Healing Naturally

[calej]

hello I would like to share my experience with Graves’ disease or hyperthyroidism.

short version is I was able to get better through changes in my diet and supplements. Cause for disease was initially a personal trauma, and then compounded by eating too much sodium and no exercise.

Here is the long version:

I got diagnosed sometime in 2008. I research the cause of this disease and it said trauma at the time I was going through some break up so I thought that was why it happened.

The Endo prescribed medicine, but the side effect was crippling migraine that wouldn’t go away. He said my only option was to take a stronger drug so I thought it was hopeless. But my sister did some research and found that hyperthyroidism could be caused by mineral deficiencies so as a quick solution, I bought some mineral water and upon drinking it the first time I felt like life was coming back into me.

Then I joined a forum like this and found out about ithyroid.com. I was able to read a lot of good information there. I changed my diet and took some of the supplements recommended. In a year my test results improved. The shaky hands, sweating and bad moods went away.

in time I stopped the supplements when I felt nausea and for years, I didn’t take anything and felt fine.

In 2016 I had to move to another country. At the time, I felt that my heartbeat was going faster again but not like before. It it did not go over 100 bpm.

I knew I had to get supplements again but in this country you needed a doctor’s prescription. I got progressively worse and finally when I had tests the doctors gave me a lot of drugs. I had to take 10 pills a day (Mercazole or Carbimazole and Thyradin S) . The side effects of the pills were worse than the disease itself. I lost a lot of hair, gained so many weight that I felt depressed. I could hardly work because I was sleepy and tired the whole day and I had lower back pain and my body ached all over like I was an old lady. My dosage didn’t change for a long time.

When I traveled back to my home country. I was able to get trace minerals and took those whenever I would remember. My 10 pills went down to five pills a day!

I kept taking trace minerals and pills went down to 1. In my latest test was that I’ve swung to hypothyroidism.

The endocrinologist prescribed a higher dosage of Thyradin, but it caused a lot of back pain so I didn’t want to take it anymore.

Since I live in a country where I’m studying the language and the medication information all has to be translated. It was so difficult for me to do research on it, but I knew that if I wanted to be weaned off the drugs, I needed to do my own research so I found out that even if I was eating all of the recommended food to be healed from Disease, my problem was with male absorption of nutrients. I read that hyperthyroidism is basically a copper and hypothyroidism is a zinc deficiency so even if I eat a lot of copper rich foods, I was not able to absorb these. I read again from other sources that when you eat a lot of sodium it causes meal absorption of nutrients since I don’t exercise I’m not able to get rid of the excess sodium in my body One can only get rid of excess sodium through perspiration, urine or tears

I cannot say that I have perfect test results now (I am slightly in the hypo range) but at least I feel totally OK and I don’t have any of the symptoms of hyperthyroidism. My back pain from the drugs is getting better since I stopped taking medication. Energy is back. I feel just wonderful!

[Beefull8]

Wow that’s great to read stories like this! What kind of mineral water and supplements did you take? My hyperthyroidism is mild and I do have trouble absorbing nutrients so I wonder if this could help me too.

[TheRightSide]

Hi Calej, amazing to read your story. Glad that you're feeling wonderful again. Could you share what you've done and consumed (food and supplements) so far? I believe what you meant with mineral water is not the tap water? Or trace minerals drops diluted in water? I tried the brand Trace Minerals last year for few days, I didn't notice anything from that supplements, only a slight dizziness.

[Brightness14]

I don't know how it works for you but I am adopted and within my adopted family there are several members with hyperthyroidism. My Aunt died back in the 1930/s with it leaving a small boy. My cousin has it aged now 77 years old. Her mother never had it and they lived in different countries. Eating and drinking different things. You are lucky to have found your cure. My adopted mother i.e. their sister never had anything and lived to 100 years old.

[greygoose]

Can I ask how your Graves' was diagnosed? Were your TRAB and TSI over-range?