Re: A Success Story / Placebo, I don't think so

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Doctors say " placebo effect " when they want to cover their ignorance. So many

here report temperature improvements on T3 - guess that would be the placebo

effect on the THERMOMETER?! LOL!

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> Subject: A Success Story

> To: RT3_T3

> Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 6:57 PM

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> I know many people get discouraged, including me. Well, my sister has

been hypo a long time. She has Hashi's and of course the docs had her on one

form of t4 after another, all with terrible results. She just finally stopped

taking it after one doctor accused her of being noncompliant since her TSH

didn't come down. Another called her a closet eater. Sigh.

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> This past year, she became very depressed. I know she really isn't into health

stuff, but I gave her a bottle of Cynomel and just asked her to try it. She has

high cortisol, so I knew low cortisol problems wouldn't be an issue. She started

at 1 pill, then 1 pill twice a day and now she's taking 2 pills twice a day, so

100 mcg. Since her cortsiol isn't low, she can handle this dosing schedule. (And

she wouldn't go for mult-dosing anyway, lol).

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> She says she feels better than she has in years! She even went jogging the

other day! I am so happy for her. I told her: " Now if only I can fix myself! "

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> And she actually showed the bottle to her new doc, lol! The doc said, " I can't

read it; it's in Spanish. " *chuckle* The doc thought it was a placebo effect and

my sister was adamant she would know the difference. And then the doc wanted to

do a bunch of bloodwork and asked if her thyroid showed the pills weren't doing

anything, if she'd be willing to try Synthroid. My sister firmly said, " NO! "

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> She did the bloodwork, though, so I'm curious what will come back although the

dumb doc probably did a TSH and MAYBE a ft4.

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> But yay for my sister! I'm so glad the t3 is helping her when the other stuff

never did. The old Armour didn't even help her. I'd given her some of that to

try, too.

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[Guest guest]

Lol, yes, this doctor is apparently very caring and listens, according to my

sister, but she likely just has absolutely no idea about how to treat thyroid.

How would she the way doctors are taught in school? I also think she is fairly

young. However, she didn't give my sister any lectures or anything, so who

knows, she may be open to her staying on cynomel. Not that she has any say in

it! :-) It will be interesting to see what the labs show and what the doc says

if her TSH is in fact lowered. I suspect the doc thinks the drug is not

legitimate or inferior b/c it's from Mexico.

Kathleen

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> > From: keickholt13 <keickholt13@>

> > Subject: A Success Story

> > To: RT3_T3

> > Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 6:57 PM

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been hypo a long time. She has Hashi's and of course the docs had her on one

form of t4 after another, all with terrible results. She just finally stopped

taking it after one doctor accused her of being noncompliant since her TSH

didn't come down. Another called her a closet eater. Sigh.

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> > This past year, she became very depressed. I know she really isn't into

health stuff, but I gave her a bottle of Cynomel and just asked her to try it.

She has high cortisol, so I knew low cortisol problems wouldn't be an issue. She

started at 1 pill, then 1 pill twice a day and now she's taking 2 pills twice a

day, so 100 mcg. Since her cortsiol isn't low, she can handle this dosing

schedule. (And she wouldn't go for mult-dosing anyway, lol).

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other day! I am so happy for her. I told her: " Now if only I can fix myself! "

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> > And she actually showed the bottle to her new doc, lol! The doc said, " I

can't read it; it's in Spanish. " *chuckle* The doc thought it was a placebo

effect and my sister was adamant she would know the difference. And then the doc

wanted to do a bunch of bloodwork and asked if her thyroid showed the pills

weren't doing anything, if she'd be willing to try Synthroid. My sister firmly

said, " NO! "

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the dumb doc probably did a TSH and MAYBE a ft4.

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stuff never did. The old Armour didn't even help her. I'd given her some of that

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