Re: Questions about recovering from HypoT from a new...

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In a message dated 3/5/2005 8:23:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, npm@...

writes:

> I just started on Armour this week

> after being on Levoxyl for almost 20 years (RAI for graves). I'm

> pretty sure I have been slightly HypoT the entire time on Levoxyl. I

> have " normal " TSH (2.04) but I did my own FT3/FT4 tests and came back

> under the range on FT3, FT4 was towards the top. So I'm thinking that

> I don't convert T4 properly.

>

hmmm....i'm thinking you need more armour.

the joint pain should go away once you get on an optimal dose of Armour-

which means that TSH may well be suppressed.

cindi

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In a message dated 3/5/2005 8:23:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, npm@...

writes:

> I just started on Armour this week

> after being on Levoxyl for almost 20 years (RAI for graves). I'm

> pretty sure I have been slightly HypoT the entire time on Levoxyl. I

> have " normal " TSH (2.04) but I did my own FT3/FT4 tests and came back

> under the range on FT3, FT4 was towards the top. So I'm thinking that

> I don't convert T4 properly.

>

hmmm....i'm thinking you need more armour.

the joint pain should go away once you get on an optimal dose of Armour-

which means that TSH may well be suppressed.

cindi

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I will work my way up. I figured I'd start on 1g and go up to 1.5g

next week. My doctor obliged me with the Armour prescription but he

seemed a little terrified. I even managed to get a 30mg prescription

from him as well so I could modify my dose. But he is making me go to

the clinic's endo and... well, I bet we can all guess what she's going

to say. My brother-in-law went to this endo for diabetes and

didn't like her.

Anyone know a good doctor in San Diego?

Oh yes, another thing. I'm on about day 3 of Armour and I've started

having an odd headache. It is a fleeting, stabbing pain in one part

of my head. Not really like any headache I've had before. It just

comes on for a second or two and then goes away. My blood pressure is

normal.

Thanks everyone for the good news.

> hmmm....i'm thinking you need more armour.

> the joint pain should go away once you get on an optimal dose of

Armour-

> which means that TSH may well be suppressed.

> cindi

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I know of a wholistic clinic in SanDiego,. but I'll have to dig for

the info. On the other hand, I know of a great doc in Palm Springs.

Dr. Neal Rouzier on Tahquitz Way. www.hormonedoctor.com.

My sister goes to him. He started her out on 2 grains, told her to

work up from the 1 grain she was taking of mine with a re-check in a

month. I'll be seeing him on the 17th, and I'll have him look at my

hormones too. I just got some labs back and my estrogen/progesterone

are in the toilet.

I know Palm Springs is a drive, but hey, he's right down the street

from the Spa Casino and Resort....

Re: upping your dose: the optimal dose before the advent of blood

testing was somewhere between 3 and 5 grains, which is what thehuman

thyroid makes in a day anyways. Since you have no thyroid, you would

need to do full replacement. There are a couple of ways to go about

this. 1) You can try to convince your GP to medicate by symptoms

and we can help you find medical articles to support supressive TSH

dosing, T3 in the top of the range, etc. 2) You can be less

aggressive with your GP, keeping your current scrip and

supplementing with Thyroid-S obtained from 'other' sources. 3) you

can try Palm Springs or maybe the place I htink I know of in San

Diego.

Lemme know if you want me to look up that other clinic.

Cheers,

Friday

>

> I will work my way up. I figured I'd start on 1g and go up to 1.5g

> next week. My doctor obliged me with the Armour prescription but

he

> seemed a little terrified. I even managed to get a 30mg

prescription

> from him as well so I could modify my dose. But he is making me

go to

> the clinic's endo and... well, I bet we can all guess what she's

going

> to say. My brother-in-law went to this endo for diabetes and

> didn't like her.

>

> Anyone know a good doctor in San Diego?

>

> Oh yes, another thing. I'm on about day 3 of Armour and I've

started

> having an odd headache. It is a fleeting, stabbing pain in one

part

> of my head. Not really like any headache I've had before. It just

> comes on for a second or two and then goes away. My blood

pressure is

> normal.

>

> Thanks everyone for the good news.

>

> > hmmm....i'm thinking you need more armour.

> > the joint pain should go away once you get on an optimal dose of

> Armour-

> > which means that TSH may well be suppressed.

> > cindi

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I know of a wholistic clinic in SanDiego,. but I'll have to dig for

the info. On the other hand, I know of a great doc in Palm Springs.

Dr. Neal Rouzier on Tahquitz Way. www.hormonedoctor.com.

My sister goes to him. He started her out on 2 grains, told her to

work up from the 1 grain she was taking of mine with a re-check in a

month. I'll be seeing him on the 17th, and I'll have him look at my

hormones too. I just got some labs back and my estrogen/progesterone

are in the toilet.

I know Palm Springs is a drive, but hey, he's right down the street

from the Spa Casino and Resort....

Re: upping your dose: the optimal dose before the advent of blood

testing was somewhere between 3 and 5 grains, which is what thehuman

thyroid makes in a day anyways. Since you have no thyroid, you would

need to do full replacement. There are a couple of ways to go about

this. 1) You can try to convince your GP to medicate by symptoms

and we can help you find medical articles to support supressive TSH

dosing, T3 in the top of the range, etc. 2) You can be less

aggressive with your GP, keeping your current scrip and

supplementing with Thyroid-S obtained from 'other' sources. 3) you

can try Palm Springs or maybe the place I htink I know of in San

Diego.

Lemme know if you want me to look up that other clinic.

Cheers,

Friday

>

> I will work my way up. I figured I'd start on 1g and go up to 1.5g

> next week. My doctor obliged me with the Armour prescription but

he

> seemed a little terrified. I even managed to get a 30mg

prescription

> from him as well so I could modify my dose. But he is making me

go to

> the clinic's endo and... well, I bet we can all guess what she's

going

> to say. My brother-in-law went to this endo for diabetes and

> didn't like her.

>

> Anyone know a good doctor in San Diego?

>

> Oh yes, another thing. I'm on about day 3 of Armour and I've

started

> having an odd headache. It is a fleeting, stabbing pain in one

part

> of my head. Not really like any headache I've had before. It just

> comes on for a second or two and then goes away. My blood

pressure is

> normal.

>

> Thanks everyone for the good news.

>

> > hmmm....i'm thinking you need more armour.

> > the joint pain should go away once you get on an optimal dose of

> Armour-

> > which means that TSH may well be suppressed.

> > cindi

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I know of a wholistic clinic in SanDiego,. but I'll have to dig for

the info. On the other hand, I know of a great doc in Palm Springs.

Dr. Neal Rouzier on Tahquitz Way. www.hormonedoctor.com.

My sister goes to him. He started her out on 2 grains, told her to

work up from the 1 grain she was taking of mine with a re-check in a

month. I'll be seeing him on the 17th, and I'll have him look at my

hormones too. I just got some labs back and my estrogen/progesterone

are in the toilet.

I know Palm Springs is a drive, but hey, he's right down the street

from the Spa Casino and Resort....

Re: upping your dose: the optimal dose before the advent of blood

testing was somewhere between 3 and 5 grains, which is what thehuman

thyroid makes in a day anyways. Since you have no thyroid, you would

need to do full replacement. There are a couple of ways to go about

this. 1) You can try to convince your GP to medicate by symptoms

and we can help you find medical articles to support supressive TSH

dosing, T3 in the top of the range, etc. 2) You can be less

aggressive with your GP, keeping your current scrip and

supplementing with Thyroid-S obtained from 'other' sources. 3) you

can try Palm Springs or maybe the place I htink I know of in San

Diego.

Lemme know if you want me to look up that other clinic.

Cheers,

Friday

>

> I will work my way up. I figured I'd start on 1g and go up to 1.5g

> next week. My doctor obliged me with the Armour prescription but

he

> seemed a little terrified. I even managed to get a 30mg

prescription

> from him as well so I could modify my dose. But he is making me

go to

> the clinic's endo and... well, I bet we can all guess what she's

going

> to say. My brother-in-law went to this endo for diabetes and

> didn't like her.

>

> Anyone know a good doctor in San Diego?

>

> Oh yes, another thing. I'm on about day 3 of Armour and I've

started

> having an odd headache. It is a fleeting, stabbing pain in one

part

> of my head. Not really like any headache I've had before. It just

> comes on for a second or two and then goes away. My blood

pressure is

> normal.

>

> Thanks everyone for the good news.

>

> > hmmm....i'm thinking you need more armour.

> > the joint pain should go away once you get on an optimal dose of

> Armour-

> > which means that TSH may well be suppressed.

> > cindi

> >

> >

> >