Am on Armour and my TSH went higher--Any advice please!!!!

January 30, 2009

Hi Patty and all,

About 6 weeks ago my doctor prescribed Armour Thryoid for me because

my TSH had measured 4.8. He started me on just a tiny dose of 1/2

grain (30mg) which I have been taking daily for the 6 weeks since

then. He told me we would keep remeasuring my TSH and free T3 and

free T4 and increase the dose as needed, but he believes in keeping a

person on the lowest needed dose, so their body still makes its own.

So anyway, a couple days ago they retested my TSH and it is actually

higher than before I started the Armour. I do not know the exact

number because I just heard the phone message this evening from the

doctor's office, and they were already closed so I could not call

them. In the message the nurse just said my TSH was higher and I

should double my dose of Armour to 1 grain.

I am just concered--actually freaking out a little--especially

because I don't even know what my new TSH number is. Apparently these

doctors offices assume patients don't want the details. Anyway, I

know 1/2 grain is a very low dose, but is it possible that the Armour

is making my thyroid worse (maybe because I have an adrenal problem

for example?) and hence maybe I should not double the dose, as they

told me to do. Or is it more likely that 1/2 grain didn't do anything

one way or another and my TSH is simply higher because it has daily

fluctuations and the 1/2 grain just hasn't done anything--in which

case the doctor would be correct to recommend upping the dose?

By the way, Patty, I did ask him to test my thyroid antibodies too

when I was there a couple days ago--I just don't have the results

back on that yet. And I did order the cortisol 4x/day saliva test.

I would really appreciate some advice on this. Should I increase the

Armour to 1 grain, given that 1/2 grain seemed to have no effect or

the opposite effect of what I wanted?

Unfortunately this news comes right after finding out my uterine

fibroid is bigger, so I am freaking out a bit.

By the way, Patty, thank you for your response regarding the coffee

enemas and uterine fibroids. A member of this group kindly sent me

some emails indicating that Gerson and others have actually

recommended coffee enemas for reducing fibroids. So I do plan to try

them.

Thanks,

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