ARMOUR THYROID

[Rockingdog54]

Hi folks

Gp gave me Armour ,1 and a half grains a day .I have managed to cut them in half but very hard even with a pil cutter.it has been 7 days and today I have a sore throat ???

I have been on thyroxine rubbish for 30 years 150 per day ,I bought Thiroyd from Thyland and was 3 weeks on 2 a day before I was prescribedd Armour.

I DO feel better sudden burst of motivation which I thought had left forever,however every couple hrs i feel sickly and have to lie down

Any advice or encouragment please x

[greygoose]

Why have you given yourself a cut in dose? If you were on 2 grains of Thiroyd, why go to 1.5 grains of Armour?

[Rockingdog54 in reply to greygoose]

Because i thought you started slow and there is a big change from Thiland stuff to Armour,in my body anyway , maybe I should try a full one tomorrow ????

Thank you for responding so quickly x

[greygoose in reply to Rockingdog54]

But you'd already started with NDT. There's not that much of a difference between them. I think you should try a whole one tomorrow.

[Rockingdog54 in reply to greygoose]

Oh yes I will ,think I had thyroxine rubbish on my mind xxxx

[greygoose in reply to Rockingdog54]

Thyroxine may not suit you, but that doesn't make it rubbish. It suits an awful lot of people. NDT didn't suit me, but I don't go round saying it's rubbish. It puts people off trying it.

[Rockingdog54 in reply to greygoose]

Sorry i didnt mean to offend you but years and years of fighting ill heath with Thyroxine it is actually RUBBISH FOR ME my sister is "ok " on it , lots of people ok lots are not I am oone for who it was Rubbish

[greygoose in reply to Rockingdog54]

I'm not offended, but we get so many people on here, just diagnosed and prescribed levo, and they've read stories like yours and they don't want to take it. It's not fair, really, because they've got to start somewhere, or get worse. Maybe levo won't suit them, either, but they need to find that out for themselves. If they're prejudised from the beginning, they stand less chance of doing well on it.

[Rockingdog54 in reply to greygoose]

Fair point sorry it was unintentional x

[greygoose in reply to Rockingdog54]

[Aurealis]

I had a sore throat early on with Armour but it went as dose was adjusted and with time. I don’t think Armour is good for cutting unless just for a short while if you run out of tablets. It’s made in lots of denominations so why cut? And it tastes revolting once you cut it 😝

Well done for getting Armour from your GP, wish I could too x

[Rockingdog54 in reply to Aurealis]

I was shocked when I ASKED AND GP gave me THEM BUT ONLY 30 so i returned and asked for 100

He wrote dose 1 and half grain daily so thats what chemist gave me ,didnt have the nerve to ask for diffrent strengths in case ha had second thoughts ,did you get better with Armour???

MARG

[Rockingdog54 in reply to Aurealis]

Hi i took a whol pill this morning one and a half grains instead of half a pill

Still have waves of neausea ,its about 8 days now any ideas ??

[Aurealis]

I did get better with Armour but I need T3 too as I can’t cope through stressful times without it, as if Armour doesn’t convert well enough under stress.

How much do you take ?

[Rockingdog54 in reply to Aurealis]

I have taken half of my 1 and a half grain dose for pat week may try full dose tomorrow ,?

[Aurealis in reply to Rockingdog54]

I expect that will be a relief - to not have to cut them or taste them! Good luck