Starting Armour Thyroid

[VinaSine]

Hi everyone,  
I'm new here.  
I had a Total Thyroidectomy this year and had rebound hypothyroidism.  I've been on Sythroid (generic then brand) for about 6 years then they yanked my thyroid because of suspicious cytology.  I just haven't felt well for years and worse for months after surgery.
  I've run the usual gambit of high cholesterol, bone loss, wt gain, fatigue, hair loss, skin sensitivity's, SSRI, etc, etc and seeing Drs. who follow the main stream TSH only treatment.  Finally found Armour advocates to talk to who convinced me to go with Armour.
I'll be starting it in a couple days and am wondering if anyone has any tips to offer that will help smooth my transition.  Currently I take 150mcg levothyroxin.  I know the equiv dose of Armour is 90mg.  
I'm really happy to have found this forum and look forward to making new friends with my same issues that we can talk about.
Vina

[juanjo12]

I have a relative that is using Armour Thyroid while she was leaving in the United States. She moved to Spain and would like to know if it is possible to get the same medication there or if there is an equivalent medication in Spain.\
Thanks.

[laura1967]

Hi...welcome!!  Okay here is some good reading for the day....at the top rt hand area of the page you will see where it says discussions, health pages, trackers and members. Click on health pages and click on armour information page. It is filled with info and at the bottom will give you the link to get the actual prescribing information sheet. It explains dosaging and testing times which is diff than synthetics. Increases are every 2-3 weeks and testing is every 4 weeks. 90mgs will probably just be a starting dosage for you. Usually they start on 60mgs and work up from there. If you get jittery or hyper then ask to cut back to 60 and start from there. The conversion charts are a little off but a great place to start. You will probably need more than 90 but time will tell.
Next, we have a thread for "those of us on armour" named that. the original one is filled with info and people. It got so long we started another with #2 after those of us on armour. There you will find all of us who can help you through this!
Hope this is good starting info for you!