OT - Lithium for hyperthyroid?

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> Has anyone ever heard of using subclinical doses of Lithium to

balance Free

> T3. My son has high Free T3, his doctor says he is hyperthyroid and

has

> recommended a subclinical dose (300mg.) of Lithium. I can't find

> information on this use of Lithium and wondered if anyone knows

anything

> about it. Thanks, Pat

I haven't heard of doing it this way, but Li is known to interfere

with thyroid function.

T3 isn't the baddy. T4 is the one that causes palpitations, sweating,

diarrhoea, weight loss, etc. Hyper T3 doesn't actually do any of th

bad things most doc's think it does - they get confused by some

religious dogma in their textbooks and don't pay any attention to the

actual patients - who are uniformly just fine in all hyperthyroid

problem areas when their T3 is sky high but their T4 is in the normal

range.

Again, this is one I first discovered by personal experience, and then

got curious why the med books said such silly stuff about it.

A

[Guest guest]

> What about potassium, Iodine, Zinc for hyperthyroid?

I don't think they are relevant as to give enough to affect thyroid

function (of K and Zn) would cause other enormous problems. The

iodine if given in vast quantity might do something, but I doubt it is

a good idea - maybe the thyroid will turn it all into hormone and then

the victim would REALLY be in trouble!

Andy

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[Guest guest]

Andy,

Sorry--I neglected to mention that I was referring to

suglingual minerals, readily absorbed, so getting too

much wouldn't be an issue. It's a good way to get the

trace elements needed (and for enzymatic systems).

> What about potassium, Iodine, Zinc for hyperthyroid?

>>>>>>I don't think they are relevant as to give

enough to affect thyroid

function (of K and Zn) would cause other enormous

problems. The

iodine if given in vast quantity might do something,

but I doubt it is

a good idea - maybe the thyroid will turn it all into

hormone and then

the victim would REALLY be in trouble!

Andy<<<<<<<

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