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Still feeling rubbish, will I ever feel well? Sorry for a pitiful post.

Sorry for the woah me post. You all know my background. It took me such a long time to get diagnosed and I felt even then I had to bully my GP into giving me...

Sorry for the woah me post. You all know my background. It took me such a long ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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1 month on Armour

I have now been taking Armour for 1 month and have started to feel a bit better. I am now on 2.25 grains. Still a little muscle pain, but nothing server like...

I have now been taking Armour for 1 month and have started to feel a bit better....

Michy1

•8 years ago

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what could have caused this sudden change in symptoms?

I have been on Thyroid-S for the past year and doing really well on it; actually better than on Armour and Erfa. Given the price of prescription NDT drugs, and...

I have been on Thyroid-S for the past year and doing really well on it; actually...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Applied for PIP and didn't get :(

Decision came through this week that because I can pretty much talk and walk I don't qualify. I mean how effing ill do you have to be. I requested a copy of...

Decision came through this week that because I can pretty much talk and walk I d...

Jefner

•8 years ago

51 Replies

Constipation and enemas?

Hello, I see a few posts mentioning constipation. This is not one of my symptoms but I was wondering if anyone uses enemas these days? They seem to have fallen...

Hello, I see a few posts mentioning constipation. This is not one of my symptoms...

Helena877

•8 years ago

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PALS was a waste of time

where do i go next apparently she reveiwed mty symptoms and changed my medication from tiromel to liothyronine and recommended several tests yes that happened...

where do i go next apparently she reveiwed mty symptoms and changed my medicatio...

mandy72

•8 years ago

1 Reply

What does the numbers in bracket mean?

Hello all. I requested my results from my doctor and this is what he gave me. He said my TSH is 0.5 which apparently is fine but was just wondering what the...

Hello all. I requested my results from my doctor and this is what he gave me. H...

Rolo36

•8 years ago

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GERD - high or low stomach acid - that is the question?!

Suffered GERD and given Omeprazole - side effects of which were nausea, headache, confusion, dizziness. It cant be a coincidence that these side effects are...

Suffered GERD and given Omeprazole - side effects of which were nausea, headache...

hesperus

•8 years ago

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feel awful

started HB for my highs and now feel much worse cant remember feeling like this last time im taking planetary herbals holy basil extract 450mg 4 times a day...

started HB for my highs and now feel much worse cant remember feeling like this ...

mandy72

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Newly Diagnosed

Hi all, I've just been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism at 23, and been put on 100micrograms straight away. I hadn't noticed any major symptoms and was having...

Hi all, I've just been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism at 23, and been put on 10...

plokmijnuby

•8 years ago

11 Replies

panic attacks...

I have been diagnosed with autoimmune/Sjogrens syndrome and interstitial lung disease for the last 7 months and been on daily prednisilone 20 or 15mg and...

I have been diagnosed with autoimmune/Sjogrens syndrome and interstitial lung di...

whisperit

•8 years ago

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Thyroxine Medication.

Hi Everyone, I have had an Under active Thyroid for many years now and about 3 years ago I was being overdosed with the medication, I was on 175mg `thyroxine...

Hi Everyone, I have had an Under active Thyroid for many years now and about 3 y...

jojo1960

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Increase in dose

Hi Ive just had my Levothirxene increased from 25 to 50 but I'm very itchy skin and very achey joints could this be the reason

Hi Ive just had my Levothirxene increased from 25 to 50 but I'm very itchy skin ...

Honeybee47

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Ndt and folate for pregnancy. Next steps post GP chat .

Hi all, I had a chat with the GP today and explained the suppressed TSH ( on NDT) I wasn't challenged as expected and although I couldn't get a prescription I...

Hi all, I had a chat with the GP today and explained the suppressed TSH ( on ND...

Katoir

•8 years ago

4 Replies

how long to feel better - my NDT was converting to RT3 had to lower my NDT suddenly and add in T3

Finally was up to 2 grains of NDT and had great energy but couldn't get rid of a headache which turned into neck/shoulder/back ache that lasted 16 days, (h and...

Finally was up to 2 grains of NDT and had great energy but couldn't get rid of a...

cleodog

•8 years ago

12 Replies

Is a Normal TSH Synonymous with “Euthyroidism” in Levothyroxine Monotherapy?

Maybe there is a distinct lack of references to diogenes' papers, but yet another paper which questions universal levothyroxine monotherapy. [If already...

Maybe there is a distinct lack of references to diogenes' papers, but yet anothe...

helvella

Administrator•8 years ago

16 Replies

Husband support

Can anyone give any advice how a husband can best support his wife who is suffering with thyroid problems.

Can anyone give any advice how a husband can best support his wife who is suffer...

Hb101

•8 years ago

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FERRITIN Level Good Or Bad

Blood Test Result for : FERRITIN 78.92 ug/L 13.000 - 150.000 Should we Try Spatone to get the level up ? My wife is Not feeling fine and is...

Blood Test Result for : FERRITIN 78.92 ug/L 13.000 - 150.000 Shoul...

dparr59

•8 years ago

6 Replies

My results

Hi my sister suffers with hashimotos & I share most of her symptoms & she's sure I also have it. I've had my bloods done at the Drs which have come back...

Hi my sister suffers with hashimotos & I share most of her symptoms & she's sur...

Sianny-82

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Blue Horizon result in

Hi, I have been feeling lots better over the last couple of months and decided to take the Blue Horizon Thyroid 11 test rather than go back to my GP and feel...

Hi, I have been feeling lots better over the last couple of months and decided t...

Jillycee

•8 years ago

8 Replies

omeprazole and Levothyroxine

thankyou to all of you who replied to my post.

chinook69

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Are my symptoms due to reduced dose, peri-menopause or something more sinister

About 18 months ago my consultant reduced my thyroxine from 200mg a day to 150. This was due he said to my age, I am now 48, and concerns about how a high...

About 18 months ago my consultant reduced my thyroxine from 200mg a day to 150. ...

Barton103

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Heart

Im still concerned about my heart. It's not giving me any pains but it just feels like I'm having mild palpitations on and off and occasionally that makes me...

Im still concerned about my heart. It's not giving me any pains but it just feel...

Diyena

•8 years ago

11 Replies

BLUE HORIZON RESULTS.

Following a total thyroidectomy in February of this year, which was done for a multi nodular thyroid with a dominant nodule increasing significantly in size....

Following a total thyroidectomy in February of this year, which was done for a m...

clare10

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Feeling hyper and a bit naffed off.

Here are the results from my last tft, 12th Sept. An earlier test showed my tsh to be around 5 (levo 50, t3 10) so six weeks before the test my levo was raised...

Here are the results from my last tft, 12th Sept. An earlier test showed my tsh ...

puncturedbicycle

•8 years ago

2 Replies

lactoferrin

Has anyone tried this as an alternative to iron supplements. It was suggested to me since my ferritin is low but my other iron counts are somewhat higher...

Has anyone tried this as an alternative to iron supplements. It was suggested to...

Hidden

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Adrenal fatigue - short syncthen test

My Endo arranged for me to have a short Synacthen test to investigate my fatigue. The Endo says the result is normal. Baseline cortisol level was 545. This...

My Endo arranged for me to have a short Synacthen test to investigate my fatigue...

LFE12

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Follow Up Over My Recent Complaint Relating to T3

Hi, Some of you might remember, that I wrote a post back in July about my referral to see a Endo for continuation of prescriptions for T3 Lithyronine....

Hi, Some of you might remember, that I wrote a post back in July about my referr...

JOLLYDOLLY

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Nucleated red blood cell count

Still waiting for results of other tests but came across one ihad missed on the lab print-out: Nucleated red blood cell count (4266) Above range. 0.0 10*9/L...

Still waiting for results of other tests but came across one ihad missed on the ...

Helena877

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Hypo and pregnant

Hello to everyone!! I am looking for some advice please... After my first pregnancy, 2 years ago, I was left with my thyroid not functioning properly. Went to...

Hello to everyone!! I am looking for some advice please... After my first pregna...

constanciuc

•8 years ago

1 Reply

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All posts for October 2016

Still feeling rubbish, will I ever feel well? Sorry for a pitiful post.

1 month on Armour

what could have caused this sudden change in symptoms?

Applied for PIP and didn't get :(

Constipation and enemas?

PALS was a waste of time

What does the numbers in bracket mean?

GERD - high or low stomach acid - that is the question?!

feel awful

Newly Diagnosed

panic attacks...

Thyroxine Medication.

Increase in dose

Ndt and folate for pregnancy. Next steps post GP chat .

how long to feel better - my NDT was converting to RT3 had to lower my NDT suddenly and add in T3

Is a Normal TSH Synonymous with “Euthyroidism” in Levothyroxine Monotherapy?

Husband support

FERRITIN Level Good Or Bad

My results

Blue Horizon result in

omeprazole and Levothyroxine

Are my symptoms due to reduced dose, peri-menopause or something more sinister

Heart

BLUE HORIZON RESULTS.

Feeling hyper and a bit naffed off.

lactoferrin

Adrenal fatigue - short syncthen test

Follow Up Over My Recent Complaint Relating to T3

Nucleated red blood cell count

Hypo and pregnant

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