Comments on: Dr. Skinner has been exonerated! Plus how to survive stress with adrenal fatigue!

By: Elizabeth Marriott

Elizabeth Marriott — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:58:28 +0000

Is there a doctor in Glasgow who works with thyroid patients and is on board with all the knowledge STTM has to offer? I’ve had lifelong thyroid problems and want to be free of them for the rest of my life. But I need guidance as I am not well-positioned to do a lot of this research for myself, until I’m feeling stronger and sharper. Pls. advise.

Many thanks,
EM

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:49:36 +0000

Hello Janie! I’m a hypothyroid male who’s about to start a new medication. Was on Naturethroid for a while but made the mistake of not raising my dosages properly and was stuck with 1 grain for several months which made me even more hypo. At that point I couldn’t raise the dosage because I had been stuck on 1 grain for so long that raising it a bit didn’t really change my temperature but gave me some annoying hyper symptoms. So I went off meds for a few months and now I’m ready to start again. I have all the typical hypo symptoms like being cold all the time and high TSH. I have to decide what type of medication to start with: T4 (levothyroxine) or Armour (these are the only two options available for me as I’m currently working outside of the USA). I know you’d say it’s a no-brainer, I should go for the Armour. But there are a few issues with that in my mind. I keep reading on your website and others that Armour has reformulated and not as effective–but is it still more effective than levothyroxine only? another issue is that I’m afraid of shortages with Armour. it would suck to end up a few months into thyroid treatment and then meds aren’t available anymore. Levothyroxine is available all the time. I guess I could switch from Armour to levothyroxine in case of Armour shortage but wouldn’t my body react badly to that?

What should I do? T4 (levothyroxine) or Armour.

(From Janie: Armour. Chew it up. For further feedback, here are great patient groups: http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/talk-to-others)

By: Julie Williamson

Julie Williamson — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:26:36 +0000

Thank goodness for common sense prevailing and patient power, now we need Dr Brian McDonough to be reinstated and I shall be very happy for without this man I would not be here the way I am today. My ‘normal’ was ‘normal’ for an 85 yr old woman, I was 48!

By: Linda Larson

Linda Larson — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:54:20 +0000

Such good news and long in coming…..finally our needs are being understood and honored.

By: Cheryl Benkert

Cheryl Benkert — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:05:22 +0000

Do you have dates for your radio interviews, yet?

From Janie:

Live in NEW JERSEY or NEW YORK CITY or can hear WDVR-FM? I will be interviewed for 15 minutes by Victoria & Rosalind Davis of “The Low Down”, 6-7 pm Central.http://wdvrfm.org/schedule.htm You can listen LIVE right on the link to the left. (I am being interviewed at 8:30 am Central, so not sure if it’s really then, or pre-recorded).

Live in or near GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, or can hear the radio station KXLO?? I will be interviewed live next Monday morning, November 28th at 9:10 am Mountain time by host Phyllis Hall for 15 minutes.Click on SITE LINKS to listen live, as well.http://www.kxlo-klcm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=29