Re: Re: candida, diarreha...Patty

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Well, Pam according to your TSH results, (was that after being on the T3?) you were probably okay, probably leaning toward hyperthyroid. It was probably a good thing you stopped the T3. Of course, I am not a doctor so nothing I say means anything here, but there is one thing I know for sure, and that is that T4 is not an antidote for T3! T4 converts to T3, so if anything, you would be adding fuel to the fire. The antidote for T3 (if there is one) is to just stop taking it, as it only lasts about 4 hours in your system in active form.

I've heard of 's syndrome. I think it is still very controversial, and that is why the whole T3 thing became controversial.

Fine tuning the thyroid is a pretty complex thing, but the thyroid is so instrumental in so many of our bodily functions that when it is off, it can screw up so many things in our life. The symptoms are many and vary widely from person to person. If you feel good off of all of the meds, then you probably don't need to worry about it, at least for now. Thyroid symptoms vary from season to season and could strike at any time in the future. As many of the authors have written about thyroid issues, hypothyroidism is epidemic in this country...so many people with underactive thyroid that are misdiagnosed, undiagnosed, and undertreated. It is such a shame--I wish it were alot easier!

By the way, our church did "The Purpose Driven Life", or a 40 Days of Purpose outreach with everyone meeting in small groups throughout the city. It was a totally awesome Bible study! Life changing!

Patty

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From: Pam

Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 11:13 AM

Subject: Re: candida, diarreha...Patty

Patty,I was on the T3 from July 2002 through at least November 2002, maybe December?? I can't remember for sure. My ob-gyn put me on it. One of his patients had told him about something she found on the Internet called 's Thyroid Syndrome (WTS). Dr. feels that if you have "normal" thyroid tests but have a low body temp, adding T3 by titrating up then down and then back up again in several cycles will eventually get your temp back to normal and cure you from everything from FMS, CFS, to hair loss and weight gain - basically every ailment you can imagine including most of the ones we all (with implants) suffer with. This was before I ever imagined I was sick from my implants. You should go to the site - it's: sthyroidsyndrome.com. It's pretty interesting, but unfortunately it didn't work for me. I don't remember how many cycles I was on for sure - maybe 4?? But, I started to get worse instead of better. But, it was definitely worth a shot. Especially if it could have helped me with my brain fog. I remember telling the doctor that I couldn't even do simple math. My brain had just gotten to the point where I couldn't remember how to do anything. I remember making hush puppies. The recipe was Milk, egg, hush puppy mix - mix it up then drop it in the deep fryer. I read the recipe 15 or 20 times and every time I would read it I would forget what it said as soon as I looked away. I tried to do it one word at a time and tried putting one ingredient at a time into the bowl and it took me probably 20 minutes where it would take a "normal" person 2 or 3! I started crying and my husband and my daughter told me "chill out - you're making such a big deal out of nothing!" AAARRRGGHHHH Anyway, my blood work from about a year ago showed T4 Free:1.32 TSH: o.42 T3 total: 90 T3 reverse: 15. Then a month later I went to a different doctor because the pain was just unbearable and I knew my ob-gyn wouldn't give me any pain meds. They ran a test for TSH only and it was .008. They told me to take Synthroid which I already had a script for because it's supposed to be like the "antidote" (sp?) for too much T3. I didn't take it unless I went through a period where my heart would race and I couldn't breathe. Eventually I stopped all of it and sort of gave up. At that point I just wanted to die. It was only by God's grace that I'm still here. I had just met a woman in my church that had Fibromyalgia and she and I hit it off immediately. I joined a small group that she was heading up and we did a series called "40 days of purpose". It was so awesome. If I hadn't had that group of women to talk to and to pray with, I think I would have driven my car into a tree. I had NOBODY to talk to before them. Nobody believed me, my ob-gyn was losing his patience with me somewhat. He prayed for me every time I had an appointment but I could just tell he was frustrated. My family was all over me every day -- "just snap out of it" "quit thinking about it you're making it worse" Ever been told that? I feel like smacking them when they say it! Wow, I didn't mean to say all that!Pam