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Why Your Doctor Doesn't Always Tell You The Truth

An interesting article in the Telegraph, some of the comments are also of note. PR "Medicine has historically been about disguising, sanitising and spinning...

An interesting article in the Telegraph, some of the comments are also of note. ...

PR4NOW

•9 years ago

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Private Endo appointment

Hi can any irish members PM me if they have seen Dr Margaret Griffin I would be grateful to hear from anyone who have seen her. I have an appointment with her...

Hi can any irish members PM me if they have seen Dr Margaret Griffin I would be ...

Mauds

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Happy 2015, JUST TO WISH ALL YOU GOOD PEOPLE A GOOD YEAR AHEAD

Hello, i hope everyone on this site had a wonderful transitions into 2015, i hope all our health improves, and just want to let you all know that any new...

Hello, i hope everyone on this site had a wonderful transitions into 2015, i hop...

astroscopesuk

•9 years ago

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Growing illness

Any hypo sufferers start just on t4 then end up with other conditions Hart trouble, blood pressure ect

Any hypo sufferers start just on t4 then end up with other conditions Hart troub...

Maff08

•9 years ago

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Kilmarnock meeting 12 January, West of Scotland Thyroid Support Group

Future meetings will be on the second Monday of every month. We will meet in Asda's Community Room from 7.30pm. The Kilmarnock Asda Superstore (open 24 hours...

Future meetings will be on the second Monday of every month. We will meet in As...

SailingBy

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Thyroid out-put

'Estimates of average normal secretion for euthyroid humans are 94-110 µg T4 and 10-22 µg T3 daily (308). The thyroid may also convert some T4 to 3,3’5′-T3...

'Estimates of average normal secretion for euthyroid humans are 94-110 µg T4 an...

greygoose

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Nature thyroid dosage

I am having trouble getting the correct dosage of my NDT.as my previous post show I up my NT too quickly in November ,was on 3 grains which was too much ,had...

I am having trouble getting the correct dosage of my NDT.as my previous post sho...

Maggiemay12

•9 years ago

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First blood test show underachievement thyroid follow up normal please help.

have been feeling lousy for ages with usual underachievement thyroid symptoms, constantly being tired, weight gain, feeling down, cold etc had thyroid blood...

have been feeling lousy for ages with usual underachievement thyroid symptoms, c...

silvergirl1

•9 years ago

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Hypothyroid mums - pregnancy advice / tips please

Hi, My partner and I are planning to have a baby this year and I would like to gather as much information as possible before we even start trying. Are there...

Hi, My partner and I are planning to have a baby this year and I would like to g...

rhetty

•9 years ago

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Anyone tried an amber necklace?

Hi I have a goiter and believe I am undiagnosed hypothryroid. Have ordered a raw amber necklace, as this is meant to have healing properties for the thyroid....

Hi I have a goiter and believe I am undiagnosed hypothryroid. Have ordered a raw...

Joybells123

•9 years ago

3 Replies

Blood Test Results

I called in to the Doctors and requested a print out of the last blood test I had dated 20 Jan 2014. Serum TSH level - (GB) borderline low Thyroid repeat in...

I called in to the Doctors and requested a print out of the last blood test I ha...

Hidden

•9 years ago

11 Replies

Flu like body ache

Does anybody (with hypothyroidism / hashimoto's disease) have flu like body aches time to time? Is that normal? The days that I have it I also feel extremely...

Does anybody (with hypothyroidism / hashimoto's disease) have flu like body ache...

missymystique

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Desperate for Cortisol saliva test advice.

Gah! Really could do with some advice. Please! CORTISOL & SALIVA TEST I'm seeing a private doc (he's Belgian and uses a Belgian lab) who has diagnosed me...

Gah! Really could do with some advice. Please! CORTISOL & SALIVA TEST I'm see...

ScotsLassLondon

•9 years ago

14 Replies

blood results !!

hi just had my latest blood tests back TSH 1.7 & T4 12. what is a good T4 level?? TSH is a little high for me normally sit around 1 or below. I have hashimoto...

hi just had my latest blood tests back TSH 1.7 & T4 12. what is a good T4 level...

dee75

•9 years ago

9 Replies

Advice please

Hi guys....was at nurse this morning for repeat bloods...first after starting levothyroxine...never took it this morning. Asked nurse what bloods they were...

Hi guys....was at nurse this morning for repeat bloods...first after starting le...

kirsty1946

•9 years ago

18 Replies

Case Study Needed

Thyroid UK has been contacted by a journalist who is researching a feature about waiting times and choice in the NHS. The piece aims to explore the extent to...

Thyroid UK has been contacted by a journalist who is researching a feature about...

lynmynott

Partner•9 years ago

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Can you help answer my many questions?,Newly diagnoised thyroid problem.

Hi all, I have so many questions and my trips to the doctors haven't been very enlightening, I am English but I live in Spain and am returning there on...

Hi all, I have so many questions and my trips to the doctors haven't been very ...

Bessie77

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Would low ferritin levels cause heart irregularities ?.

Hello , I'm posting about my sister this time whom I'm getting increasingly concerned .She has been diagnosed hypothyroid since her early 20s after the birth...

Hello , I'm posting about my sister this time whom I'm getting increasingly conc...

Val-55

•9 years ago

5 Replies

T3 Self medicating

Hi all Just wondered what your views were on self medicating T3. I'm due to see Hosp but if they won't then I'm thinking about self medicating. How do you...

Hi all Just wondered what your views were on self medicating T3. I'm due to se...

Lorr67

•9 years ago

18 Replies

different fillers and binders in 125 mg Erfa pills?

I switched from Erfa 2 grain pills to Erfa 30 and 60 mg pills about a month ago. Since the switch, I have had to decrease the dosage from 8 grains daily to 6...

I switched from Erfa 2 grain pills to Erfa 30 and 60 mg pills about a month ago....

Hidden

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Has anyone on here been treate...

Has anyone on here been treated at One Allan Park Wellbeing Clinic in Stirling ? I'm going to be making an appointment with Dr Leschman a GP who became a...

Has anyone on here been treated at One Allan Park Wellbeing Clinic in Stirling ?...

Heavennhell

•9 years ago

3 Replies

More about zinc...

http://www.thyroidpharmacist.com/blog/nutrient-depletions-in-hashimotos-v-zinc

greygoose

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Never getting it sorted

I just wondered if anyone had the same problem. I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid (borderline) 8 years ago. My readings fluctuate greatly and one...

I just wondered if anyone had the same problem. I was diagnosed with an underac...

philippa1412

•9 years ago

11 Replies

I'm so cold all the time

I'm not diagnosed with hypothyroidism although my symptoms are consistent with secondary hypo and I am diagnosed with fibro. I'm also going through the change...

I'm not diagnosed with hypothyroidism although my symptoms are consistent with s...

FoggyMoggy

•9 years ago

13 Replies

Vitamins

I bought some iron, magnesium, calcium, zinc, primrose oil, b12 and this thyroid vitamin which contains bladder wrack, l tyrosine, kelp and they all have...

I bought some iron, magnesium, calcium, zinc, primrose oil, b12 and this thyroi...

debber

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Vitimin c Underactive thyroid

I've heard lots about the benifit of taking vitmin c with thyroxine I have taken 1000mg in dissolvable form in the past is that the right dose to take?

I've heard lots about the benifit of taking vitmin c with thyroxine I have take...

Wayne39

•9 years ago

14 Replies

Palpitations

Some time ago, someone on the forum said that the palpitations they had when overmedicated/hyper were different from those they got when undermedicated/hypo....

Some time ago, someone on the forum said that the palpitations they had when ove...

Hidden

•9 years ago

13 Replies

Help with very low thyroid

Hi new to this, but what some advice on low thyroid in 300mg of thyroxine and know how type 2 diabetes and Gp says that a gastric band my help any advice on if...

Hi new to this, but what some advice on low thyroid in 300mg of thyroxine and kn...

elizabeth36

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Hypothyroidism

I am on the equivalent of 100 Mcg of thyroxine but in liquid form as cannot tolerate pills . However I feel pretty grim with bad "fluey " feelings and no...

I am on the equivalent of 100 Mcg of thyroxine but in liquid form as cannot tol...

Pig4u

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Help

I'm on 100 mg levothyroxine for my under active thyroid, every time I go for blood tests I'm told it's satisfactory. I still feel so tired all the time and am...

I'm on 100 mg levothyroxine for my under active thyroid, every time I go for blo...

dawnish3

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Posts - Thyroid UK | HealthUnlocked

Thyroid UK

All posts for January 2015

Why Your Doctor Doesn't Always Tell You The Truth

Private Endo appointment

Happy 2015, JUST TO WISH ALL YOU GOOD PEOPLE A GOOD YEAR AHEAD

Growing illness

Kilmarnock meeting 12 January, West of Scotland Thyroid Support Group

Thyroid out-put

Nature thyroid dosage

First blood test show underachievement thyroid follow up normal please help.

Hypothyroid mums - pregnancy advice / tips please

Anyone tried an amber necklace?

Blood Test Results

Flu like body ache

Desperate for Cortisol saliva test advice.

blood results !!

Advice please

Case Study Needed

Can you help answer my many questions?,Newly diagnoised thyroid problem.

Would low ferritin levels cause heart irregularities ?.

T3 Self medicating

different fillers and binders in 125 mg Erfa pills?

Has anyone on here been treate...

More about zinc...

Never getting it sorted

I'm so cold all the time

Vitamins

Vitimin c Underactive thyroid

Palpitations

Help with very low thyroid

Hypothyroidism

Help

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