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Can anyone advise re: thyroid antibodies?

Hi, I apologise if this is a long post. I've been having many symptoms of hypothyroidism for some time (tiredness, weight gain, joint pains, coldness, mental...

Hi, I apologise if this is a long post. I've been having many symptoms of hypo...

Gurty

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Almond milk

Recently having almond milk (for a change ) seem to remember that almonds contraindicated for hypoT? Does anyone know if this applies to almond milk/? Almond...

Recently having almond milk (for a change ) seem to remember that almonds contra...

foxglove

•9 years ago

20 Replies

Any advice I can get please ?

Hi my name is Juan Gonzalez and I have hypothyroidism I'm an 18 year old male . I've wanted to say I just got an anxiety attack like 1 hour ago and we'll have...

Hi my name is Juan Gonzalez and I have hypothyroidism I'm an 18 year old male . ...

JuanGonzalez

•9 years ago

6 Replies

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Alternative to levithyroxine?

Does anyone know if there is an alternative to levithyroxine for an underactive thyroid please? My doctor said there wasn't, but she was happy to be proven...

Does anyone know if there is an alternative to levithyroxine for an underactive ...

Tiredchick

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Big surprise in my medical records..........

I got a copy of my medical records this week. Well some of them. The majority of them from birth to 1999 were caught in a flood at the storage facility and...

I got a copy of my medical records this week. Well some of them. The majority ...

Barb1949

•9 years ago

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Newly diagnosed haven't a clue

I am now on 100mg of lev has recently been increased. I have no idea what any of this t3 t4 means. Can anyone signpost to some simple explanation of this...

I am now on 100mg of lev has recently been increased. I have no idea what any of...

sliksmrs

•9 years ago

9 Replies

Support Groups

Hi, are there any support group around Oxford or in Buckinghamshire?

JanieJ

•9 years ago

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I'm on 125mcg levothyroxine but I have recently been adding a further 25mcg without Drs knowledge.

I was diagnosed with graves disease in 2000, I had radioactive iodine therapy in January 2010 and by March I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I've been on...

I was diagnosed with graves disease in 2000, I had radioactive iodine therapy in...

TSH73

•9 years ago

19 Replies

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Marketing to Doctors

This is a bit of biting satire by John Oliver. PR http://youtu.be/YQZ2UeOTO3I

PR4NOW

•9 years ago

2 Replies

whats the best way to reduce Armour?

I have just found out that the blood results given to me via the receptionist at the GP surgery was wrong. She told me that my TSH was 4.2 when in fact it was...

I have just found out that the blood results given to me via the receptionist at...

Frazzie1

•9 years ago

16 Replies

New blood results with vitamins!

maisie53

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Dodgy Thyroid Nodule

Hi, I was diagnosed with severe autoimmune hypothyroidism last November. I had an ultrasound today on a nodule which has grown 2.8cm and was not detected in...

Hi, I was diagnosed with severe autoimmune hypothyroidism last November. I had ...

Vix22

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Tsh level

I am hypo patient and on thyroxine. My tsh level is 0.6 ,range is 0.4 _4.9.Is this level is optimal? I feel some tiredness.What should I do?

I am hypo patient and on thyroxine. My tsh level is 0.6 ,range is 0.4 _4.9.Is th...

naveed123

•9 years ago

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Now where do I go?

I have been feeling unwell for a long time now and keep asking my doctor if my thyroid is ok. I gave gained about three stone p, feel fuzzy headed and feel...

I have been feeling unwell for a long time now and keep asking my doctor if my t...

Jac61

•9 years ago

5 Replies

CoQ10 and hypothyroidism

I was diagnosed with low t3 syndrom last year, probably due tu asthma chronic inflammation and gerd. Normal TSH and ft4 but very low T3. Now I am on the combo...

I was diagnosed with low t3 syndrom last year, probably due tu asthma chronic in...

akimbohr

•9 years ago

16 Replies

Companies that do blood/saliva tests to find underlying issues as to why no weight loss?

Hi Does anyone have any experience of those companies that do blood test/saliva tests to help those who have medical issues? In particular, one who can...

Hi Does anyone have any experience of those companies that do blood test/saliva...

SandraCC

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Thyroid intermittent swelling

Can someone help me? My thyroid swells intermittently & when its up its visible & causes my voice to be hoarse & Im weepy & feel really odd! Dizzy, all over...

Can someone help me? My thyroid swells intermittently & when its up its visible ...

Hidden

•9 years ago

6 Replies

is this my thyroid

I have gallstones which I have read can affect ones thyroid. My thyroid tests all came back normal beginning of January. However I have developed a croaky...

I have gallstones which I have read can affect ones thyroid. My thyroid tests al...

basten

•9 years ago

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Marvelous Metformin

Why not to scoff at Metformin! Two weeks on Metformin to try and control the killing cravings for bread, pasta and all things chocolate - or faux chocolate,...

Why not to scoff at Metformin! Two weeks on Metformin to try and control the ki...

Schenks

•9 years ago

17 Replies

Help with my results please, tomorrow GP appt

Hey guys, I need your help please. After 4 weeks on 50mcg my TSH was 4,9 (range 0,27 - 4,20) and FT4 15,2 (range 10 - 19). I increased my dose to 75mcg and...

Hey guys, I need your help please. After 4 weeks on 50mcg my TSH was 4,9 (range...

Flower3

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Why am no longer receiving my daily news feed emails?

I haven't had one of these for almost a week now, whereas I used to get them every day.

I haven't had one of these for almost a week now, whereas I used to get them eve...

Zephyrbear

•9 years ago

1 Reply

So lost

I'm now under the care of psychiatric help and they are all adement that low thyroid does not cause you too be bed bound and suffer with extream anxiety like I...

I'm now under the care of psychiatric help and they are all adement that low thy...

Tanyaking

•9 years ago

11 Replies

Peripheral Thyroid Hormone Conversion and Its Impact on TSH and Metabolic Activity:

Take this study to your doctor if s/he insists on dosing by TSH only. http://bit.ly/1yI7W7W "There have been recent advances in understanding of the local...

Take this study to your doctor if s/he insists on dosing by TSH only. http://bi...

greygoose

•9 years ago

11 Replies

I am even failing at booking a blood test!

Right it has taken me months to pluck up the courage to go for a private blood test to see what my T3 levels are, as my GP says it is not needed. After looking...

Right it has taken me months to pluck up the courage to go for a private blood t...

Helenback

•9 years ago

8 Replies

GP's: Behind closed doors

Just wondering whether anyone saw the poor girl with underactive thyroid on last nights documentary.

Just wondering whether anyone saw the poor girl with underactive thyroid on last...

JellyJac

•9 years ago

20 Replies

Recently changed to NDT after T3only.

I wasn't brilliant on either Levo. or T3 that is why I changed to NDT, which was about 5 weeks ago. However since about then I have felt much worse with...

I wasn't brilliant on either Levo. or T3 that is why I changed to NDT, which was...

Everdean

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Olive Oil Could Switch Off Fat Production In Your Liver

Several people have mentioned having being diagnosed with fatty liver, so maybe this may interest them....

Several people have mentioned having being diagnosed with fatty liver, so maybe ...

greygoose

•9 years ago

7 Replies

10 nutritional deficiencies that may cause depression

http://www.naturalnews.com/048671_nutritional_deficiencies_depression_natural_remedies.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/048671_nutritional_deficiencies_depression_natural_re...

greygoose

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Feels like elephant sitting on my chest! Advice appreciated.

Hi everyone, thanks for advice on earlier posts. At present taking 50mcg of levo and 10 mcg of T3 divided into two doses. Was originally on 75 mcg of thyroxine...

Hi everyone, thanks for advice on earlier posts. At present taking 50mcg of levo...

Blackcap

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Vitamin K1 and K2—Two Underappreciated Nutrients That Are Crucial for Health

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/01/11/vitamin-k1-k2.aspx?x_cid=20150218_ranart_vitamin-k1-k2_facebookdoc And to think the...

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/01/11/vitamin-k1-k2.aspx...

greygoose

•9 years ago

2 Replies

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All posts for February 2015

Can anyone advise re: thyroid antibodies?

Almond milk

Any advice I can get please ?

Alternative to levithyroxine?

Big surprise in my medical records..........

Newly diagnosed haven't a clue

Support Groups

I'm on 125mcg levothyroxine but I have recently been adding a further 25mcg without Drs knowledge.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Marketing to Doctors

whats the best way to reduce Armour?

New blood results with vitamins!

Dodgy Thyroid Nodule

Tsh level

Now where do I go?

CoQ10 and hypothyroidism

Companies that do blood/saliva tests to find underlying issues as to why no weight loss?

Thyroid intermittent swelling

is this my thyroid

Marvelous Metformin

Help with my results please, tomorrow GP appt

Why am no longer receiving my daily news feed emails?

So lost

Peripheral Thyroid Hormone Conversion and Its Impact on TSH and Metabolic Activity:

I am even failing at booking a blood test!

GP's: Behind closed doors

Recently changed to NDT after T3only.

Olive Oil Could Switch Off Fat Production In Your Liver

10 nutritional deficiencies that may cause depression

Feels like elephant sitting on my chest! Advice appreciated.

Vitamin K1 and K2—Two Underappreciated Nutrients That Are Crucial for Health

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