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...

[sachey]

I have taken both  and have no side effects from either, but I
was told by a friend who researched all her meds that Armour
is a more natural type of medication ...

don't worry
Sachey

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[rollerskater246]

I have been seeing a Nurse Practioner that prescribes on the natural level.  I saw her 3 months ago and the blood tests really scared me.  My TSH is .048, T4 Free .67, Triiodothyronine Free 1.9 and reverse T 166.  Currently, I take 240 mg a day of armour thyroid, that was upped by 60mg when I saw her last.  She was surprised that I had no weight loss and didn't feel jittery.  My Cholesterol and triglycerides are also high.
I am thinking that I need to go to an endo to have my pituitary looked into.  I read last night that a common cause of hypopituitarism is a head injury.  I had a severe head injury and hit the back of my head on a cement floor.  As a result, I lost my sense of smell.  I cannot smell anything.  Reading this concerned me very much, so today I mad an appt. with an endo dr. for next week. Any thoughts would be helpful.

[KnightsArmour]

Colletegirl, I have had these symptoms except being hot. See if your GP can up your Armour to 2 grains and see if that helps. If your thyroid is shot and not working you need around 2 grains to get to feeling normal, some need 3 grains or more but 2 is a general start. Take 1 grain in the morning before you eat and 1 grain in the afternoon before dinner. See if that helps you, provided your doctor agrees.

That is what I did and I feel much better and all the symptoms are gone. The hot feeling might be in conjunction with a women's issue flaring up when taking Armour and possibly start using a natural progesterone cream will help tremendously with that!

Also insist on taking a Free T3 and Free T4 test and not the usual TSH test. When taking Armour, TSH tests can show normal on a lower dose when really it is still too low. A Free T3 and Free T4 test will show the better range to which your Armour dose needs to be. Your GP then puts your Armour in the good range for the Free T3 and Free T4 tests. Hope that helps!

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[colettegirl]

Hello,
  Four months ago my new DO put me on Armour- 1 grain 1X in the am.
She said my thyroid was borderline. I didn't have any symptoms of hypo.
She use the TSH level to diagnose and said the FT3 and FT4 tests were not necessary. Here are my symptoms now:
- numbness in my arms, feet and fingers
- bottom of my feet are very sore no matter what shoe I wear
- muscle ache in the elbows, fingers
- constipation
- hot, which comes on after I take the Armour and leaves hours later (these are not hot flashes)
- weight gain

When I saw her last week she wanted to pump me full of more estrogen and testos. pellets which I declined because of the way they made my breasts swell up and tender for 2 weeks, lose of hair, facial hair growth. I went back on Vivelle-dot patch and test. cream.

I feel miserable. I'm exhausted, depressed, muscle aches, wake up with my arm and fingers numb.

She really did not know what to do with me and suggested the synthetic T4 drug. I left discouraged and with the same dose of 1 grain of Armour a day.

Any suggestions? Thanks so much.