Post by SugarBane on Jan 23, 2004 13:19:29 GMT -5
If you would like to get some support for losing weight with hypothyroidism consider the yahoo group:
Thyroid and Weight Loss Support
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/thyroidwtloss/
Also check out Mary Shomon's Thyroid Forum at about.com:
thyroid.about.com/
Also if you are looking for a Doctor in your area who will use Armour natural thyroid check out this doctor finder database on the Armour Thyroid website:
www.armourthyroid.com/locate.html
More innovative doctors are beginning to believe that a TSH of around 1 - 2 --- in the low end of the normal range -- is optimal for most people to feel well and avoid having hypothyroid or hyperthyroid symptoms.
For some people, even if the TSH level is normal, or even in some bases, low normal, there may still be a situation where one is hypothyroid at a cellular level, due to conversion problems, inadequate T3 hormone, or other factors. Inability to properly convert T4 to T3 can also result in fluctuating TSH, as the system struggles to keep balancing an out of whack T4 and T3 level, sending TSH levels up and down to compensate.
Some people also seem to need supplemental T3 to feel well. There was published February 11, 1999 in the New England Journal of Medicine a research report that says that many patients feel better on a combination of T4 and T3, not T4 (i.e., Synthroid) alone. Many people have a normal or even LOW-normal TSH level, yet still suffer continuing hypothyroidism symptoms. In these cases, the addition of T3 helped relieve depression, brain fog, fatigue and other symptoms. This information about T3 is groundbreaking and has major implications for people who don't feel well on their current thyroid therapies!!!
Personally, I am one of the people who does better on a T4/T3 drug than on pure synthetic T4 only (like Synthroid.) I take Armour Dessicated Natural Thyroid Replacement.
Thyroid and Weight Loss Support
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/thyroidwtloss/
Also check out Mary Shomon's Thyroid Forum at about.com:
thyroid.about.com/
Also if you are looking for a Doctor in your area who will use Armour natural thyroid check out this doctor finder database on the Armour Thyroid website:
www.armourthyroid.com/locate.html
More innovative doctors are beginning to believe that a TSH of around 1 - 2 --- in the low end of the normal range -- is optimal for most people to feel well and avoid having hypothyroid or hyperthyroid symptoms.
For some people, even if the TSH level is normal, or even in some bases, low normal, there may still be a situation where one is hypothyroid at a cellular level, due to conversion problems, inadequate T3 hormone, or other factors. Inability to properly convert T4 to T3 can also result in fluctuating TSH, as the system struggles to keep balancing an out of whack T4 and T3 level, sending TSH levels up and down to compensate.
Some people also seem to need supplemental T3 to feel well. There was published February 11, 1999 in the New England Journal of Medicine a research report that says that many patients feel better on a combination of T4 and T3, not T4 (i.e., Synthroid) alone. Many people have a normal or even LOW-normal TSH level, yet still suffer continuing hypothyroidism symptoms. In these cases, the addition of T3 helped relieve depression, brain fog, fatigue and other symptoms. This information about T3 is groundbreaking and has major implications for people who don't feel well on their current thyroid therapies!!!
Personally, I am one of the people who does better on a T4/T3 drug than on pure synthetic T4 only (like Synthroid.) I take Armour Dessicated Natural Thyroid Replacement.
