RE: Natural desiccated thyroid....

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Hello Liz and welcome to our forum where I hope you get all the

help and support you need.

Check out the attached document that shows different associated

conditions that go alongside the symptoms of hypothyroidism. Doctors are not

aware that if you suffer with any of these, your thyroid hormone cannot be

fully utilised at cellular level.

You perhaps need to check the information in our FILES section

(accessible from the Home Page of this forum) and open the folder 'Adrenals'

and read the information there. You can do the 'AdrenalQuestionnaire' and see

how you score. Doctors are not aware that many people with thyroid disease have

very low adrenal reserve (or adrenal fatigue), this is not 's disease,

or Cushing's Syndrome - which doctors will check for if pressed - low adrenal

reserve is one of the stages to 'adrenal insufficiency ('s) and must be

treated to help the thyroid hormone get into the cells. Other conditions are

Systemic Candidiasis - that coats the lining of the gut, and again, because

thyroxine is absorbed in the gut lining, it is stopped from getting in. Another

problem that stops this action is if you are suffering with mercury poisoning,

caused through amalgam fillings.

You should ask your GP to test your levels of serum ferritin,

vitamin B12, vitamin D3, magnesium, folate, copper and zinc. Again, should any

of these be low in the reference range, they need to be supplemented to help

with thyroid hormone absorption. Always get your blood results from your doctor

- and never allow him/her to tell you that your levels are 'normal' just because

they appear 'somewhere' in the range. It really matters where in the range they

are. Post them here and we will help with interpretation.

Also, levothyroxine is a prohormone with little to no action. It

has to convert through the liver, kidneys, skin, brain and other thyroid

hormone receptors into the active thyroid hormone triiodothyronine (fT3).

Again, what many doctors don't know is that a large minority of us are unable

to convert for many and various reasons and we need T3.

You will learn more about this as you read and ask questions,

before long, you will know more about the functioning of the thyroid than your

doctor.

You sound as if you could be a candidate for natural thyroid

extract, but then, there are many people who would do much better because you

get all the thyroid hormones a body needs, i.e. T4, T3, T2, T1 and calcitonin.

When you ask your GP to do the blood tests mentioned above, ask

him/her also to test your Free t4 and free T3 as well as TSH. TSH is a

pituitary hormone, we need to know how much T4 and T3 is in your blood and the

TSH test can't show this.

Any questions, just shout, and if you registered here opting to

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email.

Luv - Sheila

For the last 7 years my homeopath has also been supporting my thyroid. She

suggested I took the minimum dose of Levothyroxine 25mcg daily and in addition

she would support my pituitary and adrenals. My GP was horrified but yet amazed

when my TSH dropped from 12.6 to 5 and still moaned it was too high.

My TSH always rises in the winter and the only symptoms i have are tiredness,

some dry skin, always hungry and a bit over weight and i am wondering if the

natural dessicated thyroid would be better for me?

The only blood test I have had is the TSH.

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