Comments on: Has progress been made with thyroid treatment??

By: Tasha kiwi

Tasha kiwi — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:35:14 +0000

a huge thank you to those who recommended sttm to me. i am newly on thyroxine sodium as of nov 07. and became concerned at seeing the news on kiwi’s reaction to eltroxin. i havent suffered any of those side effects but i now have an idea of why i have huge mood swings and go into flash rages…. i am deeply concerned as i have 3 children and find myself having to exert great control so that they do not bear the brunt of it… i will go to my gp now in hope that she will be open minded enough to put me onto whole thyroid. once again thank you for your informative and non pc opinion on thyroid medication.

By: David J Michael

David J Michael — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:31:41 +0000

Thank you so much for this site! I was found to be hypothyroid during my first psychiatric hospitalization in 1995. My TSH was over 100! Of course I was put on synthroid and nothing changed except my bloodwork. Since then I have gained over 100 pounds, and have been hospitalized for depression four more times. In 1999, I underwent a course of 11 treatments of ECT which is Electro Convulsive Therapy, the nice term for shock treatments. I see a psychiatrist monthly, and I am on FIVE different meds for depression. I take .288 mcg of synthroid daily and at one time I was up to .310 mcg.I need to find a doctor who will prescribe cytomel, but I would never have gotten any of this knowledge without this site. Again Thank You! Dave M.

By: Jennifer Bennett

Jennifer Bennett — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:51:30 +0000

I have been reading your site for the past week. I cant believe how eye opening it has been for me. I was diagnosed with thyroid Cancer with severe Hasimotos in November of 2005. I had a total thyrodectomy in Jan 2006. I have not been the same since. I was reading some of the stories and could not believe that I felt the exact same way. (Tired all the time, foggy brain, Dry skin ect..) I just wanted to say that I really like the information on your site.

By: aprillv68

aprillv68 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:40:57 +0000

Let me say for once and for all about that famous female talk show host: &*$#@! her! Her billions won’t be worth a thing when she ends up in the nearest hospital emergency room because she would have already slipped into a coma. I emailed a long post to her and the truth is i don’t care anymore. She is bull-headed and is not going to listen.
Also i don’t know if this is progress or not but several months ago the co-pay price of my Armour went up….wonder why…