In 2003 I was diagnosed with over active thyroid. I received RAI treatment which knocked it under. I went onto Levithyroxine which for years seemed to be okish. Then three years ago it stopped working . We tried anything and everything and have currently settled on Teva liquid Levithyroxine which though I understand doesn't work for many, seems to once again be 'ok' ish. I also don't have the anxiety on it which seemed to come hand in hand with many other treatments.
But food intolerances came with it .....so I cut out gluten , soy and dairy and for me sweeteners.....which was interesting.....as many of you know this is in everything!!!! (The Dr thought perhaps it was coeliac but said to test it would mean going back onto everything for six weeks and I didn't seem able to even do a few days back in things stomach pain and lower back pain wise) At least one of these. So as long as everything is cooked from scratch it's good to go. To a certain extent doing this has given me back a life that I lost for many years.
Now I'm trying on the exercise aide, but any exertion as such absolutely flattens me, in the respect of it gives me the shakes and pains in the kidneys and lungs etc? And not just due to lack of exercise....its a really weird one! Does anyone have any tips they can share on what they do as it is something I would like to do, but it just doesn't seem do-able at the mo. The mind is willing.............
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Have you not been given a trial of T3 (liothyronine). T3 is the active thyroid hormone and we have millions of T3 receptor cells in our body.
We used to have thyroid hormone replacements called 'Natural Dessicated Thyroid Hormones.. Unfortunately withdrawn by the 'supposed to be' experts. It contained all of the hormones a healthy gland would have provided and those people who were well on them were shocked and upset.
I have my thyroid gland and levothyroxine gave me awful palpitations but T3 (liothyronine) resolved them and I am well with no clinical symptoms.
Request a trial of T4/T3 (levothyroxine/liothyronine) and/or T3 alone.
Hi there, thanks for your reply. I did indeed try T3 and psychologically I didn't get on well with it. Mentally I have only ever done well on the liquid Levothyroxine. It is the physical side that is still skewiff. I know T3;works for an awful lot of people and would have loved this to be the case. We tried different dosages and lots of different things but I just went more OCD and anxious. On the liquid I have hardly any of the psychological.side but cannot keep up the physical side without being flattened. As I say the mind is willing, the body is not. Thank you so much for your reply.
I hope you find a solution and many recovered their health on the very original replacement ie. Natural Dessicated Thyroid Hormones, prescribed since 1892 and was the very original that saved lives from then on without blood tests and doctors only going by the patients' clinical symptoms.
Big Pharma wanted a share of profits, so invented levothyroxine. Many seem to be fine on levo but many, I think the majority on this forum, cannot.
Brilliant thanks for this. Along with the previous reply it is really interesting to take on board the T3 element. I am wondering if there is a way it won't send me completely off track. I will also look into getting the vitamin levels tested. Thank you so much for your reply.
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