Synthroid sugar pill, zilch, armour, 17 years, nonsense
The biggest side of taking Synthroid for me: it did NOTHING for me. ZILCH. ZERO. It was no better than a sugar pill. After 17 years of that nonsense, - 25% more...
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Synthroid night sweats, sleep hygeine, running blood, ways to lose weight, gaining weight
I've been on synthroid now for about a year. My dosage is VERY little (0.075). My doctor keeps running blood tests every 3 months and assures me I am - 85% more... -
dd1024, you need to be on Armour. Google the Stop the Thyroid Madness site. It's very good, and the book is even better. My life changed because of it - 1% more...
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Sounds like your doctor keeps testing your TSH, and when my doctor did it, I never felt well. And Synthroid never helped either. I finally found out a - 41% more...
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is there anatural replacement for the thyroid hormone?
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Yes. The Stop the Thyroid Madness website has excellent information on natural thyroid treatment. You should also order the book by the same name, whi - 38% more...
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Synthroid low blood pressure, synthyroid, tsh levels, endocrinologist, 4 months
I have been on synthyroid for the past 4 months and my doses have been increased from .75 to .112 which I am currently on. I weigh 92 pounds, which is - 78% more... -
You really need to be reading this site: www.stopthethyroidmadness.com The worst thing any doctor can do to you is dose you by the TSH lab, or have yo - 10% more...
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Levoxyl mcg, thyroid disease, swollen ankles, pharmasist, endocrinologist
I have had thyroid disease for 6 years. I just had my medicine increase less than one week ago from 125 mcg to 150 mcg. The endocrinologist did this w - 84% more... -
Swollen ankles and feet imply you are still hypo, which the vast majority of Levoxyl users are!! You need to read this website: www.stopthethyroidmadn - 32% more...
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Levoxyl lung cancer surgery, swollen eye, remarkable recovery, lung cancer, synthroid
extremely depressed after a week of taking levoxyl. Also face is swollen, eye swollen and red and face and eyes burn. These were the same symptoms aft - 78% more... -
I'm really sorry to read what you are going through. What you do is demand a switch to Armour desiccated thyroid, and if your doctor won't, find one w - 83% more...
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Synthroid brain fog, radiation treatment, hyperthyroidism, armour, hips
I am was diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism about 2 years ago. I took the radiation treatment and was placed on Synthroid. Every 4 weeks the dosage was ad - 78% more... -
But Armour IS a cure all!! It gives you back exactly what your own thyroid would be giving you, NOT just T4. I love it!! I notice that when others say - 71% more...
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Levoxyl tingling fingers, thyroxine, bloods, heart rate, tsh
I started taking thyroxine about 6 weeks ago - i went to the doc with tingling fingers, bloods showed tsh 34 so doc gave me 50mg thyroxine. Felt awful - 77% more... -
I had a friend just like you! Did your doc ever test you for Hashimotos with the two antibodies labs? Because for some people, if you have Hashimotos, - 77% more...
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Synthroid blood work, gain weight, population, synthroid, nuts
Why is it OK with the DR. if synthroid makes us gain weight?!!! I've been hyperthroid before and lost weight...why does the med make us GAIN weight... - 61% more... -
I figured out why I was gaining weight on Synthroid. It doesn't work!!! It's only a storage hormone, T4, which is meant to convert to the active hormo - 76% more...
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Levoxyl extreme fatigue, levothyroxine, tsh, meds, headaches
I too was a picture of health even with my TSH being off. My old doctor retired and a new one prescribed the levothyroxine. I never have felt so rotte - 71% more... -
You really need to look into desiccated thyroid. One brand name is Armour. It's SO much better than Levoxyl or Synthroid or any of the other T4-only m - 70% more...
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Synthroid thryoid, biopsies, nodules, endo, thyroid
I had my thyroid removed 16 months ago. I had nodules and biopsies, but the biopsies couldn't tell if the nodules were cancerous or not---so I had the - 80% more... -
Of course you have gained weight on Synthroid!! It's just T4. That's a storage hormone. Your body is not meant to live on a storage hormone alone. You - 71% more...
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I had the exact same problem when I was on Synthroid. I kept gaining weight!! ugh. I then found out about Armour, got on it, and raised until I got to - 71% more...
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Synthroid heart palpitations, sun burns, cold weather, weight gain, medication
I have been on Synthroid since 1983--varying dosages. Side effects have included: weight gain, heart palpitations,adrenalin misfires, extreme reaction - 66% more... -
yes, yes!! Armour works. I switched to Armour, did NOT dose by the TSH, kept raising, and I lost weight and feel SOOO much better. Armour is dessicate - 75% more...
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Synthroid twin cities mn, preferred one, naturopaths, pocket expenses, ovaries
I have been on synthroid since 1982 after RAI to treat Graves. I had 1 child since then and was early 20's but around 30's started having weight gain - 89% more... -
I'll bet that the reason Armour didn't work for you is that you had a doctor who kept you underdosed because he still used the lousiest lab ever inven - 77% more...
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Synthroid childhood photos, arduous work, brain function, medical doctors, levoxyl
I am a female and was diagnosed with Hashimoto's three years ago (looking at old childhood photos I've probably had this all my life) and have taken L - 89% more... -
Do Armour!! I am so impressed with it. It contains everything your own thyroid would be making--T4, T3, T2 T1 and calcitonin. They all work together r - 67% more...
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Synthroid doctors office, office tomorrow, disc disease, blood work, august 23rd
Ive been on synthroid since Saturday august 23rd and I noticed Im more nervous like I want to climb the walls and im sweating profusly. I have lost ov - 72% more... -
Have you had the two antibodies tests? Because it sounds like you have Hashimotos disease, and the Synthroid you are on is FEEDING it, thus the nervou - 66% more...
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Synthroid armour thyroid, extreme mood swings, tsh levels, manic depression, body temp
It took 3 years for me to be diagnosed with hypothyroidism and for a year I tried levethyroxine. This was a total waste of time. I was so exhausted th - 90% more... -
NO, THEY ARE NO DISCONTINUING ARMOUR!! The FDA cracked down on their makers, Forest Labs, because of a bad batch a year ago. It's taken them this long - 66% more...
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Synthroid vitamin d deficiency, mood swings, muscular pains, acute case, nut job
I was diagnosed with graves disease last year, I had a really acute case that turned me into a total nut job. In October after going through several t - 90% more... -
My mother also had Graves, and they later put her on levothyroxine, and she had problems the entire time. It was Armour that changed her life and mine - 66% more...
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Simvastatin short term memory loss, short term memory, finger joints, elbow, medication
I am a 47year old male.I,ve been on simvastatin for about 10 weeks now and have been experiencing mild short term memory loss for a few weeks. I put t - 52% more... -
You bet it can be related!! The THREE top side effects of taking statins include memory loss, aches and pains, and peripheral neuropathy! My mother-in - 73% more...
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Levoxyl hypothyroid, synthroid, armour, pockets, medications
After being on Synthroid for a few years and getting NOTHING from it, I was switched to Levoxyl for several more years, and got NOTHING for it either. - 55% more... -
Levoxyl hashimoto s thyroiditis, losing my hair, levothyroxine, fibromyalgia, memory
My mother and I have both been diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and we both take levothyroxine. We both experience extreme pain and she has been - 69% more... -
There's a GOOD reason why you have the problems you mentioned: you are still hypo and will ALWAYS be on Levoxyl, which is simply T4. T4 is simply a st - 76% more...
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Synthroid hashi, mcg, brink, insomnia, air conditioning
I have Hashi's and have been on Synthroid for about 2 years. I was recently on 75 mcg and was teetering on the brink of being hypo again so my doctor - 75% more... -
Sounds like the T4, which is what Synthroid is, is converting to too much Reverse T3, which can be from having high cortisol. And if your cortisol is - 63% more...
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Synthroid brain fog, eye sight, chest pain, fluttering heart, medical journal
Hello To All, I too am on this med, I have been on it for 1 year as of July 2008- 35 pounds, brain fog, headaches, eye sight for reading, chest pain a - 69% more... -
The reason you have all those symptoms is because Synthroid is simply T4, and T4 is simply a storage hormone. It's NOT enough to treat hypothyroid and - 60% more...
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Synthroid heart palpitation, hashi, generic brand, shortness of breath, metformin
I am a diabetic with hashi. I had been taking synthroid longer than metformin and had been on both for at least a year now. Recently I have been to ER - 81% more... -
Those doctors are clueless. Synthroid and other T4 meds have not worked for half a decade! What DOES work is desiccated thyroid. One of the brand name - 56% more...
