nothing seems to work and i still feel rough.

[stockman27]

Hi everybody, I feel compelled to post as I still see lots of patients having issues with this vile condition.

I recently saw a post that said one person is having an allergic reaction to their thyroxin but this is a hormone that your body needsso I am not sure about this.

I am not a DR in fact I am a retired engineer but I have the qualifications having had my thyriod gland removed in October 1999 and its been a pure torture since then and the money its cost me.

I am wondering if most of all your issues or at least a lot of them are your adrenals.

Before I met a Dr who understands, I was taking 5 grains and 100 MCR of t4 a day to enable me to carry on that’s a lot of thyroxin and what is strange I had no fast heart beat or shortness of breath, no signs of hyper , in fact I felt just normal..

Luckily I was put on a regime of DHEA and Pregnenolone and now at least I get some goods days and bad days.

Many years ago I went a British Thyroid meeting with NHS and their was a few NHS DR also attending. Around 200 people there and we had the standard NHS rubbish that only T4 is the gold standard with a good TSH reading and anybody using Armour thyroid should wash their mouths out.

I was lucky enough to be chosen to asked a question and the question I asked was how many of the patients felt well on t4, around 98 percent of the people put their hands up and said they still felt unwell. The surprise to me was the NHS dr said , then its not the Thyroxin but something else but I have been banging my head against a wall as what is it and that is where the NHS lets us down as they just do not want to know or do they know. Or you go down the depression road. I have taken Prozac and you still feel rough but more happy about feeling rough it makes sense.

I was lucky enough to seek the help of Dr Bhanna, from Joburg, he informed me that if your adrenals are not working then you body will not carry the thyroxin into every living cell in your body.

My suggestion to you all, if you have tried different doses and preparations of Thyroxin both T4 and T3 then it has to be another factor and that could be your adrenals.

I really do hope my message helps you all, as I know this is a torture.

Have you noticed when you are feeling rough, everything is a major problem, the other day I was hanging up my trousers and they fell of the hanger, normally I would just pick them up but on this occasion I felt it was the end of the world.

Kind regards

John C

[shaws Administrator]

As you say 'thyroxine' is compatible with the human body and levothyroxine is a synthetic form of the hormone. Some cannot get well on it due to factors that can remain a mystery particularly to the Endocrinologists who've been brainwashed and obviously don't have a hypo problems themselves.

Some people cannot convert or don't get a sufficient doseof T4 to make T3 (the active hormone) and some cannot tolerate the fillers/binders used in levothyroxine or T3. Both T4 and T3 are orthomoleculat so the Endocrinologists imagine the remaining clinical symptoms are nothing to do with thyroid hormones. They are so wrong.

I have tried different combinations but am now well on T3 only. It took about 7 years to get to that point. The Endocrinologists should be more sympathetic and realise if our thyroid hormones are out of whack synthetic may not suit. Natural Dessicated Thyroid helps many people and some also when T3 is added to T4 or T3 only, the only problem is the Endocrinologists who will only prescribe levothyroxine alone so leaving patients stranded and being diagnosed with health issues apart from hypothyroidism so some never recover due to their being no insight to where the root of the illness lies.

Thank you for posting and am sorry you seem to be still have problems. This is due to the 'modern' method of only looking at the test results rather than at the patient.

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It may well be that you need to start looking outside of the thyroid box, for example toxins, inflammation etc. If you've done everything to address the thyroid then possibly something else is going on. I spent years thinking my deteriorating health was due to my thyroid.

[Terricotta]

I think you are right, stockman27. The adrenals and the thyroid work hand in hand. The first port of call should always be the adrenals. If you try to boost the thyroid (or anything else) and your adrenals are not up to the job, you will feel really done in. The adrenals are crucial for energy and wellbeing. Everyone, in my view, should look to their adrenals first, unless they have a medical reason or clear evidence for working on their thyroid.

If you suspect your adrenals you need to rest and feed them. Keep glucose levels stable and improve them with vitamin C and B complex. Don't think or do anything that will give them cause to kick in during this time of healing. And drink lots of water. Look after them.

Kind regards