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Switched over to NP Thyroid from Synthroid

My GP has finally agreed to switch me to NDT. I have been taking Synthroid for 16 years. But only in the last 3-4 years have not been feeling well. After...

My GP has finally agreed to switch me to NDT. I have been taking Synthroid for ...

clairclaire

•7 years ago

33 Replies

Thyroid medication almost kills me makes me 75 times worse no one will help doctors don't believe me.

Hello and thank you. My name is Jamie I have no thyroid due to cancer and all thyroid medication poisons me to the point where I Collapse and have stroke-like...

Hello and thank you. My name is Jamie I have no thyroid due to cancer and all th...

Searchingforanswers

•7 years ago

75 Replies

Private thyroid testing

Hi I've been looking at Blue Horizon Medicals and Medichecks for their Thyroid finger prick testing kits and wondered if anyone has had any experience (good or...

Hi I've been looking at Blue Horizon Medicals and Medichecks for their Thyroid f...

Cooper74

•7 years ago

25 Replies

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Update /Edema/water retention??

Hi , i a hypo patient since years , and using Levo , but since few weeks im having horrible water retention all over my body though the day and at worst at...

Hi , i a hypo patient since years , and using Levo , but since few weeks im havi...

234556

•7 years ago

31 Replies

Thyroid results

Hi all, I have only posted on here a few times and have found you all to be amazing! So........ I have been seeing an endo to figure out why I'm exhausted all...

Hi all, I have only posted on here a few times and have found you all to be amaz...

Griscti08

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Levothyroxine

I understand that the new formulation added sucrose which is not good! I actually discovered this by accident while taking it I happened to bite it and noticed...

I understand that the new formulation added sucrose which is not good! I actuall...

Kay2016

•7 years ago

14 Replies

Metabolism and Virgin Coconut Oil

There have been similar posts in the past but maybe some new members will find this useful. Exract: Since the unsaturated oils block protein digestion in the...

There have been similar posts in the past but maybe some new members will find t...

shaws

Administrator•7 years ago

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Monitoring Thyroid Function in Patients on Levothyroxine. Assessment of Conformity to National Guidance and Variability in Practice

In my view, this is a deeply questionable paper. It might be true that the frequency of TFT testing does not conform to their recommended...

In my view, this is a deeply questionable paper. It might be true that the frequ...

helvella

Administrator•7 years ago

6 Replies

Fat, fed up and fifty with no improvement. A decade of despair

Hi this is my first post. I was diagnosed hypothyroid after the birth of my child almost 12 years ago after going to gp exhausted with a bag of hair that I'd...

Hi this is my first post. I was diagnosed hypothyroid after the birth of my chil...

jennywren11

•7 years ago

65 Replies

Fenugreek, A Potent Hypoglycaemic Herb Can Cause Central Hypothyroidism Via Leptin - A Threat To Diabetes Phytotherapy

Anyone particularly keen on South Asian food might care to read through this and think. :-) The amount used sounds as if it is far more than food would have -...

Anyone particularly keen on South Asian food might care to read through this and...

helvella

Administrator•7 years ago

46 Replies

Lab work

Is this what everyone goes threw before seeing the doctor labs after RAI

Hidden

•7 years ago

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A question to anyone with hypothyroidism regarding goitregenic foods

Can anyone explain to me what happens if they consume raw or too many goitregenic foods in terms of symptoms/bad reactions to them? Do you instantly feel...

Can anyone explain to me what happens if they consume raw or too many goitregeni...

ChristinaT

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Chart of my values

Made this out of curiosity. Funny how it looks very different like this than in actual numbers and ranges. I am not medicated. Just wanted to share this.

Made this out of curiosity. Funny how it looks very different like this than in ...

Justiina

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Reverse T3

Is this the correct result and test I've had done to see if it's rt3 that is blocking my cells so the active t3 can't get in to do its job,or do I need a...

Is this the correct result and test I've had done to see if it's rt3 that is blo...

Tanyaking

•7 years ago

3 Replies

'Symptoms Persist Despite Normalized TSH With Levothyroxine'

Has this already been posted? Helpful article from Oct 16 about being symptomatic on t4 treatment and why it might be happening. Not a bad one to consider...

Has this already been posted? Helpful article from Oct 16 about being symptomati...

puncturedbicycle

•7 years ago

15 Replies

Rt3test

Am I right in thinking that when you do the blood reverse t3 test ,the result is already worked out for you? Years ago you had you had to add this,distract...

Am I right in thinking that when you do the blood reverse t3 test ,the result is...

Tanyaking

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Annual blood test results - how am I doing??

Got my annual blood test results yesterday. Almost the same as last year, but I'm wondering how I am doing. I've been on 2 1/4 grain Nature-Throid for a year...

Got my annual blood test results yesterday. Almost the same as last year, but I...

topaz1

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Hashimoto's or not?

Hi everyone, had the Thyroid Check + 12 blood tests with Blue Horizon in September 2016. It's showing up Anti-Thyroidperoxidase abs as High at 74.2 (<34) and...

Hi everyone, had the Thyroid Check + 12 blood tests with Blue Horizon in Septem...

Val26

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Still no affects after RAI.

Hi everyone Last month i had treatment on the 4 th I am sleeping but now I wake up early like 6:00 I've been have pain in my glands off and on but other then...

Hi everyone Last month i had treatment on the 4 th I am sleeping but now I wake...

Hidden

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Do I need medication?

I had primary hyperparathyroidism last year and as a result had a hemithyroidectomy when I had the parathyroid adenoma removed. I haven't been given any...

I had primary hyperparathyroidism last year and as a result had a hemithyroidect...

mcsquiggen

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Back & Joint Pain - Side effect of Hypo or Levo?

Hi there helpful folks! I have been getting joint pain (hips, elbow, finger), alongside backpain (most painful in the mornings, eases on moving). I know that...

Hi there helpful folks! I have been getting joint pain (hips, elbow, finger), al...

MandShef

•7 years ago

13 Replies

High blood pressure

I have been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid now for about 4 years. I had side effects with Levothyroxine so changed to Naturethroid last year. Things...

I have been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid now for about 4 years. I had s...

Mcbirnie

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Lab results help/advice

Hi, new to the forum and currently unmedicated. Brief history - my mum is hypo since her early 40's and has taken T4 and T3 for years. My TSH has been tested...

Hi, new to the forum and currently unmedicated. Brief history - my mum is hypo s...

Shesgotahavit

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Optimizing T3 and exercise

Not sure my question makes much sense but I am struggling to get optimal results, feel well and live the active life that gives me a sense of purpose. I'm...

Not sure my question makes much sense but I am struggling to get optimal results...

Wantie

•7 years ago

17 Replies

PRICE OF T3 government possibly taking action

It looks like, at long last, the government is actually doing something about all pharmaceutical companies which extortionately inflate the price of drugs....

It looks like, at long last, the government is actually doing something about al...

marigold22

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Further info please

It seems that although my thyroid levels are now looking quite good, my B12 level is rather low and from what I read on here, it could be due to taking...

It seems that although my thyroid levels are now looking quite good, my B12 leve...

straighttalking

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Introduction

Hi I'm Claire, 33. I have hypothyroidism (Hashimotos). I have a 3.5 year old and an almost 2 year old. Diagnosed with Graves 3.5 years ago after having my...

Hi I'm Claire, 33. I have hypothyroidism (Hashimotos). I have a 3.5 year old and...

ClairePorter

•7 years ago

13 Replies

Tired

Just diagnosed with hypothyroidism second time in the last 2 years through blood tests. Does anyone know if Diabetes shows similar signs

Just diagnosed with hypothyroidism second time in the last 2 years through bloo...

3085

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Advice please

I have just gone through a barrage of tests as I didn't feel well. Have been diagnosed as having hypothyroidism I lost my husband 7 years ago last September...

I have just gone through a barrage of tests as I didn't feel well. Have been dia...

3085

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Bringing T3 meds back into uk

Morning lovely people !, a friend of mine is going to greece for holiday ,shes happy to bring me back some T3 but wants evidence of not going to get stopped at...

Morning lovely people !, a friend of mine is going to greece for holiday ,shes h...

sunny-64

•7 years ago

10 Replies

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All posts for April 2017

Switched over to NP Thyroid from Synthroid

Thyroid medication almost kills me makes me 75 times worse no one will help doctors don't believe me.

Private thyroid testing

Update /Edema/water retention??

Thyroid results

Levothyroxine

Metabolism and Virgin Coconut Oil

Monitoring Thyroid Function in Patients on Levothyroxine. Assessment of Conformity to National Guidance and Variability in Practice

Fat, fed up and fifty with no improvement. A decade of despair

Fenugreek, A Potent Hypoglycaemic Herb Can Cause Central Hypothyroidism Via Leptin - A Threat To Diabetes Phytotherapy

Lab work

A question to anyone with hypothyroidism regarding goitregenic foods

Chart of my values

Reverse T3

'Symptoms Persist Despite Normalized TSH With Levothyroxine'

Rt3test

Annual blood test results - how am I doing??

Hashimoto's or not?

Still no affects after RAI.

Do I need medication?

Back & Joint Pain - Side effect of Hypo or Levo?

High blood pressure

Lab results help/advice

Optimizing T3 and exercise

PRICE OF T3 government possibly taking action

Further info please

Introduction

Tired

Advice please

Bringing T3 meds back into uk

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