Hypothyroidism anyone dealing with it

[007]

I just got diagnosed with this crap and will have to be on a pill for life. ****ing lovely.

anyone else dealing with it? Did you notice a big difference after you started treating it?

EDIT 2017

Has anyone just quit using this medication? AFter 3 years and getting hit with a dosage increase each year, I'm gaining more weight than ever and I'm even more tired. All this since starting the med. Of course, my doctors answer is always "increase the dose" but I'm tired of discussing it with him. I need to find some new options.

[J Diddy]

Too funny.

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2011 and have been on levothyroxine since. Two months ago, after declining levels, they did some imaging and discovered nodules (big one one on the left, smaller on the right). We did a biopsy in the beginning of April. It was not cancerous, however they elected to operate. On 5/9/17 I had my entire thyroid removed. Still recovering but feeling better daily.

[LOCOChief]

Originally Posted by 007

Has anyone just quit using this medication? AFter 3 years and getting hit with a dosage increase each year, I'm gaining more weight than ever and I'm even more tired. All this since starting the med. Of course, my doctors answer is always "increase the dose" but I'm tired of discussing it with him. I need to find some new options.

If you quit taking it you will crash hard and feel like complete shit. If you haven't already, get an appointment with an endocrinologist.

[007]

Originally Posted by LOCOChief

If you quit taking it you will crash hard and feel like complete shit. If you haven't already, get an appointment with an endocrinologist.

When I say quit, I mean quit this drug and find better alternatives.

[redfriday]

I started taking iodine and my thyroid issues were solved. There's a great book on the subject: Dr. David Brownstein, author of "Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It".

[Fish]

Originally Posted by redfriday

I started taking iodine and my thyroid issues were solved. There's a great book on the subject: Dr. David Brownstein, author of "Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It".

Whoa now. David Brownstein is a holistic "doctor" who's advice I'd be very hesitant to recommend. He's a known anti-vaxxer and pusher of worthless holistic nonsense. He graduated from the Desert Institute School of Classical Homeopathy. Homeopathy is not medicine. I'd recommend advice from an actual certified doctor for any endocrine issues. Brownstein is a real quack.

[redfriday]

Originally Posted by Fish

Whoa now. David Brownstein is a holistic "doctor" who's advice I'd be very hesitant to recommend. He's a known anti-vaxxer and pusher of worthless holistic nonsense. He graduated from the Desert Institute School of Classical Homeopathy. Homeopathy is not medicine. I'd recommend advice from an actual certified doctor for any endocrine issues. Brownstein is a real quack.

He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine

As far as your quack comment, I find his work very credible. He solved my issues where your "certified doctors" didn't.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by redfriday

He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine

As far as your quack comment, I find his work very credible. He solved my issues where your "certified doctors" didn't.

He hasn't been in the actual medical field for almost 20 years. He left medicine and went the holistic path to sell books to people looking for magic cures. His books include "The Miracle of Natural Hormones", "Salt your way to Health", "Drugs That Don’t Work and Natural Therapies That Do". Seriously.

Anyone who's advice includes buying their books toting "Miracle Natural" cures is full of shit. It's dangerous to tell people to listen to homeopathy kooks instead of certified doctors.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by redfriday

I started taking iodine and my thyroid issues were solved. There's a great book on the subject: Dr. David Brownstein, author of "Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It".

Yes, you need iodine to produce MIT and DIT, which will eventually lead to the production of T3 (which is what you need from your thyroid) and T4. Giving iodine alone can be helpful in the event of a dietary deficiency (highly unlikely in this country given that we purposefully iodize our salt to prevent this). But that is also a rather blunt approach. I hope at the very last that you had labs tracking your deficiencies and you're using supplements whose ingredients are verified by an independent agency, since dietary supplements are treated as food and thus are not under the purview of the FDA if they don't make structure/function claims.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by redfriday

I started taking iodine and my thyroid issues were solved. There's a great book on the subject: Dr. David Brownstein, author of "Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It".

So what you're saying is that you took iodine, which is readily available in table salt, and is responsible for the virtual elimination of iodine deficiency in the US and that cured any problems?

I find that difficult to believe.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by redfriday

He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine

As far as your quack comment, I find his work very credible. He solved my issues where your "certified doctors" didn't.

I'm glad you found relief. In the end that is all that matters. I am curious if any labs accompanied his assertions, to serve as proof?