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Calorie count?

With an under active thyroid should I be eating more calories to lose weight? Started dieting in Sept 12 and was diagnosed in April 13, by Sept 13 I had lost...

With an under active thyroid should I be eating more calories to lose weight? S...

SJaggs

•10 years ago

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Not a question, but please read Jeanette Winterson's article on the menopause in the Review part of today's Guardian (Sat 12/04/2014).

It's not specifically about Thyroid, but it does repeatedly question the sense of the 'one size fits all' approach to treating women - particularly their...

It's not specifically about Thyroid, but it does repeatedly question the sense o...

GrittyReads

•10 years ago

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Self medicating

I am thinking about adding t3 I am getting nowhere with my endo who's saying I'm in range with a tsh if 6.71 in my recent posts you can see how desperately ill...

I am thinking about adding t3 I am getting nowhere with my endo who's saying I'm...

whiteley

•10 years ago

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Oh dear, reduce the T3 cos of osteoporosis!

Revealed by bone scan and told to reduce T3 that I buy myself. Well, is that going to make me better? Nothing else looked at either. Received letter from GP...

Revealed by bone scan and told to reduce T3 that I buy myself. Well, is that goi...

Hidden

•10 years ago

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Cost Of Liothyronine ....Is It Really That Expensive?

I saw my GP last week to update him with my latest medication changes prescribed by my Endocrinologist ( as paperwork takes ages to come back from the...

I saw my GP last week to update him with my latest medication changes prescribe...

Hidden

•10 years ago

68 Replies

Why do holidays seem to be so bad for me????

I've had an under active thyroid and poor adrenal function for a couple of years now. The last 6 months my adrenals have been a lot better and I've generally...

I've had an under active thyroid and poor adrenal function for a couple of years...

Lolalois

•10 years ago

6 Replies

Latest test results :(

I am soooooo tired esp. in the mornings, I get my son off to school and then sleep from 8am till 10am or later, then it takes forever to get going, I fall...

I am soooooo tired esp. in the mornings, I get my son off to school and then sle...

Helenback

•10 years ago

6 Replies

Thybon 20 mcg tabs do I take before breakfast or after

I've been given thy on 20 mcg to start tomorrow morning do I take it before breakfast and if so how long do I wait to eat. Appreciate some answer as...

I've been given thy on 20 mcg to start tomorrow morning do I take it before brea...

Mauds

•10 years ago

3 Replies

Tamiflu and Relenza Update From The Cochrane Report

For those that have followed this debacle this is the updated Cochrane report. PR "We identified problems in the design of many of the studies that we...

For those that have followed this debacle this is the updated Cochrane report. ...

PR4NOW

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Increased Fluids - Saliva, Urine and Stomach Acid.

Does anyone else get massively increased bodily fluids - Saliva, Stomach Acid and General Urination - when upping dose?! It is the saliva that is most...

Does anyone else get massively increased bodily fluids - Saliva, Stomach Acid an...

Danoute

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Anyone had atrial fibrillation caused by thyroid problems?

Now experiencing atrial fibrillation after being 16 months without problems. I'm a cardio patient, had Amiodarone-induced hypothyroidism but was taken off...

Now experiencing atrial fibrillation after being 16 months without problems. I'...

Mrspat

•10 years ago

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Do you use ndt successfully despite raised antibodies?

I'm on t3 and t4. The doc I used to see suggested I wait until my antibodies were lower before trying ndt. They have got better (there has been a bit of...

I'm on t3 and t4. The doc I used to see suggested I wait until my antibodies wer...

puncturedbicycle

•10 years ago

35 Replies

Blood test results - advice please.

Hello everyone, Based upon my clinical symptoms I suspect that I have undiagnosed hypothyroidism. I asked my GP for blood tests and was dismayed to be...

Hello everyone, Based upon my clinical symptoms I suspect that I have undiagnos...

snugglemonkey

•10 years ago

11 Replies

Hi again,a few weeks back I doubled my levo to 100mcg and take at night, but I feel washed out by lunchtime.

I have been following the help and advice given here and it's been of great help as my doc and nursewere less than informative. It was suggested that I take my...

I have been following the help and advice given here and it's been of great help...

simplemindsfanatic

•10 years ago

13 Replies

Vitamin D test results - feeling ropey, advice please?

Hi and apologies if this is quite long! I've been trying to get hold of my endo for weeks for a phone consultation but that's not getting anywhere so I was...

Hi and apologies if this is quite long! I've been trying to get hold of my endo...

Mishka

•10 years ago

11 Replies

Great article by Jeanette Winterson on Bioidentical hormones - mentions thyroid/ferritin

Check out this great article by Jeanette Winterson (author) on the front page of the Guardian online about the problems she had with menopause. She mentions...

Check out this great article by Jeanette Winterson (author) on the front page of...

katrin1

•10 years ago

6 Replies

Fed up with trying, this just isn't working for me

Hello everyone, I am sorry to be a wet blanket but I am so miserable and full of pain. I have done everything I know to get me well but I am still going round...

Hello everyone, I am sorry to be a wet blanket but I am so miserable and full o...

Kitten-whiskers

•10 years ago

16 Replies

All Control of Thyroid Is Local, In the Tissues and Organs Throughout The Human Body

There is an interesting article by P. Reed Larson and others on the deiodinases which is open access. They are considering manipulating the deiodinases as a...

There is an interesting article by P. Reed Larson and others on the deiodinases ...

PR4NOW

•10 years ago

3 Replies

Has any one used Martindale capsuels?

Finally managed to get GP script for capsules / preferred filler for this company. Mercury Pharma tablet fillers causing havoc to my daughters health....

Finally managed to get GP script for capsules / preferred filler for this compan...

anjh-blue

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Another pointless appointment

Went to Rheumy appointment because of joint stiffness, pain and swelling. Discussed my medical history with registrar and pointed out that i was unhappy about...

Went to Rheumy appointment because of joint stiffness, pain and swelling. Discus...

yorkshiregirl44

•10 years ago

13 Replies

Taking meds with other meds and meals

Maybe a stupid ? . !! If you take your levo with meals and other med ,would it still show up in your bloods as your in normal range but t4 not being absorbed...

Maybe a stupid ? . !! If you take your levo with meals and other med ,would it s...

Neijam

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Trying to locate forum member who advised DR. Monroe in Hertfordshire

Please if this sounds familiar to any forum members, please message me, as I wan to give you feedback. Many thanks x

Please if this sounds familiar to any forum members, please message me, as I wan...

nezzykins

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Room for a newbie?

Hi, pleased to have found a group I can share with,. I was just diagnosed with over active thyroid, feeling a bit sorry for myself at the minute with all the...

Hi, pleased to have found a group I can share with,. I was just diagnosed with o...

Hidden

•10 years ago

8 Replies

Tired, and intermittent double vision

Feeling exhausted. Had blood tests on NHS all "within range" Seen Dr P. Dr P. Confirmed that I have low adrenal and thyroid problems, Now on Coenzyme Q10,...

Feeling exhausted. Had blood tests on NHS all "within range" Seen Dr P. Dr P. C...

tango1

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Toying with the idea of taking NDT....calling out for some guidance, please.

Background- had graves then RAI. Was on levo only and felt awful. Doctor kept my blood results "within range". Joined this group and well what can I say...

Background- had graves then RAI. Was on levo only and felt awful. Doctor kept m...

SophiaR

•10 years ago

12 Replies

any advice on taking new meds

Just back from endo. I am being put on 75 eltroxin to take at night and 20mg Liothyronin to take in morning. I was on 100 eltroxin. Has anyone else been put...

Just back from endo. I am being put on 75 eltroxin to take at night and 20mg Li...

Mauds

•10 years ago

5 Replies

I take 25mcg T3 every morning with alternate days of T4, 75mcg and 100 mcg,

but I have noticed on the 100mcg days of T4, the T3 doesn't feel to be so affective? any ideas as to why? can it be explained? I can't work it out, maybe is...

but I have noticed on the 100mcg days of T4, the T3 doesn't feel to be so affect...

susie59

•10 years ago

5 Replies

Now have blood test results please can someone explain them -

I have results from March 14 & last Oct/Nov - my last post referred to throbbing in legs/arms can anyone see a connection ? seems to me TSH has reduced...

I have results from March 14 & last Oct/Nov - my last post referred to throbbin...

Sutton

•10 years ago

3 Replies

Any comments on my blood results please?

Hello, Background info: Had a hemityroidectomy on the 10th March. Diagnosed with papilliary Thyroid Cancer. Completion is on the 28th of April after which i...

Hello, Background info: Had a hemityroidectomy on the 10th March. Diagnosed wit...

wysewoman

•10 years ago

5 Replies

Para thyroid high

Hi All, I've been looking into my joint pain after seeing a knee guy who pointed out my uric acid was high (maybe gout?) Ive changed over from T3 to NDT, my...

Hi All, I've been looking into my joint pain after seeing a knee guy who pointed...

real_mission

•10 years ago

5 Replies

Posts - Thyroid UK | HealthUnlocked

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All posts for April 2014

Calorie count?

Not a question, but please read Jeanette Winterson's article on the menopause in the Review part of today's Guardian (Sat 12/04/2014).

Self medicating

Oh dear, reduce the T3 cos of osteoporosis!

Cost Of Liothyronine ....Is It Really That Expensive?

Why do holidays seem to be so bad for me????

Latest test results :(

Thybon 20 mcg tabs do I take before breakfast or after

Tamiflu and Relenza Update From The Cochrane Report

Increased Fluids - Saliva, Urine and Stomach Acid.

Anyone had atrial fibrillation caused by thyroid problems?

Do you use ndt successfully despite raised antibodies?

Blood test results - advice please.

Hi again,a few weeks back I doubled my levo to 100mcg and take at night, but I feel washed out by lunchtime.

Vitamin D test results - feeling ropey, advice please?

Great article by Jeanette Winterson on Bioidentical hormones - mentions thyroid/ferritin

Fed up with trying, this just isn't working for me

All Control of Thyroid Is Local, In the Tissues and Organs Throughout The Human Body

Has any one used Martindale capsuels?

Another pointless appointment

Taking meds with other meds and meals

Trying to locate forum member who advised DR. Monroe in Hertfordshire

Room for a newbie?

Tired, and intermittent double vision

Toying with the idea of taking NDT....calling out for some guidance, please.

any advice on taking new meds

I take 25mcg T3 every morning with alternate days of T4, 75mcg and 100 mcg,

Now have blood test results please can someone explain them -

Any comments on my blood results please?

Para thyroid high

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