Still searching for an answer to hypothyroidism... - Thyroid UK

Thyroid UK

137,774 members161,570 posts

Still searching for an answer to hypothyroidism after 17 years could NDT be it?

Burdy profile image
1 Reply

Like so many of you on this site I suffer with hypothyroidism. I was diagnosed 17 years ago by an endo 2 years after the birth of my 2nd child. I started on 125mg of Levothroxine and went up to 200mg over a three year period. Although my symptoms improved marginally, in my early 30's I had less energy than my 62 year old mum. I was prescribed liothronine ( T3) about 2 years after starting the levo. Eventually my endo rereferred me back for GP maintenance 8 years ago. She was not happy about me being on the liothronine ( which is much more costly than levo ) and took me off it within a year and she started reducing my levo. Long story short it has continued to go down hill and in 2015 after a year of monthly blood tests and messing with my levo levels I was a wreck. After reading endless information about NDT I decided to self prescribe as you guessed it my GP flatly refused to prescribe it. I have struggled to find a source Amour which I would prefer. I started taking Metavive II about 6 months ago and honestly don't feel any worse in actual fact I actually lost about 8lbs without trying initially and I took A thyroid support supplement, but I continue to be exhausted and the weight loss was short lived. So my plea is like so many others if you have a reliable source of porcine NDT on the Internet please PM me or on the forum. I would be so grateful. 

SM

Written by
Burdy profile image
Burdy
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
Read more about...
1 Reply
Clutter profile image
Clutter

Recommendations to Burdy via private messages only please.

You may also like...

Searching for answers

and so i will start with a quick question about the thyroid before i go into detail about my...

Could NDT be the answer?

don't know what to do. I've been thinking about trying NDT. Could that be appropriate in my...

The condition after 2.5 years on NDT

Hello everyone! I'm taking NDT for 2.5 years, take 2.375 tablets divided into 4 times in a day. I...

Started NDT today after 15+ years on Thyroxine

TSH result. I first thought about converting to NDT around 6 years ago, but then found out I was...

Could I still be hypothyroid