RE: Treating myself with Armour Thyroid

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Ann

- did you get the article in the files about Home Testing for adrenals. These

cost nothing, and did you do the Adrenal Questionnaire to see how you score.

Sorry I can't remember everything as we have so many members, and I need

constantly reminding. If you didn't, I would advise you do this questionnaire.

Read also the details on our website www.tpa-uk.org.uk

under 'Hypothyroidism' and then click on 'Associated Conditions' and then click

on 'Adrenals' and read everything there. I believe we have the questionnaire on

this web site too.

You need to be tested 9and your Mum and sister

too if they have not already) to see if you have Hashimoto's disease - this is

done by testing to see if you have antibodies to your thyroid.

You

can buy nutri adrenal extra from www.yournutritionshop.com

Luv -

Sheila

Hi everyone, I have decided to purchase Armour Thyroid

from the

International Pharmacy because I do not really think I can wait ages

to see a consultant to sort this problem out, also the cost of going

to see a specialist is also a factor. If other members are doing this

I would be grateful for any advice. Also I think Sheila said that it

might be wise to go on adrenal support before going on the thyroid

tablets, where do I get this, I couldn't get the document up in the

'files' on the web site, does anyone know anything about this also?

It all seems alot of faffing about going to my G.P. for a referral to

then see a specialist and yesterday I felt so ill I just want to get

this sorted out a.s.a.p. I have also read other web sites in the

U.S.A. where people are taking Armour themselves and they seem

alright, also I noted that in the U.S. they get help alot quicker when

their blood tests read alot lower on the range than we do and alot of

people are saying they got their lives back to normal, they lost all

the weight and got their energy back, this is great for people in the

U.S. but what on earth is happening in this country with doctors not

doing this, I can't work it out why the doctors are trained in this

country not to help people with thyroid problems I thought we got alot

of our information from the U.S. but why aren't docs in this country

taking the advice from the U.S.? Does anyone know why this is

happening? After reading stuff on the internet and also this web site

I think I would rather go on the natural thyroid tablets from the pig

variety. Also I would like to add that my mother and sister also have

an underactive thyroid problem, my mother was diagnosed with this

about seven years ago and my sister about five years ago, they both

are on thyroxin from the doc. It seems to run in our family, also my

grandmother was extremely overweight all her life but never diagnosed

with a thyroid problem, but at least she lived to 89, although she did

die of a heart attack, she probably needed thyroid treatment too, it

seems to run on my mothers side of the family. I am about three stone

overweight and this has got worse over the last two years as other

symptoms have progressed, ie. extreme tiredness, lack of energy,

weight gain, more depressed, wanting to sleep alot of the time, hair

has got thinner etc. I still can't believe I sat in one of the

doctors offices a couple of weeks ago and practically begged him to

help me I felt so ill, and he just said 'have I seen a psychiatrist',

also when I went for a private blood test, the G.P. said that she

couldn't treat me with thyroxin because my antibodies were not high

enough even though my other blood test reading was over the range and

I have all the symptoms of hypothyroidism and it runs in our family,

she said I needed anti-depressants and she thought I had fibromalgia!

Anyway I would be grateful for any advice. Thanks Ann.

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Hi Ann

I have been on thyroxine for 2 yrs and like you have ordered some armour thyroid from the US and will be starting it when it arrives. I have never felt 100% well on thyroxine and I want to see what armour will do for me, it is a far superior treatment and contains all the thyroid hormones that we need unlike thyroxine which is only T4, we need T3 so much more and if we dont convert well then we will never be 100% well. My T3 reading as always been bottom of the range so I wonder if thats why I havent regained full health. I have been treating my adrenals with HC for 4 months and I take Vit C, selenium and a high potency B vit complex. If you look in the files you will see how to use armour thyroid and that is what I will be following, good luck with it, if we wait for the NHS to get up to date with thyroid treatments we will be waiting for the rest of our lives, a lot of people here and in the US have to self treat

Hi everyone, I have decided to purchase Armour Thyroid from theInternational Pharmacy because I do not really think I can wait agesto see a consultant to sort this problem out, also the cost of goingto see a specialist is also a factor. If other members are doing thisI would be grateful for any advice. Also I think Sheila said that itmight be wise to go on adrenal support before going on the thyroidtablets, where do I get this, I couldn't get the document up in the'files' on the web site, does anyone know anything about this also? It all seems alot of faffing about going to my G.P. for a referral tothen see a specialist and yesterday I felt so ill I just want to getthis sorted out a.s.a.p. I have all the symptoms of hypothyroidism and it runs in our family,she said I needed anti-depressants and she thought I had fibromalgia!Anyway I would be grateful for any advice. Thanks

Ann.

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Possibly Anne,

Consider really doing some reading up before leaping into self

treating. Especially around the associated conditions. It would be a

shame to go to all that trouble without regaining your health. Might

just add to your feeling of disappointment. Each of us is very

different, some common things apply, others don't.

I experimented with Armour for three months, went ok for a while, then

started to go downhill again. Problem being, adrenal function the

bigger issue. Need to do more work in that area still.

Just a thought, of course you know what's best for you.

M

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