plenty of things to

read in the FILES section.

Janie

> Hi all,

>

> First post here, I am still doing a lot of reading, so be kind.

> Hopefully some of you can help me out a little here -- this is

> probably a common question.

>

> My girlfriend has been hypo all her life, and has suffered

terribly

> through this disease. Synthroid made her test results come back

okay,

> but she still felt miserable. Her current doctor is a real piece

of

> work -- he won't prescribe anything other than synthroid, won't

> prescribe more than 30 days without another test and another

visit.

> It finally got to the point that we couldn't afford spending $200+

a

> month on meds, tests, and doctor visits, so we ordered some meds

> online. We had both been doing a lot of reading at this point, so

we

> ordered generic in 3gr tablets. Wow, what a difference. She feels

> better, she looks better, the weight is coming off, and she is

> happier than she's been in a long time.