Guest guest Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Firstly thank you to all the folks that make this site work. I've been ill for a good few years, was taking too many meds and not getting any better ... ususal story. So last year I stopped all my meds, cold turkey and started self medicating on pink salt, vit d3, vit c, cayenne, ginger, etc. and my health started to improve ... I then had an episode that put me in hospital, blood pressure 195/100 was put back on meds for that, I then found Iodine I'm taking 6 drops of Lugols/ day with breakfast (5 weeks now). I've had a very raw and swollen throat (three weeks and getting better), which would have frightened me off the iodine had I not been reading here. Other symtoms were a blinding headache for about a week, and recently a week of my eyes producing a lot of muck and dirt thru the night, I'm putting all these unpleasent symtoms down to my body getting rid of the nasties, so in time I pray things will be much better. A couple of postitive things are my eyebrows are starting to grow new hairs, and the bags under my eyes are not as big. My doc told me I will be back looking for the thyroxine, being in the UK this seems to be the normal route, I hope someone can guide me to a source of natural thyroid meds so I can continue to improve should I need to try Armour or similar. Any advice or guidence will be appreciated, TIA Regds, CG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Suggestions; Having been treated with synthetic thyroid hormone, which only changes test results, (TSH and total T-4) without relieving hypo symptoms, for years you are almost surely adrenally fatigued, as well.One of the adrenal hormones is Cortisol.If your production of Cortisol is low, and you start taking NTH (Natural Thyroid Hormone), the T-3 will 'pool' in the blood, and you will develop a worse reaction called reverse T-3. The only lab test for diagnosing adrenal fatigue is a saliva test; You spit in a little test tube,(4 times during the day) and send the sample into a lab. However, you can do a test at home, and all you need is a thermometer. Go to DRRIND.COM, print a copy of the 'metabolic temperature graph', and read the instructions for using it.Might also read the 'metabolic matrix'; it lists signs, symptoms and lab results for adrenal fatigue, hypothyroid, and for those who are both.Its fairly straight forward; If average temps on chart are regularly below 98.6, but are within .3 of a degree of each other, you are hypo but not AF, if they are below 98.6 , and have a variation greater than .3 of a degree, you are both. Reccomend you go to the NaturalThyroidHormones group, and NaturalThyroidHormoneAdrenals group (), read everything in the files section, and follow the links.Be sure to read up on the 'pupil test' for testing for aldosterone, another adrenal hormone which you may be low in, if you are adrenally fatigued. You can order the tests and Rx's (including Natural Thyroid hormone) without a Rx.You can learn more about that from these groups.Good luck, Jim > > Firstly thank you to all the folks that make this site work. I've been ill for a good few years, was taking too many meds and not getting any better ... ususal story. So last year I stopped all my meds, cold turkey and started self medicating on pink salt, vit d3, vit c, cayenne, ginger, etc. and my health started to improve ... > > I then had an episode that put me in hospital, blood pressure 195/100 was put back on meds for that, I then found Iodine I'm taking 6 drops of Lugols/ day with breakfast (5 weeks now). I've had a very raw and swollen throat (three weeks and getting better), which would have frightened me off the iodine had I not been reading here. Other symtoms were a blinding headache for about a week, and recently a week of my eyes producing a lot of muck and dirt thru the night, I'm putting all these unpleasent symtoms down to my body getting rid of the nasties, so in time I pray things will be much better. > > A couple of postitive things are my eyebrows are starting to grow new hairs, and the bags under my eyes are not as big. > > My doc told me I will be back looking for the thyroxine, being in the UK this seems to be the normal route, I hope someone can guide me to a source of natural thyroid meds so I can continue to improve should I need to try Armour or similar. > > Any advice or guidence will be appreciated, TIA > > Regds, CG > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Thanks Jim thats alot of info to keep me busy ... started on taking my temps. I'm sure I'll have further questions. Cheers CG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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