Re: The girls endo visit…LM first

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My last two TSH were high as well (39, 46) even though I feel great.

doc wanted me to increase Armour but I had hyper symtpoms. Would try

to take more when able with 1/4 to 1/2 tablets so as not to set me

off into a " screaming mimi tizzy. "

Haven't met with the doctor yet. Was hoping to increase Armour for

the next week to try to decrease the TSH. My doc has also ordered

Ft4 and Ft3 but I'm not sure of her response to the vey high TSH on

Iodoral.

I plan to go see Dr. Flechas in March to get his advice and guidance

on managing Iodoral and Armour.

I also have two daughters, ages 10 and 13, that have been taking

Iodoral 1/2 to 1 tablet a day with good results. One tends to get

the bromine headaches though. Her nails used to be short and stubby

and now they are very long and strong. She also had some trouble

controlling anger management and this has greatly improved on

Iodoral.

Pam in Florida

>

> The girls endo visit…LM first

>

> My 2 girls have been on Iodoral since 11/15/07. LM had

a goiter

> that disappeared and increased breast development (age 11 ½). The

blood draw

> they had done last week showed high TSH in both girls who are on

Iodoral,

> but I'll deal with one at a time. LM's first:

>

>

>

> 10/08/07

> TSH 0.040

> Free T4 1.03 (0.50-1.60)

> This doc refuses to do FT3

>

> 12/18/07

> TSH 6.260

> FT4 0.67 (0.50-1.60)

>

>

>

> 1/8/08

>

> TSH was 50!

>

> FT4 was .55 (0.50-1.60)

>

> LM takes levoxyl 37.5 mcg and iodoral 12.5 mg daily

along with a

> multi vit.

>

> The endo was very upset, but calmly as he could

explained to me

> that I had shut off her thyroid by giving her iodine. Her body was

calling

> for more thyroid hormone cause she wasn't making any. BTW, I told

him, she

> has NO hypothyroid symptoms. " She HAS to come off iodine " he said.

I said

> that I wanted her on armour and he had a long dissertation about

that. It

> seems the " Mad Cow " worry (according to him) actually happened with

another

> " animal " product that was given to people for 30 years before they

> discovered the med was giving people the human form of " Mad Cow " .

So while

> he knows Armour won't cause " Mad Cow " per se, it MIGHT cause

something

> equally devastating and we wouldn't know about it for many years

(does this

> sound nuts to anyone besides me?). He also said, he didn't have a

problem

> ordering armour, but NOT while she was on iodine. If I take her off

iodine,

> he'll retest in a month and IF her numbers (TSH & FT4 only) are OK

he'll

> order Armour. He said putting her on armour now he'd be treating

blindly

> without knowing how it was effecting her. (well, NO he wouldn't

know because

> he won't do FT3!!)

>

> He told me that " they " noticed an increase of

hashimoto's since

> iodine has been put in the salt many years ago. The increase, he

believes,

> was caused by iodized salt. We get enough iodine with a regular

diet and

> multivit., according to him. I asked him to read the work of Dr

Brownstein,

> Dr Flechas and Dr Abrams and he said he would. That was a plus. I

doubt he'll

> be swayed, though.

>

> Well, I agreed to d/c the iodine because I want armour

for her.

> BUT I really want her to be on BOTH iodine & armour. I need to find

a dr who

> will order them!

>

>

>

> BTW, since I wrote the above yesterday, LM has had 2 ½ days with no

Iodoral.

> She was crying very hard in church this AM saying " my throat

hurts! " I asked

> her to point to where it hurt & of course, she pointed to her

thyroid. I

> gave her 6.25 mg Iodoral as soon as we got home. I just can't take

her off &

> watch her suffer. What now?

>

> B

> God Bless America!

> One nation under God

>