want to try armour

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Hi,

I have been diagnosed with Hashimotos for about a year now. I am currently

taking cortisone, and levoxyl with a small dose of armour I added myself in the

a.m. I take the levoxyl at night. 100 mcg. I did this and I like that I wake

up in the morning with energy. I have always wanted to go to full armour and my

physician is willing to try this but I always seem to have the opposite effects

everyone else dose. Too much cortisone and I swell. switched to isocourt and

on just 1 pill I am extremely irritable and breathless. A few months ago my

physician gave me a prescription for armour and told me to drop the 100 mcg and

start 1 pill of the armour and we would test from there. I of course stupidly

did not want to do that so I started weaning the levoxyl and added the armour

(1/4) pill armour with 3/4 dose levoxyl and so on. Very Very quickly I began

having weakness in my muscles, extreme fatigue, swelling in my throat,

breathlessness etc. My sed

rate went up and I went hyperthyroid(though I would have sworn it was hypo) So

I am back on the medicine I am on now, my numbers all look good (though we are

rechecking the free's) but they have been in the high end. My inflammation is

still up which bears another question. I cannot seem to take the armour without

taking the cortisone with it. It gives me the worst headache. I am wondering

if I am allergic to it and the cortisone just stops the reaction? My symptoms

now are just I cannot lose weight no matter what. I am still battling some hair

loss, some puffiness with water retention, and some period problems, and on/off

palps, seems i cannot take any stimulants what so ever (sugar, caffeine all give

them to me) I also tried bio identical progresterone and it immediately brought

on my period, and vital nutrients pms pill helped with symptoms but caused

extreme itching.

Any ideas on switching to armour, or should I just leave well enough alone.

Crystal