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Anyone ver tried it or have any experience of it?! Seems like a good hypoallergenic option that is quite easily purchased. Interested to hear people's...

Anyone ver tried it or have any experience of it?! Seems like a good hypoallerg...

Danoute

•10 years ago

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July 2013 Journal study linking synthetic T4 with lung cancer in females. Useful ammunition for your doctor or endocrinologist

Here is a neat journalistic summary of a recent Italian study in July's Journal of Reproductive Endocrinology...

Here is a neat journalistic summary of a recent Italian study in July's Journal...

archipoeta53

•10 years ago

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Study: "Thiamine and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: A Report of Three Cases."

Another study that came up on my PubMed alerts that I couldn't find yet on here. Obviously vitamin deficiencies are something that people here know is...

Another study that came up on my PubMed alerts that I couldn't find yet on here....

Hansaplatz

•10 years ago

25 Replies

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low white cell count. low BUN. Told kidneys are shutting down?

i have fatigue often. no doctor seems to know what is going on. when i am sick, or really tired, i have Grand Mall seizures. any answers or help :[ .

i have fatigue often. no doctor seems to know what is going on. when i am sick, ...

tiredofbeingsick1

•10 years ago

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Feeling really awful on waking up from sleep?

Hello there, Im on 50mg of Thyroxine and generally feeling fine, just recently though on waking up in the morning im feeling absolutely terrible, I feel like...

Hello there, Im on 50mg of Thyroxine and generally feeling fine, just recently t...

Tasia

•10 years ago

6 Replies

Anyone else itching?

My friend and I are both on very different amounts of Levothyroxine (I'm on 178mg per day, she is on 100/125 alternately), but both of us are experiencing...

My friend and I are both on very different amounts of Levothyroxine (I'm on 178m...

Mrs_Sch

•10 years ago

5 Replies

Shared experience with weight loss/gain and medication

I've just started thyroxine a little over a week ago after finding out my free thyroid hormones are very low. Although it's been daunting it was a relief to...

I've just started thyroxine a little over a week ago after finding out my free t...

mk366

•10 years ago

3 Replies

Is it easy to get tested for Lactose Intolerance

After suffering lots and lots of migraines I am pleased to report I now have not had one for over 8 weeks, I have eliminated all caffine (only drink fruit tea...

After suffering lots and lots of migraines I am pleased to report I now have not...

Hidden

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Does anyone know "ALL" the symptoms a person can get while hypo?

Hi all I just want to know the range of symptoms I can expect until my level becomes "normal" or as normal as it will :-) Was hyper before my TT now for last...

Hi all I just want to know the range of symptoms I can expect until my level be...

Fed_up

•10 years ago

7 Replies

Nausea with increaased eltroxin?

Hi all, I increased my dose of eltroxin by 25mcg this week. I feel good on it apart from feeling quite nauseous and having some diarrhoea. I thought it was...

Hi all, I increased my dose of eltroxin by 25mcg this week. I feel good on it ap...

Jenny1

•10 years ago

13 Replies

Free prescriptions

Just wondering if any one knows if I can claim back the fees for perscriptions I've been paying for for the last seven years. I have a OVER ACTIVE thyroid and...

Just wondering if any one knows if I can claim back the fees for perscriptions I...

Culcul71

•10 years ago

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vitamin d daily or weekly ? which is better?

hi,, I take my vitamin d weekly as per doc instructions. have recently increased dose from 10,000 to 20,000 a week as the former never quite got me info normal...

hi,, I take my vitamin d weekly as per doc instructions. have recently increased...

ianessex

•10 years ago

9 Replies

My experiance of losing weight

I joined an organisation callled overeaters anon 12 years ago and have learnt by listening to lots of peoples experiance some of the pitfalls and ways to lose...

I joined an organisation callled overeaters anon 12 years ago and have learnt b...

Hidden

•10 years ago

7 Replies

T4 & T3 available OTC in France, Cyprus, Greece & Turkey...

Why do UK citizens need a prescription? :( Have just realised my Cypriot neighbour and my mate's Turkish 2nd home mean a potentially cheap source of T3 for...

Why do UK citizens need a prescription? :( Have just realised my Cypriot neighb...

Clutter

•10 years ago

22 Replies

Anybody had help with pmt whilst on thyroxine??? New to this page

a-l-z

•10 years ago

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GP appointment Monday -- am nervous. :(

I've got my appointment with my GP on Monday and I'm not looking forward to it at all (who usually does?) Well, at my last appointment my GP weighed me and...

I've got my appointment with my GP on Monday and I'm not looking forward to it a...

Hidden

•10 years ago

18 Replies

First endo appointment on 04/03/14 - what should I expect?

I am suspected of having Hashimoto's and my GP has referred me to an endo. I have gone through Choose and Book and selected an appointment for 04/03/14 at...

I am suspected of having Hashimoto's and my GP has referred me to an endo. I hav...

Hidden

•10 years ago

25 Replies

If I get a private diagnosis will the NHS then treat me?

Hi everyone! I'm thinking of going to a local private hospital to see an endo privately - to see if I can get a diagnosis. All my symptoms point to Hashimoto's...

Hi everyone! I'm thinking of going to a local private hospital to see an endo pr...

CarolineC57

•10 years ago

14 Replies

hashimotos went hyper as you all may know by now.Bloods back to normal,but symptoms still prevail does it take some time for thyroid to sett

le.It has been 3 months now .Has any one felt ill all the time with this and get feelings of overwhelming doom and feeling very faint.

le.It has been 3 months now .Has any one felt ill all the time with this and get...

susiebow

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Heart rate seems strange...

For the past few days ,I've had this sensation, no pain, just like a bit of a tightness then a stronger beat or maybe it's a just like a thumpy/ stronger type...

For the past few days ,I've had this sensation, no pain, just like a bit of a ti...

Gillybean129

•10 years ago

18 Replies

A Very....

Happy Christmas Everyone. I hope you all will have a lovely and peaceful Christmas and better health for 2014..... Lord knows, I want to be in better health...

Happy Christmas Everyone. I hope you all will have a lovely and peaceful Christm...

Hidden

•10 years ago

9 Replies

No Question To Ask This Time...But,

I just wanted to let you all know that I am okay and still in the land of living. I was sick again all of last week but thank God I had no suicidal thoughts...

I just wanted to let you all know that I am okay and still in the land of living...

Hidden

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Does anyone have experience of dilated left ventricles linked to their thyroid problems which medication for the thyroid has then controlled

My son's 2 blood tests over the last 9 months have shown decreased TSH & normal T3 anT4. He has some symptoms of thyroid disfunction and he is having a 5cmx5cm...

My son's 2 blood tests over the last 9 months have shown decreased TSH & normal ...

beryl29

•10 years ago

4 Replies

DURING THIS TIME ...........................................................................................................................

I sincerely hope that those of us would like to pass on to ALL of the GOOD people on this [ our ] site that have helped us over the past year , and especially...

I sincerely hope that those of us would like to pass on to ALL of the GOOD peopl...

alangardner

•10 years ago

17 Replies

New study: "Low bone mineral density is related to high physiological levels offT4 not to TSH levels below lower reference range."

I came across an interesting study in my weekly alerts from pubmed I have setup, that I should might be useful to some here and I couldn't see it already...

I came across an interesting study in my weekly alerts from pubmed I have setup,...

Hansaplatz

•10 years ago

24 Replies

Info on PPI's anyone?

Hi all, Just come back from my "ultimate camera exprience" as I like to call it - colonoscopy and gastroscopy - and all seems well except for a minute polyp...

Hi all, Just come back from my "ultimate camera exprience" as I like to call it...

Moggie

•10 years ago

37 Replies

T3 dose advice please

My husbands GP has put him on a trial of T3 (his tsh and t4 levels are fine but t3 always below range), he has reduced his dose of Levo to 75mcg and is taking...

My husbands GP has put him on a trial of T3 (his tsh and t4 levels are fine but ...

bantam12

•10 years ago

9 Replies

I went into hospital for 2 days as been feeling very ill .Have had hashimotos for 11 yrs went hyper,never been right since ,even with dose r

eduction,improved slightly,but feelings of flushing ,jittery,pounding heart,muscle jumping,loose stools in am,exhuastion ,waking at night by hormonal...

eduction,improved slightly,but feelings of flushing ,jittery,pounding heart,musc...

susiebow

•10 years ago

6 Replies

How often does your dosage change?

This question is just for my general interest really. 9 months after being diagnosed I am on 75mcg, tsh was 0.75 a month ago, and I'm feeling mostly good....

This question is just for my general interest really. 9 months after being diagn...

mountaingoat83

•10 years ago

5 Replies

Hi can somebody please tell me what the following are T4 of 9.7 pmol/L, TSH 10.1 mU/L, PTH 16.6 pmol/L and corrected calcium of 2.78 mmol/L

Hi I have been suffering for quite some time with poor health and terrible fatigue. My GP has put me on Thyroxine 25mcg after the above blood tests results but...

Hi I have been suffering for quite some time with poor health and terrible fatig...

bradders63

•10 years ago

8 Replies

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All posts for December 2013

NP Thyroid

July 2013 Journal study linking synthetic T4 with lung cancer in females. Useful ammunition for your doctor or endocrinologist

Study: "Thiamine and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: A Report of Three Cases."

low white cell count. low BUN. Told kidneys are shutting down?

Feeling really awful on waking up from sleep?

Anyone else itching?

Shared experience with weight loss/gain and medication

Is it easy to get tested for Lactose Intolerance

Does anyone know "ALL" the symptoms a person can get while hypo?

Nausea with increaased eltroxin?

Free prescriptions

vitamin d daily or weekly ? which is better?

My experiance of losing weight

T4 & T3 available OTC in France, Cyprus, Greece & Turkey...

Anybody had help with pmt whilst on thyroxine??? New to this page

GP appointment Monday -- am nervous. :(

First endo appointment on 04/03/14 - what should I expect?

If I get a private diagnosis will the NHS then treat me?

hashimotos went hyper as you all may know by now.Bloods back to normal,but symptoms still prevail does it take some time for thyroid to sett

Heart rate seems strange...

A Very....

No Question To Ask This Time...But,

Does anyone have experience of dilated left ventricles linked to their thyroid problems which medication for the thyroid has then controlled

DURING THIS TIME ...........................................................................................................................

New study: "Low bone mineral density is related to high physiological levels offT4 not to TSH levels below lower reference range."

Info on PPI's anyone?

T3 dose advice please

I went into hospital for 2 days as been feeling very ill .Have had hashimotos for 11 yrs went hyper,never been right since ,even with dose r

How often does your dosage change?

Hi can somebody please tell me what the following are T4 of 9.7 pmol/L, TSH 10.1 mU/L, PTH 16.6 pmol/L and corrected calcium of 2.78 mmol/L

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All posts for December 2013

NP Thyroid

July 2013 Journal study linking synthetic T4 with lung cancer in females. Useful ammunition for your doctor or endocrinologist

Study: "Thiamine and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: A Report of Three Cases."

low white cell count. low BUN. Told kidneys are shutting down?

Feeling really awful on waking up from sleep?

Anyone else itching?

Shared experience with weight loss/gain and medication

Is it easy to get tested for Lactose Intolerance

Does anyone know "ALL" the symptoms a person can get while hypo?

Nausea with increaased eltroxin?

Free prescriptions

vitamin d daily or weekly ? which is better?

My experiance of losing weight

T4 & T3 available OTC in France, Cyprus, Greece & Turkey...

Anybody had help with pmt whilst on thyroxine??? New to this page

GP appointment Monday -- am nervous. :(

First endo appointment on 04/03/14 - what should I expect?

If I get a *private* diagnosis will the NHS then treat me?

hashimotos went hyper as you all may know by now.Bloods back to normal,but symptoms still prevail does it take some time for thyroid to sett

Heart rate seems strange...

A Very....

No Question To Ask This Time...But,

Does anyone have experience of dilated left ventricles linked to their thyroid problems which medication for the thyroid has then controlled

DURING THIS TIME ...........................................................................................................................

New study: "Low bone mineral density is related to high physiological levels offT4 not to TSH levels below lower reference range."

Info on PPI's anyone?

T3 dose advice please

I went into hospital for 2 days as been feeling very ill .Have had hashimotos for 11 yrs went hyper,never been right since ,even with dose r

How often does your dosage change?

Hi can somebody please tell me what the following are T4 of 9.7 pmol/L, TSH 10.1 mU/L, PTH 16.6 pmol/L and corrected calcium of 2.78 mmol/L

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