Thyroid replacement therapy

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Avatar f tn A couple of members here, including myself, watched Robin McGraw yesterday speak about bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Did you know that women as young as their teens can have hormonal imbalances ? And that you can show signs of perimenopause in your 20s... feel horrible and be misdiagnosed with chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia ? And yet the medical field has failed us again on this other issue.
Avatar m tn These hormones are very important for normal functioning of our body and if there is a deficiency of these hormones it is important to take hormone replacement therapy to overcome this deficiency. Please relax HRT will not damage your brain but is essential at the moment for you.
Avatar n tn s burn out your thyroid? and does replacement burn out your thyroid? Do you consider 5mg of MMI to be a high dose of ATD? HOw long do you recommend ATD therapy for your patience, I have heard a year is standard, but do you go shorter sometimes? Do you believe that ATD therapy is what kills the TSI antibodies?
Avatar n tn grave can go to reduction of thyroid gland but hashimoto dosen't
Avatar m tn Is it normal to see results in my energy level so quick or is my body just so glad to have some thyroid replacement that my energy level has gone up? My sleeping is another issue. Normally, I would sleep during the day(if I'm not at work) however, I want to go to sleep, but it seems as though I can't. Is this normal? Thanks for any replies!!!!!
517871 tn?1252289824 Stopping all meds is not usually recommended after total thyroid removal even for a low TSH --- unless they found cancer and plan I-131 treatment w/o the use of thyrogen (does not seem to be the case) -- so would ask about cutting back on dose (eg 137 or 150mcg dose)....
744962 tn?1270942038 Once the diagnosis is confirmed with various blood tests the usual treatment is lifelong replacement therapy with thyroid hormone. A small dose is used initially, especially in older patients, and the response to thyroid replacement is often dramatic. However, blood tests are necessary to check that the thyroid hormone replacement dose is adequate. Hypothyroidism can also be present at birth; this condition used be called cretinism. If it goes unrecognized permanent brain damage can occur.
2121656 tn?1395674749 Also, if I could get some feedback on what my friends here think about such. Also, after reading the difference of being treated with pharmaceutial hormone replacement therapy vs. bio-idenitical hormone replacement therapy. I'm seriously thinking of going with the latter of the two. Is anyone receiving bio-idenitical hormone replacement? if so, is it working. Thank you for your feedback.
Avatar n tn thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and calcitonin. Why are patients who have thyroidectomies only prescribed replacement therapy for thyroxine? I would think that if the body use to produce the other two hormones, they are important as well. This discussion is related to <a href='http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/263611'>Thyroidectomy</a>.
Avatar f tn I also have heart palpitations (PVCs and PACs). My endo said I may need to take thyroid hormone replacement therapy meds but he seemed to be a bit concerned about the palpitations and how the medication was going to make my palpitations worse. What's weird is that I actually never had palpitations before my thyroid problems started. Has anyone else here had a similar problem? Did you end up taking thyroid hormone replacement therapy meds and did they make your palpitations worse?
Avatar n tn In the past members noted above have discussed the potential for Testosterone Replacement Therapy for their low testosterone after doing tx. I just got test results back showing I am at the borderline of low normal, and low....about 300 ng/dl. After doing a LOT of reading about T ranges, and replacement, symptoms from low 'T', etc. I am beginning to think this may be a major part of my post-tx problems. The sx for low Testosterone are plentiful, and can be overwhelming.
Avatar m tn I was hypothyroid for a few months and my TSH was right around where you were (Mine was 7.420) and I always felt tired and my body hurt like crazy. Its definetely possible especially if your levels have been on the hypotyroid side for years, it may start to take its toll. Have you had regular metabolic blood work? Problems with nutrients and electrolytes like calcium can also cause those symptoms. From my experience, it is definitely possible though.
Avatar f tn In my opinion a good thyroid doctor will treat a hypo patient clinically by testing and adjusting levels of the biologically active thyroid hormones FT3 and FT4 as necessary to relieve symptoms, without being constrained by resultant TSH levels. Symptom relief should be all important, not just test results. You can get some good info about clinical treatment from this link. http://hormonerestoration.com/files/ThyroidPMD.
2041076 tn?1329881359 If you truly have low thyroid function, the most important thing now is to determine the cause of it and get it effectively treated with replacement therapy. Once that is accomplished, starting with low dose replacement therapy, you may find that your other symptoms resolve as well. Having “no medical” is a major problem, but I urge you to find a way to get the thyroid condition evaluated and treated.
Avatar f tn I've only read that acne can be caused by hypothyroidism and that thyroid replacement will help acne. My problem is that my acne started AFTER starting thyroid. The acne is definitely cyclical...I am a 36 year old female still menstruating. The acne is most noticeable right after my period and goes away almost completely for the two weeks after ovulation. This pattern doesn't seem to fit premenstrual acne.
739097 tn?1232231492 s Disease. Unfortunately, I now have no thyroid gland and have to live with the replacement challenges. I was on Armour thyroid replacement but never could get adjusted to a normal state, I was either hypo or hyper never within a normal realm. Since 2006, I have recently been diagnosed with RA and a breast lesion. I've been told that Iodoral Iodine replacement is very helpful with Thyroid balance and fibrocystic breast disease.
Avatar n tn Hello! I'm sorry to hear that you daughter's TSH is sooo low. I had a TSH of 28 about 10 weeks ago and at that time I changed from Synthroid to Armour. I am pleased with Armour so far, and am waiting for my blood test results to see where they are now. I can tell you that once I started taking Armour, I felt a whole lot better, so it must be working.
Avatar n tn I don't know why it blocked the website it's is at kellymom *******/health/thyroid/thyroid-faq.
Avatar n tn Seizures have also been reported in patients who were previously “controlled” on a stable dose of anticonvulsant when thyroxine replacement therapy was initiated (Neurology. 1996;47:605-606). It is thus not clear that thyroxine “suppresses” antiseizure medications in a direct way. Surprisingly, much of the literature has focused on the effects of anticonvulsant therapy on intrinsic thyroid function rather than the converse.
Avatar f tn I have an auto immune disorder (Hashimotos) which directly affects the Thyroid. I take a low dose Synthroid to keep my Thyroid levels normal. The medication doesn't hurt the baby at all.