Thyroid

[butterfly0910]

I had a Radioactive Iodine treatment 19 years ago which killed my thyroid, and I had been taking Levothyroxine ever since, until 9/09 when I had kidney stones and a bad kidney infection and was in the hospital in intensive care for a week and off all medication.  Since then, my T3 and T4 levels have been all messed up and my Dr. has been trying every combination to get me balanced since then, but has not yet got my system right yet.  My hair partially fell out, I had little sores all over, first I lost weight, now I'm gaining weight and am hungry all the time, my memory is failing, I got dizzy a lot, I have headaches, can't sleep,  plus a lot of other things.  I have been reading everything I can about HYPOTHYROIDISM, but little is said about the raidioactive iodine treatments that were used years ago which killed the thyroid.
Can you help me?  I am 65 years old now and would like my life back the way it was 2 years ago.  What can I do?
Thank you.
Chloe

[authrjenn]

Its been my experience that nothing helped me either. I found a doctor that put me on ARMOUR thyroid and I became human again. The doc has to take things slow with you due to your age. I am 60 and they rushed me on synthroid and levothyroxine and almost killed me. Once I switched to Armour which is all natural, I became normal with in a few days. Good luck

[FTB4]

Do you have your latest Free T3, Free T4 and TSH labs including the reference ranges provided with each? If you could post them here, it is hard to comment if we don't know where you thyroid levels are at. and what medication are you now prescribed? Thank You amd welcome to the forum FTB4