hypothyroid and on Armour thyroid

[cathyxxx]

Hey Choices! I agree....sometimes it takes a miracle to find a doc that will prescribe natural thyroid meds. It is sad really!!! I don't have insurance for any of this stuff, but I know this, not getting proper treatment for a thyroid problem, is much more expensive then pursuing it outside of your insurance plan. I am glad that you will see a naturopath, and that you are researching this stuff for yourself. It took me over 20 years to get proper treatment and that really only happened bec I began researching this stuff to death! So please don't give up...you may have to go thru several docs before finding one to help you. I would suggest this tho....before ever making an appt with any doctor's office, I would always ask if they prescribe natural thyroid meds? If the answer is no, then you don't have to waste your time or your money with that one. Another thing you can do is call local pharmacies to ask them for the names of docs that prescribe natural thyroid meds like Armour and Naturethroid. They are usually glad to help with that info. Another thing is to call compounding pharmacies in your area to get the names of doc that prescribe compounded thyroid meds. Just a thought if you have trouble finding a doc that prescribes them.

please keep us posted & take care,
Cathy

[xDxxTx]

I'm on Synthroid, and I've been on it for three years. I still find it very easy to gain weight and VERY difficult to lose. Treatment alone won't make you lose weight - it is still harder to lose weight with hypothyroidism than it is for people who don't have thyroid issues. TRUST me.

[nina3]

Originally Posted by Lyndyn

I've been on Armour (30mg) for just about two weeks. On the 8th day that I was on it, I woke up and suddenly realized that I didn't just feel good...I felt GREAT! If you had asked me before, I wouldn't have said that I was depressed, because I really didn't feel sad - but after the armour kicked in, I realized that I had been depressed. I feel so much better. I have energy. I'm listening to music again...the colors seem brighter somehow.

As an added bonus, my terrible terrible plantar fasciitis for which i have taken anywhere from 4-16 advils a day is suddenly 99.5% gone!!! I haven't taken an advil in almost two weeks - the first time in 11 years that I have gone that long!! It is really kind of shocking to me.

My post is in 2012 and I don't know who will see it but that foot pain was happening to me BEFORE I knew I had to have surgery on my Thyroid! After they took out the tumor (I have 1/2 T left) my foot pain went away.

I first started on synthroid and that was actually ok. But I have been slowly gaining weight and my doc is very sympathetic and also says with my labs I will never lose. So he started me on Armour.

It took about 3 weeks but today Yes! I had the aha moment. I woke up early, took my pill and went back to bed for about an hour. But I could not go to sleep again. When I got up I knew I was "back".
Another thing about Armour that I noticed in the first week was a loss of appetite. I had started a diet and was happy that I had no desire to snack all day like before.

But TODAY, after 3 weeks is the first day I feel like myself.
And my feet still feel better. And I can always tell when my TSH is too high. I can hardly walk.

[cathyxxx]

hey nina - I see your post! and I'm so glad for you!

I can so much relate to what you said in your post in your original post that you have quoted.

how much Armour are you taking? believe it or not, I take 5 grains (300 mgs) a day I could always tell when it was time to increase my dosage bec after a few weeks or months of feeling better, the symptoms would start surfacing again.

so glad you are feeling better!