Return of Hypo Symptoms (Hair Loss)

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Hey Val,

Thought I'd reach out to you. I am going to the doctor today and am

going to request a full batch of tests. Little update, in the past 2-

3 months I have noticed a return of my hypo symptoms. I weaned

myself off Cytomel and moved back over to Armour at 2.5 grains and

then begain increasing, based on the methods described in STTM. I

was excited because I have been feeling better in the past 6 mths and

the hair loss stopped with iron and Cytomel

Well, since the change, everything has begun again. Is it possible

that Cytomel is better for me than Armour? (If so, are there things

I can do to protect my bones, etc on Cytomel?) I feel as though my

body is not absorbing the iron and the Armour is not working. I am

currently on 25g of HC daily as well. I getting many of the symptoms

back with the Adrenals being off as well. (Panic attack, fast

heartbeat under stress, lethargic, lack of energy, people telling me

I am too stressed out, etc.)

I am going to talk to my Doc about moving back over to Cytomel and

see what the blood tests are. I know my new job is somewhat

stressfull and I have been thinking about quitting and doing

something less stressful, but I need to earn a living too, and I was

feeling so good mths ago. The only reason I wanted to move up is

because I knew I was not fully optimized on the Armour/Thyroid Meds

as I was still getting Hives everyday and other symptoms.

Thanks for your help- Jen

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Jen I am beginning to bnelieve some folks DO better on T3. I have not

been bale to wean off T3 either. I went to 4 grains Armour and 50mcg T3

and crashed. Went back to 3 grinas and 75 mcg T3 and feeling much

better. So here I am staying til I get labs in May. To protect bones why

not try a mix as I am doing?

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The worst part was hitting a total impasse abotu a week & a half ago. I

crashed big time! I was almost unable to work., Since then I readjusted

the T3 UP and lowered the Armoru 1 grain and am now on 20mg HC. Seems ot

be much better but for abtu 4-5 days I could barely make myself get out

of bed and was nearly unfunctional at work. Muscle pain and spasms so

bad I could barely move without getting them,. NOT FUN!!! My glucose

even went wacky but I thinkthat was from the fluid pills I had to take

as my fluid retention that was GONE on T3 came back bad, and I have to

get rid of that when it shows up as I have had Congestive Heart Failure

an fluid is really dangerous when you have had that. But all seems to be

settling out agian now, and I will NOT go any lower with T3 agian.

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So sorry you went through that Val. And you had been doing so well

too!! Glad to hear you're back on track now.

I'm still debating making the change....my thoughts now are that I

really don't care if Armour is natural and cytomel is synthetic....I

used to have a big hangup about that, but not any more. The

calcitonin is the only issue that was pulling me more to Armour

lately, but I may just have to find a cheaper source of Cytomel,

and then with the money saved, invest in calcitonin supplementation

for a while. My dd (24 yrs. old) is on cytomel as well, and I worry

about her bones a lot.

Other than that, cytomel wins in my opinion. Toooo many folks on

the armour forum with big time problems that don't seem to resolve

over time.

I wonder what it is in the Armour that caused you that crash?

Naffy

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> The worst part was hitting a total impasse abotu a week & a half

ago. I

> crashed big time! I was almost unable to work., Since then I

readjusted

> the T3 UP and lowered the Armoru 1 grain and am now on 20mg HC.

Seems ot

> be much better but for abtu 4-5 days I could barely make myself

get out

> of bed and was nearly unfunctional at work. Muscle pain and spasms

so

> bad I could barely move without getting them,. NOT FUN!!! My

glucose

> even went wacky but I thinkthat was from the fluid pills I had to

take

> as my fluid retention that was GONE on T3 came back bad, and I

have to

> get rid of that when it shows up as I have had Congestive Heart

Failure

> an fluid is really dangerous when you have had that. But all seems

to be

> settling out agian now, and I will NOT go any lower with T3 agian.

>

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WV

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> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

>

[Guest guest]

>>I wonder what it is in the Armour that caused you that crash?<<

I do nto think it was the Armour, but low T3. I have pretty much alwqys had

trouble converting T4 to T3, but had hoped by clearing out the RT3 this would

change... guess not!

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