Comments on: I think I need to start a DUHH hypothyroid reference page on STTM http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/ Not just another Thyroid site Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ibeji http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/#comment-22930 ibeji Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:20:32 +0000 http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/#comment-22930 Hello Stacy Self, thanks a lot for this link! I've already posted it in two German forums and everybody loved it! I also wish you lots of luck and success in finding a doctor to treat your daughter! Best regards, ibeji Hello Stacy Self,

thanks a lot for this link!

I’ve already posted it in two German forums and everybody loved it!

I also wish you lots of luck and success in finding a doctor to treat your daughter!

Best regards,
ibeji

]]> By: Stacy Self http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/#comment-22709 Stacy Self Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/#comment-22709 I have just found out that I have Hashi's after years of doctors telling me that all I needed was therapy for my hypochondria, anxiety, and depression! Finally, I found a Doc who tested my antibodies and I found STTM! I have been doing lots of research and I wanted to share an article I found that expresses deep concern for dosing to only the TSH. http://www.drlowe.com/frf/t4replacement/critique1.htm I hope everyone reads it and prints it out for their docs. Sadly, my 12 year old (who I insisted be tested) just came back positive for thyroid antibodies, but her pediatrician said "her TSH is good, and its not effecting her now." ?? I had her tested after I noticed similar symtpoms that I had experienced ( dry skin, hair, brittle nails, cold, constipation, anxiety!) Now I have to get someone to listen to me in order to treat her too! Wish me luck! I have just found out that I have Hashi’s after years of doctors telling me that all I needed was therapy for my hypochondria, anxiety, and depression! Finally, I found a Doc who tested my antibodies and I found STTM! I have been doing lots of research and I wanted to share an article I found that expresses deep concern for dosing to only the TSH. http://www.drlowe.com/frf/t4replacement/critique1.htm
I hope everyone reads it and prints it out for their docs. Sadly, my 12 year old (who I insisted be tested) just came back positive for thyroid antibodies, but her pediatrician said “her TSH is good, and its not effecting her now.” ?? I had her tested after I noticed similar symtpoms that I had experienced ( dry skin, hair, brittle nails, cold, constipation, anxiety!) Now I have to get someone to listen to me in order to treat her too! Wish me luck!

]]> By: Laura http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/#comment-22698 Laura Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:39:35 +0000 http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/#comment-22698 It's too bad that many doctors will see this news as reason to put all their hypo patients on statins rather than a decent dose of Armour. It’s too bad that many doctors will see this news as reason to put all their hypo patients on statins rather than a decent dose of Armour.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/#comment-22651 Elizabeth Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:53:12 +0000 http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/#comment-22651 I am glad to have found this website. There has been a burning question in the back of my head lately about the connection between hyper/hypo and eating disorders. I struggled for about 10 years with bulimia. I have been told in the past that it could have affected my thyroid, but I am thinking that it might be a chicken and egg thing. When my doses a medication are higher, I have NO urge to binge and purge. When the doses are lowered (after/during an attack), then the urges pop back up. Luckily, I have learned how to surpress those urges (I have three beautiful children who need a mommy), but it still strikes me as curious. I understand the co-morbidity of eating disorders and depression. I just wonder which causes which..... I am glad to have found this website. There has been a burning question in the back of my head lately about the connection between hyper/hypo and eating disorders. I struggled for about 10 years with bulimia. I have been told in the past that it could have affected my thyroid, but I am thinking that it might be a chicken and egg thing. When my doses a medication are higher, I have NO urge to binge and purge. When the doses are lowered (after/during an attack), then the urges pop back up. Luckily, I have learned how to surpress those urges (I have three beautiful children who need a mommy), but it still strikes me as curious. I understand the co-morbidity of eating disorders and depression. I just wonder which causes which…..

]]> By: Emily http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/#comment-22623 Emily Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:16:12 +0000 http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/07/14/duh-reference-page/#comment-22623 It's so great to learn of others out there who have dealt with what I am dealing with. For the past 16 years I have had a thyroid problem, it wasn't officially diagnosed until 2005, at which time I was put on the smallest does of Armour they made. Within days I started feeling better, more energy, lost a little weight and then nothing. So after about a year of being told to give it time I was finally refered to an endocrinologist who put my on levothroid. The dose had to be raised several times without seeing any improvement in my symptoms, until I took maters in my own hands and decided that I wanted to go back on Armour. My doctor agreed to give it a try, now I'm the equivalent of the amount of Levothroid I was taking and have felt an amazing improvement in my energy. I am a firm believer in Armour thyroid, I just wish more doctors could really understand where there patients are coming from. It’s so great to learn of others out there who have dealt with what I am dealing with. For the past 16 years I have had a thyroid problem, it wasn’t officially diagnosed until 2005, at which time I was put on the smallest does of Armour they made. Within days I started feeling better, more energy, lost a little weight and then nothing. So after about a year of being told to give it time I was finally refered to an endocrinologist who put my on levothroid. The dose had to be raised several times without seeing any improvement in my symptoms, until I took maters in my own hands and decided that I wanted to go back on Armour. My doctor agreed to give it a try, now I’m the equivalent of the amount of Levothroid I was taking and have felt an amazing improvement in my energy. I am a firm believer in Armour thyroid, I just wish more doctors could really understand where there patients are coming from.

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