Comments on: The Walking Tired

By: jamie Gardner

jamie Gardner — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:58:43 +0000

I took synthroid twenty years and really saw no improvement in my energy levels. So I discontinued it. Recently I have began suffering rhe whole myriad of Hypothyroid symptoms and went to a general practioner. I lucked out and got a doctor who prescribed me the Armour thyroid and the difference is amazing. It’s like a light had been turned on. It’s almost like a miracle drug for me.

By: Nancy Boal

Nancy Boal — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:22:11 +0000

I do not even remember how many years it has been. I do remember going to an older doctor someone had recommended. I was soo tired and cold. My blood test came back normal. Someone mentioned Wilson’s Disease. So I bought their packet of info. The Doc put me on .05 of Cytomel which did noting for me. I finally stopped seeing him.
In late 2003 I went to Rhumatologist who did a good examination of my throat and neck. He found a small lump and referred me to a good endorcronolgsit. It turned out to be too late. I had Papillary cancer. He told me I would have my whole thryoid removed and have the I-131 Radiation Iodine test.
After many weeks on nothing, I was put on a low dose of synthroid. I was still very cold and very tired. I also have RSD, and blamed everything on that. I was severely depressed, and in a high level of pain.
I met a nurse who lost part of her thyroid to cancer. She asked me what my numbers were…. I didn’t have a clue. She told me she was getting on the natural Armour, and I should check it out also.
Recently my PC finally put me on 30 mg of Armour with my insistance. It was like a light went on. However, I now also have OBstructive Sleep Apnea, and will be trying the forced air on my 2nd sleep study this Friday night.
I am now self treating myself and now am on 120 mg of Armour as of this morning. My basil temperature is reading 94. I’m still cold, and am trying not to be mad, because I have finally found out what has been going on with me, and hope to get better. The medical community is not on top of this problem at all. I would not be on the Armour and would still be a sleeping dead person if I hadn’t bumped into that almost thyroidless Nurse.
I met with my pain management paychiatrist this morning and he is willing to treat me with the Armour at a proper dosage. He did not believe my basil temp has been reading out at 94. he said I would be in trouble at that level. I said I am in trouble. That is why I started self treating!
So we will see where this leads me too. But when I am awake, I read books on this, and am on the websites and educating myself!

By: Mika

Mika — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:55:35 +0000

It has been 10 months since I figured it out and started hounding doctors, but at least 3 years of gradual misdiagnosis–my daughter is almost 5. A lot of it was masked by arthritis and a herniation–but when fatigue became the main symptom I finally got the tests. Ten months and seven doctors later I went to the second endo asking for Armour, and I got it. It has only been a week, and I feel 10 years younger, and ready to jump back into life! Thanks to this place, the Armour list of doctors, and other holistic sites!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:47:48 +0000

I’ve been tired for the last 5 years I think. Finally, I found a doctor who thinks I have thyroid issues. Everybody else thought I am crazy, because my blood tests are “normal”. I have a friend with hypo and she has very bad complications. We go to med school together, and when I asked her about her free T3 and free T4 she said that there is no such thing, and so on. I was scared when I heard that because it looks like she is not educated enough about the thyroid, and trusts her doctors. I gave her this website’s address so she can read more and learn about the condition, and about the treatment options. I am so happy this site exists.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:45:44 +0000

I was “walking tired” for at least three years…the first year was when my thyroid was crapping out on me (Hashimoto’s), and the next two years I was kept undermedicated on Synthroid. I finally found the Yahoo thyroid forum and discovered Armour. I’ve been on it for three (maybe more?) years now and feel NORMAL!

No thanks to any doctor I’ve seen, though.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:15:23 +0000

What a wonderful story! I hope the result of your chat with this woman, is that she will find help she needs and wake up, thanks to you and a few minutes of your time!

Fern, your story really hit home with me. I feel the same way. I have no passion, no motivation, no stamina…I feel like I’m just pretending and going through the motions, awake, and that’s about it. I want to get that back before my kids are grown. I want to play with them and enjoy their childhoods, not worry about when or if I’ll be able to get a nap. Not get frustrated because they need me, again. They won’t be little much longer, and I’ve already lost too much time!

I’m hoping to wake up soon too. Thanks to this site, there is hope for us, all of the walking tired!

By: Fern

Fern — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:09:58 +0000

I too was the walking tired - still having it sorted out. My daughter is 9 years old, my son 6 years old - after both I suffered depression and moodiness. I asked for tests - my thryoid came back borderline (the high end of TSH - 4.0 Um/L Australia)I was offered Zoloft, which I never took. Same thing occurred after my son was born. My symptoms seemed to have abated after years of seeing a naturopath, but I would still suffer bouts of highs and lows. I found a GP into integrative health, she found Oestrogen Dominance, Low progesterone, and so I started HRT with a natural progesterone cream, and a product called indolplex (the latter I don’t take anymore - for reasons I don’t know, my doctor wanted me to come off it). Well that was two years ago, and just three months ago, I had enough I was just crying and crying, I couldn’t hold it back anymore. I had no passion for life, everything I did was forced, I had no motivation, no get up and drive, and nothing was exciting - libido (what was that?) Somehow I had reached my limit, I just felt like i couldn’t hold it all together and pretend for any longer, I thought there has surely got to be something else. I asked for thyroid tests again, and she said “do you mind if we do antibodies as well?” - and bingo, hashimoto’s. (My Anti-Thyroid peroxidase Ab were 14500 U/ml) (I just wished I knew what antibodies where 8 years ago - to ask for them?) So four weeks ago started Thyroxine Sodium and began to feel better at about 2.5 weeks the anxiety began, strange feelings inside my chest, increased mood swings, still hair coming out, hot and cold, etc….An online frined mentioned to me the words dessicated thyroid, and a 24 Hour Urine test, and get a good Endo. Well thank the heavens for google, after some searching I have found you here. Soon I hope to have this settled. Blood test tomorrow, and then a follow up to the doctor to ask for cortisol levels and dessicated thyroid, and a referral to a decent Endo.

By: aprillv68

aprillv68 — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:37:21 +0000

I was part of the “walking tired” for 2 years before dr’s found that my thyroid was the cause. That’s not a long time but it’s 2 years of my life i’ll never have back.

By: scojoe

scojoe — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:19:42 +0000

Hi guys. My thyroid experience was completely different. While I was pregnant with my first child, I was constantly dizzy. My doctor said “its just because you’re pregnant.” I got pregnant again three months later. (I wanted my children close together). Well, the dizziness got worse and the doctor gave the same reply. Four months after my second child was born the dizziness had not subsided. I could not even drive my car because of it. I got a new doctor and he put me on thyroid meds (synthroid) but all of my symptoms just lessened. I just found this site a week ago, and I am very excited. I have an appointment with a new doc who prescribes armor and i am very hopeful. I just wanted to say thanks.

By: bonnie

bonnie — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:27:50 +0000

Thankfully I only suffered for about a year - which is a mercifully short amount of time compared to many, many others who seem to have had a much harder time finding out the cause of their physical decline and then an even harder time finding a doc who would treat them properly. I catch myself looking at people, thinking - “she’s hypo”. I think I’ve sent practically everyone I know to get their thyroid tested. And then told them to bring me their results after their doctor has declared them “normal”. It baffles me how some are still willing to go with their doctor on their lab results when it is plainly obvious to me that they are hypo. All we want is for our doctors to listen to us, not to the big drug companies, who seem to have the medical community in their back pocket.