Guest guest Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Hi All, Haven't written in awhile, been busy. Hope everyone had a nice Holiday. I received my Naturethroid 3 weeks ago and I'm up to 2 grains a day, taken twice a day. The only difference I've noticed is I'm not as cold and the depression is better. I have noticed that my face seems more bloated and I seem to be retaining water. Any relation to the Armour? Should I keep upping my dosage till I get to 3 grains or wait a few weeks? I was also wondering if anyone else has ever had dry white patches on their upper arms along with little red bumps? Thanks! Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 See, I told you she knows all the technical stuff!!! Thanks , > >>if you're already taking Armour, why do you need to add T3 when T3 is already in Armour.<< > > Some of us do not convert T4 into T3 very well at all, for those of us that are like that we can easily build up too much T4 in our blood without getting enough T3 to actually make us feel well, even on Armour. I have to take more T3 with my Armour. If I take 7 grains Armour I have shakes and irritability and tiredness, if I take 6 grains I feel hypo. I tried 6.5 too and still did not feel well. SO I dropped down to the 6 and added in some extra T3. This seems to work best FOR ME. My last labs I was on 4.5 grains Armour. They showed a Free T4 of (if I remember right,it's been a long time!) 1.9 and my Free T3 was 225 with the range being 230 -460 I think. In other words, while my Free T4 was in range, though low, my Free T3 was not even in the range at all, which told me I needed more T3 than the average person. So I increased the Armour first as my Free T4 was still too low, but when that got where I felt I was taking too much, I cut it back and still felt too low. Time to tweak the T3 & T4 individually and as mine was really low on the Free T3, that was the end I chose to tweak. Hope this explains it. > > *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV > Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/ > > ---------- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 See, I told you she knows all the technical stuff!!! Thanks , > >>if you're already taking Armour, why do you need to add T3 when T3 is already in Armour.<< > > Some of us do not convert T4 into T3 very well at all, for those of us that are like that we can easily build up too much T4 in our blood without getting enough T3 to actually make us feel well, even on Armour. I have to take more T3 with my Armour. If I take 7 grains Armour I have shakes and irritability and tiredness, if I take 6 grains I feel hypo. I tried 6.5 too and still did not feel well. SO I dropped down to the 6 and added in some extra T3. This seems to work best FOR ME. My last labs I was on 4.5 grains Armour. They showed a Free T4 of (if I remember right,it's been a long time!) 1.9 and my Free T3 was 225 with the range being 230 -460 I think. In other words, while my Free T4 was in range, though low, my Free T3 was not even in the range at all, which told me I needed more T3 than the average person. So I increased the Armour first as my Free T4 was still too low, but when that got where I felt I was taking too much, I cut it back and still felt too low. Time to tweak the T3 & T4 individually and as mine was really low on the Free T3, that was the end I chose to tweak. Hope this explains it. > > *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV > Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/ > > ---------- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 See, I told you she knows all the technical stuff!!! Thanks , > >>if you're already taking Armour, why do you need to add T3 when T3 is already in Armour.<< > > Some of us do not convert T4 into T3 very well at all, for those of us that are like that we can easily build up too much T4 in our blood without getting enough T3 to actually make us feel well, even on Armour. I have to take more T3 with my Armour. If I take 7 grains Armour I have shakes and irritability and tiredness, if I take 6 grains I feel hypo. I tried 6.5 too and still did not feel well. SO I dropped down to the 6 and added in some extra T3. This seems to work best FOR ME. My last labs I was on 4.5 grains Armour. They showed a Free T4 of (if I remember right,it's been a long time!) 1.9 and my Free T3 was 225 with the range being 230 -460 I think. In other words, while my Free T4 was in range, though low, my Free T3 was not even in the range at all, which told me I needed more T3 than the average person. So I increased the Armour first as my Free T4 was still too low, but when that got where I felt I was taking too much, I cut it back and still felt too low. Time to tweak the T3 & T4 individually and as mine was really low on the Free T3, that was the end I chose to tweak. Hope this explains it. > > *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV > Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/ > > ---------- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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