Is anyone on Armour?

[tiredpuppy]

Is anyone in our group on Armour and if so are you good with it? What are pro's and con's of say Armour and or Synthoid etc.
I go to Endo on monday so I want to be intelligent about this...thanks
Lisa

PS got my stiches out today and my scar line is absolutely flawless... it will heal up great inspite of blowing the first stich set. Doc says my site looks good inspite of added trauma...

[Armour99]

I take Armour after many years on Synthroid. I had to switch endos because my old endo refused to let me even try it. Synthroid was just not working for me. I looked for an endo that would be willing to let me try it and found one. I wasn't even sure that it would work for me because of all the bad things I read about it, I just wanted to try it and any doctor that doesn't work with you on that is not a good doctor. It has made a big difference. For those hypothyroid people where their bodies can't convert the T4 that Synthroid puts in your body (probably because it is a synthetic T4) Armour is the solution. And if you have allergy issues with the fillers that Armour uses there's always Nature-Throid. It is just like Armour but the fillers are hypoallergenic. Synthroid is a structurally changed T4 hormone. They had to alter it to be able to patent it. The structural change done to it is bad for your body. I saw a picture of the molecular structure of a natural one and the Syntrhoid one and they are different. And with that change they are introducing who knows what in your body.

[Applesan]

My doctor said that my thyroid meds could not possibly make me ill although synthetics caused my blood pressure to spike in the 200s/100s.  This ended immediately upon switching to Armour.  But now I'm having other symptoms.  Called a pharmacy yesterday to inquire about compounding a thyroid med to remove substances that could cause an allergic reaction.  Waiting to hear back from them.
You aren't crazy, doctors just don't want to hear that something is difficult and no main stream.

[jeannebyoung]

.4 to 4.5 is the range that is considered normal for tsh   the lower end  .4 means that you re at the high limit of thyroid meds.  I just found out that my tsh is .4, so with my history of being so sensitive to thyroid meds I beleive this tightness in my chest is due to that number......I  have stopped my thyroid because I can't literally breathe and will try to get my tsh to 4.5 or even a little higher.....it takes a long time to reduce thyroid levels in your stystem   I stopped taking armour 7 days ago and the intensity  is decreasing but my tightness and anxiety levels are still intolerable......I am hoping to resume armour in 5 to 7 days but reduce my original dosage 0f 90....I will begin with 60 and maybe end up with 75....I am so glad to hear from someone else who experiences the tightness in the chest......it is a horrible feeling....especially because you know you need thyroid meds but the meds create chaos in your body.....most doctors dimiss me as crazy......and as far as sythetic thyroids are concerned I can't even look at them let alone put one in my mouth

[Applesan]

I take Armour and have problems with my eyes and tightness in the chest, but it's still better than what I felt with synthetics.  So you are saying we can have our thyroid meds compounded to remove something is making us allergic?  I take it we need to be tested for this allergy, but would the endocinologist do it or our regular doctor?

[T25togo]

I just read Dr. Blanchard's book and he talked about allergies to meds... if you are truly allergic- there are meds that most people are less allergic to and compound pharmacies can make your med and thus "remove" the allergen

[jeannebyoung]

I need help.  I feel I am allergic to my thyroid meds.  I can not tolerate any synthetic meds.  When I began armour it was a miracle.  But now the allergic reactions are coming back.  I can not breathe.  I have shortness of breath.  I am taking 90 mg.  My blood work says it it the right dose.  Why can't I breathe?  If I stop the meds my shortness if breath disappears within a day or two.  
When I was 16 I got radiation treatment for acne.  That is why my thyroid function is depressed.  I am 57 and have been on thyroid meds since I was 35.  I quit taking thyroid for 5 years because of the allergic breathing issues and after going in for a physical I was put on a heart moniter.  My doctor said I would be dead in 5 years if I kept refusing to take my thyroid meds.  I am sitting here typing and I can hardly breathe.  I just keep sucking air.  I am trying to take xanax to keep from stopping my meds but that certainly isn't the long term answer...Are there any alternatives???