Dare I hope?
Is the thyroid medication from Thailand working better than the U.S. made thyroid medications?
The numbers on the scale are coming down AND my period actually started on time this month!! That's a good start. Hope the good news keeps coming!
I've decided after putting weight back on, losing hair again, etc. (input a host of other hypothyroidism symptoms here), that I am going to self-treat again with the thyroid medication I used to take from Thailand. When I self-treated, I lost 18 pounds and felt more like myself. When I went back under a doctor's care, I've been getting worse again. I'm tired of not being 100% for myself and my family!
I have so much to do as a mom to four kids - homework, cheerleading, soccer, meals, etc. I don't have time to feel bad! My kids have school pictures in two days and I haven't even picked out what they're going to wear yet. I don't feel like doing anything - not even laundry!
I also need to go gift shopping. I am thinking about personalized footballs while my husband is thinking about go-carts. As a neurotic mom, I tend to shy away from anything that may put one of my kids in the emergency room. As dad, he's supposed to counteract my neurotic behavior and we find a middle ground (usually). Either way, I just want to meet birthdays, holidays, and school events with energy (and about 18 pounds less of me).
Well, over the past few weeks, I ran out of my natural thyroid medication (Thyroid-S). I wasn't going to order more because there was a new doctor who prescribes Naturethroid that I wanted to see. I don't want to get my medication from Thailand forever. Turns out the waiting time was longer than I thought to see him so I ended up running out of Thyroid-S. That was a bit of a stinker.
I weaned myself back onto Synthroid for the short time (about a week) it would take for new medication from Thailand to get here so I didn't go totally without medication (it makes me very sick by the third day or so). Gained three pounds. Nice eh?
I went with Thiroyd instead of Thyroid-S from Thailand (yes, I know it looks like I need spell-check but that is actually how it is spelled). I am back to where the weight dropped before (whew!). I'm plateauing though so I'm not sure if I should increase the dose just a little bit or just wait until I see the new doctor in three weeks.
I've been taking everything very slowly (how much thyroid med, how much iodine) and I wonder if I am being too conservate. I'm just not sure.
The ten pounds has stayed off so far. Unfortunately, I think I'm allergic to the one form of natural thyroid medication I'm taking (Thyroid-S). My head feels like hives and it's SO itchy! I've tried different shampoos and treatments but then recently realized that this is the same feeling I had when the doctor gave me a medication I was allergic to. I think it's probably a filler in the Thyroid-S that is causing the reaction.
I have an appointment for mid-January with a new doctor that came recommended to me. I didn't want to keep taking Thyroid-S for another month but I also don't want to go back to feeling horrible and gaining that weight back either. So I have reduced my Thyroid-S dose so I'm still getting more T3 and have gone back to Synthroid (ONLY temporarily) just until my new doctor can prescribe Naturethroid for me. I hear that's better for people who have allergies to some of the fillers in the other medications.
It's too bad if I'm allergic to Thryoid-S because I was feeling better and some weight dropped off. It could be an allergy or perhaps a hypothyroid symptom - meaning I need MORE Thyroid-S than I'm currently taking but if I'm allergic, I don't want to push it.
I've also bought natural progesterone cream, coconut oil, and magnesium oil. I've read some good things and wanted to try a few things out. I'm waiting for my books (Stop the Thyroid Madness and Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It) to show up on my doorstep. It's been Christmas here this week with all my stuff coming in!
I'll let you know what I think of the books after they get here and I read them. I can't wait until they get here.
I picked up some iodine tincture. I want to try a skin test with it and see what that is about. There are several sites that talk about it but they say different things. Some sites say it can help tell if you are iodine deficient and other sites say it doesn't work for that. I'll give it a try and see what happens.
Edited to add 2/2/2010: It wasn't a medication allergy. It was eczema:)
Since switching to Thyroid-S (natural dessicated thyroid medication containing both T3 and T4) a couple weeks ago, from Synthroid (synthetic T4), I've lost seven pounds. My moods are better too. I'm all goofy and happy-weird again! I'm coming back!!
My temp last week was 97.1 (which is what it's been around for many years now and doctors just shrugged off as "normal" since getting thyroid disease). Yesterday, it was at 98, but I also wasn't feeling well so I don't know if that was a very low grade fever for me or if my temps are coming up now that medication levels are starting to stabilize. Time will tell! I need to get in the habit of monitoring my temperature daily since low temps is an indicator for me on thyroid levels and adjustments needed.
My Iodoral and Celtic Sea Salt
My new thyroid medication also came in. It was the day for deliveries at my house. Before I jump in with taking everything at once, it is time to do a little research and see what the best way to start these are. Besides the Iodine book, I wanted to have a copy of Stop the Thyroid Madness but my library doesn't have a copy of it. They are doing a nation-wide search for me.
The packaging of my meds was a little different than what I'm used to:
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