I have been on thyroid meds ( np thyroid) for 30 years. No one has even suggested healing my thyroid. Has anyone in here healed their thyroid to the point where you’re off meds completely and thyroid is functioning as it should? How did you do it? Is it supps and diet ? I’ve been recently reading on how important selenium, zinc, and copper are for thyroid function and production. (have been taking 200mg selenium daily)Can u do this while on meds and just get labs done regularly to see if meds need to be lowered? I have still many symptoms even though medicated ( muscle soreness and sensitivity, super dry skin and hair, sensitivity to cold, anxiety since menopause) weird thing is I’m thin so I don’t have the weight problem although before being diagnosed I had gain 10 pounds really fast and got super moody and unmotivated ( unlike me) which did lead to diagnosis… meds helped that. I like the natural approach to most things instead of meds
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As your thyroid hasn't been making hormone for 30 years I'd have thought it would be shrivelled up but you could have an ultrasound? Menopause and thyroid symptom crossover so I'd be inclined to suggest you test your sex hormone levels to see how balanced they are/n't
Important first to optimise folate, ferritin, B12 and Vit D..... selenium and copper/zinc balance
Have you any results for any of these along with ranges? Full thyroid including fT3 & 4
Incredibly unlikely you can fix things naturally after 30 years, sorry. If vitamins and minerals could fix things, we’d all do that instead of taking thyroid hormone replacement. Anyone who tells you otherwise is usually trying to sell you something.
Given your bio says you’re feeling awful (thanks so much for filling that in by the way—it really helps to get a background for what’s happened!), are you actually on an optimal amount of NP Thyroid?
The only people I know of who claim they healed their thyroid didn't really. I have encountered a few people who found out they had hashimoto's very early on before much damage was done. They were able to make some drastic lifestyle changes that worked on inflammation and antibodies that have seemed to halt the progression of hashimoto's. But who knows where that is going in their future as lots of things affect hashimoto's antibodies.
I'd not call that healing though.
Your comments could have been me writing that question. Same boat. I do so much for my health I think I wishfully think that it must be true that self care can win the battle for thyroid healthy function but it seems it is just that...wishful thinking only...
First of all, levothyroxine is the sodium salt of the naturally occurring L-thyroxine - the reason it is prepared as a salt is to increase the absorption and solubility, otherwise we would not be able to absorb and utilise the compound.
Once you are hypothyroid and have been for a long time, your thyroid is no longer producing any hormones and this is why you are dependent on taking your hormones from an outside source, as you cannot produce your own supply. Of course no one wants to take medicines just for the sake of it, but these hormones are essential for life - which means that without them you really would die.
For example, a type 1 diabetic who is dependent on insulin cannot just stop their injections and 'heal' themselves, once the pancreatic islet cells have been destroyed through the autoimmune disease, they stopped producing insulin and the patient will be dependent on the external supply. A similar situation with a thyroid patient, that had their thyroid cells destroyed through an autoimmune disease such as Hashimoto's. They are dependent on the external supply of thyroid hormones, as they sadly cannot magically grow new cells to produce their own thyroxine (and if they could, they would not be hypothyroid).
Yes, you can support your health and improve your wellbeing by ensuring your vitamins and nutrient levels are optimal, but sadly this can only support but cannot restore your own thyroid function.
There have been some successes recently, with type 1 diabetics receiving islet cell transplants, that have restored the function of the pancreas and patients were able to produce their own insulin again. And perhaps in the future, there may be a way to perform thyroid cell transplants, so patients may be able to restore their thyroid function. But this is way in the future. And until then, we do rely on medication to keep us alive.
Just to note that some of us, who are hypothyroid for undetermined non-autoimmune reasons, end up on a levothyroxine dose which appears too low for full replacement. But our own thyroids do not seem to increase output again.
A poorly documented, little researched area.
Yes indeed, but in any case, even if it is not autoimmune, it is very unlikely that normal thyroid function can be restored, so treatment or 'top up' is the only option, otherwise those patients would not be able to function. Once your thyroid function ceases to perform properly for whatever reason, it seems not likely that it will return to normal again. Wouldn't we all wish 😢!
it depends on which thyroid antibodies you have whether remission is possible , assuming yours is autoimmune in origin - most is.
There’s some interesting information here about the range of thyroid autoimmunity and when remission might occur, I think it’s in some cases of Graves’ disease. It can be hard going but this site has by far the best information on all aspects of thyroid disorder:
thyroidpatients.ca/2020/04/...
I hope you find it helpful.
My thyroid was destroyed, so it was a one way street in my case with no going back. Hormone replacement medication for life.
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