No thyroid

[Keitha1982]

Hello everyone! What's a good supplement to take while on Levothyroxin? I'm trying to conceive but I'm having a hard time 😔

[greygoose]

You should only take what you need, there is no magic supplement. And, in order to know what you need, you should get your vit D, vit B12, folate and ferritin tested. These all need to be optimal, not just in-range.

Best to avoid all types of multi-vitamin/minerals.

[shaws Administrator]

Infertility or problems with pregnancy can be due to a dysfunction of our thyroid gland. I shall give you a couple of links which may be helpful.

web.archive.org/web/2010103...

hypothyroidmom.com/i-lost-m...

[gabkad in reply to shaws]

My read on the situation is she doesn't have a thyroid at all.

[Keitha1982 in reply to gabkad]

No I don't

[shaws Administrator in reply to Keitha1982]

I'm sorry you have no thyroid gland at all and therefore I think you should have T3 (the active hormone) added to T4 (inactive and converts to T3). You may not be on sufficient levothyroxine to give you optimum T3, so I believe some T3 should be added. I'll give you a few research links in which they found the majority require T3/T4 combinations.

One of our Advisers and his Research Team have had a paper accepted which proves that T3/T4 is best.

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

The problem is that those who should have superior knowledge and should accept that many of us do not feel well on levothyroxine alone need T3 added to T4 or a product 'natural dessicated thyroid hormones' (first used in 1892 successfully up until the 60's when levothyroxine and blood tests were introduced), which have all of the hormones a healthy gland would have produced, i.e. T4, T3, T2, T1 and calcitonin.

We've had sufficient research but they turn blind eyes/deaf ears to the research as they wrongly believe they have superior knowledge. That may be o.k. if patient is well levo but not when suffering continues and will be prescribed 'other' prescriptions for symptoms instead of hormones.

thyroidscience.com/Criticis...

[shaws Administrator in reply to gabkad]

Reading the title 'No Thyroid' I thought it referred to thyroid hormones - usually members say they have no thyroid gland. Keitha1982

[Keitha1982 in reply to shaws]

Well NO THYROID GLAND! What's the difference

[shaws Administrator in reply to Keitha1982]

Thyroid gland is what produces the hormones. If someone states they have hypothroidism or hyperthyroidism we have the distinctive causes. Also some members state they have had RAI which is clear their thyroid gland doesn't work at all or thyroidectomy . As I said above I read the post as 'no thyroid' as meaning you had ran out of levothyroxine. Easy to do and I do want to try to respond properly to the question. However, this is an extract from the link below:-

Using the term "thyroid" to refer to the thyroid gland, however, is an unfortunate convention. The absence of the qualifier "gland" can leave one confused as to what mechanisms are included in the term "thyroid-related problem." Some writers use this term to refer to problems related to the cellular processing or cellular action of thyroid hormones. If we use this meaning of the term "thyroid-related problem," there are several mechanisms that may cause a normal circulating level of T4 and a low level of T3. These mechanisms may or may not result in slowed metabolism and related symptoms.

web.archive.org/web/2010103...

[Keitha1982 in reply to shaws]

Well I had a thyroidectomy

[shaws Administrator in reply to Keitha1982]

I'm sorry you had to have it removed and hope you get better soon. Has the doctor suggested the addition of some T3 to your T4?

(T3 is liothyronine and T4 is levothyroxine)